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Testimony of Jochanan Twersky, born in Vienna, Austria, 1925, regarding his experiences in Vienna on Kristallnacht, in Belgium and England

Testimony

Testimony of Jochanan Twersky, born in Vienna, Austria, 1925, regarding his experiences in Vienna on Kristallnacht, in Belgium and England Raised in a modern Orthodox family; his father served as President of Hamizrachi in Vienna and head of the synagogue [prayer house] "Beit Yaakov Yosef"; death of his father, 1931; Kristallnacht; leaving Vienna with the help of a female smuggler, June, 1939; move to Belgium for two weeks. Escape to England; receiving an Affidavit from Rabbi Twersky and arrival in London; the "Blitz"; evacuation to a village within the framework of Rabbi Dr. Sheinfeld's Jewish schools;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Zvi Lorincz, born in Nyirlugos, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and in additional camps

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Zvi Lorincz, born in Nyirlugos, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and in additional camps Childhood in an Orthodox family far from the city; gradual increase in displays of antisemitism. German occupation of Hungary, March, 1944; deportation to unpopulated area outside the city under harsh conditions; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to the coal mining camp in Jawischowitz; injury of his father; hospitalization and being taken away in a selection; camp life until January 1945; march on foot and afterwards on an open train to Buchenwald; life there in the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs on Sharlo Zhak Farhi and Levi Heskia on the problems involved with the Bulgarian aliya, 1948

Memoirs on Sharlo Zhak Farhi and Levi Heskia on the problems involved with the Bulgarian aliya, 1948 Memoirs on Sharlo Jack Farhi, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in a newspaper article, 1960, and a speech in his memory, 1969; activities of Farhi in Beitar; aliya of Farhi to Eretz Israel; combat of Farhi with Lehi; death of Farhi in an operation at the train station in Haifa, 1946; Memoirs on Levi Heskia, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1881, in a newspaper article written by Shmuel Semo, 1960; Zionist activities of Levy; participation of Levy at the 6th and 13th Zionist Congress; writing of a booklet and history...

File Number : 270

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Survey

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Zeev Vili Peleg, born in Berehovo, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Mauthausen, Birkenau, Melk and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Vili Peleg, born in Berehovo, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Mauthausen, Birkenau, Melk and Gunskirchen Life before the war; learns in a "heder" and public school. Re-annexation to Hungary; German occupation; yellow badge; deportation to the Berehovo Ghetto; deportation to Birkenau; selection; murder of his mother and siblings; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Melk; camp life including labor digging tunnels; air-raids; transfer to Gunskirchen on foot; camp life including typhus; hospitalization; liberation. Return home; aliya attempt; detention in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Joint testimony of Gabriel Werkstell and Rina (Werkstell) Navott, born in Warsaw in 1924 and 1927, regarding their experiences in Warsaw, escape using a false identity to Italy and Turkey, and aliya to Eretz Israel Childhood and youth of the witnesses, who are siblings, in Warsaw. Outbreak of war and shelling of Warsaw, 1939; escape with their parents to relatives' home; overcrowding; tension, 1940; escape to Trieste using forged passports; escape to Turkey after entry of Italy into war; joining a refugee group in Istanbul; aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1940; staying in Ben Shemen; Gabriel...

File Number : 10811

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Victor Vittorio Genah Kanaf, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1918, regarding his experiences in Libya, the British Army and aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Victor Vittorio Genah Kanaf, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1918, regarding his experiences in Libya, the British Army and aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943 His family background; return of the family to Libya, 1925; attends an Italian school; learns in a Talmud Torah; anti-Jewish decrees, 1937. Shelling of Benghazi by the Allied forces, 1939-1940; hardships regarding food supply; arrival of the British Army to Benghazi; war against the Italians by Muslims; witness' capture by the British and his detention in a camp in Tobruk; his release, several months later; transfer to Egypt; refusal by the British to...

File Number : 9960

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew