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Testimony of Miriam Shtein Fuks, born in Gurghiu, Romania, in 1924 regarding deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau and other camps

Family background in Gurghiu; family with religious lifestyle; attending a local school; moving to a government gymnasium in Reghin; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish laws in 1942; deportation of the men to labor camps; moving to Cluj; attending the Jewish gymnasium; German occupation; yellow badge; concentration of the Jews in the ghetto; deportation by wagons to Auschwitz Birkenau; negative attitude of the blockalteste; life in the Czech barrack number 26 in the Lager B1; moving by train to Zschopau; working in a factory producing motorbikes; improvement of the living conditions; transfer to...

File Number : 13736

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Agi Agnes Engelhardt, born in Senta, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Szeged, Baia, Theresienstadt, Strasshof and more

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Testimony of Agi Agnes Engelhardt, born in Senta, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Szeged, Baia, Theresienstadt, Strasshof and more Her memories and family background in Senta; her father is one of the first pilots in the Austro-Hungarian Air Force. Annexation to Hungary; escape to Budapest for one month; return to Senta; attends a Hungarian school, 1944; yellow badge; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue; deportation to Szeged; help from the Jewish community by providing food; transfer to Baia; life in Baia and the harsh conditions there; transfer to Austria by train; life in Austria...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mala (Kalmovitz) Jablonska, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, Chuvashskaya Assr, Cheboksary, in hiding in Krakow and other places

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Testimony of Mala (Kalmovitz) Jablonska, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, Chuvashskaya Assr, Cheboksary, in hiding in Krakow and other places Life in Krakow before the war; witness attends a municipal school. Outbreak of the war; escape to the Soviet Union; life in Lwow for approximately one year; deportation with her family in open train cars to Chuvashskaya Assr; life in forests including stealing food from Russians; escape to Cheboksary; life in Cheboksary; escape to Poland; life in Dolny Slask; life in Krakow including life in hiding while hidden by a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gizela (Bek) Abramovics, born in Sighet, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sighet, on the border of Austria, a death march and Mauthausen

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Testimony of Gizela (Bek) Abramovics, born in Sighet, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sighet, on the border of Austria, a death march and Mauthausen Life in Sighet before the war; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; concentration with Jews in the cattle market; transfer to the border of Austria; life on the border of Austria including labor digging trenches; death march to Mauthausen; camp life including labor sorting clothing; removal of clothing from dead people; liberation. Return to Sighet; life in Sighet including reunion with Jews; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Yan Feldman, born in Zlate Moravce, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Zlate Moravce, Zilina, Budapest, Sajba and other places

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Testimony of Joseph Yan Feldman, born in Zlate Moravce, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Zlate Moravce, Zilina, Budapest, Sajba and other places Life before the war; Bnei Akiva activities; family moves to Zilina; family moves to Zlate Moravce. Escape to Budapest with help from a Hungarian soldier; life in an orphanage in Budapest; transfer to an institution; transfer to Sajba; deportation to Sered; camp life including work in a carpentry shop; transfer to Banska-Bystrica; arrest by the Gestapo; unsuccessful attempt by the family to commit suicide; forced labor sorting possessions of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachel (Godinger) Shefer, born in Bystra, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Bystra Ghetto, Filipec, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Altenburg

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Testimony of Rachel (Godinger) Shefer, born in Bystra, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Bystra Ghetto, Filipec, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Altenburg Life before the war; attends a local school. Annexation to Hungary; restrictions on Jews; escape to her sister in Filipec; escape to Bystra; life in Bystra including deportation to the Bystra Ghetto; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Altenburg; camp life including a struggle between Jews and Gypsies; transfer to forests near Altenburg; liberation by the British Army. Return to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elvira Kolando, born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1922, regarding her experiences in camps and the loss of all her family, and regarding Koretz, deportation to Auschwitz camp, medical experiments and transfer to Neustadt camp Description of Koretz, who arrived to give a speech in the neighborhood; deportation to Auschwitz camp; selection; medical experiments; her experiences in Block 10; various types of labor including collecting weeds and labor in the Sonderkommando; the Gypsies; her experiences in the camps and the loss of all her family; transfer to Neustadt camp; liberation by the Red Army.

File Number : 6579

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Palomba Shoel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1916, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Palomba Shoel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1916, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Death of her husband during the war; death of her son; deportation to the "Baron Hirsch" Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz by train; selection; life in Block no. 10 including medical experiments by Dr. Samuel and Dr. Klauber; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; [camp life]; liberation by the US Army. Life after the war, including remarriage and the birth of two sons.

File Number : 6564

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Mati Azaria, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1928, regarding her experiences in Thessaloniki and in Auschwitz

Testimony of Mati Azaria, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1928, regarding her experiences in Thessaloniki and in Auschwitz Death of her father; life with her mother and sister. Deportation to the "Baron Hirsch" Ghetto, for approximately two days; deportation to Auschwitz; selection; tattooing of a number on her arm; camp life including typhus disease and labor in the Aussenkommando and the Canada Kommando; receives help including from a Kapo man and from physicians; receives information about Mala, including her escape; escape of the Greeks; labor by Greeks in the Sonderkommando in Birkenau; murder of two...

File Number : 6560

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Uri Alfandari, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917, regarding her experiences in Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in Auschwitz and on a death march

Testimony of Uri Alfandari, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917, regarding her experiences in Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in Auschwitz and on a death march Life in a family with nine children; most of her siblings are married by 1943. Thessaloniki Ghetto life; transfer to the "Baron Hirsch" camp, 07 April 1943; deportation of men to forced labor; theft of property; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Block no. 10 with her sister Silvia; tattooing of number 41711 on her arm; life in Block no. 10 including medical experiments and forced labor; approach of the front; attempt to transfer [inmates]...

File Number : 6556

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

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