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Testimony of Lea Kanik Vinshtok, born in Darabani, Romania in 1927, regarding her experiences ‎of deportation to Transnistria, Tropova and Konatkovtsy

Testimony of Lea Kanik Vinshtok, born in Darabani, Romania in 1927, regarding her experiences ‎of deportation to Transnistria, Tropova and Konatkovtsy Her childhood before the war; the increase of nationalism and antisemitism in 1938; expulsion ‎from school; entry of Romania in the war against the Soviet Union in 1941; the pogrom in ‎Dorohoi; wearing the yellow badge; deportation from her home to Targu Jiu and from there to ‎Turnu Severin; help of the Jewish community; transfer to Dorohoi; deportation to Transnistria in ‎November 1941; theft of possessions; march to Tropovoye and from there to Konatkovtsy;...

File Number : 13670

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 2251

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more Life before the war, membership in the Hanoar Hazioni youth movement; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; antisemitism in Dorohoi; arrest of rabbi in Mihaileni; synagogue is searched; arrest of brother in 1940; German-Soviet war breaks out; evacuation of Dorohoi in 1940; witness sent to forced labor in Atachi; deportation by ferry to Mogilev Podolski ghetto; life in an open ghetto; given shelter in a synagogue; life in...

File Number : 13475

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Official documentation of the governor of the Lublin district regarding the Jews, the deportation of the Jews from Krakow and the Stettin area to the Lublin district and the establishment of the Lublin Ghetto, from 1940-1941 Documentation of the Department of Population Affairs and Welfare (Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge), which was administratively subordinate to the Department of Internal Affairs in the Office of the District Governor; the areas of its authority included: handling "population transfers" (deportations), permits related to the movement of Jews, assistance, organization of the settlement of...

File Number : JM/10455

Type of Material : Survey Report, Instruction, Correspondence, Lists, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Avram Ciobotaru, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolskiy and Voroshilovka

Testimony

Testimony of Avram Ciobotaru, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolskiy and Voroshilovka His childhood in Dorohoi. Pogrom during the retreat of the Romanian Army; deportation to Atachi; robbery of property; transfer to Mogilev-Podolskiy in Transnistria; life in Mogilev for approximately one month; transfer on foot to Voroshilovka; life in Voroshilovka including life in tents; move to a room in the home of a local Jew; constant search for food; typhus disease. Move back to Dorohoi; move to Bucharest; life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1950.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Liza (Hershkovitz) Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Herta, Edineti, Mogilev, Romanca, Rabovez and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Liza (Hershkovitz) Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Herta, Edineti, Mogilev, Romanca, Rabovez and other places Her childhood in a religious-Zionist family; annexation of Herta to the Soviet Union, 1940. German Army occupation of Herta, 1941; concentration in the synagogue for three days; looting of her family's property; march of Herta's Jews throughout Bessarabia; death of the weak people en route; life in Edineti for six weeks; march until Atachi; transfer to Mogilev; transfer on foot to Romanca via Shargorod and Luchinets, including hunger, hardships...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zipora Pina (Simon) Eidelstein, born in Garlele Gazariei, 1937, Romania, regarding her experiences in Gazariei, Bacau and Moinesti

Testimony

Testimony of Zipora Pina (Simon) Eidelstein, born in Garlele Gazariei, 1937, Romania, regarding her experiences in Gazariei, Bacau and Moinesti Life in Gazariei; increase in antisemitism. Harrassment of Jews, 1940; deportation of the Jews of Gazariei, including her family, to Moinesti, 1943; transfer to Bacau, 1943; transfer of her father to forced labor; receiving medical help from a Romanian Army physician who risked his life to save Eidelstein from becoming disabled; liberation, 1944. Move to Moinesti, 1945; aliya [to Eretz Israel?] of her brother and sister through Youth Aliyah, 1947; life under...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sima (Weichselbaum) Shmuelevitz, born in Beuthen, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Beuthen, the Chrzanow Ghetto, Sosnowiec Dulag, Arnau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Sima (Weichselbaum) Shmuelevitz, born in Beuthen, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Beuthen, the Chrzanow Ghetto, Sosnowiec Dulag, Arnau and other places Her childhood; march of SA men. Life after the Nazi rise to power, including a pogrom; imposition of bans and anti-Jewish decrees and the burning of books; detention of her parents by the Gestapo; her parents' return; Kristallnacht events; eviction of people from their homes; burning of the synagogue; burning of the community center building; burning of the mikveh (ritual bath); deportation of the Polish nationals to the Polish...

File Number : 14302

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Amalia Mali (Khaimov) Alcalay, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1928, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Khaskovo

Testimony

Testimony of Amalia Mali (Khaimov) Alcalay, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1928, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Khaskovo Her childhood in a secular family that observed Jewish tradition. Life under fascist rule including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees and bans, 1941; draft of her father to labor; transfer to Khaskovo, 1942; life in her uncle's home; Communist activities; help to political prisoners; liberation by the Red Army, 09 September 1944. Aliya to Israel, 1948; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nurit Viki (Levi) Gazit, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences in Sofia and in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Nurit Viki (Levi) Gazit, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences in Sofia and in a village From a secular family involved in the lives of their non-Jewish neighbors; her childhood. Drafting of her brothers to forced labor companies; restrictions on the Jews in their everyday lives; yellow badge (button); deportation from Sofia; transfer to one of the villages (witness does not remember the name); help from the local residents; hunger; air-raids; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Sofia; aliya to Israel, 11 December 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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