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Testimony of Chaim Hauszman Nave, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in Budapest

Testimony of Chaim Hauszman Nave, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in Budapest Life in Budapest in the home of an assimilated family; German occupation, 1944; deportation from their home; separation from his mother; life in hiding in Budapest until the liberation in 1945; He joins a group of children who were gathered by the JDC organization and by members of the Gordonia movement; they set sail for Eretz Israel on the "Knesset Yisrael" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel in 1947; service in the Israel Air Force, IAF; receipt of the Mofet...

File Number : 13579

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documents of Red Army soldier Vladimir Bronshtein, 1945-1968

Personal documents of Red Army soldier Vladimir Bronshtein, 1945-1968 Confirmation issued by a military hospital regarding the wounding in combat of Red Army soldier Vladimir Bronshtein, 24 January 1945; confirmation regarding the award of a Medal of Honor on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.

File Number : 374

Type of Material : Certification, Personal Records

Language : Russian

Personal documents and medals of honor of Elya Goman, born in Kalinkovichi, Belorussia, 1923, a Red Army soldier who was in combat at the front and participated in the battle of Stalingrad, 08/1942-05/1945 Personal documents, including an original army notepad from the war period and confirmation of his service in the Red Army including being wounded, 29/01/1943 and 03/08/1944; witness died in Israel, 28/11/1991.

File Number : 365

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Certification, Notepad

Language : Russian

Testimony of Jehoshua Neeman Noiman, born in Breslau, Germany, 1926, regarding his experiences in Germany until 1933, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934

Testimony

Testimony of Jehoshua Neeman Noiman, born in Breslau, Germany, 1926, regarding his experiences in Germany until 1933, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934 From a religious, Zionist family; death of his Zionist uncle in World War I, and his uncle's will; his mother's Zionist activities; Nazi party rise to power, 1933; breaking of display windows and marking the letter "J" on Jewish-owned shops; his father's death; move to Klaipeda, Lithuania; school attendance and antisemitic atmosphere; studying Hebrew; legal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934; detention for Irgun activities; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Zianida Pisshitz regarding the experiences of her husband, Lev Pisshitz in the Red Army

Memoirs of Zianida Pisshitz regarding the experiences of her husband, Lev Pisshitz in the Red Army Participation in battle on the Ukrainian front; crossing the Dnieper River; liberation of Kiev. Receiving Badges of Honor, including a Medal of Courage for obeying an order while injured.

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Larisa Vaks regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad, in Tikhvin, Siberia and Kazakhstan

Testimony of Larisa Vaks regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad, in Tikhvin, Siberia and Kazakhstan Outbreak of the war; air-raids; city under siege; turning schools into hospitals; fear; hunger; evacuation of the children to surrounding villages; water, electricity and heating shortages; mortality; mass graves; liberation by the Red Army and evacuation to Tikhvin; from there to Siberia. News of the murder of her relatives and acquaintances; move to Kazakhstan; return to Leningrad; studies education; work; military service of her husband in the Red Army; aliya to Israel, 1990; receives a...

File Number : 50

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Binyamin Dynoviz, born in Belorussia, 1922; regarding his experiences as a soldier in the Red Army

Testimony of Binyamin Dynovitz, born in Belorussia, 1922; regarding his experiences as a soldier in the Red Army Draft into the Red Army; march towards the East; shelling; battle against the Germans in the Caucasus area; injuries. Receiving medals.

File Number : 38

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leontina Vilenski, born in Gomel, Belorussia, 1924, regarding her experiences as a young woman in Stalingrad and in the Red Army

Testimony of Leontina Vilenski, born in Gomel, Belorussia, 1924, regarding her experiences as a young woman in Stalingrad and in the Red Army Experiences of her elder sister in smuggling Jews from the Bershad Ghetto to forests and her being hanged; escape together with her mother and her sister to Stalingrad; murder of her uncle by the Germans; military service in the Red Army; liberation of Gomel, 1943. Return home and receiving a medal; marriage, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1989.

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documents and certificates pertaining to Holocaust survivor Yitzchak Ignagy Kos Kahat who was in the Lwow Ghetto and was deported to Auschwitz

File Number : 1066

Type of Material : Identity Card, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Sara Anna (Altman) Levi, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Salzwedel

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Anna (Altman) Levi, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Salzwedel Traditional family; the family owns a fur shop. German occupation, March 1944; increase in antisemitism; transfer of the shop to Hungarian owners; decrees including the yellow badge and deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto, 1944; transfer to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz, July 1944; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, September 1944; transfer to Salzwedel; camp life including labor in a weapons factory; liberation by the US Army, April...

File Number : 12808

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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