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Testimony of Ilana Hochbaum Milikowski, born in Lyntupy, Poland, in 1936 regarding her escape from a liquidation"Aktion" and regarding the help of Russian partisans

Testimony

German occupation 1941; establishment of the ghetto; deportation with the parents to the Postawy ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto and uprising; smuggling with her sister by a Pole to Lyntupy; "Aktion" of liquidation; the grandfather is shot; escape with the sister and aunt during the "Aktion"; hiding with villagers; patronage and protection of Russian partisans; liberation in 1944; Soviet education and activity at the komsomol; aliya to Israel in 1960

File Number : 13757

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943 Family background. Enlistment of his father to the labor battalions and his work in a forced labor camp, 1942; deportation of his aunt, uncle and their two children from Bratislava, and their arrival in the hometown of witness ,Papa, 1943; attaching the witness and his brother to the certificate with the uncles; approval of aliya to Eretz Israel with consultation and recommendation of Rabbi Meltz in Budapest; crossing to Budapest and departing by train, evening of Yom Kippur 1943; travel to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Daniel Dino, born in Veroia, Greece in 1933, regarding his experiences in Veroia and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Daniel Dino, born in Veroia, Greece in 1933, regarding his experiences in Veroia and in hiding Sephardic community; his father is a well-to-do merchant; displays of antisemitism; Italian occupation; German occupation, 1942; receipt of information regarding the deportation of the Jews of Thessaloniki; deportation of Jews from Veroia to camps; his family escapes to the mountains; in hiding in the village of Sika; help from the local residents; they are informed on; entry of soldiers into the village, 1944; rescue by means of a bribe; liberation; return to Veroia; displays of antisemitism and acts...

File Number : 14284

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 8666

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Testimony of Shmuel Shvartz, born in Borszczow, Poland in 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in the Borszczow Ghetto and on the Aryan side, and while in hiding places in Zalozce and Karolowka

Testimony of Shmuel Shvartz, born in Borszczow, Poland in 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in the Borszczow Ghetto and on the Aryan side, and while in hiding places in Zalozce and Karolowka His father works in the management of an agricultural farm; German occupation in 1941; deportation to the Borszczow Ghetto; Borszczow Ghetto life; seven "Aktions" are conducted; concentration of the ghetto's Jews before deportation; murder of his grandmother; escape; deportation of his mother and siblings to Belzec camp during Sukkot (September-October) 1942; life in hiding in bunkers with his father during the...

File Number : 13794

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war Childhood in a religious family; her father's work in a parchment paper factory; parental acquaintance with Borculo; her mother's origin is Hague; move of her family to the suburb of Hague, to Voorburg. German occupation, 1940; birth of the witness, April 1941; deportation of Jewish men, 1942; decision on immigration to South America; obtaining documents for immigration; witness disease in kidney disease; cancellation of immigration plans; giving the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Esther Grinberg née Boissevain, born in 1934 in Amsterdam, about her parents' and uncles' rescuing of Jews in the Netherlands and the deportation of her father to the camps during the war

Her parents, Robert and Sonia Boissevain—Righteous among the Nations from Zandvoort, Netherlands; Robert active in the Dutch resistance; moving to Haarlem in 1942; concealing four Jews in their apartment in 1943–1945; uncle establishes an underground bank to finance rescue operations; father arrested by the Gestapo; father deported to the Oranienburg, Vught, and Buchenwald camps; children help to conceal Jews; Germans search; father dies in Buchenwald; Netherlands liberated in May 1945; witness settles in Israel in 1961; parents and uncles recognized as Righteous among the Nations.

File Number : 13537

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hava Weiner Wolf, born in Bruxelles, Belgium, 1936, regarding her life during the war in Slavonski Brod in various hiding places and in a Jewish orphanage sponsored by the Red Cross

Testimony

Testimony of Hava Weiner Wolf, born in Bruxelles, Belgium, 1936, regarding her life during the war in Slavonski Brod in various hiding places and in a Jewish orphanage sponsored by the Red Cross Family background; move to Slavonski Brod, 1941. The outbreak of the war; the bombings; order to move to houses marked with a Star of David; move to her aunt's house rescued by the owner of the factory where her father works; giving work to Jewish men and the women and children hiding in an apartment in a factory; rescuing 17 Jews by the owner of a factory called Palesz Antal; issuing an order to arrive at a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shifra Ivri née Ionish, born in 1941 in Legjonów, Poland, about being left as an infant on a roadside on the way to Białołęka and being rescued by Leokadia Jaromirska on October 4, 1942

Parents from Radzymin; parents deported to the Legjonów ghetto; parents escape into the forests; witness left on the main road in Białołęka; rescued by a Polish woman on October 4, 1942; lives under a non-Jewish identity; wandering with her Polish mother after the Great Uprising in 1944; mother, Golda Ionish, murdered in Majdanek; father survives in Auschwitz; father searches for his daughter; father gains custody; living in children's houses in Petrolaszik and in Germany; immigration to Israel in 1948; Leokadia Jaromirska recognized as Righteous among the Nations in 1968.

File Number : 13643

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diary of Heniek Veingarten, born in Niwice, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec, Lwow, Luck, being hidden by farmers, as a partisan in the Rowne forest and more

Diary of Heniek Veingarten, born in Niwice, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec, Lwow, Luck, being hidden by farmers, as a partisan in the Rowne forest and more Life with his family in Niwice; move to Wolbrom with his family due to difficulties in supporting themselves, 1920; abuse by gangs loyal to General Haller, including capture of his father and pulling out his beard; move of the family to Strzemieszyce, 1926; move of the family to Sosnowiec. Concentration of the Jews in the Szenja Hall in Sosnowiec, September, 1939; abuse of the Jews; mass murder of Jews; separation from his parents...

File Number : 8571

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Polish

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