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Testimony of Aviva (Fuks) Osri, born in Lodz, Poland, 1938, regarding her experiences as a girl being hidden in villages near Piotrkow

Testimony

Testimony of Aviva (Fuks) Osri, born in Lodz, Poland, 1938, regarding her experiences as a girl being hidden in villages near Piotrkow

File Number : 13608

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaja (Zamkova) Gercowska, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Nowogrodek and in a partisans battalion

Testimony

Testimony of Chaja (Zamkova) Gercowska, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Nowogrodek and in a partisans battalion Life in Nowogrodek during the Soviet occupation, 1939; German occupation, 1941; work for the Germans as a translator; selections and escape; joins the "Orjonikidze" partisans battalion. Aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sosana Bluma (Harsani) Ceisler, born in Roznove Mitice, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Roznove Mitice, Kosice Mesto, Auschwitz, Nuernberg and Holleischen

Testimony

Testimony of Sosana Bluma (Harsani) Ceisler, born in Roznove Mitice, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Roznove Mitice, Kosice Mesto, Auschwitz, Nuernberg and Holleischen Life before the war; from an Orthodox family; joins Beitar. Deportation to Kosice Mesto with her family; life during the deportation under guard by Hungarian policemen; life in Kosice Mesto in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz, 04 June 1944; camp life with her mother; deportation to Nuernberg; life in Nuernberg including labor in a Siemens factory; transfer to Holleischen; camp life; liberation by Polish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of the Polish residents of the Nieswiez District who joined the partisans, 1943

File Number : 92

Type of Material : List of Residents, List of Partisans

Language : Russian

Testimony of Bracha (Michalovski) Kaduri, born in Ejszyszki, Poland, 1935, regarding her experiences in the Radom Ghetto, with partisans and farmers

Testimony

Testimony of Bracha (Michalovski) Kaduri, born in Ejszyszki, Poland, 1935, regarding her experiences in the Radom Ghetto, with partisans and farmers Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Radom Ghetto; witness' father's work as a tradesman; rounding-up of the Jews in anticipation of their execution; her father's escape and injury; murder of her mother and brother; her father's return to the Radom Ghetto; escape from the ghetto; hidden by farmers in exchange for sewing; wanderings in the forest; meeting with partisan families; life with the partisans; life with a farming family...

File Number : 12830

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Henia (Shnepf) Grinfeld, born in Sasow, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Brody Ghetto, hiding in a bunker and wanderings

Testimony

Testimony of Henia (Shnepf) Grinfeld, born in Sasow, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Brody Ghetto, hiding in a bunker and wanderings Life before the war; witness' father is a Mizrachi activist; activities of family members in Jewish organizations; move to Brody, 1939. Deportation to the Brody Ghetto; death of her father, 1942; escape and rescue by her mother; return home; attitude of the neighbors; hidden by a Pole; wanderings; her younger sister is entrusted to a Polish woman who hides her; rescue by partisans; in hiding in a bunker; leaves the bunker due to typhus; wanderings in the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Zwi Gam during the Holocaust

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Zwi Gam during the Holocaust Zwi Gam, born in Baranowicz, Poland, 1929: Escape from Lesna to the forest with his older brother Honje, March 1943; the brothers join a partisan unit led by the Soviet lieutenant Victor Lasow, which operated in the Basinowa Forest (villages: Hawonewicz, Tartaczok) and Volsenore Forest (villages: Kochanowa, Senkewicz, Grudi); occupation of Lesna by the Soviet Army, December 1944. Move to Baranowicz; work in a machinery repair shop; move to Lodz, August 1945; joins Kibbutz Dror; move to the Foehrenwald DP camp with the kibbutz,...

File Number : 178

Type of Material : Record of Deportees, Questionnaire, Record of Murdered Persons, Record of Survivors

Language : English

Testimony of Tova Tobi (Fischer) Schwartz, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Viseul de Sus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Nuremberg and Holejsov

Testimony

Testimony of Tova Tobi (Fischer) Schwartz, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Viseul de Sus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Nuremberg and Holejsov Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary; displays of antisemitism; deportation to the Viseul de Sus Ghetto, Pesach 1944; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz, May 1944; camp life; transfer to Nuremberg; labor in a Siemens factory, autumn 1944; Allied air-raids; transfer to Holejsov, spring 1945; liberation by the US Army. Aliya preparations, May 1945; aliya to Eretz Israel onboard the ship "Exodus", 1947; deportation to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Maria Sanocka, a Polish woman, born in Wojtowa, in the Gorlice District, Poland, 1923 regarding the fate of her Jewish neighbors

Memoirs of Maria Sanocka, a Polish woman, born in Wojtowa, in the Gorlice District, Poland, 1923 regarding the fate of her Jewish neighbors Good relations between the Poles and the Jews in Wojtawa before the war; participation of the Jews in every aspect of village life; memories of the writer of Jewish merchants from the village of Biecz; Outbreak of the war, September 1939; ties of friendship between the witness' family and the Geicailer and Fiber families; death of Chaim Geicailer during the course of his escape toward the East; the situation of the Jews under the German occupation; deportation of the...

File Number : 6643

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Henryk Zimermann, born in Skala, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow, in hiding in a forest using a Polish identity, with an organization to free Poland based in Hungary and other places Life as an orphan during World War I; move to Tarnow; life with his adult brothers; studies Law at Krakow University; student organization activities. Joins the Judenrat at the time of the German occupation; ghetto life including labor as a social worker in the ghetto's welfare department; help to deportees during "Aktions"; member of a delegation checking on the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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