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Testimony of Yaacov Shvartz, born in Siauliai, Lithuania, in 1929 regarding the Siauliai ghetto, the Stutthof and other camps

Testimony

Childhood in Siauliai; entry of the Russians in 1940; arrival of Jewish refugees from Poland; German occupation in June 1941; pogrom by the Lithuanians; murder of the stratum of the Jewish intelligentsia including the father; deportation to the Siauliai ghetto; overcrowding; yellow badges; starvation; forced labor; smugglings of food;'aktion" of the elderly in 1942; 'aktion' of the children in November 1943; liquidation of the Siauliai ghetto in July 1944; deportation to Stutthof; physical and emotional abuse; meeting with Russian captives; starvation; fate of the mother who escaped from the killing pit near...

File Number : 13687

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters to Zipora Feiga Zagor Hayon in Eretz Israel from family in Kaunas, 1937-1940

Letters to Zipora Feiga Zagor Hayon in Eretz Israel from family in Kaunas, 1937-1940 - Last letter from Habiba Zagor in Kaunas to her sister Zipora Hayon in Eretz Israel, 11 December 1940; attached to letter is a photograph of Habiba Zagor with her husband Abba Grayzel; - Letter from Habiba Zagor in Kaunas to Simon and Zipora Hayon in Eretz Israel, in which she asks them to find her a husband as quickly as possible, 25 May 1938; their father Joshua Zagor also contributed to the letter; - Letter from Joshua Zagor in Kaunas to his daughter Zipora Hayon in Eretz Israel, 08 February 1938; - Letters...

File Number : 1950

Type of Material : Newspaper, Letter, Postcard, Official Documentation

Language : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Yiddish

Postcard from Jankelis Mileris (Yaakov Miler) of Aukstadvaris to his daughter Osnat Miler in Eretz Israel, 30 May 1941; letters from Holocaust survivor Jacob Sapirstein in Italy; "Megillat HaShmada" (Scroll of Destruction) including the names of the Jews from Aukstadvaris that perished in the Holocaust, 1946 - Translation of the postcard into Hebrew; - Jacob Sapirstein's letters including the experiences of the [Jews] from Aukstadvaris and an attempt to [locate?] those who were originally from Aukstadvaris in Eretz Israel and in the Diaspora in order to establish a memorial to those who perished from the...

File Number : 1946

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Letter of Testimony, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Ruth Costiner, born in Bukovina, Romania, 1907, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski camp

Memoirs of Ruth Costiner, born in Bukovina, Romania, 1907, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski camp Life in Cernauti until June 1942. Deportation to Transnistria; Mogilev-Podolski camp life; murder of many [inmates] in the camp.

File Number : 8362

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Romanian, German

Testimony of Elisheva Galili née Weispeter, born in 1931 in Warsaw, about her experiences as a girl in the Wilno ghetto; the Danzig, Stutthof, and Kaiserwald camps, etc.

Life before the war; offspring of a Zionist family; war breaks out in September 1939; escape to Wilno; violence during the period of Lithuanian rule; sending parcels to acquaintances in Warsaw; Soviet occupation ensues in July 1940; German occupation ensues in June 1941; dispossession; murder of Jews in the streets and in Ponary; eviction from the family home; father murdered in Ponary in August 1941; ghettoization in September 1941; the Yom Kippur Aktion; mother in contact with the chairman of the Judenrat, Jacob Gens; mother works for the cleaning police and receives a pass; witness attends school; activity...

File Number : 13622

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters sent to Leah and Rivka Krelitz in Mexico by family members in Yurburg, 1937 - 1941

Letters sent to Leah and Rivka Krelitz in Mexico by family members in Yurburg, 1937 - 1941 Letters sent to Leah and Rivka Krelitz by family members including Moshe, Leibel, Rochel and Feige Krelitz who perished during the Holocaust; the letters focus on the life of Jews in Lithuania before the war including threats on the Jews lives, the possibility to immigrate to Mexico during January 1939 and request for help in April 1939; Murder of Jews [in Yurburg?] by Lithuanian neighbors after the German occupation of Lithuania during June 1941; Hannah Magidovitz, the sole survivor of her family; testimony of...

File Number : 1786

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Statistical Report

Language : Spanish, English, Yiddish

Memoirs of Roza Rogowski, born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, 1903, regarding her family's experiences in Kalvarija between the two World Wars, and the murder of the Jews of Kalvarija by the Germans

File Number : 8265

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Morris Engelson, born in Podbrodzie, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Podbrodzie, in the Soly Ghetto and in hiding in a forest

Memoirs of Morris Engelson, born in Podbrodzie, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Podbrodzie, in the Soly Ghetto and in hiding in a forest Life in Podbrodzie until late September 1941; escape with his parents during an "Aktion"; escape to the Soly Ghetto; life with his parents while in hiding in a forest.

File Number : 8261

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Fruma (Godfried) Kaplan, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Vilna and her aliya to Eretz Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Fruma (Godfried) Kaplan, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Vilna and her aliya to Eretz Israel Childhood and youth in Vilna. Outbreak of the war, 1939; air-raids; occupation of Vilna by the Soviet Army, 1939; life under the Lithuanian regime, 1939; pogrom by Lithuanians against the Jews, 1940; receiving a legal aliya certificate to Eretz Israel from her fiance in Eretz Israel, 1940; attempts to obtain a visa; aliya to Eretz Israel through Haleb, Istanbul, Odessa, Minsk, Moskow and Beirut, 1942. Receiving information regarding the death of her father in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Feffer, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Kaunas and Krumau

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Feffer, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Kaunas and Krumau Her childhood in a traditional family of craftsmen, including her attending a Tarbut school; work and activities in Hapoel Hatzair. Help to refugees who were transferred from Poland and Germany; Red Army occupation of Kaunas; deportation of wealthy people and business owners; German Army occupation of Kaunas, 1941; life under German occupation including anti-Jewish acts of abuse; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto; Kaunas Ghetto life including an "Aktion"; murder of her parents and two younger...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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