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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

Letter of testimony by Rakhil Milner, from Chernovtsy, regarding her experiences and her family's experiences in the ghettos and camps during 1941-1943

Letter of testimony by Rakhil Milner, from Chernovtsy, regarding her experiences and her family's experiences in ghettos and camps during 1941-1943 Residence in Chernovtsy with her husband and son at the start of the occupation because they did not manage to escape due to their son's illness, 28/06/1941-07/06/1942; deportation to the Tulchin district with other Jews on 07/06/1942, where they remained in quarries for 10 days; deportation to a camp in Nemirov; wonder by the Jews who received them in Nemirov when they saw the children because, in their case, only inmates fit for labor had remained after the...

File Number : 137

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Letter of testimony written by Lyusya Gekhman from Dubno regarding the experiences of her family in Krasnoarmeysk and Nemirovka, 1941-1944

Letter of testimony written by Lyusya Gekhman from Dubno regarding the experiences of her family in Krasnoarmeysk and Nemirovka, 1941-1944 In her letter to Ilya Ehrenburg, the child Lyusya Gekhman describes the occupation by the Germans, the taking of Jewish men, among them her father, for forced labor; demands to pay a forced contribution in order to effect the release of 30 men who had been arrested; robberies; order to the Jews to wear the yellow badge in Krasnoarmeysk; establishment of the Krasnoarmeysk Ghetto, late April 1942; closing of the ghetto, 24 May 1942; "Aktions" - murder of Jews from various...

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Letter, without the author's name, regarding the murder of the Jews of Khmelnik during 1941-1943

Letter, without the author's name, regarding the murder of the Jews of Khmelnik during 1941-1943 [German] occupation of Khmelnik, 16/06/1941; robbery and abuse of the Jews by Ukrainian policemen; murder of Jewish men on the Ulanovskaya road near Khmelnik, 12/08/1941; murder of Jews in a forest near the barracks near Khmelnik, 09/01/1942; "Aktion", including the murder of Jews on the Kozhukhovskaya road near Khmelnik, 16/01/1942; murder of Jews who are unfit for labor, including the son of the writer of the letter, Avremi, who is 15 years old, 06/1942; murder of Jews on the Kozhukhovskaya road near Khmelnik,...

File Number : 45

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Letter of Testimony of Abram Bekker regarding his experiences during the Holocaust and the murder of the Jews of Khmelnik, 1941-1943

Letter of Testimony of Abram Bekker regarding his experiences during the Holocaust and the murder of the Jews of Khmelnik, 1941-1943 Occupation of the city of Khmelnik, 18 July 1941; establishment of the Judenrat under the chairmanship of Barenberg; order to the Khmelnik Jews to wear the yellow badge, a yellow band with a blue Jewish Star, 21 July 1941; prohibition on Jews to purchase merchandise in the market, except for potatoes and peas; prohibition on the local residents to speak with Jews; the first victim: the child Musya Gorbonos who was shot to death by a Ukrainian collaborator; arrival of the...

File Number : 25

Type of Material : Memoirs, Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Testimony of Aleksandra Kovaleva, born in 1927, regarding the hiding of the Geifman family in Sharpayevka, 1942 and the murder of Jews in Millerovo, January 1943

Testimony of Aleksandra Kovaleva, born in 1927, regarding the hiding of the Geifman family in Sharpayevka, 1942 and the murder of Jews in Millerovo, January 1943 Included in the file are: - Quotation about Soviet hero Aleksandr Romanenko regarding the occupation of Millerovo and the activities in the camp in Millerovo; - Confirmations by archival institutions regarding the search for documentation concerning the camp and the murder of Jews in Millerovo; - Page from a guidebook of the regional State Archives of Rostov, with a notation regarding Millerovo camp.

File Number : 8310

Type of Material : Testimony, Survey, Approval

Language : Russian

Testimony

Testimony of Rivka Riva (Levit) Malikin, born in Zdzieciol, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Vilna, Baranowicze, the Diatlovo Ghetto, being hidden by Poles and Belorussians and with the partisans Childhood; from a religious, Zionist, established family; attendance at the Tarbut school; attendance at the Tushia High School, Vilna, 1937-1939. Red Army occupation, 1939; loss of assets; nursing studies in Baranowicze until the outbreak of the war, June 1941; return to Diatlovo; German occupation; yellow badge; labor cleaning streets and in agricultural fields; life in the Diatlovo Ghetto, from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Haim Gass, born in Murafa, Ukraine, 1933, regarding his experiences in Murafa, the Murafa Ghetto and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Gass, born in Murafa, Ukraine, 1933, regarding his experiences in Murafa, the Murafa Ghetto and in hiding His childhood in a traditional, middle-class family. German Army occupation [of Murafa], 1941; draft of his father into the Red Army; transfer of rule from the Germans to the Romanians; establishment of the Murafa Ghetto; arrival of Jews from Bessarabia and Bukovina to the Murafa Ghetto for several months, July 1941; [Murafa Ghetto] life including hunger, disease and forced labor outside the ghetto; in hiding while hidden in the home of a Ukrainian farmer woman, before the liberation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Liza (Hershkovitz) Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Herta, Edineti, Mogilev, Romanca, Rabovez and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Liza (Hershkovitz) Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Herta, Edineti, Mogilev, Romanca, Rabovez and other places Her childhood in a religious-Zionist family; annexation of Herta to the Soviet Union, 1940. German Army occupation of Herta, 1941; concentration in the synagogue for three days; looting of her family's property; march of Herta's Jews throughout Bessarabia; death of the weak people en route; life in Edineti for six weeks; march until Atachi; transfer to Mogilev; transfer on foot to Romanca via Shargorod and Luchinets, including hunger, hardships...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rita Riva (Gershgorin) Kreizel, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Calarasi, Gulyayevka, in hiding and in Berezovka, Mostovoi and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Rita Riva (Gershgorin) Kreizel, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Calarasi, Gulyayevka, in hiding and in Berezovka, Mostovoi and other places Her childhood in a traditional family of merchants, including attending a Romanian elementary school and a Romanian high school. Red Army occupation of Calarasi, 1939; deportation of merchants and wealthy people to the Soviet Union; Romanian Army occupation of Calarasi, 1941; deportation on foot to Gulyayevka including people freezing to death; digging of a mass grave in Gulyayevka; mass murder; witness pretends to be dead;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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