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Memoirs of Arie Kostiner, born in Shutz, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Transnistria, in the Murafa Ghetto and in the area of the Bug River

Memoirs of Arie Kostiner, born in Shutz, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Transnistria, in the Murafa Ghetto and in the area of the Bug River Deportation to Transnistria with his family, 1941; Murafa Ghetto life; life in the area of the Bug River; transfer to forced labor; liberation, March 1944. Illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; life while in detention in Cyprus; Included are writings by Kostiner, written during his detention in Cyprus.

File Number : 8237

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more Life before the war, membership in the Hanoar Hazioni youth movement; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; antisemitism in Dorohoi; arrest of rabbi in Mihaileni; synagogue is searched; arrest of brother in 1940; German-Soviet war breaks out; evacuation of Dorohoi in 1940; witness sent to forced labor in Atachi; deportation by ferry to Mogilev Podolski ghetto; life in an open ghetto; given shelter in a synagogue; life in...

File Number : 13475

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Frieda (Weider) Knoll, born in Sibiu, Romania, 1917, regarding her experiences in Gheorgheni, Reghin, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Wischau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Frieda (Weider) Knoll, born in Sibiu, Romania, 1917, regarding her experiences in Gheorgheni, Reghin, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Wischau and other places Her childhood in Gheorgheni in a Zionist family. Hungarian Army occupation [of Gheorgheni], 1940; life under Hungarian occupation including decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; antisemitism, 1942; deportation to a brick factory in Reghin, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow, several days later; labor in mines; transfer to Wischau; labor cleaning for the Germans; transfer to labor in an aircraft factory in Langenbielau;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Samuel Scharf, born in Sighet, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Sighet, Iasi, Cernauti, Stalingrad, Lyubimovka and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Samuel Scharf, born in Sighet, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Sighet, Iasi, Cernauti, Stalingrad, Lyubimovka and other places His childhood in Sighet in a family of Vizhnitz hasidim; his family's move to Iasi, 1935; activities in Torah V'Avodah; community's concern for refugees from Poland, 1939; move to the Soviet area, summer 1940; life in Cernauti; move to work in a steel factory in Stalingrad, autumn 1940. German Army occupation, June 1941; labor in a quarry in Frolovo; transfer to labor drilling oil in Lyubimovka and in a nearby kolkhoz; approach of the military front;...

File Number : 13200

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Dov Ber Tesler, born in Barsana, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Barsana, the Berbesti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Jawischowitz, Buchenwald and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Dov Ber Tesler, born in Barsana, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Barsana, the Berbesti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Jawischowitz, Buchenwald and other places His childhood in an Orthodox religious family; activities in Bnei Akiva; meets refugees from Czechoslovakia and Poland; help to the refugees. Hungarian Army occupation of Barsana, 1938; life under Hungarian occupation including the imposition of restrictions and decrees; receives knowledge regarding the fate of the Jews; his brother's escape to the Soviet Union; work as a tailor's apprentice; deportation to the Berbesti Ghetto;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara (Fisher) Tesler, born in Viseul de Jos, Romania, 1926

Testimony

Testimony of Sara (Fisher) Tesler, born in Viseul de Jos, Romania, 1926 From an Orthodox family. Hungarian occupation, 1938; restrictions on Jews; ban on school attendance; Aryanization of businesses; confiscation of land; murder of her Zionist brother; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Viseul de Jos Ghetto; crowding; lack of food; deportation to Auschwitz; murder of her mother; forced labor; dragging of rocks; meeting with her sister; punishment by beatings and food deprivation for three days; hiding a ring in her mouth; help from her sister; selection; transfer of 100 young women to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachel (Farkash) Shimoni, born in Targu Mures, Romania, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Salzwedel

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel (Farkash) Shimoni, born in Targu Mures, Romania, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Salzwedel Childhood in an ultra-orthodox home; Bnei Akiva activities. Occupation by Hungary, 1940; deterioration of the economic and moral situation; drafting of her brother into the Hungarian Army; deportation to the ghetto in a brick factory, end of Pesach (15 April) 1944; confiscation of valuables; attitude of the neighbors; harsh conditions; deportation to Auschwitz on the Shavuot holiday (28 May) 1944; hunger; inactivity; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Israel Rebchinski Raviv, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Israel Rebchinski Raviv, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto Hasidic family. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, summer 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, Sukkot (October) 1941; deportation to Mogilev-Podolski on the first transport; Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto life including typhus illness in his entire family, early 1942; death of his father and sister; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Return to Cernauti; move to Bucharest, 1945; joins the Hamizrachi movement; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, late...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Oszkar Krausz, born in Mezokovesd, Hungary, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Mezokovesd, in Deszkametszopuszta, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Oszkar Krausz, born in Mezokovesd, Hungary, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Mezokovesd, in Deszkametszopuszta, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen Life before the war; from a well-to-do Orthodox family; his father is one of the heads of the community; learns in a Talmud Torah and a Jewish school; imposition of the numerus clausus; attends the Kispetpetejovce high school, 1942. German occupation, March 1944; gathering of the well-to-do heads of the community; abuse of his father; establishment of the Mezokovesd Ghetto, April 1944; joins the Levente organization; meets a captain in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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