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Memoirs of Jack Gotfryd, formerly Yaakov Krapchik, born in Konin, Poland, regarding his experiences in Konin, the Ostrowiec Ghetto, forced labor, Mauthausen, Auschwitz, Ebensee, other camps and a death march Life in Konin, life in the Ostrowiec Ghetto; forced labor in a nearby factory until March 1942; life in Starachowice and Bleichen camps; life in Auschwitz, August - December 1944; death march; life in Mauthausen and Ebensee; liberation, May 1945.

File Number : 8306

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, Yiddish

Memoirs of Yehuda Shlomi, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, on a death march and Ebensee

Memoirs of Yehuda Shlomi, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, on a death march and Ebensee Life in the Kosice Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; stay in Auschwitz for a few days; transfer to Wolfsberg; life in Wolfsberg including labor in a quarry, cold and floggings; 20 day death march to Czechoslovakia; transfer to Ebensee; life in Ebensee including forced labor and hunger; liberation by the US Army.

File Number : 8250

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Pavel Ozias, born in Iasi, Romania, 1940, regarding his experiences as a child in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Pavel Ozias, born in Iasi, Romania, 1940, regarding his experiences as a child in Iasi Life in Iasi including the deportation of his father and brother to forced labor in Alba Iulia; return of his father, 1943; his family receives support from family members in Galati; his family receives a shipment of food goods; shelling of Iasi; his father is injured; end of the war; liberation by the Red Army. Attack by a band of revengers on informers and collaborators of the Iron Guard movement; his family receives information regarding the death of his grandfather on a death train; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sándor Vadász, born in Mezőtúr, Hungary in 1900, regarding his experiences in the Nagykanizsa detention camp and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wüstegiersdorf, Hildesheim and other camps

Testimony of Sándor Vadász, born in Mezőtúr, Hungary in 1900, regarding his experiences in the Nagykanizsa detention camp and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wüstegiersdorf, Hildesheim and other camps He receives an order to present himself to the police for the purpose of interrogation on 03/04/1944; he is accused of the dispersion of news that was heard on a radio channel outside the country; transfer to the Nagykanizsa detention camp; all of the inmates who are up to age 50 are handed over to the German authorities on 30/04/1944; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train, on the same day; life en route in a train...

File Number : 2866

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Mihály Heinrich, born in Kolozsvár, Hungary in 1916, regarding his experiences in the Kolozsvár Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hirschberg im Riesengebirge and Buchenwald camps

Testimony of Mihály Heinrich, born in Kolozsvár, Hungary in 1916, regarding his experiences in the Kolozsvár Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hirschberg im Riesengebirge and Buchenwald camps Life in Kolozsvár, including deportation to forced labor; deportation to the Kolozsvár Ghetto; supervision over the Kolozsvár Ghetto by Hungarian gendarmes and policemen; beatings and humiliations; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp on 01/06/1944; selection; transfer to a washroom; transfer to Block 4 in the Gypsies camp in Camp B; labor as a metalworker, 15 days later; transfer to...

File Number : 2865

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Hanna Lebovits, born in Ilonca, Hungary in 1903, regarding her experiences in the Beregszász Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Lenzing camps

Testimony of Hanna Lebovits, born in Ilonca, Hungary in 1903, regarding her experiences in the Beregszász Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Lenzing camps Deportation to the Beregszász Ghetto; Beregszász Ghetto life, for several weeks; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp on 04/06/1944; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; labor, moving rocks; hostile treatment including receiving beatings; her daughter, who is 17 years old, is selected for the group of weak inmates, and they are murdered in the gas chambers; inmates are forced to donate blood; inmates are ordered to...

File Number : 2853

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Mayer Mermelstein, born in Turjabisztra, Hungary, 1909, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Kassa and Tiszalök and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald camps and more

Testimony of Mayer Mermelstein, born in Turjabisztra, Hungary, 1909, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Kassa and Tiszalök and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Kassa, 15 January 1943; life in Tiszalök for two weeks; transfer to Szajol; labor there in construction of a railroad track, for six weeks; receiving fair treatment; transfer to Berettyószentmárton; transfer to Hajdúhadház; labor there in digging in a firing range for four weeks; transfer to a military airfield in Hortobágy, October 1944; transfer back to Hajdúhadház,...

File Number : 2826

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Izidor Weisz, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oranienburg and Flossenbürg camps

Testimony of Izidor Weisz, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oranienburg and Flossenbürg camps His father working as a book merchant; the German occupation; wearing the yellow badge; deportation to an assembly point in the synagogue; being subjected to beatings; deportation to the Munkács Ghetto; ghetto life; eating food brought from home; deportation to a brick factory and from there to a railroad station; being loaded onto freight cars; life on the road in a train car together with 90 people with crowding; not receiving food or...

File Number : 2801

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Jenő Tuvel, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Goleszów and Sachsenhausen camps

Testimony of Jenő Tuvel, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Goleszów and Sachsenhausen camps Deportation to Mikolajew, July 1941; life there for three weeks; transfer back to Munkács; life there for three months; detention by police officers and transfer to Budapest; life there in a prison [?] for two weeks; transfer to Ricsel camp; transfer back to Munkács; life there for three months; detention, July 1942; transfer to Budapest; camp life on Magdolna Street for four weeks; transfer to a camp on Szabolcs Street; camp life for two...

File Number : 2761

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

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