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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

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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 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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 3197

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony, Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : 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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 4038

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Poems/songs, Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : 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;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 3865

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : 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

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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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 3580