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Testimony of Shlomo Feldshtein, born in Przeworsk, Poland, in 1934, regarding his hiding with a Polish farmer in Grzeska between 1942-1944

Testimony

-Childhood before the war; relations with the local population; outbreak of the war; life until 1942; "Aktion"; escape of the family to the forest following a warning they got from a farmer; hiding with the farmer for 2 years 1942-1944; leaving the hiding place with the approach of the Russians; leaving Poland; reconstruction of life after the war; emigration to Israel; exile to Cyprus; Aliya back to Israel

File Number : 13758

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation belonging to Osias Leib Ungarisch from Radauti from the time he was in the Djurin Ghetto, 23 August-02 November 1943

Documentation belonging to Osias Leib Ungarisch from Radauti from the time he was in the Djurin Ghetto, 23 August-02 November 1943 The documentation includes: - Resident's card in the Djurin Ghetto, belonging to Osias Leib Ungarisch, born in Radauti, Romania, 1889; - Resident's card in the Djurin Ghetto, belonging to Salo Ungarisch (the son of Osias Leib Ungarisch), born in Radauti, Romania, 1933; - Official letter from Moshe (M.) Katz, the head of the Judenrat in Djurin, certifying that Osias Ungarisch is a Judenrat member, 02 November 1943; - Recommendation letter to Aryeh Leib Ungarisch written...

File Number : 321

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Letter

Language : Romanian, German

Affidavits provided by the residents of the Kopaygorod Ghetto regarding the activity of Fabius Orenstein, Head of the Jewish Committee in Kopaygorod, 1941-1944, who rescued Jews including the writers of the affidavits Writing the affidavits in Bucharest, May-April 1957; Persons submitting the affidavits: - Etka Schmidt; - Willy Postelnik; - Ana Goldenblum; - Ana Safir; - Benjamin Schneider; - Simon Chon; - Rita Moisescu; - Marta Feig; - Leo Gewurz; - Simha Feldmann; - Pavel Pavlovici; - Leon Silberstein; - Samuel Spiegelblatt; - Zoltan Meier; - Aron Pisam; -...

File Number : 8473

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Declaration

Language : Romanian, Russian, German, Yiddish

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 Pepi (Kahlenbeg) Laufer, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Storojinet, Bessarabia, Balta and in an orphanage in Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Pepi (Kahlenbeg) Laufer, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Storojinet, Bessarabia, Balta and in an orphanage in Bucharest Her childhood in a traditional family, including attending a Romanian school and high school; attitude of the local population toward the Jews. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; Romanian occupation; concentration of the Jews in a school without food and water, for several days; deportation to the Storojinet Ghetto; deportation to Cernauti in freight trains, including overcrowding and hunger; arrival to Bessarabia; march on foot including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit (Keren) Gross, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzing

Testimony

Testimony of Judit (Keren) Gross, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzing Her childhood in a traditional family; move to Czechoslovakia when she was 6 years old; attitude of the Czech population. Outbreak of the war, 1939; move to Satu Mare; Hungarian Army occupation of Satu Mare, 1940; life under Hungarian occupation including acts of abuse against the Jews and anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions on movement; Aryanization; numerus clausus; expulsion from the Lutheran school; attends Jewish schools including receiving private lessons;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachel (Feldman) Gam, born in Podoleni, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Podoleni and Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel (Feldman) Gam, born in Podoleni, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Podoleni and Iasi Her childhood including attending six years of elementary school; orphaned of her father; help to her mother, selling fish. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Iasi. Work as a salesperson; activities in a Zionist youth organization with the aim of making aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya to Israel, 1951.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bruno Landesberg, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Bucharest, Siberia, Khmelnik, Poltava and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Bruno Landesberg, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Bucharest, Siberia, Khmelnik, Poltava and other places Traditional family; witness attends an elementary school and a Romanian high school; move to Radauti, 1927; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; move to Bucharest, 1934; displays of antisemitism. Soviet occupation, 1940; life in Cernauti under Communist rule, 1940; changes in the economic and religious situation; exiled to Siberia, 1941; re-occupation by the Romanians, summer 1941; joins the Soviet retreat along with his wife; hardships en...

File Number : 12902

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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