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Memoirs of Khaia Duksztulski born in Vilna, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in the "Lukiszki" prison, and in the home of a non-Jewish woman acquaintance outside the ghetto Life before the war; marriage to Yitzhak Bloch; birth of their son Moshe; Outbreak of the war; draft of Yitzhak into the Polish Army; Yitzhak is taken captive by the Germans, and his [subsequent] death; German occupation, 1941; Khaia's detention for violation of the curfew; transfer to the "Lukiszki" prison; release from prison, with the help of paying a bribe to the prison guards; transfer of her brothers...

File Number : 8551

Type of Material : Genealogy, Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Personal documentation belonging to Samuel Feuerstein from Botosani and his family from World War II and the post-war period, 09 Ooctober 1940-02 December 1982

Personal documentation belonging to Samuel Feuerstein from Botosani and his family from World War II and the post-war period, 09 Ooctober 1940-02 December 1982 The documentation includes: - Order to report for forced labor issued to Samuel Faerstein [sic] by the Botosani municipality; - Dismissal letter sent to Ester Goldstein (wife of Samuel Faerstein) following the governmental decision regarding dismissal of all the Jews, issued in Botosani, 09 October 1940; - Notification sent to Haim Feuerstein regarding the transfer of his son, Samuel Feuerstein, to detention, 10 September 1943; - Document...

File Number : 323

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Romanian

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Bendeyski, born in Soroca, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Tomashpol Ghetto, in hiding in Cernauti, in Skazintsy, the Teraspol jail, the Bershad Ghetto and with children being returned to Romania in 1944 Life in the Tomashpol Ghetto; in hiding in Cernauti, August 1941; witness to slaughter of Jews in Skazintsy; detention by the Romanians; life in the Teraspol jail for two [?] years, 09 October 1940-09 October 1943; life in the Bershad Ghetto, from 11 December 1943; in hiding in a train among Jewish children being returned to Romania, 1944. Life after the war; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Shoshana Suzana Geron, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Somcuta Mare, Cluj, Baia Mare, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Suzana Geron, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Somcuta Mare, Cluj, Baia Mare, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; traditional family; attends a Romanian school. Annexation to Hungary; restrictions on the Jews; numerous clausus; life in Cluj and external education; arrest of her mother due to help to a Communist in Budapest; release of her mother in exchange for lots of money; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto; ghetto life; receives offers to hide the family in a forest; deportation on a train to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Lupu Kaufman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1939, regarding his experiences as a child in Bucharest, Cernauti and Mogilev-Podolski

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Lupu Kaufman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1939, regarding his experiences as a child in Bucharest, Cernauti and Mogilev-Podolski Life before the war. Detention of his father, 1940; escape to Cernauti with his mother; life in Cernauti; destruction of his family's home due to shelling; concentration with the Jews and deportation, 1941; transfer to Transnistria on a march; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; life in Mogilev-Podolski; existence of a black market; murder of his father; hospitalization of children in a hospital; his mother's work as a distributor of milk; capture of his mother and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sonia (Kuperman) Weissman, born in Iasi, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Sonia (Kuperman) Weissman, born in Iasi, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Iasi Life before the war; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; earthquake, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; termination of the studies; witness attends a Jewish vocational school; draft of her father to forced labor; digging of graves for murdered Jews; detention of her father on charges of spying; end of the war. Meets Soviet soldiers; move to an aliya training "kibbutz" in Hungary, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rina (Hartzberg) Sharon, born in Breslau, Germany, 1936, regarding her experiences in Breslau and in the Shanghai Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Rina (Hartzberg) Sharon, born in Breslau, Germany, 1936, regarding her experiences in Breslau and in the Shanghai Ghetto Life before the war; from a well-to-do, Zionist, Orthodox family; Kristallnacht, November 1938; detention of her father; release of her father and an order for her father to leave Germany; escape to Shanghai together with her family; life in Shanghai; deportation to the Shanghai Ghetto, 1942; ghetto life; lack of a livelihood; illness and hospitalization of her mother; receiving assistance from the JDC soup kitchen; activity of a Jewish hospital; activity of the Beit...

File Number : 13170

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Leizer Lis Shuali, born in Wierzbnik, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Wierzbnik, Lublin, Radom, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Leizer Lis Shuali, born in Wierzbnik, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Wierzbnik, Lublin, Radom, Auschwitz and other places Life in Wierzbnik including outbreak of the war, 1939. Restrictions on the Jews; work in a weapons factory; deportation to Lublin by truck; life in Lublin including digging anti-tank trenches; labor building the Majdanek camp; escape to Radom; escape to the family home; life in Wierzbnik including his father's work as Judenrat chairman; deportation of adults, including his parents, to Treblinka; stealing food; detention; rescue by a Soviet physician;...

File Number : 12945

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avram Langbaum, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zamosc, Lwow, camps in the Soviet Union and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942

Testimony

Testimony of Avram Langbaum, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zamosc, Lwow, camps in the Soviet Union and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942 Life before the war; well-to-do family; displays of antisemitism; numerus clausus; harassment of Jewish businesses by Endeks; receives knowledge regarding the murder of Jews and regarding Kristallnacht. German occupation, 15 September 1939; capture of Jewish and Polish hostages; murder of the hostages; Soviet occupation; German occupation; escape of Communists to the Soviet Union; escape to Lwow with his brothers; life in Lwow including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Zilbershlag, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Gura Humorului Ghetto, Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Zilbershlag, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Gura Humorului Ghetto, Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski Life in Gura Humorului before the war; unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935. Meets Italian soldiers, 1940; deportation to the Gura Humorului Ghetto; Gura Humorului Ghetto life including deportation on a train, 1941; deportation to Atachi; crosses the Dniester River, including the suicide of many in the river; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; life in Mogilev-Podolski including the death of his grandmother; rescue along with his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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