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Testimony of Zvi Harel, born in 1937 in Warsaw, about his experiences in hiding under a false identity and rescue by a Polish woman, Righteous among the Nations

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Harel, born in 1937 in Warsaw, about his experiences in hiding under a false identity and rescue by a Polish woman, Righteous among the Nations Hiding under a false identity in Warsaw and the vicinity in 1943–1946; placement in children's homes in Germany, Poland, and France in 1946–1949; immigration to Israel in February 1949; settlement on a kibbutz, May 5, 1949; inducted into the Israel Defense Forces; rehabilitation.

File Number : 13345

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Faradzhi Yechail, born in Volos, Greece, 1933, regarding his experiences in Volos, in hiding in Almirós and a covent in the Thessaly district

Testimony

Testimony of Yechial Faradzhi, born in Volos, Greece, 1933, regarding his experiences in Volos, in hiding in Almirós and a covent in the Thessaly district Life before the war: his father owns a millinery; his mother’s work in a cigarette factory; Greek public school. German occupation; escape with the family to the Christian quarter; antisemites break into the apartment; move by a non-Jewish acquaintance to a catholic priests house in the village Almirós; changes his name to Adam; the priest is informed on; move to the Maria Theresa monastery in the Thessaly district; life in the monastery including work...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Necha Neli (Goldstein) Mendelson, born in Sarbesti, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Berbesti, Sighet, Auschwitz, a death march and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Necha Neli (Goldstein) Mendelson, born in Sarbesti, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Berbesti, Sighet, Auschwitz, a death march and Bergen-Belsen Large religious family. Outbreak of the war; decrees and the family's livelihood is hurt; deportation to Berbesti, 1944; ghetto life including life in a granary; transfer to Sighet; deportation to Auschwitz, November 1944; camp life including labor knitting and spinning thread for army uniforms; death march to Bergen-Belsen, late 1944; liberation by the Allied forces, April 1945. Hospitalization in Norrkoeping; convalescence;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) membership; underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth); access to the Gurs camp; provides relief and smuggles out children; activities on behalf of British intelligence; taken captive in Lyons; shot to death by the Gestapo, 27 June 1944. Also in the file: - Letter of testimony from Juliette Levy, 1987.

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Photograph, Letter of Testimony, Personal Documents

Language : French

Testimony of Elsa Katz, born in Lwow, Poland, 1905, regarding her experiences and the experiences of her family in Lwow

Testimony of Elsa Katz, born in Lwow, Poland, 1905, regarding her experiences and the experiences of her family in Lwow Murder of her two uncles, her mother's brothers, during an "Aktion" against the Jewish intelligentsia in Lwow, 25 November 1941; murder of her brother in their home, by a Ukrainian policeman; detention of her mother and her aunt during an "Aktion", August 1942; hiding in an attic and in the home of a neighbor woman during the searches, until she obtains a forged Polish birth certificate.

File Number : 474

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Eleonor Möllers, born 1918, resident of Tuebingen, regarding her experiences in Tuebingen during tthe National Socialist party regime

Testimony of Eleonor Möllers, born 1918, resident of Tuebingen, regarding her experiences in Tuebingen during tthe National Socialist party regime Testimony was transcribed by Martin Ulmer, 1980s.

File Number : 4982

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

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File Number : 985

Language : Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 334

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 1140

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Dr. Pajecky from Lodz regarding his rescue with his family and other Jews in a monastery in Kielce

- Persecution of Lodz Jews; escape to military administration areas; escape to Lomza; escape after a few days to their son living in Krakow; hiding for about six months in their son's factory near Krakow; move to Staszów due to inability to continue hiding, 1941; return to Krakow at the beginning of the Aktionen in Staszów; suggestion from their daughter-in-law to join her in hiding in a monastery in Kielce; their daughter-in-law had been hiding in the monastery before the German invasion with the help of forged papers; obtaining forged papers under false names: Michal Paiank and Maria Paiankowa; travel with...

File Number : 1510

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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