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שוורץ עזריאלTestimony of Azriel Shvartz, born 1930 in Berehovo, Carpathia, Czechoslovakia, about the Berehovo ghetto and the camps of Auschwitz, Javisovice, and Buchenwald

Testimony

Testimony of Azriel Shvartz, born in Berehovo, Carpathia, Czechoslovakia in 1930, regarding life in the Berehovo Ghetto and Auschwitz, Javisovice, and Buchenwald camps Childhood; life under the Hungarian regime in 1938; increasing antisemitism and restrictions; the Hungarians’ takeover of his father’s businesses and nationalizing them in 1940; German occupation in 1944; confiscation of property and valuables in 1944; expulsion to the Berehovo Ghetto; life in the ghetto for several weeks; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944 and staying in the camp for several days; the deportation of the witness and his father...

File Number : 13685

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of Abraham and Genia Gemainer regarding their stay in Poppendorf on the way to Eretz Israel, 1947

Documentation of Abraham and Genia Gemainer regarding their stay in Poppendorf on the way to Eretz Israel, 1947 Documents (departure from Europe, 1947) containing confirmation regarding Abraham and Genia Gemainer making aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Exodus", 1947, and their stay in Poppendorf camp; issue of certificates by the Poppendorf camp council, with no mention of the names of the document holders.

File Number : 1215

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English

Memoirs and other documentation of the Oppenheimer family from Marktbreit, Germany, before, during and after the war, 1938-2001

Memoirs and other documentation of the Oppenheimer family from Marktbreit, Germany, before, during and after the war, 1938-2001 - Interview with Marcus Mordechai Oppenheimer, born in Marktbreit, Germany, 1919, held by Dr. Christiane Kolbet In Kfar Pines, Israel, 1977, regarding Oppenheimer's experiences during the Holocaust and his illegal aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Dora" ship, via Amsterdam and Antwerp; - Essay written by Christiane Kolbet, titled "Marktbreit, Himmel und Hoelle" ("Marktbreit, Heaven and Hell"), impressions by Issaschar and Ruth Oppenheimer from Kfar Pines, regarding Klara (Levi)...

File Number : 661

Type of Material : Speech, Survey Report, Personal Documents, Reports, Letter, Personal Records, Poems/songs, Memoirs, Lists

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidovicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Auschwitz Birkenau, Boizenburg and Ludwigslust camps

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidowicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Boizenburg, Auschwitz Birkenau and Ludwigslust camps Childhood in Baia Mare; re- annexation of the place to Hungary in 1940; transfer of ownership of the father's flour mill to Hungarians in 1941; the rise of antisemitism; interruption of studies; the German occupation in 1944; deportation to the ghetto in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; transfer to Boizenburg; life in the camp; transfer to work in a factory manufacturing tanks and planes; transfer...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mina-Mira Rechter-Lavi, born in 1928 regarding her experiences in Chutin, Bessarabia and Romania, 1940-1947

Testimony of Mina-Mira Rechter-Lavi, born in 1928 regarding her experiences in Chutin, Bessarabia and Romania, 1940-1947 Occupation of Chutin by the Red Army,1940; closing of parents' store from fear of abuse by the Soviets; air-raids on Chutin by the Germans and Romanians, 1941; family moves to the home of Uncle Shlomo after their house is destroyed in the air-raids; deportation of the Jews of Chutin to Mogilev via Sikuren and other towns; deportation to the Mogilev Ghetto;draft of Leibel, her father, to forced labor; death of the father. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via Bucharest and from...

File Number : 351

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit (Kraus) Lahav, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1930 regarding the move of her family to Komarom, deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, additional camps and death march

Testimony

Childhood before the war; annexation of Slovakia by Nazi Germany, 1938; move of her family to Komarom, Hungary; Drafting of her father to labor battalions; increase in antisemitism; German invasion, 19 March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; deportation for a short time to a citadel in the city that became a ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection and transfer to Plaszow; labor paving roads; return to Auschwitz for a short time and from there to Rochlitz for labor in a factory producing airplane parts; transfer to Calw to an airplane factory; death march to Buching; liberation, late April...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Genia (Nistenpover) Hermon, born in Pultusk, Poland, 1929 regarding the deportation of her family to Bialystok, USSR, and life in Berezniki, Ural

Testimony

German occupation, 1939; the family's escape to a nearby town and return after a short time; deportation on foot by the Germans to the Soviet border and transfer to a refugee camp in Bialystok; deportation by the Soviet authorities to Adamova Gora near Berezniki, Ural; her parents working in construction; liberation following the outbreak of the Soviet-German war; move to Orsha, Belorussia, 1941; approach of the front; air-raids; escape to Uzbekistan, 1941; move to a kolkhoz to work in cotton picking for several months; move to Kassansay; studies in a Soviet school; Her return with the family after the end...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Ernst Ponger, born in Mikulas Litovsky Svaty, Czechoslovakia, in 1922, regarding his experiences in the Sered camp and in the battle of the partisans

Childhood before the war; Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria 1938; expulsion from school and carpentry studies; independence of Slovakia and anti-Jewish legislation 1939; deportation of Jews and escape to the mountains in March 1942; going back home and deportation to the Sered camp,in April 1945; work in carpentry; underground in the camp; Slovak uprising and escape ,in August 1944; joining partisans; actions against Germans; liberation by the red army,in April 1945; joining aliya training; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel on the Theodor Herzl ship,on 01 April 1947; exile to Cyprus; aliya back to...

File Number : 13772

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Invitation received by Miriam (Yunger) Peer, born in Slatioara, Romania, 1928, to the event, "A Place of Story-Telling and Song, the 50th Anniversary of the Detention Camps in Cyprus", which was held in the amphitheater of the illegal immigrant camp in Atlit, 03 August 1998 Also in the file: - Biography of Miriam (Yunger) Peer: Miriam (Yunger) Peer was born in Romania and [attempted to make] made aliya to Eretz Israel on the [illegal immigrant] ship, "Katriel Yaffe", which left the Bocca di Magra port, 31 July 1946; Miriam was transferred to a detention camp on Cyprus in August 1946, and released from...

File Number : 334

Type of Material : Invitation

Language : Hebrew

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