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Memoirs of survivors who were in the Bar Ghetto, the Bershad Ghetto, the Rybnitsa Ghetto, the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto, the Ananyev camp, the Pechera camp and other places

Memoirs of survivors who were in the Bar Ghetto, the Bershad Ghetto, the Rybnitsa Ghetto, the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto, the Ananyev camp, the Pechera camp and other places 1. Memoirs of Arkadiy Kupershtok, born in 1936, regarding his experiences in the Rybnitsa Ghetto with his family, 24 August 1941-30 March 1944; 2. Memoirs of Raisa Charnaya Donskaya, born in 1926, regarding her experiences in the Bershad Ghetto; 3. Memoirs of Raisa Gleizer, born in 1929, regarding her experiences before the war in Skulyany, the German occupation, deportation to the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto with her family and...

File Number : 8299

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Haya (Lipman) Rubinovitz, born in Linchits, Poland in 1924, regarding her experiences in the Ozorkow Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps, and in Salzwedel labor camp, including the experiences of the remainder of her family members, a genealogy, and photocopies of inmate cards from Auschwitz and Dachau camps The Lipman family resided in Ozorkow during 1934-1942; during a selection in April 1942, everyone marked with the letter B was deported to Chelmno camp to be murdered, including Haya's mother and other family members; transfer of the remainder of the family members to...

File Number : 7759

Type of Material : Maps, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana (Herman) Vengerik, born in Nizni Verecky, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Birkenau, Stutthof, Baranow and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Herman) Vengerik, born in Nizni Verecky, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Birkenau, Stutthof, Baranow and a death march Life in Nizni Verecky before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions; nationalization of the property; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto; German occupation; deportation to Birkenau; separation from her mother; transfer to Stutthof camp; camp life; transfer to Baranow camp; labor in a weapons factory in Bromberg-Brahnau; death march to Germany; liberation by the Red Army, 1944 [it should be:...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ilan Claudio Jacobi, born in Rome, Italy, 1939, regarding his experiences as a toddler in a convent and in hiding in Rome

Testimony

Testimony of Ilan Claudio Jacobi, born in Rome, Italy, 1939, regarding his experiences as a toddler in a convent and in hiding in Rome Escape of his parents and grandparents from Germany to Rome, May 1938; life in Rome; German occupation, September 1943; manhunt for Jews, October 1943; his family receives a warning from neighbors and his family's escape to an abandoned airfield; capture of his father and his father's deportation to Auschwitz; witness is placed in a convent; escape of his mother and grandparents to a hiding place in an apartment in the area of the convent; his mother and grandparents obtain a...

File Number : 13065

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters and postcards sent to Otto Weidt (recognized later as a Righteous Among the Nations) in Berlin, by Alice Licht and her family members and by other Jews from Auschwitz and Theresienstadt, October 1943-October 1944 Weidt, who was partially blind, managed a leather workshop in Berlin during the war; Weidt rescued Jews, some of whom were blind, during the war by employing them in the workshop that he managed; Weidt gave help to the Licht family; transfer of the Licht family to Theresienstadt; Weidt sent packages to the Licht family in Theresienstadt; Weidt sent letters and packages to an additional 25...

File Number : 551

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : German

Testimony of Fanka [Francisca] (Silberman) Willner, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto and in hiding places

Testimony of Fanka [Francisca] (Silberman) Willner, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto and in hiding places Tarnopol Ghetto life, including work as a laundress in the German officers club; acquaintance with a Polish woman, Irena Gut, [who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem], who held a position in the German officers club, September 1941; visits by Gut in the Tarnopol Ghetto, including bringing food and cigarettes to the Jewish workers who worked in the club, without taking payment; close relations between Fanka and the head of...

File Number : 302

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jenny (Suesskind) Bosch regarding help she received from Steinecke, the German, in finding her a hiding place during the war

Testimony of Jenny (Suesskind) Bosch regarding help she received from Steinecke, the German, in finding her a hiding place during the war Also in the file: - Testimony of her husband regarding help received from Steinecke, the German, in finding a hiding place during the war; - Testimony of US Army [soldier] Fred Howard regarding the activities of Steinecke against the Germans during the war.

File Number : 4161

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English, German

Memoirs of Elisabeth Sajovits, born in Slovenske Novo Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding her experiences in Munkacz, Auschwitz, the Unterluess-Tannenberg camp and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Elisabeth Sajovits, born in Slovenske Novo Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding her experiences in Munkacz, Auschwitz, the Unterluess-Tannenberg camp and Bergen-Belsen Life in Munkacz. Occupation of Munkacz by the German Army; deportation to the Munkacz Ghetto; ghetto life including abuse by the Germans; deportation to Auschwitz; murder of her parents in Auschwitz; transfer to the Unterluess-Tannenberg camp; camp life including forced labor; the fate of her sister; rescue by a Wehrmacht soldier; rescue by Jews; transfer to Bergen-Belsen two days before the liberation; liberation. Life...

File Number : 3661

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : Hungarian

Letter written by Peter Paepcke regarding how he and his mother were hidden in a monastery in Stegen, Germany, in 1944 by the priest, Dr. H. Middendorf, later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations, 30 April 1992 Hiding of other Jews in the monastery by the priest, Dr. H. Middendorf; Dr. Middendorf's activities rescuing Jews.

File Number : 3192

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Letter of Testimony

Language : German

To be translated

File Number : 1979

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : German

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