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Testimony of David Farfel, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto, Mir Forest, Naliboki Forest and Puszcza

Testimony of David Farfel, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto, Mir Forest, Naliboki Forest and Puszcza Life before the war. Soviet occupation; German occupation; murder of Red Army POWs; murder of Jews by the German Army; murder of Jews, 30 October 1941; rescue from murder with his wife and father as a skilled professional; establishment of the Nieswiez Ghetto; ghetto life including the establishment of the Judenrat; appointment of a refugee from Warsaw as head of the Judenrat; activities in a secret school; organizing the underground; life with the...

File Number : 3197

Type of Material : Memoirs, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Iszaj Mazin, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto, a forest and with partisans under the command of the Polish commander, Marchwinski

Testimony of Iszaj Mazin, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto, a forest and with partisans under the command of the Polish commander, Marchwinski German occupation; attitude towards the Jews including burning Torah scrolls and religious articles; murder of Jews; concentration of approximately 800 men in the city square; selection of 50 hostages including Judenrat members; release of the hostages after payment of money, valuables and linens; murder of three Jews on the charge of buying food from a farmer; murder of Rabbi Aharon, a ritual circumciser, who was on his...

File Number : 4038

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Memoirs

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, Yiddish

Testimony of Szulamit Zelda (Dameszek) Gordon, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto and among the partisans under the command of Marchwinski in the Naliboki forests, Wolozyn and Mir Outbreak of the war; life under Soviet rule; German occupation, 27 June 1941; rescue from an "Aktion" in the market square; establishment of the Nieswiez Ghetto; Nieswiez Ghetto life; uprising, 22 July 1942; escape to a forest with her family members; joins a group of Jewish partisans under the command of the Pole, Jozef Marchwinski; life in the Naliboki forests, Wolozyn and Mir;...

File Number : 3865

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeew Schreiber, born in Mir, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Mir Ghetto, Mir forests and with the Platon partisan brigade

Testimony of Zeew Schreiber, born in Mir, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Mir Ghetto, Mir forests and with the Platon partisan brigade German occupation; murder of 17 Jews including Rabbi Kamai; life in the Mir Ghetto including the murder of approximately 1300 Jews in an "Aktion", Av (July-August) 1942; escape to a forest with his brother and many Jews due to help given by Oswald Rufeisen, August 1942; liquidation of the ghetto the following day; meeting with Jewish partisans, survivors from the Stolpce Ghetto, the Nieswiez Ghetto and the Toretz Ghetto; meeting with Jozef Marchwinski, a Polish...

File Number : 3580

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Jozef Marchwinski, a Righteous Among the Nations, born in Lodz, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in Lida, Nieswiez, with the partisans in the Mir and Naliboki forests, servng with the 3rd Polish Division and other places Detention by the Polish Secret Police on the charge of Communist activities; sentenced to three years imprisonment. Outbreak of the war between Poland and Germany; escape with his Jewish wife, Sonia Sokolovska, to the Soviet Union; work in Lida; work in Nieswiez; outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany; murder of 400 Jews including his wife in an...

File Number : 3568

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Ester (Swierzenska) Marchwinska, born in Mir, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Mir Ghetto, with the Marchwinski partisans in the Pletiszcze forest and in Latki

Testimony of Ester (Swierzenska) Marchwinska, born in Mir, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Mir Ghetto, with the Marchwinski partisans in the Pletiszcze forest and in Latki German occupation; concentration of the Jews in the market square; execution of 19 Jews; murder of her father and brother with approximately 800 other Jews in an "Aktion", 09 October 1941; establishment of the Mir Ghetto; escape to a forest with many Jews with help from Oswald Rufeisen, a disguised Jew who served as chief of the local police; joins a partisan battalion under the command of the Pole, Marchwinski, later...

File Number : 3567

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Yehoshua Mirski, born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kiev, the Nowogrodek district and with the partisans in the Naliboki forest

Testimony of Yehoshua Mirski, born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kiev, the Nowogrodek district and with the partisans in the Naliboki forest Life before the war. Mass murder of Jews in Babi Yar by the Germans; life in the Nowogrodek district including capture by the Germans; escape and obtains forged documents; escape to the Naliboki forest; life in a partisan unit under a Polish commander; combat. Aliya attempt on the ship, "Exodus"; aliya to Israel, 1948.

File Number : 2749

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Mosze Dameszek, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto and with partisans in the Naliboki Forest and Wolozyn Forest

Testimony of Mosze Dameszek, born in Nieswiez, Poland, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Nieswiez Ghetto and with partisans in the Naliboki forest and Wolozyn forest Life in Nieswiez including murder of Jews; life in the Nieswiez Ghetto including underground activities; liquidation of the ghetto and murder of the head of the Judenrat by the underground; uprising and escape to the Naliboki forest; life in the forest with a partisan unit; transfer to the Wolozyn forest; forest life including commanding the Chkalov Partisan Brigade; liberation. Attacks on collaborators; list of partisans and murdered...

File Number : 2746

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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