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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

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Imre Yitzhak Kovach, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and additional camps

Testimony

Testimony of Imre Yitzhak Kovach, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and additional camps

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zahava Olga Fridman, born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Satoraljaujhely Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Zahava Olga Fridman, born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Satoraljaujhely Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen From a family of Satmar and Belz hasidim; attends a Jewish school. German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Satoraljaujhely Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1944; her parents' deaths; transfer with her twin sister to the Twin Block under Dr. Mengele; transfer to the Gypsy camp; transfer to Ravensbrueck on foot, January 1945; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation, April 1945. Move to Sweden as part of the Bernadotte...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Margit Miri (Sauer) Sheinberger, born in Paks, Hungary, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Paks Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau

Testimony

Testimony of Margit Miri (Sauer) Sheinberger, born in Paks, Hungary, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Paks Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau Life before the war with her twin sister. German occupation; deportation to the Paks Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944; camp life including medical experiments on twins by Dr. Mengele; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945. Wanderings to Romania and Belorussia; return to Hungary, October 1945; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Peter Grimfeld-Kleinman, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1940, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt and the medical experiments block in Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Peter Grimfeld-Kleinman, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1940, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt and the medical experiments block in Auschwitz Deportation to Theresienstadt, 1942; transfer to Auschwitz, 1944; separation from his mother and sisters; inmate in the medical experiments block; medical experiments; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Witness is fostered by a Jewish man named Grimfeld; move to Uzhorod; move to Mukacevo; murder of Grimfeld, 1945; adoption by the murdered man's daughter. Marriage; life in Berehovo; aliya to Israel, 1979, absorption.

File Number : 12538

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Kalman (Braun) Bar On, born in Ilok, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Budapest Ghetto, and in Birkenau in the Twins' Block

Testimony

Testimony of Kalman Braun Bar On, born in Ilok, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Budapest Ghetto, and in Birkenau in the Twins' Block Childhood with his grandfather's family in Balassagyarmat, because his father died when Kalman was 2 years old; learns in a yeshiva, and move to a yeshiva in Papa when he was 12 years old; move to Budapest, and detention in the railroad station, Pesach 1944; remaining in a detention camp for two weeks and return home to the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; arrival at the Twins' Block in the hospital, 13 June 1944; life in the camp; work with a friend...

File Number : 11842

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Joint testimony of Shmuel and Mordecij Bash, twins born in Sapanta, 1930, regarding their experiences in the Teghea Ghetto and the medical experiments the “Mengele twins” underwent in Auschwitz

Testimony

Joint testimony of Shmuel and Mordecij Bash, twins born in Sapanta, 1930, regarding their experiences in the Teghea Ghetto and the medical experiments the “Mengele twins” underwent in Auschwitz Childhood in Sapanta where 200 Jewish families lived, most of them hasidic Jews; nine children in the family; school and "heder" in Beit Yaakov; continuation of their studies in yeshivas in Hungary; good relations with the Romanians, hunger until the Hungarians entered; deportation to the Teghea Ghetto where they stayed for a month; transport to Auschwitz on a train for three days; the cantor's singing on the train;...

File Number : 11387

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rose (Unger) Neuman, born in Sighet, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisswasser

Testimony

Testimony of Rose (Unger) Neuman, born in Sighet, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisswasser Life before the war; relations with the local population. Re-annexation to Hungary; help to Jewish refugees; German occupation; decrees; attempts of her father to negotiate with Adolf Eichmann; deportation to Auschwitz, 05 May 1944; camp life including labor taking corpses to the crematoria; cannabilism; transfer to Birkenau; agricultural labor; transfer to Weisswasser; camp life including labor in an aircraft parts factory; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Sighet; move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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