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Testimony of Miriam Roth née Kaf, born in 1930 in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia, about her experiences in the Baja ghetto and with her twin sister in the "Mengele's twins" barracks in Auschwitz

Life with an identical twin sister; childhood in Vojvodina; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1941; father inducted into labor brigades; connection with father lost; livelihood hardships and placement with mother's family in the countryside; German occupation ensues in 1944; Jewish community rounded up, deported to the Baja ghetto, and placed in a brickyard; deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on May 28, 1944; twins separated in a selection; witness placed in the "Mengele's twins" barracks; undergoes frequent blood tests; receives help at the hospital; evacuation order issued in January 1945; finding a hiding place in...

File Number : 13585

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yael Martha Elboim née Shlezinger, born in 1932 in Veszprem, Hungary, about her experiences as a girl in the Szekesfehervar ghetto and undergoing medical experiments with her twin sister in Auschwitz

Father manages a farm in the countryside; witness attends school with her twin sister in a convent; moves to grandfather's home in Veszprem; German occupation in 1944; wears the yellow star; deported to the Szekesfehervar ghetto; deported to Auschwitz; passes selection in the camp and is separated together with her sister from the rest of the family; placed in the twins' barracks; undergoes blood tests and medical experiments; sister's situation deteriorates; liberated by Red Army forces in January 1945; sister dies in the camp after liberation; life in transit camps in Katowice, Czernowitz, and Slutsk; back to...

File Number : 13559

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edith Kalman Pollak, born in 1923 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, about her experiences in the Baja ghetto, Birkenau, and forced labor in Oberkochen

Childhood in Novi Sad; family life, cultural life, and the Jews' status; Hungarian occupation ensues in 1941; schools closed; shopkeeping license revoked in a razzia in January 1942; father dies; deportation to a collection camp in Subotica; deportation to the Baja ghetto by train; deportation to Birkenau in summer 1944; separation from grandmother; the witness and her mother in Birkenau; witness taken to infirmary for treatment of wounds sustained in an examination by Mengele; mother sent to Bergen-Belsen; witness sent in autumn 1944 to Oberkochen for forced labor; liberated in May 1945; immigrated to Israel...

File Number : 13422

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther (Genis) Tarfon, born in Arta, Greece, 1922, regarding her experiences in Arta, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (Genis) Tarfon, born in Arta, Greece, 1922, regarding her experiences in Arta, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Life of the Jews in Arta; attitude of the local Christian population. German Army occupation of Arta, 1942; lack of knowledge regarding what was happening in Greece; deportation of the Arta Jews via Patra, Agriano and Athens, 24 March 1942; deportation to Auschwitz; death of her father in the transport; selection including separation from her family members; camp life including labor loading potatoes; selection; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; camp life including removal of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Batya Hefetz née Fiser Szabo, born in 1923 in Viseul de Sus, Romania, about her experiences in the Viseul de Sus ghetto and in the Stutthof, Auschwitz, and Bromberg camps

Testimony

Testimony of Batya Hefetz née Fiser Szabo, born in 1923 in Viseul de Sus, Romania, about her experiences in the Viseul de Sus ghetto and in the Stutthof, Auschwitz, and Bromberg camps Hungary re-annexes Viseul de Sus; life under Hungarian rule in 1940; German occupation ensues in 1944; ghettoization; life in the ghetto in 1944; deportation with family to Auschwitz; transfer to Stutthof in autumn 1944; transfer to Bromberg; life in the camp; working in an armaments plant in 1944; death march; liberated by Red Army forces in January 1945; life in a Polish village nearby; convalescence; return to Viseul de Sus...

File Number : 13549

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more Childhood in a wealthy, religious family. Hungarian occupation and rise in displays of antisemitism; German occupation, 1944; yellow badge; robbery of valuables and assets; deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection and transfer together with his twin brother to a camp hospital (Kranken Hause); medical experiments; transfer to Camp D and labor near Crematorium 2; approach of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation including reports by former inmates, regarding the fate of inmates in Auschwitz, Birkenau and other camps, dated, 1944-1962

Documentation including reports by former inmates, regarding the fate of inmates in Auschwitz, Birkenau and other camps, dated, 1944-1962 Interviews, testimonies, research reports, articles, and excerpts from books: Research report regarding activities by the underground in Monowitz camp, by British POW Charles Coward and his friends; Research report by Wladislaw Tejkiel, 28/07/1961; Protocol of an interview with Gerta Gerzonowa, a former inmate in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Flossenburg camps, 19/11/1945; Interviews with Elisabeth Guttenberger and Regine Lebensfeld-Hofstaedter, regarding...

File Number : JM/14175

Type of Material : Interview(s), Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Statistics, Correspondence, Testimony, Protocol, Survey Report

Language : Czech, French, English, German

Testimony of Maikl Mihael Levin, born in Tiraspol, the Soviet Union, 1935, regarding his experiences in Tiraspol, the Tulchin Ghetto and Pechora

Testimony

Testimony of Maikl Mihael Levin, born in Tiraspol, the Soviet Union, 1935, regarding his experiences in Tiraspol, the Tulchin Ghetto and Pechora His childhood in a traditional family. German Army occupation of Tiraspol, 1941; escape in the direction of the East; Tulchin Ghetto life, in Transnistria, August 1941; deportation of his family to Pechora camp, December 1941; camp life including hunger, morbidity, medical experiments and the attitude of the Romanians; death of his younger sister; liberation, March 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 05 September 1991.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Chana (Grosman) Tzachor, born in Salanky, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Salanky, the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Prague and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Grosman) Tzachor, born in Salanky, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Salanky, the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Prague and other places Life under Hungarian rule, 1940; German Army occupation of Salanky; deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life including escape from Mengele's barracks; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, 1945; typhus disease; liberation by the British Army, 1945. Move to a field hospital; move to a convalescence home in Bergen-Belsen, 1945; move back to Salanky; move to Prague with her brother, 1945; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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