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Testimony of Nachum Emanuel Shamir Steiner, born in Topolcany, Slovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Novaky, Sered, Sachsenhausen and Brandenburg

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Testimony of Nachum Emanuel Shamir Steiner, born in Topolcany, Slovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Novaky, Sered, Sachsenhausen and Brandenburg Religious family; life before the war; education; the Jewish community. Decrees; displays of antisemitism; detention of his father and uncle; deportation of the family to Novaky; camp life and meets his father in the camp; the Judenrat in Novaky; the Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; death of his uncle; relatives are in hiding; capture by the Germans; deportation to Sered; transfer to Berlin; transfer on foot to Sachsenhausen; camp life and labor...

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Testimony of David Eugene Goldstein, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, using a false identity and with the partisans

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Testimony of David Eugene Goldstein, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, using a false identity and with the partisans From a large family; witness's father is an insurance agent; death of his father, 1929; family move to Bratislava, 1933; attends a Jewish public school and a Sciences high school; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Confiscation of possessions and restrictions on the Jews; Aryanization of the family business, 1938; drafted into the Slovakian Army, March 1940; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on a Yugoslavian ship; his brother is exempt...

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Testimony of Artur Honig, born in Kecerovske Peklany, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in various camps, Banska Bystrica, the Czech Army and with the partisans

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Testimony of Artur Honig, born in Kecerovske Peklany, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in various camps, Banska Bystrica, the Czech Army and with the partisans Life before the war; attends school; move to Presov; Jewish community; membership in the Maccabi movement; ban on Jewish activities. Draft to a labor camp, 1941; transfer to various labor camps; camp life; deportation of his sisters to Auschwitz; escape from a labor camp to Banska Bystrica; draft into the underground Czech Army; joins the partisans; Slovak National Uprising; defeat of Banska Bystrica; suppression...

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Testimony of Joseph Matalon, born in Thessaloniki, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bodki camps, and in the death march to Mauthausen

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Testimony of Joseph Matalon, born in Thessaloniki, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bodki camps, and in the death march to Mauthausen His childhood in Thessaloniki in a traditional, middle class family; his brother is drafted to the Greek Army, 1938, to fight on the front against Italy; the entry of the Germans into Greece, 1941; deterioration of living conditions; dismissal of Jews from their places of work and travel restrictions; deportation to the Baron Hirsch Ghetto, 1943; description of the ghetto and its daily life; deportation together with...

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Testimony of Flora (Akunis) Matalon, born in Thessaloniki, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, in the death march and in the Reichenau prison

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Testimony of Flora (Akunis) Matalon, born in Thessaloniki, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, in the death march and in the Reichenau prison Her childhood in a traditional, working class family living in difficult conditions; the outbreak of war between Italy and Greece, 1941; the first encounter of antisemitic displays at work in a tobacco factory, 1940; the entry of the Germans into Greece, 1941; dismissal from work in the factory; her younger brother dies from typhus, 1943; deportation to the Baron Hirsch Ghetto; ghetto life and the attitude of the...

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Testimony of Elsa (Spitzer) Altschuler, born in Esztergom, Hungary, 1909, regarding her experiences in Vienna as a citizen of Mandatory Palestine during the Anschluss, 1938 and her return to Eretz Israel Illegal immigration to Eretz Israel via Turkey with her brother and his family, with the help of aliya activists in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, 1934; travel to Vienna for treatment of malaria, 1938. Stay in Vienna during the Anschluss; return to Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia and Piraeus.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 10284

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Testimony of Eva Traurig, born in Miskolc, 1925, regarding her experiences in Banska Bistrica, and in hiding places in the Czechoslovakian hills

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Testimony of Eva Traurig, born in Miskolc, 1925, regarding her experiences in Banska Bistrica, and in hiding places in the Czechoslovakian hills Childhood in her relatives' home in Banska Bistrica; deportation of the women to forced labor camps, 1942; being saved by a neighbor who deleted her name from the list of those to be deported; life until 1944; her family's escape to the hills with the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, 1944; life in hiding in Kaliste, Rudovo, and other places over the course of several months..

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Testimony of Noemi (Berger) Haviv, born in Miskolc, 1931, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Secovce and Prievidza, and in a bunker in Banska-Bystrica

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Testimony of Noemi (Berger) Haviv, born in Miskolc, 1931, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Secovce and Prievidza, and in a bunker in Banska-Bystrica Family life until the German occupation. Anti-Jewish legislation, from 1944; secret transfer to a relative in Secovce; her parents join her, April 1944; life using a false identity; secret move to Prievidza; life in Prievidza, June-August 1944; unsuccessful Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; move to Banska-Bystrica, September 1944; meeting with Haviva Reik and her comrades; financial help to the group; life in hiding in a bunker, 25...

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Experiences of Mordechai Erwin Mitelman Tal, born in Brezno, Slovakia, 1930, and the experiences of his family during the war and following it

Experiences of Mordechai Erwin Mitelman Tal, born in Brezno, Slovakia, 1930, and the experiences of his family during the war and following it Childhood with his parents, Emil and Olga Mitelman, owners of a variety store in Brezno; transfer of his older brother, Josef Otto to a Hebrew school in Mukacevo, following the beginning of Nazi activity in the school he had attended, for the school year, 1938-1939; return home of Josef by crossing the border following the placement of Mukacevo outside of Slovakian borders on account of the Munich Agreement, 05 October 1938; failure of his parents in obtaining aliya...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8965

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Testimony of Joseph Veis Tzakhor, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, the Novaky camp, and using a false identity in the mountains

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Testimony of Joseph Veis Tzakhor, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, the Novaky camp, and using a false identity in the mountains Life before the war; his father's ownership of a farm. Division of Czechoslovakia, 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; deportation of his father for forced labor, 1941; confiscation of property; deportation to the Novaky camp; camp life; his parents' work in the camp; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, 1944; organization of the Jews in the camp for fighting; escape to the mountains; life using a false identity in the...

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