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Testimony of Halmuth Halpern Gershon Helmut, born in Borysław, Poland in 1922, regarding his experiences in Borysław Ghetto and forest

Testimony of Halmuth Halpern Gershon Helmut, born in Borysław, Poland in 1922, regarding his experiences in Borysław Ghetto and forest Childhood in the city; German occupation in September 1939; entry of Red Army several weeks later; nationalization of private businesses; German occupation on 1 July 1941; riots by Ukrainians; mass murders; robbery of property; acts of abuse; Judenrat; soup kitchens; Jewish police; white ribbon; abduction for forced labor; hunger; various types of forced labor via Judenrat; aktion of elderly and ill people in November 1941; witness’s labor as technician and map drafter in...

File Number : 13650

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎

Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎ His childhood in a rural community; annexation to the Soviet Union in 1939; the German ‎occupation in June 1941; his expulsion from school; deportation to Sine Waly estate; escape and ‎hiding in the forest and with farmers in summer 1942; meeting his father and moving to a families ‎camp in the forest in autumn 1942; attack by a gang of Ukrainians; his father murdered and Joseph ‎injured; move to Dubno under a borrowed identity in...

File Number : 13682

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Aizik Isaac Eisen regarding his experiences in the Lwow Ghetto, Jaktorow camp, Janow camp, in hiding in a forest and in Laszki Murowane

Memoirs of Aizik Isaac Eisen regarding his experiences in the Lwow Ghetto, Jaktorow camp, Janow camp, in hiding in a forest and in Laszki Murowane Life before the war with his wife Klara. German occupation and confiscation of Jewish property; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto; deportation to Jaktorow camp; camp life; abuse by the Ukrainian guards; mass murders; description of war crimes committed by Gzymek, the camp commander; transfer back to the Lwow Ghetto; receives information regarding the deportation of his family (his parents, his wife and his son together with his family) to Belzec camp, March 1942;...

File Number : 8534

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Zhenya Chernyavskaya, born in Rogozno, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in detention, in the Demidowka Ghetto, in hiding, her wanderings using a false identity, underground activism and more Family history; parental home in Rogozno; the Soviet occupation; move to Dubno; high school studies; work as a teacher in a village in the Kozin area; pedagogical studies at Rowne. Outbreak of the war and retreat of the Soviet forces; the German occupation; establishment of Ukrainian auxiliary forces; detention, 26 July 1941; abuse by Ukrainians; release to house arrest and second detention after two...

File Number : 8531

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Documentation regarding the experiences of the Jewish community in Dubossary during World War II; documents dated, 1988-1990

Documentation regarding the experiences of the Jewish community in Dubossary during World War II; documents dated, 1988-1990 Included in the file: - List of residents of Dubossary and the Dubossary vicinity who were murdered by the Nazis, 1941; list prepared by the team established to help the restoration of the gravestone in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in Dubossary; - List of residents of Dubossary who participated in the mass murders of the local Jews; investigation reports regarding the war crimes perpetrated by Nazi war criminals and their collaborators; testimony of Nikolay Khvorostyan,...

File Number : 1448

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Poems/songs, Investigation Reports, List of Collaborators, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Russian

Joint memoir of Shimshon Shimko Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1908, and Lea Lucia (Rothfeld) Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1912, entitled "Testimony from the Inferno", regarding their experiences in Skole, a camp and in hiding in a forest Life in Skole during the Soviet occupation, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; confiscation of Jewish property; murder and persecution of Jews by the Ukrainians; escape to a forest in order for Lea to give birth; stillbirth and escape back to Skole; "Aktion", September 1942; escape to a forest; return to the family home three days later; labor in a sawmill with...

File Number : 8511

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Work Permit

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German, Ukrainian

The testimony of Chaim Berchiyahu Barcher, born in 1933 in Kolomyja, Poland

The testimony of Chaim Berchiyahu Bercher, born in 1933 in Kolomyja, Poland. Childhood in a Hasidic family; Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation in 1941; riots in the first days of the occupation; decrees; Aktions; establishment of a ghetto in 1942; Aktions; frequent selections; suicide of the head of the Judenrat; escape to Tluste during Hanukkah 1942; transfer to an agricultural farm in Holowczynce; Aktionin June 1943; transfer to Tluste for warehouse labor; attack by Bandra people on Purim 1944; liberation by the Red Army in March 1944; return to Krakow; manifestations of anti-Semitism; smuggled...

File Number : 13389

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad German occupation of Zhvanchik; attitude of the local population; attempts of Jews to appease the Germans by welcoming them with a Torah scroll; acts of abuse against the Jews; collaboration of the Ukrainians with the Germans; pogrom in Zhvanchik, 31 August 1941, including the murder of her father; in hiding in an attic; mass murder of the Jews of Zhvanchik [in killing pits]; in hiding in a cemetery; "Aktion" in the ghetto;...

File Number : 8480

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Russian

Testimony of Marissa Masha (Ginsburg) Gleichgevicht regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity on the Aryan side and more

Testimony of Marissa Masha (Ginsburg) Gleichgevicht regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity on the Aryan side and more Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; her husband's work in the local hospital, which was having difficulties; leaving the Warsaw Ghetto with her little son; transfer to the Otwock Ghetto; escape from the Otwock Ghetto just before an "Aktion"; transfer to Swider and from there to Miedzylesie; remaining in hiding in Miedzylesie for ten days; arrival in Wilga; being hidden by local farmers for a payment; escape back to Warsaw lest she be informed on; life on the Aryan side...

File Number : 8465

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Jerzy Swierkosz, born in Lwow, Poland, 02 May 1934, regarding the experiences of his family in the Grabowa area within a historical and geographical context, and the fate of the Jewish community during the war Memoirs of Jerzy Swierkosz written for his grandchild; a history of the area of the Kamionka Strumillowa district, survey of the activities of the residents, notes on the personalities of various people in the vicinity, a description of daily life in the villages, local folklore, about the family and contacts with the neighbors. Chapter devoted to the destruction of the local Jewish...

File Number : 8365

Type of Material : Photograph, Diagram, List of Residents, Memoirs, List of Names

Language : Polish

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