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Testimony of David Desio Mitner, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of David Desio Mitner, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Budapest Orphaned of his mother. Draft of his father to labor battalions, 1943; life in Budapest as a homeless person; murder of Jews and the throwing of their corpses into the Duna River; life on the street; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; life in marked houses; liberation by the Red Army; attitude of the Soviet soldiers. Activities in the Dror-Habonim movement; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Margalith (Katz) Galun, born in Vienna, 1927, regarding her experiences in Austria and Switzerland until her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Margalith (Katz) Galun, born in Vienna, 1927, regarding her experiences in Austria and Switzerland until her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 Immediate family, life at home, Zionist activities at home; education; displays of antisemitism. Annexation of Austria; displays of joy by the Austrians; street cleaning by Jews; her father leaves Vienna; their passports are stamped with a J; injuries to Jews after Kristallnacht; attempt to cross the border to Switzerland; walks in the forest at night accompanied by a guide; capture by the Swiss border guards; detention in a German prison; interrogation at the...

File Number : 12029

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Markus Manner, born in Stryj, Poland, 1900, regarding his experiences in German captivity in Drohobycz, rescue by Maria Hradowicz, a Polish woman from Sambor, and his experiences in Przesliczka labor camp in the Skole area Trade in grain before the war. Draft into the Polish Army, 04 September 1939; taken into German captivity during the battles taking place between Sambor and Drohobycz; transfer with Jewish POWs to the town hall in Drohobycz; beatings and abuse lasting five days; transfer by foot in the direction of Germany via Sambor; arrival of Maria Hradowicz, a Polish woman who worked...

File Number : 187

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Paul Avraham Elsberg, born in Wuppertal, 1919, regarding his experiences in Wuppertal, Breslau, Buchenwald and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Paul Avraham Elsberg, born in Wuppertal, 1919, regarding his experiences in Wuppertal, Breslau, Buchenwald and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 His childhood and family background; membership in a youth group; strengthening of Jewish identity after 1933; move to Breslau, 1935; studies in a rabbinical seminary; burning of the synagogue on Kristallnacht; detention of Jews who are Polish citizens; arrest and deportation to Buchenwald; forced labor in quarries; diphtheria; help from members of the Communist underground; release thanks to obtaining a certificate. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939;...

File Number : 10125

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sara (Agatshteyn) Shmilovitz, born in Buzau, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Ploesti and Bacau

Memoirs of Sara (Agatshteyn) Shmilovitz, born in Buzau, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Ploesti and Bacau Memoirs of Sara Shmilovitz: Life before the war; escape to Ploesti during the German occupation; transfer of her father to forced labor in Bacau in 1941; escape to her father a year later; life under harsh living conditions (hunger and disease); escape back to Ploesti in 1944; liberation by the Red Army in 1945; ban on emigration from Romania; her father's activities in the Zionist movement in Ploesti; places are obtained for the family's children on an illegal immigration...

File Number : 10493

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Zsuzsi Shoshana (Kertész) Sándor, born in Dombóvár, Hungary in 1923, regarding her experiences in the Dombóvár Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Markkleeberg camps during 1944-1945 - Memoirs of Zsuzsi Shoshana (Kertész) Sándor, regarding her experiences in the Dombóvár Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Markkleeberg camps during 1944-1945, written in 1995; German occupation of Hungary in March 1944; closure of Jews in ghettos; Dombóvár Ghetto life with her family (except for her father) for approximately six weeks; her father was in a labor camp (and afterwards in Soviet...

File Number : 10155

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Travel journal to Eretz Israel written in Hebrew by Benyamin Minkovich from Zhabinka, July-August 1924; letter from Minkovich's brother Azriel, 5690 (1930); Zionist postcards from the Hebrew school in Zhabinka; will of Chackiel Sapir written in Brzesc, 28 December 1932 Journal: - Travel journal to Eretz Israel written by Benyamin Minkovich, 19 July-03 August 1924, from the day of his departure from his home in Zhabinka until his joining "Chavurat HaDarom" (the Southern Group) in Rehovot (including a handwritten text): The last day in the family home, 19 July 1924; thoughts on the connection to Eretz...

File Number : 9813

Type of Material : Letter, Will, Diary, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

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File Number : 9035

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sabo Shabtai del Bas Haimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1938, regarding his experiences during 1941-2007

Memoirs of Sabo Shabtai del Bas Haimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1938, regarding his experiences during 1941-2007 Part one, titled, "Livluv - Shalehet" ("Blossoming and Falling of the Leaves"): His childhood in Kustendil during World War II with his parents Yitzhak del Bas Haimov and Oretta Baruch, from Kustendil; Deployment of SS forces following the German Army occupation of Macedonia, 1941; attitude of the local population; Detention of his father by the Communist regime following the war; release of his father; aliya of his family to Eretz Israel via Naples on the "Champollion" ship; stay in...

File Number : 8928

Memoirs of Zelda Osherovitz, born in Dretchin, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in Dretchin, in forests, in Lodz and in Pocking DP camp

Memoirs of Zelda Osherovitz, born in Dretchin, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in Dretchin, in forests, in Lodz and in Pocking DP camp Her youth in a middle-class, traditional family; Her family's home is set on fire by the Germans; deportation to the ghetto; escape to forests along with her three older brothers; her parents and her younger brother Hillel remain in the ghetto; her parents and her younger brother perished; she receives help in the forest from partisans; Move to Lodz, after the war; she joins the Dror "kibbutz"; stay in Pocking DP camp in Germany; aliya to Israel, 1948; stay in...

File Number : 8869

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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