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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

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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

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

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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...

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

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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...

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Memoirs of Rivka Cohen (Raymonde Kan Cohen), regarding her experiences as a child in Paris, in hiding in Amou, in Orthez, Toulouse and more

Memoirs of Rivka Cohen (Raymonde Kan Cohen), regarding her experiences as a child in Paris, in hiding in Amou, in Orthez, Toulouse and more Her mother, born in Warsaw, Poland, emigrated to France in 1932; her father, born in Lithuania, emigrated to France in 1927; life with her brothers Roger, Simon and Jacques in Paris during the German occupation; arrest of her father by the Germans in August 1941; transfer of her father to Drancy camp; visit with her mother to her father in detention; transfer of her father to Auschwitz camp in 1942; hiding with Simon with a woman in Amou (in the Les Landes area), before...

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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...

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עדות של פרי גל פרגר ג'ק יעקב, יליד Rotterdam הולנד 1929, על קורות משפחתו ב-Rotterdam ועל מעבר למסתור אצל משפחה הולנדית ב-Utrecht בתקופת המלחמה

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עדות של מאיר מאייר זיגמונט זאב, יליד Boryslaw פולין 1930, על קורות משפחתו בגטו ובמסתור אצל משפחה אוקראינית ב-Boryslaw בתקופת המלחמה

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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

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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...

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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.

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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

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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...

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