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Testimony of Shoshana Zhuzhana Deizi Hendel (Unger) Klein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1928 regarding the experiences of her family in Budapest during the period of German occupation

Testimony

Childhood in a well-to-do Orthodox family; her father is a Zionist and holds a central role in the Hamizrachi movement in Budapest; her parents' visit to Mandatory Palestine; additional visit to Mandatory Palestine in order to arrange aliya, 1939; return to Hungary; Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 10 March 1944; air-raids on Budapest; work as a clerk in the Judenrat; the family's move to the Glass House; distribution of protective passports from the Swiss Embassy to Jews outside the Glass House by her father; end of the war; Aliya to Israel with the last group of the Hamizrachi movement,1949;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs written by Zigmund Henig, born in Hungary, 1906, titled, ("Életrajzom és a sok megszenvedésből, zsidó voltamért") "The Story of my Life and Endless Suffering for Being a Jew") regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army, Auschwitz, Kaufering camp and Allach camp Life in Hungary, until 1942; Drafted into forced labor within the framework of the Hungarian Army, June 1942; service on the eastern front in the Korosten, Stary Oskol and Kovel areas, until Spring 1944; return to Székelyudvarhely, May 1944; deportation together with his family to the Marosvásárhely Ghetto; deportation to...

File Number : 8484

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Certificate of appreciation from the administration of Haus Oosteinde in the Netherlands to Rudolf Mayer from London, October 1939

Certificate of appreciation from the administration of Haus Oosteinde in the Netherlands to Rudolf Mayer from London, October 1939 Also in the file: - List of the signatures of members of the Jewish community in Amsterdam; - Report-survey regarding the relief activities for Jewish refugees in Amsterdam, 1939; - School certificates of Alfred Mayer, son of Rudolf Mayer. Background: Rudolf Mayer, born in Treuchtlingen, Germany, 1884; marriage to Paula (Josef); move to Halberstadt following their marriage; military service as a soldier in the Prussian Army; emigration to the Netherlands; residence in...

File Number : 139

Type of Material : Survey Report, Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

Testimony of Sulia Taras, born in Olgopol, Ukraine, 1933, regarding her experiences in Olgopol and in the Transnistria Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Sulia Taras, born in Olgopol, Ukraine, 1933, regarding her experiences in Olgopol and in the Transnistria Ghetto Her childhood in a poor, traditional family. Romanian Army occupation of Olgopol, July 1941; robbery and the manhunt of Jews, before the establishment of the Transnistria Ghetto; Transnistria Ghetto life including hunger, morbidity and the attitude of the Romanians; help by Jews from Bukovina in the rescue of the ghetto residents. Aliya to Israel, 1993.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Pnina Tzemarion (Kagan Pesia), born in 1927 in Niemenczyn, Poland, about life in hiding with her family in farmers' homes in 1941–1944

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Tzemarion (Kagan Pesia), born in 1927 in Niemenczyn, Poland, about life in hiding with her family in farmers' homes in 1941–1944 The family; father's death; mother and daughters adopted by father's brother; German occupation ensues in June 1941, including rumors about murders; escaping from home at night due to information from neighbors about intention to eradicate the community; eradication of communities in the Wilno area; hiding with non-Jews for brief periods of time; seeking a hiding place on the Lithuania-Belorussia border; moving to the ghetto in Kiemieliszki, Belorussia; mother is...

File Number : 13455

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Stern, born in Halmeu, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Halmeu, Budapest, as a forced laborer and in Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Stern, born in Halmeu, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Halmeu, Budapest, as a forced laborer and in Gunskirchen Life before the war; from a religious, Orthodox family; his parents own a factory; learns in a "heder" and a local Romanian school; learns in a yeshiva. Outbreak of the war, 1939; meets refugees from Poland; re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; deportation of Jews to camps; family runs the family factory until 1941; Aryanization of the factory; sale of their animals; escape to Budapest with friends, 1941; life in Budapest including work as a delivery boy and in a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Yohana (Grinfeld) Chobadi, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nuremberg and Holejsov

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Yohana (Grinfeld) Chobadi, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nuremberg and Holejsov Life before the war; attends a local school. Annexation to Hungary, 1939; Aryanization of the family shoe store and loss of livelihood; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Chust Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life with her younger sister in the children's block from late May 1944; rescue of her sister and her friend; transfer to Nuernberg; camp life including labor in a Siemens factory; air-raids;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Marta (Shmutz) Breslauer, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding her experiences in Budapest, in hiding and various events

Testimony

Testimony of Eva Marta (Shmutz) Breslauer, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding her experiences in Budapest, in hiding and various events From a well-to-do family. German occupation, 1944; yellow badge; termination of studies; builds a cellar under the house, June 1944; her family and an additional 30 people in hiding in the cellar; life in hiding; food is supplied by the concierge of the building in exchange for payment; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945. Looting and rape by the Red Army soldiers; rehabilitation; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1952.

File Number : 12504

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chasia (Reznik) Asa, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Kaunas Ghetto, hidden by their former housemaid and with a family in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Chasia (Reznik) Asa, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Kaunas Ghetto, hidden by their former housemaid and with a family in a village Life before the war. Soviet occupation; German occupation, 1941; decrees; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto; murder of her father; ghetto life including "Aktions"; rescue of the family by a Jewish policeman; escape from the ghetto; life hidden by their former housemaid; move to a Christian family in a village; meeting with her mother; liberation by the Red Army. Move to a DP camp near Berlin; move to a DP camp...

File Number : 12449

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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