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Memoirs of Eli Lutek Lewin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences while escaping from the Warsaw Ghetto, in Chmielnik and in hiding using a false identity in a village near Rawa Mazowiecka Family history; immigration of his mother Justina's parents to Eretz Israel with their son, Moniek, who was liable for arrest as a Communist, 1932. Outbreak of the war and occupation of Warsaw; escape from the ghetto with his mother, autumn, 1941; move to Chmielnik; life in a rented apartment in Chmielnik; postcard sent by his mother to her sister Bruchtsia in Paris, March 1942; correspondence with his...

File Number : 8647

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dvora Doris Shner née Klatz, born in 1932 in Dortmund, Germany, about her experiences as a girl in Rożniatów, Bursztin, the Rohatyn ghetto, and in hiding with villagers during the war

Offspring of immigrant parents from Galicia, receiving a "certificate" (Mandate Palestine immigration visa); father deported to Zbąszyń in 1938; reunited with father in Rożniatów in 1939; Poland partititioned and life under Soviet occupation; escaping to Bursztin; German occupation ensues in June 1941; a German soldier warns the family about murder of Jews; establishment of Judenrat; father refuses to translate from German into Polish; receiving word about murder of people in pits in Rohatyn; receiving a postcard from a family member with information about sending of trains to Bełżec; deportation to the Rohatyn...

File Number : 13614

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz Experiences of his grandfather David Brauner and his grandmother Rosalia Rosenfeld; he attends the Hebrew school in Krakow, until the outbreak of the war; [establishment of the Krakow Ghetto]; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; escape, along with his mother; in hiding with his mother on a farm while hidden by a Polish farmer; murder of many of his family members during the "Aktions" in Krakow, 1942; return to the Krakow Ghetto, 15 November 1942; labor on...

File Number : 8603

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family

Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri during the war, including life in hiding with her mother and her two siblings in Mieleszki; murder of her mother and one of her siblings by Poles; rescue of Ester and her brother Aryeh by Poles; aliya of Ester and her brother to Eretz Israel within the framework of legal aliya of orphans; holding of a Roots trip to Poland with her children and grandchildren; meeting the daughter of the Poles who saved her.

File Number : 316

Type of Material : Article

Language : Hebrew

Experiences of Ada (Scherman) Teitler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, as provided by Zehava Friedman

Experiences of Ada (Scherman) Teitler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, as provided by Zehava Friedman Ownership of a leather goods factory by her maternal grandfather. Outbreak of the war when Ada is 13 years old; escape of the family to the village where her grandfather's factory is; liquidation of the factory by the Germans two years later; deportation of the family to the Lodz Ghetto; escape of Ada with two of her cousins from her grandfather's village; wanderings among villages in non-Jewish dress; in hiding at the homes of distant relatives; help from, and being hidden by, a non-Jew who teaches them...

File Number : 314

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 Esther (Ganzereska) Pashchudnik, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925 regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and in a camp in Germany, and poems she wrote during her stay in an orphanage in Lodz, 1945-1946 Life before the war; visit by her father to Eretz Israel to work in a lumber warehouse that he owned. Outbreak of the war; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; labor by her father for the Germans, in a lumber warehouse; labor by the witness in a factory producing saddles for the Germans' horses; death of her mother due to hunger; deportation to Auschwitz, August 1944; camp life; separation...

File Number : 277

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Letters sent to Pesa (Shnitman) Bruk, including notification that her brother Aizik Shnitman died in battle at the front and regarding the experiences of Pesa's sister Riva Shnitman while in the partisans, and personal documentation regarding service by her husband David Bruk as a Red Army soldier and by Matvey Antonovskiy as a partisan; documents dated, 1943-1970 - Letter sent to Pesa (Shnitman) Bruk by Aleksandr Yeryomin, a friend of her sister Riva, 10/01/1944; the letter tells about the fate of Riva Shnitman, born in 1924, during the war: Murder of the Jews in Rodnya by the Germans, 03/1944; escape of...

File Number : 1906

Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Records, Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Letter sent by Israel Schusheim to his daughter Golda who was in hiding near Krakow at the beginning of the war

Letter sent by Israel Schusheim to his daughter Golda who was in hiding near Krakow at the beginning of the war The letter contains instructions on how to behave and a request to send her small niece into hiding, the names of various people (apparently people who are able to help) and an address in Lille. Comments by the person submitting the material: Golda (Schusheim) Kashmin was born in Mielec; German occupation when she was 15 years old; Golda placed in hiding with local Poles; search of the area by the German Army; request by the people hiding her to leave; finding a hiding place in the Christian...

File Number : 1899

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Yizhak Zwik, born in Ulyaniki, Ukraine, 1924, regarding his experiences in Torchin, Kiev, Dobranichevka, Pereyaslav and in hiding, 1941-1945

Memoirs of Yizhak Zwik, born in Ulyaniki, Ukraine, 1924, regarding his experiences in Torchin, Kiev, Dobranichevka, Pereyaslav and in hiding, 1941-1945 Outbreak of the war; German Army occupation of Ulyaniki; life under German occupation including acts of abuse and murder; move to Torchin with his family; his mother and sister move to Ozdeniz; deportation of men ages 17-60 to forced labor; deportation to Kiev; confiscation of valuables; camp life including labor unloading and loading various materials; murder of inmates and execution of sick people in the camp; plan to escape; injury of his father; transfer...

File Number : 8502

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

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