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Testimony of Zvi Hafetz, born in Iwje, Poland, in 1933 regarding his experiences as a child in Iwje and in Kazakhstan

Testimony of Zvi Hefetz, born in Iwje, Poland, in 1933 regarding his experiences in Iwje and in Kazakhstan life at home in Iwje; outbreak of the war; escape to Kazakhstan; life in a village there; end of the war; return to Poland; moving to Berlin, to the area under the control of the American army; joining the "Irgun"; life with a forged identity with a certificate for Moshe Lefkowicz; aliya to Israel on board the "Altalena" ship in the Port De Boud port; shelling of the "Altalena" in June 1948; life in Israel

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent by L. Foerder from Jerusalem to Dr. F. Brodnitz in New York, regarding the possibility of publishing his diary in the United States, July 1946

Letter sent by L. Foerder from Jerusalem to Dr. F. Brodnitz in New York, regarding the possibility of publishing his diary in the United States, July 1946 - Foerder started to write his diary in Eretz Israel, August 1939; included is a chapter of the diary, from June 1941; - The letter includes a comment about the attack by Irgun members on the King David Hotel, 22 July 1946; - The diary includes references to the mood in Eretz Israel, in particular among the immigrants from Germany due to the danger of a German invasion, and the problems involved in the Bericha organization, after the end of the...

File Number : 2305

Type of Material : Diary, Letter

Language : German

Testimony of Moshe Mishu Lupo, born in Bacau, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bacau, Salzburg, Vienna and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Mishu Lupo, born in Bacau, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bacau, Salzburg, Vienna and other places His childhood in Bacau including learning in a "heder" and attending a Romanian school. Outbreak of the war; life under occupation including termination of his studies, displays of antisemitism, a curfew and the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation of his father and two brothers to forced labor; liberation. Unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel; move to Romania, 1945; attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel via Hungary and Austria, 1946; life in...

File Number : 13420

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sion Sitruk, born in La Goulette, Tunisia, 1928, regarding his experiences and his family's experiences in Tunis during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Sion Sitruk, born in La Goulette, Tunisia, 1928, regarding his experiences and his family's experiences in Tunis during the war Life in Tunis with his family, during the war. Life with his family, after the war.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jehoshua Neeman Noiman, born in Breslau, Germany, 1926, regarding his experiences in Germany until 1933, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934

Testimony

Testimony of Jehoshua Neeman Noiman, born in Breslau, Germany, 1926, regarding his experiences in Germany until 1933, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934 From a religious, Zionist family; death of his Zionist uncle in World War I, and his uncle's will; his mother's Zionist activities; Nazi party rise to power, 1933; breaking of display windows and marking the letter "J" on Jewish-owned shops; his father's death; move to Klaipeda, Lithuania; school attendance and antisemitic atmosphere; studying Hebrew; legal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934; detention for Irgun activities; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Beigelman, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Beigelman, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto Religious-Zionist family; activities in the Hanoar Hatzioni movement. Outbreak of the war, 1939; robbery of valuables; forced labor including labor in the HASAG-Pelzery factory; deportation to the Czestochowa Ghetto, summer 1941; arrival of refugees from Lodz; Czestochowa Ghetto life including underground activities of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB); approach of the front; liberation by the Red Army, 16 January 1945. Kielce pogrom; joins the Bericha organization; aliya to Israel,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Monik Yakubovitz, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Budzyn, Mielec and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Monik Yakubovitz, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Budzyn, Mielec and other places Life before the war; witness learns in a "heder" and attends the Tarbut school. German occupation, 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions including wearing an armband; shearing of [beards of] elderly Jews; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; Warsaw Ghetto life including the death of Jews from hunger and their burial in a mass grave; his Bar Mitzvah in the ghetto; activities of the Jewish police; activities of workshops; Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB);...

File Number : 12893

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliahu Laslo Roth, born in Budapest, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Hatvan Ghetto, Aszod and Birkenau

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Laslo Roth, born in Budapest, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Hatvan Ghetto, Aszod and Birkenau Childhood in Aszod; community life; education; displays of antisemitism; expulsion of Jewish children from schools; his father is drafted to forced labor; his father's injury and death, 1942; arrival of refugees from Poland. German occupation; confiscation of Jewish property; deportation to the Hatvan Ghetto; concentration in a sugar plant; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Birkenau; camp life; hospitalization; the Germans flee; breaking into the food storehouses; former...

File Number : 12626

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Marcel Lerer, born in Iasi, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Iasi in labor camps

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Marcel Lerer, born in Iasi, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Iasi in labor camps From a farming family; life on the family farm including learning in a "heder" and public school. Outbreak of the war; deportation to the Jewish quarter with his family; life in the quarter including deportation of his father and older brother to a labor camp, 1942; capture on the street during a manhunt; transfer to a labor camp; camp life including forced labor as a logger of trees; escape from the camp; in hiding in destroyed houses; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Reunion with his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzipora (Zilberman) Lelilnger, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Piatra Neamt Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Tzipora (Zilberman) Lelinger, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Piatra Neamt Ghetto Outbreak of the war, June 1941; German occupation; deportation of the Jews to the ghetto located in the Jewish school; Revisionist movement underground activities; liberation. Move to Germany; life in Foehrenwald DP camp; Irgun organization underground activities; move to Marseilles, 1948; aliya attempt on the ship, "Altalena", 1948; debarkation at the Kfar Vitkin shore, 20 June 1948; shelling of the ship by the IDF at the Tel Aviv shore; move to Netanya; help from a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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