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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 Chaim Meirovitz/Meierovich, born in 1928 in Lodz, about his experiences in the Lodz ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Kaltwasser camps, etc.

Life before the war; antisemitism before the war; German occupation ensues in September 1939; anti-Jewish legislation; the yellow-star edict; abuse of bearded Jews; dispossession; deportation to the Lodz ghetto in February 1940; hunger; working in a metal factory; activity of the Judenrat; activity of the Jewish police; deportation to labor camps; evading the transports; the Sperre Aktion in September 1942; witness finds shelter with mother in a loft; hardships at "training centers"; faith during the Holocaust; ghetto liquidated in summer 1944; deportation to Auschwitz in late August 1944; sent to the...

File Number : 13618

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Norbert Weinstein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and his deportation to Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Norbert Weinstein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and his deportation to Transnistria His childhood in a traditional family with an orientation toward German culture; rise in nationalism and the weakening of personal security. German occupation of Poland, 1939; refugees from Poland; confiscation of valuables; Soviet occupation, 22 June 1940; Soviet education; German and Romanian occupation, and the Soviets flee, 1941; decrees and bans; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life including overcrowding; preparations for his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Pavel Ozias, born in Iasi, Romania, 1940, regarding his experiences as a child in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Pavel Ozias, born in Iasi, Romania, 1940, regarding his experiences as a child in Iasi Life in Iasi including the deportation of his father and brother to forced labor in Alba Iulia; return of his father, 1943; his family receives support from family members in Galati; his family receives a shipment of food goods; shelling of Iasi; his father is injured; end of the war; liberation by the Red Army. Attack by a band of revengers on informers and collaborators of the Iron Guard movement; his family receives information regarding the death of his grandfather on a death train; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Josef Berger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Melk camps, and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Berger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Melk camps, and in other places Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1943; burial of their property; deportation to the Satu Mare Ghetto; Satu Mare Ghetto life including forced labor; deportation in cattle cars to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life; separation between men and women; selection; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life; transfer to Melk, 1944; camp life; labor digging tunnels; air-raids on the camp by the Allied forces; transfer by train to Ebensee; camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Cvi Elimelech Feintuch born in Huedin, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Huedin, in a labor battalion in Ukraine, Budapest, Wiener Neustadt and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Cvi Elimelech Feintuch born in Huedin, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Huedin, in a labor battalion in Ukraine, Budapest, Wiener Neustadt and other places Life before the war; from a religious family; student riots, 1927; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938; drafted into the Romanian Army, 1939. Re-annexation of Romania to Hungary, 1940; restrictions on the Jews; transfer to a labor battalion, 1942; transfer from place to place in Romania with the labor battalion; forced labor; transfer to Hungary; transfer to Ukraine; forced labor; transfer to prison, December 1943;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Julious Iancu, born in Bacau, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in labor battalions

Testimony

Testimony of Julious Iancu, born in Bacau, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in labor battalions Life in a religious family of craftsmen. Outbreak of the war; anti-Jewish restrictions; draft to labor battalions, 1941; labor clearing rubble; labor laying railroad tracks; publication of knowledge in daily newspapers and BBC broadcasts regarding the extermination of Jews in extermination camps; liberation by the Red Army, August 1944; eviction from their home; move to Bucharest. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1964.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tamar Berta (Blumer) Tsachor, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Bucharest and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Tamar Berta (Blumer) Tsachor, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Bucharest and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943 Liberal, traditional family; witness joins a Hashomer Hatzair "nest"; dismissal of her mother from her work, 1939; ban on attending and studying in a Romanian school, 1941; attends a Jewish school. Draft of her father to labor battalions; riots in the Jewish neighborhoods by the Iron Guard; Hashomer Hatzair movement is declared illegal, and they meet secretly in the home of children; detention of her brother; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Martin Mozes, born in Viisoara, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences at forced labor in the Campeni region, Turda, Alba Iulia and Sibiu

Testimony

Testimony of Martin Mozes, born in Viisoara, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences at forced labor in the Campeni region, Turda, Alba Iulia and Sibiu From a religious family. Iron Guard rise to power, 1933; robbery of property; slanderous songs against the Jews in the streets; drafted to forced labor, June 1941; forced labor paving roads, in a quarry and working on the railroad in the Campeni region; transfer to labor as an orderly in a hospital in Turda; escape with his mother and sister; air raids en route; help from local residents, Jews and Romanians; transfer to Alba Iulia; transfer to Sibiu;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti

Testimony

Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti From a traditional family; good relations with the Romanian neighbors; displays of antisemitism in the Romanian newspapers and rumors regarding what is happening in Europe from refugees from Poland; the Jewish men are taken for forced labor in a suburb next to Bucharest; work in a hospital and unloading cargo from trains; deportation to Sarata; camp life; transfer by cattle train for two days; mutual help among the camp inmates; forced labor and the humiliating attitude towards the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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