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Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war Childhood in a religious family; her father's work in a parchment paper factory; parental acquaintance with Borculo; her mother's origin is Hague; move of her family to the suburb of Hague, to Voorburg. German occupation, 1940; birth of the witness, April 1941; deportation of Jewish men, 1942; decision on immigration to South America; obtaining documents for immigration; witness disease in kidney disease; cancellation of immigration plans; giving the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Josef Heiman, born in Szolnok, Hungary, 1922, regarding enlistment in labor troops in the Hungarian army, 1942-1945

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Heiman, born in Szolnok, Hungary, 1922, regarding enlistment in labor battalions in the Hungarian army, 1942-1945 Childhood in a religious family lacking economic means; studies in a Jewish school and then in a general school. Anti-Jewish legislation; restrictions on the employment of Jews in public office; limitation on the number of students in universities (Numerus clausus); conscription into the Hungarian army for labor battalions, 1942; anti-Semitic incidents in the labor battalions; heavy penalties; transfer of the battalion to Austria, 1944; fortification works near...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Emil Friedmann, regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps

Testimony

Testimony of Emil Friedmann [born in 1914], regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps From an observant family in Gyergyó, Transylvania; his parents were Farkas and Regina (Adler) Friedmann; his siblings were Izidor, Eugénia, Sándor, Artúr, Margit, Ernő, Henrich; his father served in the Hungarian Army during World War I, was wounded in battle, and died of his wounds in 1916, when the witness was two years old; harsh economic conditions; learning at a cheder from a young age; attendance at a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps

Testimony

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps Born to an observant family in Sarmas (Hungarian: Salamas); her parents were Adolf, born in Bilbor and Eszter (Rubin) Sztrul, born in Salamas; her siblings were Jenő Sztrul and Ernő Sztrul; her other siblings were not mentioned by name; her maternal grandfather was Salamon Rubin whose two sons Adolf and Herman perished in the Holocaust, and whose daughter, the witness' mother, and the two children of his second daughter,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzchak Shmartz Yeshayahu, born in Limanowa, Poland, 1923, regarding his escape to Lwow, deportation to a camp with other Polish refugees to a camp near Ufa, and recruitment to the Polish battalion during the war Childhood in a Hasidic family in reasonable financial condition; his family's livelihood from a lumberyard; family life; studies in a Polish school; studies in the "Room" in parallel with studies in school; Jewish holidays and Sabbaths. The outbreak of war, 1939; escape of the witness to Lwow; refusal to obtain Soviet citizenship; deportation of Polish refugees to a camp near Ufa;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chana (Iavelberg) Veiner, born in Briceni, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a young child in Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Iavelberg) Veiner, born in Briceni, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in the [?] Ghetto and the Stratiyevka Ghetto German occupation; deportation to a ghetto; death of her father; transfer to Ukraine, to the Stratiyevka Ghetto.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Mordechai Nadir, born in Campulungul, Romania, 1932, regarding the deportation of his family to Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Nadir, born in Campulungul, Romania, 1932, regarding the deportation of his family to Transnistria Childhood in a religious family; his family's livelihood in a store selling household goods and clothing; good neighborly relations with the local population; studies at a Romanian school; visits to the synagogue. The outbreak of war; deportation of the Jewish population to Atachi; continued deportation to Mogilev Podolskiy; accommodation in the streets; boarding trucks; transfer to Murafa; subsistence of his family from the sale of clothing and belongings; life in Murafa; sewing and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Erich Honig, born in Radauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Radauti, Transnistria and the Kopaygorod Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Erich Honig, born in Radauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Radauti, Transnistria and the Kopaygorod Ghetto His childhood. Persecution of Jews, 1941-1944; deportation to Transnistria; death march; life in Transnistria; Kopaygorod Ghetto life including forced labor clearing snow; mortality [of inmates] due to typhus disease, cold and hunger. Repatriation; Zionist activities in the context of Hanoar Hatzioni; aliya to Israel, 1964.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Lina Verona Valabrega, born in Turin, Italy on 08/05/1890, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust; included in the file is a list of people who perished in Auschwitz camp, including members of the Verona family

File Number : 7581

Type of Material : List of Murdered Persons

Language : Hebrew

Letters and postcards written by Benzion Schapira from Kopyczynie [Kopyczynce] to his son in Eretz Israel, 1940-1942

File Number : 1382

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Yiddish

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