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שוורץ עזריאלTestimony of Azriel Shvartz, born 1930 in Berehovo, Carpathia, Czechoslovakia, about the Berehovo ghetto and the camps of Auschwitz, Javisovice, and Buchenwald

Testimony

Testimony of Azriel Shvartz, born in Berehovo, Carpathia, Czechoslovakia in 1930, regarding life in the Berehovo Ghetto and Auschwitz, Javisovice, and Buchenwald camps Childhood; life under the Hungarian regime in 1938; increasing antisemitism and restrictions; the Hungarians’ takeover of his father’s businesses and nationalizing them in 1940; German occupation in 1944; confiscation of property and valuables in 1944; expulsion to the Berehovo Ghetto; life in the ghetto for several weeks; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944 and staying in the camp for several days; the deportation of the witness and his father...

File Number : 13685

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eduard Fosner, born 1927 in Bucharest, Romania, about expulsion to the Oradea ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz and other camps, death march, and escape

Testimony

Testimony of Eduard Fosner, born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1927 , regarding expulsion to the Oradea ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz and other camps, death march, and escape Childhood before the war; transfer to Oradea in 1938; entry of the Hungarians in 1940; expulsion from school; anti-Jewish legislation ; service in the Levente Association; German occupation in 1944; order to wear yellow badge, and other orders; expulsion to the ghetto in May 1944; deportation to Birkenau; hunger; roll-calls and selections; transfer to Buchenwald for a brief time and from there to Magdeburg; labor in rebuilding and...

File Number : 13773

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marta Reizner Fisher, born in 1925 in Vag Farkasd, Slovakia, regarding the Nove ‎Zamky Ghetto, and Auschwitz and Langenbielau concentration camps

Testimony

Testimony of Marta Reizner Fisher, born in 1925 in Vag Farkasd, Slovakia, regarding the Nove ‎Zamky Ghetto, and Auschwitz and Langenbielau concentration camps Life under the Hungarian regime in 1938; move to Budapest, Hungary in 1941; return to Vag ‎Farkasd in 1942; German occupation in 1944; transfer of Marta and her sisters to a farm for a few ‎weeks; deportation to Sala Ghetto in 1944; transfer to Nove Zamky Ghetto in 1944; deportation to ‎Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 for two months; transfer to a labor camp in Langenbielau, Germany in ‎‎1944; forced labor at Langenbielau sewing uniforms and clothes for...

File Number : 13765

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidovicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Auschwitz Birkenau, Boizenburg and Ludwigslust camps

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidowicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Boizenburg, Auschwitz Birkenau and Ludwigslust camps Childhood in Baia Mare; re- annexation of the place to Hungary in 1940; transfer of ownership of the father's flour mill to Hungarians in 1941; the rise of antisemitism; interruption of studies; the German occupation in 1944; deportation to the ghetto in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; transfer to Boizenburg; life in the camp; transfer to work in a factory manufacturing tanks and planes; transfer...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechay (Paul Georg) Fleischer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1926 regarding his escape to Budapest, deportation to detention camps, escape from a death march and residing in the Glass House

Testimony

Childhood before the war; Fascist Slovakia, 1938; antisemitic events; Attempts to move to Budapest, Hungary, winter 1942-1943; getting arrested by Hungarian soldiers while escaping; sent back to Slovakia; escape to Hungary with the aid of a smuggler; arrival in Budapest; capture and arrest; decrees and restrictions; transferred to a prison by two Hungarian soldiers; deportation to a brick factory; escape to a marked house; capture and deportation for labor building fortifications and digging anti-tank trenches near Solnok, late October 1944; march towards Austria; escape to the Red Cross house in Budapest...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Levinger, born in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, 1921 regarding his service in the Hungarian labor battalions

Testimony

Childhood in Galanta; antisemitism before the war; entry of the Hungarians, March 1939; Anti-Jewish legislation; revocation of the family business license; violence by the Hungarian gendarmes; drafted into the Hungarian labor battalions, October 1942; basic training in Komarom; antisemitism of the commanders; transfer to forced labor in the Koszeg area, January 1943; labor in a quarry; transfer to agricultural labor in Mohacs, October 1943; last visit to his house in Galanta, January 1944; transfer to labor digging and building fortification in the Poland-Czechoslovakia border area; death march, late 1944;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leb Margalit, born in Galgau, Romania, in 1928 regarding the Dej ghetto, Auschwitz Birkenau and other camps

Childhood in Galgau and in Deja; invasion of the Hungarians in 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; recruiting for labor battalions; deterioration of the economic situation; German occupation in March 1944; yellow badge; confiscation of property; deportation to the Dej ghetto; life under the sky; starvation; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau in June 1944; camp admission process; life in the camp; starvation and thirst; transfer to Bremen about 2 months later; working in clearing the ruins; getting help from German citizens; mutual help; transfer to Bergen Belsen; typhus epidemic; piles of corpses; liberation by the...

File Number : 13712

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Regev Yisrael Gerber, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding the Garan camp, Slovakia.

Testimony

Childhood in Mukacevo; Hebrew school founded and managed by his father; life under Hungarian ruling in 1938; they received a deportation order according to which the whole family was to leave Hungary within 30 days because they didn't have a Hungarian nationality; at the same time his father got a recruitment order for the labor service within the Hungarian army in 1940;his father's service in the labour service during 9 months; return of his father and deportation of the family to the Garan detention camp, Slovakia in 1941; ( because they didn't have a Hungarian nationality); stay in the camp for a few months;...

File Number : 13774

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehudit Blom, nee Fridman, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, ,in 1930 regarding her experiences as a young girl in the Uzhorod ghetto, and in camps in Poland and Germany during the war.

Testimony of Yehudit Blom nee Fridman, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, in 1930, regarding her experiences as a girl in the Uzhorod ghetto and in camps in Poland and Germany during the war Life before the war; annexation of the new place to Hungary in 1938; deportation of the stateless ; arrival of refugees; German occupation in March 1944; confiscation of property; deportation to the Uzhorod ghetto at the end of April 1944; life in the ghetto for about 6 weeks; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; life in the camp; starvation; transfer to Gelsenkirchen; life in the camp; work in clearing rubble; starvation;...

File Number : 13597

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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