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Testimony of Leon Tabokh, born in 1926 in Thessaloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Birkenau, and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Tabokh, born in 1926 in Thessaloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Birkenau, and Mauthausen Pre-war life; war with Italy breaks out in October 1940; German occupation begins in April 1941; hunger; dispossession of Jews in 1942; "black Sabbath" in July 1942; restrictions on Jews including the yellow star edict; eviction from home and confiscation of the house for Germans' residential use; life in the "Baron Hirsch" quarter of the ghetto in early 1943; deportation to Auschwitz in March 1943; life in Birkenau; working in the ADE...

File Number : 13563

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Mano, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in forced labor, the Larissa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Warsaw and Muldorf

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Mano, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in forced labor, the Larissa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Warsaw and Muldorf From a well-to-do family; witness's father owns a store; attends a Talmud Torah. German occupation, April 1940; deportation to forced labor in mines, 1942; escape to Larissa, March 1943; life in the Larissa Ghetto; details about Rabbi Koretz, the head of the community; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buna; camp life including labor hauling sacks of cement in a rubber factory; deaths of family members; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Shaltiel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz, Gleiwitz, Buchenwald, a death march and Bergen-Belsen Life before the war; education; the Jewish community. German occupation, April 1941; restrictions on Jews including confiscation of property and the yellow badge; speech of Rabbi Koretz; deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto; ghetto life including forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including separation from his family; transfer to Buna-Monowitz; camp life including rescue from deportation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shabetai Allalouf, born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1914, regarding Koretz, deportation to Auschwitz camp and liberation at Schlossberg

Testimony of Shabetai Allalouf, born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1914, regarding Koretz, deportation to Auschwitz camp and liberation at Schlossberg Witness was a married man and the father of four children in 1943; he and his family did not attempt to escape due to the general and personal encouragement of Koretz; deportation to Auschwitz camp; liberation by the US Army at Schlossberg in early 1945; he marries again after the war with a woman who had been in Block 10 in Auschwitz.

File Number : 6582

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Elvira Kolando, born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1922, regarding her experiences in camps and the loss of all her family, and regarding Koretz, deportation to Auschwitz camp, medical experiments and transfer to Neustadt camp Description of Koretz, who arrived to give a speech in the neighborhood; deportation to Auschwitz camp; selection; medical experiments; her experiences in Block 10; various types of labor including collecting weeds and labor in the Sonderkommando; the Gypsies; her experiences in the camps and the loss of all her family; transfer to Neustadt camp; liberation by the Red Army.

File Number : 6579

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Rabbi Moshe Chalegua, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, regarding his experiences at forced labor in Greece, deportation to Auschwitz camp in August 1943, and labor in Warsaw

Testimony of Rabbi Moshe Chalegua, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, regarding his experiences at forced labor in Greece, deportation to Auschwitz camp in August 1943, and labor in Warsaw He serves as a rabbi before the war; testimony regarding Koretz; deportation to the "Baron Hirsch" Ghetto; he volunteers for forced labor in Greece due to Koretz' promise, and deportation to Auschwitz camp in August 1943; attempts by Greeks to throw bread into the [deportation] train; selection; transfer to Warsaw; labor with [clearing] the rubble of the [former] Warsaw Ghetto; regarding the crematory that was built there...

File Number : 6550

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Shlomo Sefiha, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki and in Auschwitz and Ebensee

Testimony of Shlomo Sefiha, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki and in Auschwitz and Ebensee Life with his family; marriage; birth of his daughter before the war; ownership of a shop. [German Army occupation of Thessaloniki]; non-Jewish friends safeguard his shop during the war; life under German occupation including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees; promises given by Rabbi Koretz; deportation to Auschwitz on a train; selection; camp life including labor sorting clothing; [transfer to Ebensee?]; refusal by 25.000 inmates in Ebensee to enter the tunnels after...

File Number : 6547

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Experiences of Shlomo Hauel Hagoel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1910, in various camps; the witness speaks many languages and served in senior positions

Experiences of Shlomo Hauel Hagoel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1910, in various camps; the witness speaks many languages and served in senior positions His family's life; his family owned a printing press which printed for the Germans and for the offices of the community, and he therefore participated in the meetings of the community's committees; deportation on a transport of people with special privileges; warnings and leaking [of information] by the Germans; transfer to the "Baron Hirsch" Ghetto; deception by Rabbi Kurtz (even if it was unintentional); being that the witness spoke many languages, he...

File Number : 6544

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Survey of conditions in German-occupied countries and the Middle Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: The history of the Warsaw Ghetto; establishment of the ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; the Uprising; deportations; deportations in the outlying areas; gas chambers in Treblinka; report from a person who visited Poland; severe economic situation; murder of Poles; murder of the intelligentsia and mass murder of farmers in the villages; lack of control of the German officers over their...

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jacob Yaakov Maestro, born in Thessaloniki, 1927, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki with the partisans, in the Auschwitz camp, on the death march, and in the Mauthausen camp

Testimony

Testimony of Jacob Yaakov Maestro, born in Thessaloniki, 1927, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki with the partisans, in Auschwitz, on the death march and in Mauthausen Family life until the outbreak of the war; works for the Germans as a cover for his underground activities for the partisans; Rabbi Koretz and his misinformation; deportation to the Baron Hirsch ghetto, 1943, and the deportation by train to Auschwitz; his work as a translator in Block 1--2 in the camp, and afterwards in the laundry and other places; his role as the person in charge of the transport from Greece, and as work organizer in...

File Number : 11549

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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