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Testimony of Leon Tabokh, born in 1926 in Thessaloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Birkenau, and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Tabokh, born in 1926 in Thessaloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Birkenau, and Mauthausen Pre-war life; war with Italy breaks out in October 1940; German occupation begins in April 1941; hunger; dispossession of Jews in 1942; "black Sabbath" in July 1942; restrictions on Jews including the yellow star edict; eviction from home and confiscation of the house for Germans' residential use; life in the "Baron Hirsch" quarter of the ghetto in early 1943; deportation to Auschwitz in March 1943; life in Birkenau; working in the ADE...

File Number : 13563

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hanan Peled Caplonski, born in 1927 in Oszmiana, Poland, about his experiences in Oszmiana, in the camps (Joniskis, Utting, Stutthof), etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Hanan Peled Caplonski, born in 1927 in Oszmiana, Poland, about his experiences in Oszmiana, in the camps (Joniskis, Utting, Stutthof), etc. Live under Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation ensues in 1941; Germans murder father and local men in 1941; deportation to the Oszmiana ghetto in 1941; assignment to roadbuilding labor in Lithuania with mother and sisters in 1943; transfer to Joniskis in 1943; life in the camp; reassignment to forced labor; typhus; transfer to Stutthof in 1944; transfer to Utting; life in the camp; working at a concrete pouring factory, digging trenches, and...

File Number : 13385

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Yahalom (Diamant), born in 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Prague and in Theresienstadt ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Yahalom (Diamant), born in 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Prague and in Theresienstadt ghetto Childhood in Prague; German occupation ensues in 1939; father continues to work in manufacturing with the help of the German factory manager; deportation to Theresienstadt ghetto in 1941; placement in a children's home in the ghetto in 1942; parents work in a ghetto crafts shop, turning put leather accessories for the German Army in 1942; placement in isolation in the hospital hosopital due to typhus and tuberculosis; life in the ghetto, mainly of children, in 1941–1945;...

File Number : 13382

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Silvia Sala (Barend) Yisraeli, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Silvia Sala (Barend) Yisraeli, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places Life before the war; well-to-do traditional family. German occupation, September 1939; restrictions on the Jews, confiscation of property and yellow badge; "Aktion" at the square; separation from her mother and brother, September 1942; deportation to the Tarnow Ghetto, October 1942; ghetto life; labor sewing uniforms in the factory for Julius Madritsch , later recognized as Righteous Among the Nations; liquidation of the ghetto;...

File Number : 13042

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ibolya (Adler) Mihaly, born in Szinervaralja, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Satmar Ghetto, Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen and Soemmerda

Testimony

Testimony of Ibolya (Adler) Mihaly, born in Szinervaralja, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Satmar Ghetto, Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen and Soemmerda From a traditional family; her father is a shoemaker. Annexation to Hungary, autumn 1940; Zionist activities; displays of antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation; help to Jewish forced laborers from Hungary; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue, May 1944; deportation to the Satmar Ghetto; confiscation of property; deportation to Auschwitz, 19 May 1944; camp life; transfer to Gelsenkirchen, July 1944; camp life including forced labor clearing...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Reactions to the screening of films directed by Veit Harlan, the German Nazi director who directed Jud Suess, 1943-1964

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Reactions to the screening of films directed by Veit Harlan, the German Nazi director who directed Jud Suess, 1943-1964 In the file: - Clippings from Swiss newspaper regarding reactions, mostly hostile, to the films; the debate focused mainly on demonstrations against the screening of Harlan's film, "Das Dritte Geschlaecht" (The Third Gender), which dealt with homosexuality. There are additional files dealing with this subject: Yad Vashem Archives P. 13/23; P. 13/24; P. 13/59; P. 13/60; P. 13/192 and P.13/193.

File Number : 194

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Film

Language : French, German

Testimony of Chaim Kozinski, born in Lodz, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof concentration camp and Neustadt camp

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Kozinski, born in Lodz, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof concentration camp and Neustadt camp Life in a traditional family; antisemitism before the war; activities in a Zionist youth movement; outbreak of war and escape of his father; return of his father; establishment of the ghetto in the Baluti quarter; life in the ghetto including youth movement activity; "Aktions"; deportation to Auschwitz; life in the camp; deportation to Stutthof concentration camp and life in the camp; deportation to Stolpen; forced labor in a train factory and learning...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Veiner, born in Komarno, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross-Rosen, Dachau, Muehldorf and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Veiner, born in Komarno, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross-Rosen, Dachau, Muehldorf and other places Life before the war; relations between the Jewish community and the local population. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; German occupation, March 1944; efforts of the Czechs to help the Jews; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; camp life including labor as a carpenter at the Daw factory; death march to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Dachau; transfer to Muehldorf, 18 January 1945; life in a subterranean camp in the forest; liquidation of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Uri Harari, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Kosice, the Kosice Ghetto, and Auschwitz and Dornhau camps

Testimony

Testimony of Uri Harari, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Kosice, the Kosice Ghetto, and Auschwitz and Dornhau camps His childhood in an Orthodox religious family. Abuse of his father by Hungarian gendarmes, 1941; German occupation; deportation to the Kosice Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Stará Ďala; transfer to Doernhau; camp life; liberation. Mass mortality due to overeating; return to Czechoslovakia; search for relatives; move to Italy; aliya to Israel; absorption difficulties.

File Number : 9957

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Spira, born in Antwerp, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Breendonk Fortress, Malines camp and camps in Poland and Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Spira, born in Antwerp, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Breendonk Fortress, Malines camp and camps in Poland and Germany His home and family; activities in the Belgian underground in Brussels using a false identity; deportation to the Breendonk Fortress after being exposed; detention for one week in the Malines camp; deportation to Auschwitz, November 1942; transfer to the Jawiszowice camp, November 1942; camp conditions and events from daily life until January, 1945; evacuation to Buchenwald; transfer to Flossenburg and then to Erfurth where he digs tunnels; death march; air-raids...

File Number : 6527

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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