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Testimony of Tzafrir Shteir Sara, born in Bedzin, Poland, in 1930 regarding the Srodula ghetto and regarding the Peterswaldau camp

Childhood before the war; programming aliya to Israel; aliya of the two brothers ; confiscation of family businesses; outbreak of the war; burning the synagogue and houses of Jews; deportation to ghetto; forced labor; murder of the father; "aktions"; deportation of the mother and sister to Auschwitz Birkenau; deportation of the witness with her sister to Peterswaldau; help of the German female commander; liberation by the Russians; escape to the American side; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1946

File Number : 13661

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzipora Frieda (Markovitz) Nemesh, born in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia in 1919, regarding her experiences in Mukačevo Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zittau camps

Testimony of Tzipora Frieda (Markovitz) Nemesh, born in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia in 1919, regarding her experiences in Mukačevo Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zittau camps Life before the war; receiving a Hebrew education; activity in Hashomer Hatza’ir youth movement; publication of blood libel; German occupation in March 1944; expulsion to ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; murder of part of the family in camp; transfer to Zittau about six months later; life in camp; labor in factory; liberation by Red Army; life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1956; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence of the regional branch of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith) in Brandenburg, regarding various subjects, 03/01/1933-25/06/1936

Correspondence of the regional branch of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith) in Brandenburg, regarding various subjects, 03/01/1933-25/06/1936 - Internal correspondence by members of the regional branch of the Centralverein - CV in Brandenburg regarding conferences, elections, activities and events, publicity, and the number of members in the Centralverein - CV; distribution of the "CV - Zeitung" newspaper; distribution of the "Der Morgen" newspaper monthly publication; - Dismissal of Jews from the Workers Committees and the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German...

File Number : JM/28889

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Joseph Lavi, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and Budzyn camps and using a false identity in Warsaw

Testimony of Joseph Lavi, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and the Budzyn camp and using a false identity in Warsaw Life in Warsaw during the war; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; selections; deportations of Jews to various camps; confiscation of Jewish property before boarding the trains; shooting into the train cars as a means of instilling fear; experiences of Jews who had converted [to Christianity] (they did not receive preferential treatment); labor in a garage; Judenrat activities on behalf of the Jews; children's homes and youth group...

File Number : 8515

Type of Material : Testimony, Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 13649

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 13397

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Aharoni née Iudovitz, born in 1928 in Chust, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences in the Chust ghetto, Auschwitz, and Theresienstadt during the war

Life before the war; offspring of a religious family; Shabbat and festivals; attends a Jewish school; Jewish community life; activity of synagogues and Zionist youth movements; witness joins the Bnei Akiva movement; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1939; men inducted into the labor service; witness deported to the Chust ghetto; life in the ghetto; cultural and religious life; Hungarian gendarmes guard the ghetto; confiscation of valuables; witness wears the yellow star; deported to Auschwitz; selection in the camp and separation of family members; sister sent to Bergen-Belsen and dies from typhus there; roll...

File Number : 13610

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yeshayahu Nutman, born in Breslau, Germany in 1923, regarding his experiences in Breslau and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1937

Testimony of Yeshayahu Nutman, born in Breslau, Germany in 1923, regarding his experiences in Breslau and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1937 Life in Breslau as a child; he attends a Jewish school; membership in the Bachad youth movement, 1933; Nazis hold parades in the streets; shouting of anti-Jewish slogans by the Nazis, 1935; publication of the Nuremberg Laws and ban on his father's work as a Notary; easing of the watch over the laws during the Olympic events; life during the last months before his aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1937; studies in the Kadoorie school.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shimon Wisbacher, born in 1927 in Aachen, Germany, regarding his experiences in Aachen and his aliya to Israel in 1939

Testimony of Shimon Wisbacher, born in 1927 in Aachen, Germany, regarding his experiences in Aachen and his aliya to Israel in 1939. Son of a religious Zionist family; the immigration of the brothers to Israel in 1934 and 1936; expelled from home in 1933; studies in a Jewish school; physical harassment by the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend - the Hitler Youth); imposition of various restrictions; the events of "Kristallnacht" in 1938, including the burning of the Great Synagogue; deportation of Jews to camps; furniture and people thrown from the apartments; joining the Youth Aliyah organization and aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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