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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

Official documents from Argentina regarding the stay of Josef Mengele in Argentina as of 1958, including documents regarding the "Fadrofarm Sociedad en Comandita por Acciones" company, 1958-1975

File Number : 321

Type of Material : Report, Booklet(s)

Language : Spanish

Testimony of Natan Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia in 1924, regarding his experiences in Chust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Flossenbuerg camps

Testimony of Natan Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia in 1924, regarding his experiences in Chust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Flossenbuerg camps Life in the Carpathian Ruthenia area as a young child; move to Chust; he studies in a Czech school and in parallel in a heder; membership in the Hungarian Scouts movement; Deportation of his father to service in the labor battalions in 1939; deportation of his family to Ukraine, summer 1941; theft of valuables; they cross the Dniester River; return to Chust; his father returns; German occupation, March 1944; wearing a yellow badge; Chust...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ora Dobo Shvartz, born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania, about her wartime experiences in the Cluj ghetto and the Auschwitz Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and Bergen-Belsen camps

Life in Cluj; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1940; father inducted into the labor brigades in 1942; mother makes a living on the black market; promulgation of anti-Jewish laws; German occupation ensues; banishment to the ghetto; abuse of the wealthy; Kasztner's speech in the ghetto; deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June–October 1944; selections by Mengele; sent on to Gross Rosen; death march to Bergen-Belsen in March 1945; back to Romania after liberation; reunites with family; immigrates to Israel in 1949.

File Number : 13646

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places Life before the war; her parents are Viktor Porges, born in Horazdovice and Anna (Bondy), born in Horovice. German occupation; ban on owning animals by Jews; payment of a bribe to a veterinarian for certifying the euthanization of her dog; termination of studies by Jewish students, including high school studies; yellow badge; deportations to Lodz and Theresienstadt, 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt with her family, July 1942; life in camp in...

File Number : 8521

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp Life before the war; attends the Hebrew high school. German occupation; yellow badge; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto; transfer of her father and other Jews to the Great Synagogue; abuse of the Jews by Hungarian soldiers; liquidation of the ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz by death march; camp life; murder of her father, grandfather and grandmother; life in Birkenau in the Gypsy camp; transfer of the Gypsies to the gas...

File Number : 8517

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Goldberg née Avraham, born in 1929 in Cristur, Romania, about her experiences in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Horneburg, Porta Westfalica, and Fallersleben camps, etc.

Antisemitism in Romaniain 1938; escapes from riots by members of the Legionnaire movement; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1940; father inducted into the labor brigades; German occupation ensues in 1944; concealing valuables; Jews rounded up in the Dej forest; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selections; taken to a crematorium; hides in a hearse-cart and in a latrine; slips into a group selected for labor; transferred to Horneburg; life in the camp; manufacturing ship and aircraft parts; factory manager helps women prisoners; local German women help with food; cruelties by SS men; transferred to the Porta...

File Number : 13609

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen Life in Munkacs during the re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; deportation of people with Czechoslovakian citizenship; imposition of evening curfew on the Jews; prohibition on Jews managing businesses, from 1940; continuing running her father's business by means of bribery; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto, April 1944; transfer together with the Jews to a brick factory, 17 May 1944; deportation by train to Auschwitz; life on the train; hearing the...

File Number : 8500

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avigdor Elboim, born in Krasnik, Poland, in 1930, regarding his experiences as a young boy in Krasnik, in the Budzyn, Radom Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony of Avigdor Elboim, born in Krasnik, Poland,in 1930, regarding his experiences as a young boy in Krasnik; in the Budzyn, Radom, Auschwitz camps and others, Life before the war; he came from a traditional family; his grandfather had connections with the Lublin"yeshiva"; German occupation in 1939; executions as the Germans started occupying Poland; building of the Budzyn camp; he works as an apprentice glazier; deportation with his family to Budzyn; life in the camp; "Aktionen" and murder of his parents; murder of his grandfather before his eyes; murder of his sisters and grandmother; rescue by German...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe David Bleier, born in Kisterenye, Hungary in 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Kisterenye, in the Salgotarjan Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Auschwitz camps

Testimony of Moshe David Bleier, born in Kisterenye, Hungary in 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Kisterenye, in the Salgotarjan Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Auschwitz camps Life before the war; middle-class, traditional family; antisemitism; closure of his father's store by the Hungarian Gendarmerie, and its sale by the "Cash-Box Guards" Police [?]; transfer of his father to service in the labor battalions; disappearance of his father during 1939-1940; concentration of the Jews, and their deportation to the Salgotarjan Ghetto by the Hungarian Police and SS men, 1944; deportation to...

File Number : 13572

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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