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Memoirs of Emanuel Krauthamer Kruvi, born, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bobrka Ghetto and in Romanow, forests and Swirz

Memoirs of Emanuel Krauthamer Kruvi, born, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bobrka Ghetto and in Romanow, forests and Swirz Experiences of the Krauthamer family from the start of their wanderings from Krautheim, Germany until their settlement in Bobrka; German Army occupation [of Bobrka], 1941; establishment of the Bobrka Ghetto; Bobrka Ghetto life, including forced labor digging trenches and clearing snow; life in stables in groups of 50 young women and 50 young men; forced labor in sugar beet fields [on an agricultural farm in Romanow?] until October 1942; first "Aktion" in Bobrka; deportation of...

File Number : 8583

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Diary of Heniek Veingarten, born in Niwice, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec, Lwow, Luck, being hidden by farmers, as a partisan in the Rowne forest and more

Diary of Heniek Veingarten, born in Niwice, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec, Lwow, Luck, being hidden by farmers, as a partisan in the Rowne forest and more Life with his family in Niwice; move to Wolbrom with his family due to difficulties in supporting themselves, 1920; abuse by gangs loyal to General Haller, including capture of his father and pulling out his beard; move of the family to Strzemieszyce, 1926; move of the family to Sosnowiec. Concentration of the Jews in the Szenja Hall in Sosnowiec, September, 1939; abuse of the Jews; mass murder of Jews; separation from his parents...

File Number : 8571

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Yshai Tartakovski, born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier in Dnepropetrovsk, the Mogilev area, in hiding in Igren, in captivity in Traidersdorf and more Life in Dnepropetrovsk including being drafted into the Red Army, 1940; transfer to Moscow, October 1940; transfer to a military village in the Kalinin area; transfer to Vyshny Volochyok; transfer to Pukhovichi; outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany and transfer with the headquarters staff to a forest; transfer in the direction of the front on foot; execution of a captured German...

File Number : 8565

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Raisa Yudovich, born in 1918, regarding her experiences in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, and using a false identity in Bar

Memoirs of Raisa Yudovich, born in 1918, regarding her experiences in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, and using a false identity in Bar Life in Dnepropetrovsk, including dismissal from her work as an engineer, 16 June 1941; escape to Bar with her baby daughter (born 11 July 1940); life in Bar; work in a kolkhoz; the German occupation; murder of Jews; life in the home of Yevdokiya Karelova, who worked in the kolkhoz; preparation of forged documents in the name of Raisa Yurovaya by the partisans; baking bread for the partisans; detention with her daughter; life in a cell with other women and children under crowded...

File Number : 2050

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Records, Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Russian, Ukrainian

Memoirs of Zhenya Chernyavskaya, born in Rogozno, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in detention, in the Demidowka Ghetto, in hiding, her wanderings using a false identity, underground activism and more Family history; parental home in Rogozno; the Soviet occupation; move to Dubno; high school studies; work as a teacher in a village in the Kozin area; pedagogical studies at Rowne. Outbreak of the war and retreat of the Soviet forces; the German occupation; establishment of Ukrainian auxiliary forces; detention, 26 July 1941; abuse by Ukrainians; release to house arrest and second detention after two...

File Number : 8531

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad German occupation of Zhvanchik; attitude of the local population; attempts of Jews to appease the Germans by welcoming them with a Torah scroll; acts of abuse against the Jews; collaboration of the Ukrainians with the Germans; pogrom in Zhvanchik, 31 August 1941, including the murder of her father; in hiding in an attic; mass murder of the Jews of Zhvanchik [in killing pits]; in hiding in a cemetery; "Aktion" in the ghetto;...

File Number : 8480

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Pinchas Galitzer, born in Hotin, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Transnistria, the Murafa area and his aliya to Eretz Israel, August 1944

Memoirs of Pinchas Galitzer, born in Hotin, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Transnistria, the Murafa area and his aliya to Eretz Israel, August 1944 Deportation to Transnistria with his family, October 1941; deaths of his parents; wanderings in the Murafa area; life in an orphanage. Aliya to Eretz Israel, August 1944. Also in the file: - [Certificate granting] permission to remain in Eretz Israel [as an immigrant], 14 August 1944; - Military service booklet, 1948.

File Number : 8036

Type of Material : Personal Records, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest From a well-to-do family; attends a Tarbut school; Bnei Akiva and Bnei Yehuda activities. Outbreak of the war; occupation by the Red Army; limitations on Jewish property; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Ludwipol Ghetto; Judenrat; preparation of a hiding place in a cellar; "Aktion"; liquidation of the ghetto; murder of his father and mother; escape to a forest and preparation of a bunker (for approximately 11 people) in the forest; obtaining food from villagers...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea Lurzia (Leker) Doitsch, born in Vijnita, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Vijnita, on a march to Transnistria and in Derebchin

Testimony

Testimony of Lea Lurzia (Leker) Doitsch, born in Vijnita, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Vijnita, on a march to Transnistria and in Derebchin Orphaned; attends a Romanian school and Beit Yaakov for seven years; Maccabi activities; neighborly relations between Jews and non-Jews. Outbreak of war; anti-Jewish legislation; restrictions; ban on employing housemaids and on running businesses; professional training; draft of men to forced labor; deportation to Transnistria; transport on freight trains for about seven days; crossing the Dniester; deliberate drowning of Jews; march to Shargorod;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Raia (Shlafman) Teshel, born in Vartejeni Targ, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Kamenka, Kodyma and Zavadovka

Testimony

Testimony of Raia (Shlafman) Teshel, born in Vartejeni Targ, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Kamenka, Kodyma and Zavadovka Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; deportation of the rich Jews to Siberia; robbery of Jewish property and nationalization of Jewish businesses; escape to Ukraine, June 1941; drafting of her father into the Red Army; arrival in Kamenka; transfer to Kodyma; in hiding in a forest; meets German soldiers; hanging of her father with 14 Jews; transfer to Zavadovka; her mother's escape to Balta; typhus; forced labor; brutal meeting with Red Army...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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