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Testimony

Testimony of Simcha Leo Fischer, born in Backo Petrovo Selo, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Petrovo Selo, the Szeged Ghetto, Baja Ghetto, Fertorakos camp and other places Life before the war; attends school in the Jewish community and synagogues. Re-annexation to Hungary, April 1941; round-up ("Atkion") with the participation of Hungarian Gendarmes, January 1942; receives information regarding the murder of Jews in Novisad; receives information regarding the murder of family members in Beograd; German occupation, March 1944; wearing of a yellow badge; deportation of Jews...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chana (Krumholtz) Izhar, born in Kuty, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Kuty and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Krumholtz) Izhar, born in Kuty, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Kuty and Tashkent Life before the war; traditional family; witness attends a Tarbut school. Soviet occupation, 1939; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; evacuation with Russian families in the direction of the east; life during the evacuation; air-raids; move to Tashkent; life in Tashkent; young people receive help from the authorities; work in a military factory; typhus illness; payment of bribery; end of the war, 1945. Move to Bucharest; life in Bucharest; joins aliya...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Selu (Zelman) Eldar, born in Roman, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Roman, the Botosani camp, the Comaresti camp, the Catalul camp and more

Testimony

Testimony of Selu (Zelman) Eldar, born in Roman, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Roman, the Botosani camp, the Comaresti camp, the Catalul camp and more Life before the war; from a traditional family; death of his mother; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Placing restrictions on the Jews; confiscation of property; yellow badge, restrictions in movement; deportation to forced labor; removing the dead and the dying from the "death train" from Iasi, 1941; deportation to the Catalul camp, 1941; transfer to the Comaresti camp; transfer to the Botosani camp; transfer to the Herta camp; transfer to the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Israel Bakalash, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Warsaw, Arkhangelsk, transfer to Teheran with Anders Army, aliya to Eretz Israel and more

Testimony

Testimony of Israel Bakalash, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Warsaw, Arkhangelsk, transfer to Teheran with Anders Army, aliya to Eretz Israel and more Life before the war; from a traditional family. Air-raids on Warsaw by the German Army, 1939; finding a hiding place in a cemetery; German occupation; yellow badge; escape with his family to the Soviet Union; stopping at the barrier of the German Army by the Soviet border; deportation to Arkhangelsk by train; life in Arkhangelsk, receiving 100 grams of bread a day, escape to Turkmenistan; life in a kolkhoz in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Shmilek Maltzer, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Chrzanow, Lezajsk, Lwow, Siberia and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Shmilek Maltzer, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Chrzanow, Lezajsk, Lwow, Siberia and other places Life before the war; receives a Hebrew education; Gordonia activities; life in aliya training. Outbreak of the war, 1939; direct shelling; escape to Krakow; the Poles block the way; escape to Lezajsk; life in Lezajsk; burning of the synagogue on the eve of Rosh Hashana; murder of Jews in the synagogue; escape to Chrzanow; life in Chrzanow; deportation to forced labor; receives a warning from an Austrian soldier on the murder of Jews during Christmas; escape to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lili Liliana (Mulbauer) Gelberman, born in Sovata, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Sovata, in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Theresienstadt and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Lili Liliana (Mulbauer) Gelberman, born in Sovata, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Sovata, in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Theresienstadt and other places Life before the war; religious family. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1944; German occupation, April 1944; wears a yellow badge; deportation to the Targu Mures Ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz on a train; camp life; daily selection; suicides by inmates; fasting on Yom Kippur; large selection, October 1944; transfer in freight cars to Germany; camp life including labor in a tank parts factory; labor in shifts;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit Erzike (Farkash) Nahmani, born in Nyirbeltek, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Nyirbeltek and in Ravensbrueck, Penig and Chemnitz camps

Testimony

Testimony of Judit Erzike (Farkash) Nahmani, born in Nyirbeltek, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Nyirbeltek and in Ravensbrueck, Penig and Chemnitz camps Life before the war; traditional family; studies sewing. German occupation, March 1944; termination of her studies and her work; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions including travel restrictions; wears a yellow badge; life in a marked house; deportation to labor in a cloth weaving factory; labor in the production of uniforms for the German Army; deportation to Ravensbrueck, December 1944; camp life; labor straightening areas for...

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 Eliahu Edzio Zalzberg, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Kalisz, in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Edzio Zalzberg, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Kalisz, in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps Life before the war; traditional family. German occupation, September 1939; escape to Lodz; Lodz Ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz, August 1944; camp life including forced labor; transfer to Mauthausen camp; transfer on a death march. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

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