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Testimony

Testimony of Miryam Tatyana Aflalo née Malinovski, born in 1937 in Lucky, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences as a girl in Bratislava, aboard the Pentcho, on Kamila Nisi island, in Rosi, and in the Terramonti di Tarsia camp Moving with her family to Bratislava shortly after birth; deportation to the Hungarian border; forced back to Slovakia by the Hungarians in September 1938; father immigrates to Eretz Isarel; escape with her mother from Bratislava aboard the Pentcho (originally a coal-fired riverboat) in May 1940; Romanians delay the vessel for several months; aid from the local Jewish community; the...

File Number : 13410

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Volf Yeger, born in Rona, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rona, Budapest, Szentkiralyszabadja, in hiding and in Bucharest and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Volf Yeger, born in Rona, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rona, Budapest, Szentkiralyszabadja, in hiding and in Bucharest and other places Draft into the Romanian Army and service in the army after unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel; Hungarian Army occupation of Rona; release [from the military]; escape to Budapest, 1940; draft to labor battalions in Budapest, 1944; forced labor building an airfield in Szentkiralyszabadja, 1944; transfer with a labor battalion to forced labor in a copper mine in Serbia, 1944; acts of abuse by Hungarian soldiers; contact with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avigdor Dragoner, born in 1931 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, about his escape to Eretz Israel via Africa

Testimony

Testimony of Avigdor Dragoner, born in 1931 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, about his escape to Eretz Israel via Africa Childhood in Belgrade; Zeev Jabotinsky visits the family home; activity in the Betar movement in Belgrade; escapes from home; escapes for two years via Italy, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Mozambique, Khartoum, and Egypt; immigrates to Eretz Israel in 1943.

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 Zvi Urbach, born in Pabjanice, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Pabjanice Ghetto, various places in Poland, Georgia, Ukraine and the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Urbach, born in Pabjanice, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Pabjanice Ghetto, various places in Poland, Georgia, Ukraine and the Red Army Childhood in Pabjanice; Beitar youth movement activity; meeting Zeev Jabotinsky, 1939. Establishment of the Pabjanice Ghetto; interrogation by the Gestapo; escape to Warsaw and meeting with his mother; escape to Lwow; transfer to Georgia, 1940; agricultural work and bookkeeping; transfer to Odessa, Ukraine; transfer to Pervo Minsk, 1941; drafted into the Red Army; training exercises and operations in the Dnepropetrovsk artillery unit;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Alador Vilian, born in Backo Gradiste, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Gradiste, Croatia, Budapest, the Szeged Ghetto and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Alador Vilian, born in Backo Gradiste, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Gradiste, Croatia, Budapest, the Szeged Ghetto and other places Life before the war; Orthodox religious family; relations with the Serbian population; activities in the Beitar movement. Draft of his older brother into the Yugoslavian Army, 1939; his brother is taken captive by the Germans; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; deportation to Croatia; life in Croatia including sleeping in forests; escape to Serbia; receives a family's home and belongings from Serbian neighbors; murder of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Zvi Zweigenbaum, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Zvi Zweigenbaum, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald and other places Life in Bedzin before the war; displays of antisemitism; meets Jewish deportees from Germany, 1938; Jewish community assistance to the deportees. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation; murder of Jews; murder of the intelligentsia; deportation of men to camps; deportation of young men to forced labor; life in the Bedzin Ghetto including educational activities; establishment of workshops to supply the needs of the German Army; learns...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yechiel Varkel, born in Dabrowica, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in hiding, a forest and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Yechiel Varkel, born in Dabrowica, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in hiding, a forest and with the partisans Life before the war; attends a Yavne school; Beitar activities; meets Ze'ev Jabotinsky; aliya of her brother to Eretz Israel, 1931. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Sarny Ghetto; ghetto life including deportation to an open area and digging pits; shooting of Jews by the German soldiers and the Ukrainians; in hiding in a non-Jewish neighbors home; escape and hidden by a religious Christian; escape to a forest; joins...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

[Placard] of Zeev Jabotinsky: "Children of My Dreams and Thoughts"

File Number : 1594

Type of Material : Poster

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Herman Max Kohn, born in Pisting, 1923, regarding his experiences in Vienna during the annexation to Germany, wanderings in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and military service in the French Foreign Legion

Testimony

Testimony of Herman Max Kohn, born in Pisting, Austria, 1923, regarding his experiences in Vienna during the annexation to Germany, wanderings in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and military service in the French Foreign Legion Life before the war; move to Vienna; education; membership in Beitar. Annexation to Germany; anti-Jewish legislation; escape to Czechoslovakia with his father; arrest and detention; move to Bratislava; arrest in Nitra; attempt to escape; capture and return to the camp; injury; escape to Budapest; move to Yugoslavia; meets the French Deputy Consul; enlists into the French Foreign Legion;...

File Number : 12267

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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