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File Number : 3630

Type of Material : Survey Report, Names, Official Documentation

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad German occupation of Zhvanchik; attitude of the local population; attempts of Jews to appease the Germans by welcoming them with a Torah scroll; acts of abuse against the Jews; collaboration of the Ukrainians with the Germans; pogrom in Zhvanchik, 31 August 1941, including the murder of her father; in hiding in an attic; mass murder of the Jews of Zhvanchik [in killing pits]; in hiding in a cemetery; "Aktion" in the ghetto;...

File Number : 8480

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Aizik Birger from Lachowice, Poland, regarding his experiences in Lachowice, the Lachowice Ghetto and in the forest

Memoirs of Aizik Birger from Lachowice, Poland, regarding his experiences in Lachowice, the Lachowice Ghetto and in the forest The German occupation; transporting of 56 men out of the city and their subsequent murder; confiscation of gold and jewelry from the Jews; murder of approximately 3,000 Jews from Lachowice, some of whom were buried alive; establishment of the Lachowice Ghetto; murder of the remnants of the Jewish population in Lachowice a few months later; hiding of the witness in the ghetto with 70 other people; escape to the forest with Nechama Proshchitzki from Krzywoszyn, Aharon Berezin and...

File Number : 8469

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Yehuda Albin, born in Tluste, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Tluste and in the Tluste Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Albin, born in Tluste, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Tluste and in the Tluste Ghetto His childhood in a Zionist, Orthodox religious family including learning in a "heder" and attending a Hebrew school and a Polish school; activities in a Zionist youth movement; displays of antisemitism before the war. Outbreak of the war; attempts by Ukrainians and Poles to attack the Jews; closure of Jewish businesses; exile to Siberia of wealthy residents and members of the intelligentsia; meets refugees from Poland; help given to the refugees; German Army occupation [of Tluste], 1941;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Simha Juclea, born in Darabani, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Targu Jiu, Turnu Severin, Dorohoi, Atachi and more

Testimony

Testimony of Simha Juclea, born in Darabani, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Targu Jiu,Turnu Severin, Dorohoi, Atachi and more Childhood in a religious family, increasing displays of antisemitism, 1939-1940. Deportation to Targu Jiu; transfer to Turnu Severin; residence in a synagogue; receiving aid from local Jews; transfer to Dorohoi, residence in a synagogue; transfer to Atachi by train; transfer to Mogilev; transfer on foot to Tropova; life in Tropova including illness; morning roll calls and transporting the dead to mass graves; escape to the village of Bilyana; liberation. Return to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent from Odessa to Nina Kofman with information regarding mass murders that took place in Odessa during the German occupation, 20 July 1944

File Number : 1651

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Eva Berger, born in Tulchin, Ukraine, 1928, regarding her experiences in Tulchin, Bershad, the Pechora camp, Rakhny and other places

Memoirs of Eva Berger, born in Tulchin, Ukraine, 1928, regarding her experiences in Tulchin, Bershad, the Pechora camp, Rakhny and other places Escape from Tulchin to Bershad with her family, July 1941; life in Bershad until 08 December 1941; escape back to Tulchin; transfer by forced march with Jews to Torkov; life in Torkov including the deaths of many Jews; life in the Pechora camp until spring, 1942; transfer to Rakhny; life in Rakhny including the deaths of Jews; forced labor; liberation, March 1944.

File Number : 8047

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen Her childhood in an Orthodox religious family; receives a Jewish education privately. Outbreak of the war; hiding of their property in the home of neighbors; deportation to the Ungvar Ghetto; detention of her father; interrogation of her father; detention in a brick factory, for approximately five weeks; draft of young people to labor battalions in Ukraine; deportation on the first transport to Auschwitz; separation from her mother and her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Section of memoirs by Red Army sergeant Vladimir Kruchinenko, regarding prevention of the murder of Jews in the Minsk area by his battalion, summer 1944

File Number : 352

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Investigation file of the NKGB Counter-Espionage Department, the Ministry of State Security of Moldavia, against Ivan Mararash, regarding his collaboration with the Romanian occupation authorities and murder of Jews in Verkhnyaya Mariyanovka, summer 1941, conducted in Kishinev, 10/01/1945-23/08/1945 - Decision on opening up a separate file against Ivan Mararash, due to a request for a psychiatric examination, 28/04/1945; - Investigation reports of Ivan Mararash for his part in the murder of the Jews in Verkhnyaya Mariyanovka, summer 1941, compiled in Kishinev, 10/01/1945-12/02/1945; - Exhumation report...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Protocol, Indictment, Investigation Report, Medical Documentation, Legal Documentation

Language : Russian

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