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Testimony of Yehudit Brok née Stern, born in 1925 in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences in the ghettos of Galanta and Nove Zamky and in the Auschwitz and Hohenelbe camps until 1945

Hungary re-annexes the Galanta area and anti-Jewish violence in 1938; antisemitism escalates and authorities impose restrictions; German occupation ensues in 1944; father arrested and deported to a detention camp in Hungary in 1944; witness deported with mother and siblings to the Galanta ghetto for several days; deportation to a ghetto in a brickyard in Nove Zamky; deporation to Auschwitz in 1944; life in Auschwitz and receiving help from father; transferred to Hohenelbe; life in the camp; working at a factory that turns out aircraft parts; typhus; rescue by a non-Jewish Dutch nurse in 1945; liberation by Red...

File Number : 13525

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Yerachmiel Cymerman, born in Chocienczyce, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Chocienczyce, the Chocienczyce Ghetto, in forests, Radoszkowice and in the Red Army

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Testimony of Michael Yerachmiel Cymerman, born in Chocienczyce, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Chocienczyce, the Chocienczyce Ghetto, in forests, Radoszkowice and in the Red Army Red Army occupation of Chocienczyce; life under Soviet rule, 1939; German Army occupation [of Chocienczyce], 1941; deportation to the Chocienczyce Ghetto; Chocienczyce Ghetto life including forced labor under the supervision of Polish Gendarmerie men and Ukrainian Militia men; escape to forests near Chocienczyce with his family members, 1942; help from non-Jewish villagers with the supply of food and a place to hide;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Grinberg, born in Wizajny, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vilkaviskis, Klibari, Kupiskis, Dvinsk and a kolkhoz in the Suvorovskaya area

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Testimony of Abraham Grinberg, born in Wizajny, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vilkaviskis, Klibari, Kupiskis, Dvinsk and a kolkhoz in the Suvorovskaya area German occupation, 1939; deportation of all the Jews from Wizajny to the Lithuanian border, 1939; illegally crossing the border to Vilkaviskis, Lithuania with help from the Jewish community; transfer to Klibari; Soviet occupation of the area, 1940; deportation to Kupiskis, Lithuania by the Soviets, 1940; outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany; escape to Dvinsk, Latvia, 1941; losing his family and finding them again in the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yishayahu Charles Klein, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Mauthausen

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Testimony of Yishayahu Charles Klein, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Mauthausen Childhood; move to Belgium due to economic difficulties. Persecution of the Belgian Jews; deportation to France; return to Belgium; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; forced labor; death march to Mauthausen; liberation by the US Army. Aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Fries, born in Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel (Mandatory Palestine), 1937, regarding his experiences on a visit to Poland, in the Soviet Union and in Ural

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Testimony of Joseph Fries, born in Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel (Mandatory Palestine), 1937, regarding his experiences on a visit to Poland, in the Soviet Union and in Ural Trip with his parents from Eretz Israel for a family visit in Poland, 1938. Escape from Niepolomice to the Soviet Union, 1939; from there for a short stay in Kiev, Saratov, Sverdlovsk and Perem; move to Naberezhnyye, Ural, 1944; his father's work as an electrician; his father's arrival at the British Consulate in Moscow in an attempt to return to Eretz Israel. Move to the city of Kazan after the end of the war, 1946; move via Warsaw,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zelig Vigler, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Vascauti and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

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Testimony of Zelig Vigler, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Vascauti and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti

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Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti From a traditional family; good relations with the Romanian neighbors; displays of antisemitism in the Romanian newspapers and rumors regarding what is happening in Europe from refugees from Poland; the Jewish men are taken for forced labor in a suburb next to Bucharest; work in a hospital and unloading cargo from trains; deportation to Sarata; camp life; transfer by cattle train for two days; mutual help among the camp inmates; forced labor and the humiliating attitude towards the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Saul Cernautianu, born in Burdujeni, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Burdujeni, Suceava, Mogilev-Podolski and in hiding

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Testimony of Saul Cernautianu, born in Burdujeni, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Burdujeni, Suceava, Mogilev-Podolski and in hiding Life before the war; Zionist family; relations with the neighbors. Outbreak of the war; escape to Suceava due to displays of antisemitism; deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; crosses the Dniester River; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to a military camp with the Jews; escape from the camp in a truck; fear of a continuation of deportations and finds a hiding place behind a closet in a local home; escape to another military camp in the local...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ben Zion Reisch, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Cernauti, Marculesti, Yampol, the Zhabokrich Ghetto and other places

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Testimony of Ben Zion Reisch, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Cernauti, Marculesti, Yampol, the Zhabokrich Ghetto and other places Life in Clivodin before the war; relations with the Romanian neighbors; move to Cernauti with his family; life in Cernauti; aliya of his father to Eretz Israel due to antisemitic harassment, 1938. Anti-Jewish restrictions including the yellow badge; deportation; life in Marculesti camp including the robbery of valuables by Romanians; transfer on foot to Yampol; crosses the Dniester River; transfer on foot to Kryzhopol; transfer to the...

File Number : 13239

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Iehuda Tenenhaus, born in Suceava, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Suceava, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski and the Murafa Ghetto

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Testimony of Iehuda Tenenhaus, born in Suceava, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Suceava, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski and the Murafa Ghetto Life before the war. Anti-Jewish restrictions including the yellow badge; deportation to Atachi with his family; transfer over the Dniester River; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; military camp life; escape to a destroyed house; escape and move to the Murafa Ghetto in exchange for payment of a bribe; Murafa Ghetto life; exchange of belongings for food; activities of the Jewish police; activities of the Judenrat including existence of a hospital, canteen, soup...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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