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Testimony of Aharon Shmidt, born in 1922 in Warsaw, about his escape to Białystok

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Shmidt, born in 1922 in Warsaw, about his escape to Białystok Childhood in a secular home; antisemitism before the war; German occupation ensues in September 1939; witness escapes with brother to Soviet-controlled Białystok in January 1941; imiprisoned; exiled to Siberia; forced labor in forests and laying railroad tracks; cold and hunger; allowed to leave Siberia in 1943; enlists in Anders's Army under a Polish identity; fights alongside and under command of the Red Army; fighting all the way to Berlin; wounded and hospitalized in Germany and Warsaw; moves to Sosnowiec for training with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Melech Yehuda, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1919, regarding enlistment into the Red Army and service in the labor battalions of the USSR

Testimony

Testimony of Melech Yehuda, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1919, regarding enlistment into the Red Army and service in the labor battalions of the USSR Family background; life before the war; studies in Talmud Torah and later in a Hebrew school.German occupation for a week; prohibitions and restrictions; Soviet occupation; good attitude from the Russians; enlistment into the Red Army, May 1941; German occupation, June 1941; removal of eastern Poland soldiers and their transfer to labor battalions; work in the Volga River area; work in filling weapon bags; ignorance of what was happening in Bialystok; transfer...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Adam Avraham Asatanovitz, born in Ostrowiec, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Ostrowiec, Przemysl, Lwow, Saratov and other places

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Testimony of Adam Avraham Asatanovitz, born in Ostrowiec, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Ostrowiec, Przemysl, Lwow, Saratov and other places His childhood in a religious-Zionist family, including attending a Polish school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German Army occupation of Ostrowiec; life under German occupation, for approximately two months; offer by a friend to join his family during their escape in a vehicle, late October 1939; arrival to Przemysl; arrival to Lwow; life during rental in the home of a local Jewish family; registration on the list of people interested to return to Poland;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Magda (Adler) Wieder, born in Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding her experiences in Nove Zamky, the Nove Zamky Ghetto, Auschwitz, Trautenau and Parschnitz

Testimony

Testimony of Magda (Adler) Wieder, born in Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding her experiences in Nove Zamky, the Nove Zamky Ghetto, Auschwitz, Trautenau and Parschnitz Her childhood in a traditional family. Annexation to Hungary, autumn 1938; German Army occupation of Nove Zamky, March 1944; deportation to the Nove Zamky Ghetto, May 1944; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; selection; escape to her mother's group; transfer to labor in Trautenau, August 1944; labor in an aircraft factory in Parschnitz; liberation, May 1945. Aliya to Israel, 1950.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Markel Tabakman, born in Zabcze, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Miedzyrzecz, Bydgoszcz, the Polish Army, Brzesc, Stalingrad and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Markel Tabakman, born in Zabcze, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Miedzyrzecz, Bydgoszcz, the Polish Army, Brzesc, Stalingrad and other places His childhood in a traditional family; death of his mother; move of his family to Miedzyrzecz; learns in a Talmud Torah; Zionist activities; draft into the Polish Army; death of his father, 1933; release from the military; move to Bydgoszcz, 1936; antisemitism before the war; draft into the Polish Army Reserves. German Army occupation of Bydgoszcz, 1939; escape from captivity; move back to Bydgoszcz; escape to Brzesc; life in Brzesc...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Mirjam (Blum) Domb, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Zamosc, Lwow, Maryinskaya, Ryazan, Moscow and more

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Testimony of Mirjam (Blum) Domb, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Zamosc, Lwow, Maryinskaya, Ryazan, Moscow and more Childhood in Zamosc; move to Lwow, 1938. Deportation to Siberia, 1940; transfer to Maryinskaya, life in the Soviet camp in Maryinskaya including the cold; labor in a forest and celebration of religious holidays; release from the camp, September 1941; transfer to Astrakhan; wanderings; finding work as a nurse in Yoshkar Ola, drafted into the Polish Army, June 1943; labor in an induction center in Ryazan; transfer to a field hospital in Moscow; receiving information...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gershon Gotlib, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Kaufering camp, Dachau camp, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Gershon Gotlib, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Kaufering camp, Dachau camp, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; Zionist traditional family; Zionist youth movement activities; drafted to the Polish Army, July 1939. German occupation, September 1939; taken captive by the German Army; camp life; escape to Lodz; life in Lodz; restrictions on the Jews; yellow badge and restrictions on movement; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto, 1941; ghetto life; activities of Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, head of the Judenrat; Jewish Police activities; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Haim Zussman, born in Ostrog, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Saratov camp and the Komisin camp, in Stalingrad, military service in the Red Army, in Warsaw and more

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Zussman, born in Ostrog, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Saratov camp and the Komisin camp, in Stalingrad, military service in the Red Army, in Warsaw and more Life before the war; from a secular family; membership of his father in the Bund Party; Hashomer Hatzair activities; move to another place; attends the Tarbut agricultural school, 1936; return to Ostrog. Soviet occupation, 1939; deportations to Siberia; attends a teachers' seminary; escape to Kiev; deportation to the Saratov camp, 1941; transfer to the Komisin camp; escape to Stalingrad; life in Staligrad; draft...

File Number : 13091

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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