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Engagement agreement between Chaim Shlomo Tron and Adel Dina Lida, written in Litzmannstadt, Poland in 1941

Engagement agreement between Chaim Shlomo Tron and Adel Dina Lida, written in Litzmannstadt, Poland in 1941 The engagement agreement was written for the bridegroom Chaim Shlomo Tron and the bride Adel Dina Lida, in Litzmannstadt (only the Hebrew date is indicated).

File Number : 1224

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mala Maroko Freund regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march, in Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen and more

Memoirs of Mala Maroko Freund regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march, in Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen and more Transfer of Mala Maroko Freund and her family from Lodz to within the Lodz Ghetto limits, November 1939; life in the Lodz Ghetto until 28 August 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to the Langenbielau camp, September 1944; transfer to the Breslau-Hundsfeld camp, late September; death march to Gross-Rosen, December 1944; transfer to Mauthausen, January 1945; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, March 1945; liberation by the British Army, 15 April...

File Number : 8538

Type of Material : Interview(s), Excerpt(s)

Language : Swedish

Testimony of Joseph Lavi, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and Budzyn camps and using a false identity in Warsaw

Testimony of Joseph Lavi, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and the Budzyn camp and using a false identity in Warsaw Life in Warsaw during the war; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; selections; deportations of Jews to various camps; confiscation of Jewish property before boarding the trains; shooting into the train cars as a means of instilling fear; experiences of Jews who had converted [to Christianity] (they did not receive preferential treatment); labor in a garage; Judenrat activities on behalf of the Jews; children's homes and youth group...

File Number : 8515

Type of Material : Testimony, Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Arno Porat Frish, born in Hajdunanas, Hungary in 1931 regarding his deportation to camps in Austria.

Testimony of Moshe Porat Frish, born in Hajdunanas, Hungary in 1931 He was born in an orthodox family; his father's recruitment in a labor battalion in 1943; imposing restrictions on the family business; disbelief in the rumors about the murder of Jews; concentration of the Jews of Hajdunanas in the brick factory in Debrecen for deportation in April 1944; bar mitzvah in the ghetto; deportation by convoy to Austria; death of people in the wagons; life in the camp in Vienna; working in construction; hospitalization of his brother and sister ; death march; the soldiers'abuse of the marchers; life in the...

File Number : 13744

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mikhail Tifbenkel, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine 1934, regarding his experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto until 1944

Memoirs of Mikhail Tifbenkel, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine 1934, regarding his experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto until 1944 Family life in Zhmerinka before the war. Outbreak of the war; the family's decision not to leave [the house]; robbery of Jewish houses by local residents; pogroms in Brailov, 1942; murder of family members, including his grandmother in Brailov, 1942; life under Romanian rule in Zhmerinka; establishment of the Zhmerinka Ghetto, September 1941; ghetto life including yellow badge; visit of the Red Cross and its help to Jews in the ghetto; establishment of the Jewish police in the...

File Number : 8267

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, Letter, Orders, Map, Diagram, Drawing, Record of Survivors, Memoirs

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Group testimony of Holocaust survivors from Transnistria, with participants: Chaim Kurt Sternschuss, Claire (Struna) Sternschuss, Iehuda Tenenhaus, Anita Medi (Kurtzberg) Fainaru, Bernard Shulman, Yisrael Zigfrid Shvartz and Chaim Koren, comparing the Bershad Ghetto and the Murafa Ghetto The purpose of the meeting was: A) To discuss and compare life in the two ghettos, which were located in different districts in Transnistria (the Balta district and the Mogilev district); because the purpose of each ghetto was different from the other, comparison was made regarding the public organization of the ghetto...

Language : Hebrew

Group testimony of Holocaust survivors from Transnistria, with participants: Yitzhak Ialon, Naftali Avneri, Shlomo Steinmetz, Rivka (Berkovici) Landan, Menachem Bernstein, Zhaki Pistiner, Malka Kleiman and Esther Hershkovitz, comparing the Dzhurin Ghetto, the Shargorod Ghetto and the Mogilev Ghetto (in three districts of Mogilev, in the north of Transnistria) The purpose of the meeting was: A) To discuss and compare the life in the three ghettos, which are located in the same district, the Mogilev district of Transnistria; comparison was made regarding the organization of the ghetto and the daily ghetto...

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Izabela (Farkash) Cohen, born in Luncsoara, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Damis, the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Theresienstadt and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Izabela (Farkash) Cohen, born in Luncsoara, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Damis, the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Theresienstadt and other places Her childhood with her family; move to Damis; life in Damis including studies at home; move to Oradea; life in Oradea including sewing studies; displays of antisemitism. Entry of the Hungarian Army into Oradea, 1940; escape to Bratca; German Army occupation of Bratca, March 1944; life under German occupation including the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; confiscation of property by Hungarian Gendarmes; deportation to the Oradea...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1935, regarding his experiences in Budapest and the Budapest Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1935, regarding his experiences in Budapest and the Budapest Ghetto His family's life and his education; his father's service in the Hungarian Army during Word War I. German Army occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life under German occupation including decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; rise to power of the Arrow Cross party; confiscation of property and valuables; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; Budapest Ghetto life including religious life and mortality due to disease, cold and hunger; activities of the Judenrat in the Budapest Ghetto;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Gross, born in Hercegszanto, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in Hercegszanto, the Bacsalmas Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mathausen, Gusen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Gross, born in Hercegszanto, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in Hercegszanto, the Bacsalmas Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mathausen, Gusen and other places His childhood in Hercegszanto, including his education. Draft of his father and brother to forced labor; arrival of refugees from Poland; German Army occupation of Hercegszanto, March 1944; detention of his father in Kistarcsa; activities of the Arrow Cross Party; deportation to the Bacsalmas Ghetto under the supervision of Hungarian Gendarmes; Bacsalmas Ghetto life including the confiscation of valuables and the existence of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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