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Testimony of Yehuda Veis, born in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Harangod Ghetto, Auschwitz and Buchenwald

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Veis, born in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Harangod Ghetto, Auschwitz and Buchenwald Widespread family; work of his father; displays of antisemitism. German occupation of Hungary, March 1944; deportation to the Harangod Puszto Ghetto, April 1944; harsh ghetto life; cruelties and humiliations by the gendarmes toward the Jews; keeps Shabbat; deportation to Auschwitz, May 1944; description of the travel and hardships on the deportation train; remains with his father and uncle; transfer to Buna-Monowitz camp; camp life; labor in an I. G. Farben weapons...

File Number : 9034

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Lipman, born in Kedainai, Lithuania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Tashkent and serving in the Lithuanian Division

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Lipman, born in Kedainai, Lithuania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Tashkent and serving in the Lithuanian Division Witness' father owns a food business; attends a Jewish school; attends a Lithuanian high school until 1941. Soviet occupation; nationalization of the family business; German occupation; escape to the border with the Soviet Union; labor in a kolkhoz; transfer to Tashkent; drafted into the Lithuanian Division, 1942; combat in various places; end of the war. Return home; life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1957.

File Number : 740

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Arie Warszawski Bar Shavit, born in Wilkawischki, Lithuania, 1910, regarding his experiences in Uzbekistan and as a Red Army soldier in Orel and Kalinin

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Warszawski Bar Shavit, born in Wilkawischki, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Uzbekistan and as a Red Army soldier in Orel and Kalinin Life before the war; work as a teacher; Zionist activity. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, June 1941; deportation to the Soviet Union; labor in a kolkhoz in Uzbekistan; enlists in the Red Army, 1942; military service in the Lithuanian Division; combat in Orel, 1943; combat in Kalinin; wounded; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel via Vilna, 1947.

File Number : 2591

Type of Material : Postcard, Testimony

Language : Polish, Russian

Testimony of Chaim Borkum, born in Utiani, Lithuania, 1923, regarding his experiences as a Lithuanian division soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Borkum, born in Utiani, Lithuania, 1923, regarding his experiences as a Lithuanian division soldier Outbreak of the war; escape to the Soviet Union, 1941; drafted into the Lithuanian division, 1942; combat on the front against the German Army, 1943; wounded and amputation of his hand; life in the Soviet Union including labor, 1944-1945. Return to Lithuania.

File Number : 1899

Type of Material : Testimony, Photograph, Survey

Language : Polish

Testimony of Yaakov Steinman, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences as a Lithuanian division soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Steinman, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences as a Lithuanian division soldier Life in Mariampole. Outbreak of the war; escape via Lithuania to the Soviet Union; labor in the Soviet Union; drafted into the Lithuanian Division, 1942; activities in the division; release from the army, 1945. Aliya to Israel via Poland, 1956.

File Number : 1898

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Dawid Chanes, born in Vilna, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union and with a Lithuanian division at the front

Testimony

Testimony of Dawid Chanes, born in Vilna, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union and with a Lithuanian division at the front Outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union; escape to the Soviet Union, summer 1941; life in refugee institutions; serves with Jewish soldiers in a Lithuanian division; combat at the front, January 1943; wounded and hospitalization in military hospitals; end of the war. Return to Vilna; aliya to Israel, 1957.

File Number : 1675

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Josef Smolnik Smoly, born in Merkine, Lithuania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kovno, Belorussia, Novosibirsk and as a Red Army soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Smolnik Smoly, born in Merkine, Lithuania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kovno, Belorussia, Novosibirsk and as a Red Army soldier Life before the war; from a well-to-do family; Jewish, Zionist education; attends a Hebrew high school in Alytus; move to Kovno; life in Kovno including work. Soviet occupation, 1940; escape with young women in the direction of the Soviet Union, 1941; finds a hiding place in the home of a villager, 03 July, 1941; crosses the border into the Soviet Union illegally; life in Belorussia; escape to Novosibirsk; life in various kolkhozes in Novosibirsk...

File Number : 11062

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Cipora Feiga Shklarsky Blecher, born in Daugai, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Lithuanian Army

Testimony

Testimony of Cipora Feiga Shklarsky Blecher, born in Daugai, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Lithuanian Army The family; life in Daugai before the war; good relations with the local Lithuanian population; Jewish cultural activities; youth movements; studying at Vilna University and enlisting with friends at the outbreak of war; working in an optics factory for the Army in Kolopiestrowka; drafted to the Lithuanian division, March 1942; position in a medical unit; reference to a number of famous battles, among them Alexandrovka were many Jews fell; fair attitude towards the Jews by the Russian and...

File Number : 10960

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tuwie Kagan, born in Taurage, Lithuania, 1914, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union and as a Red Army soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Tuwie Kagan, born in Taurage, Lithuania, 1914, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union and as a Red Army soldier Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, June 1941; escape to the Soviet Union with his family; enlists in the Red Army in Tashkent; military service in the Lithuanian Division; wounded; liberation.

File Number : 2592

Type of Material : Memoirs, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Shmuel Zakharis, born in Naumiestis, Lithuania, 1903, regarding his experiences in the Salakas Ghetto, Soviet Union and as a Red Army soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Zakharis, born in Naumiestis, Lithuania, 1903, regarding his experiences in the Salakas Ghetto, Soviet Union and as a Red Army soldier Life before the war; move to Salakas. German occupation, June 1941; deportation to the Salakas Ghetto; escape to the Soviet Union; military service in the Red Army Lithuanian Division; wounded; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1956.

File Number : 2590

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

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