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Testimony of Yocheved Yehudit Hamburger Boxbaum, born in Brzesko, Poland, 1928, regarding the Bochnia ghetto and deportation to the Auschwitz II - Birkenau camp

Testimony

Testimony of Yocheved Yehudit Hamburger Boxbaum, born in Brzesko, Poland, 1928, regarding the Bochnia ghetto and deportation to the Auschwitz II - Birkenau camp Family background, religious family; studies in a Polish school; life before the war. The outbreak of the war; dropping out of school; great fear of the Germans; deportation to the ghetto; aktions; deportation of the first intelligence personnel; whistleblowing by Jewish policemen on Jews; rumors of camps; construction of bunkers; hiding in hideout during an aktion; exposing the witness' family during the aktion and killing them; the escape of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of an anonymous Jewish woman from the village of Rakow, Poland regarding her experiences in the Rakow Ghetto, escapes to the Aryan side using a false identity, hiding in the forest and in a Polish village and work in Germany using a false identity Life in Rakow at the time of the occupation including anti-Jewish legislation; life in the ghetto; capture of the witness; prevention of her deportation to Skarzysko-Kamienna due to the giving a bribe; escape of the family from the ghetto; hiding of the parents by farmers they had known before the war; trips taken to Czestochowa by train by the witness,...

File Number : 297.1

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Carolina Spielman Josefson, born in Brody, Poland, 1937, regarding hiding in a Christian home during the entire war

Testimony

Testimony of Carolina Spielman Josefson, born in Brody, Poland, 1937, regarding hiding in a Christian home during the entire war Family background; her mother is a clerk in the Ministry of the Interior; her father is the principal of a Polish gymnasium school. The outbreak of war; transfer to Lemberg Lviv Oblast; delivery of the witness by her mother to Christian Poland in Lwow; hiding with her aunt, her mother's sister, in Poland; hiding behind a closet in harsh conditions, unable to stand, covered with a sheet, in silence; occasional mother visits; her mother’s non-return after a period; her aunt's...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Kop, born in Lodz, Poland, 1909, regarding the Wierzbnik ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Kop, born in Lodz, Poland, 1909, regarding the Wierzbnik ghetto Family background; move to the town of Wierzbnik where the extended family lives; studies at a Polish school and Talmud Torah. The outbreak of war; enlistment into the Polish army; the bombings; entry of German soldiers; captivity by German soldiers; anti-Semitism on the part of Polish soldiers; escape to the village; changing to civilian wear; escape to the forest; a meeting with another Polish soldier who fled; back home; abuse of Jews by German soldiers; establishment of a Judenrat; registration of Jewish property; taking...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Simcha Tischler, born in Buczacz, Poland, 1921, about his experiences during the war

Testimony

*Testimony of Simcha Tischler, born in Buczacz, Poland, 1921, about his experiences during the war Family background; his father is a carpenter; a carpentry shop owned by his father with local workers; studies in a general school in Polish and Ukrainian; seventh grade graduation; Torah studies in the afternoon room; work in a fabric store after school; good relations with the Ukrainian population; work as a draper until the outbreak of the war. Entry of the Red Army; communism; prohibition on keeping workers; German occupation, 1941; food shortages; ban on buying meat; executions of Jewish men; property...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Samson Koenigsberg, born in Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Boryslaw, in Janowska and Boryslaw camps, and in various hiding places

Testimony of Samson Koenigsberg, born in Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Boryslaw, in Janowska and Boryslaw camps, and in various hiding places Residence in Boryslaw during the German occupation; murder of 5,000 Jews during a pogrom perpetrated by Ukrainians after the German occupation; "Aktions"; establishment of an open Jewish quarter, autumn 1942; deportation to Janowska camp during the "Aktion" of November-December 1942; murder of inmates by the Germans, every day; labor in construction for three months, and then in a clothing storeroom; rescue from death in a killing pit, by the intervention...

File Number : 434

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Leon Gewandter, born in Bukaczowce, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences in hiding in Bukaczowce, at the homes of Polish farmers in surrounding villages and in the forest

Testimony of Leon Gewandter, born in Bukaczowce, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences in hiding in Bukaczowce, at the homes of Polish farmers in surrounding villages and in the forest Dismissal of his father from his position as the regional veterinarian, with the German occupation; his father continues his work in secret; mass murder of Jews by the Ukrainians; stays in a hiding place during the "Aktion"; builds a hiding place at the home of a Polish farmer; in hiding there with his family for a month; return to Bukaczowce; murder of his parents and siblings, after being informed on; in hiding of the...

File Number : 107

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Ms. Maher regarding her experiences in Zimna Woda and in hiding

File Number : 2210

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Memoir of Edzia Wilder, born in 1928 in Brody, Poland, about her experiences in Brody and in the forests

Memoir of Edzia Wilder, born in 1928 in Brody, Poland, about her experiences in Brody and in the forests Life before the war; a happy childhood in a loving family; German occupation ensues and father is murdered in the bunker where he had been hiding; escaping to the forests with mother and another girl; life in forest hideouts under harsh conditions; hideout is discovered and the witness' mother and the other girl are murdered; escaping into the forest; living on her own from 1943 onward; occasionally obtaining small amounts of food from Polish peasants and sometimes being allowed to warm up in their homes;...

File Number : 645

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Arie Frost, born in 1931 in Jarocin, Poland, about his experiences as a boy in hiding in Majdan, Jarocin, with the partisans in the Rozwadów area, etc.

Memoirs of Arie Frost, born in 1931 in Jarocin, Poland, about his experiences as a boy in hiding in Majdan, Jarocin, with the partisans in the Rozwadów area, etc. Father is a poultry merchant in Jarocin; mother dies in 1938; attending a public school and a cheder; German occupation ensues in 1939; restrictions imposed on Jews; induction for forced labor; Germans murder father in 1942; sisters, aged 5 and 13, escape to Pisznica and are taken to a camp (they disappear); life in hiding with a peasant named Cudzio in Majdan; working in a field with the peasant's children; searches for hiding Jews in villages...

File Number : 643

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

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