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כוכבא אפריםTestimony of Efraim Ernst Bernard Kokhava van Koeverdan, born in 1943 in Amsterdam, about his experiences as an infant with a non-Jewish neighbor in Amsterdam and his return to an uncle after the war

Information about the family; German occupation ensues in May 1940; witness born in August 1943 in Amsterdam and is immediately handed over to a non-Jewish neighbor; parents find a hideout elsewhere in the area; neighbor's husband keeps a detailed diary about the boy's life and development; parents captured due to denunciation and murdered in April 1945; war ends in May 1945; uncle, a survivor, demands custody of the boy; legal struggle ensues; witness returns to his biological family in 1947; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1979; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 13544

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Eva (Spiller) Klein, born in Budapest, Hungary, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Kiskoros and more

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Eva (Spiller) Klein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Kiskoros and more Life in Budapest until March 1944. Concentration in a school, 16 October [1944?]; labor digging [anti] tank [trenches] near Vacbottyan; delivery [distribution] of protection certificates (Schutzpass) by her mother; tearing up of one of the certificates by an Iron Cross [should be: Arrow Cross] officer, deliberation on whether to give the remaining certificate to her friend in order to save her life; transfer to Swiss protection; deportation to the ghetto; death of her brother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Renee Rivka (Weisz) Klang, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in Budapest, a marked house, Bratislava and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Eva Renee Rivka (Weisz) Klang, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in Budapest, a marked house, Bratislava and other places Her childhood in Budapest including antisemitism and her attending a Jewish high school. German Army occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life under German occupation including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees; move to a marked house on Népszínház utca Street no. 49; murder of Jews in the marked house, August 1944; move to another marked house on Miksa utca Street [?] until October 1944; receives Swiss Schutzpass, protective passports; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bracha Mila Gitlis, born in Athens, Greece, 1933, regarding her experiences while in hiding during the entire war

Testimony

Testimony of Bracha Mila Gitlis, born in Athens, Greece, 1933, regarding her experiences while in hiding during the entire war Traditional family. Life at home during the war; hunger; escape from their home, 1943; life in a village with her family's friends while in hiding in their attic and using a false name, and while in Athens. Return to her family's home at the end of the war, 1945; rehabilitation of her life; aliya to Israel, 1952; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Giuditta Edith (Dvesk Dvash) Ben Moshe, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Giado, San Felice, Hannover, Bergen-Belsen and Liebenau

Testimony of Giuditta Edith (Dvesk Dvash) Ben Moshe, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Giado, San Felice, Hannover, Bergen-Belsen and Liebenau Life before the war, until 1942; relations with the Moslem population. Deportation to Giado, 1942; transfer to San Felice, Italy and confinement in a monastery due to her family's British citizenship; deportation to Hannover camp; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, 1944; liberation in Liebenau. Return to Benghazi via France and Portugal, 1945; riots by the Moslems; aliya to Israel via Tripoli, 1949.

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elimelech Leibish Meilech Fridman, born in Pulawy, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Asbest, Kazakhstan and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Elimelech Leibish Meilech Fridman, born in Pulawy, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Asbest, Kazakhstan and Tashkent Religious family; witness attends a Jewish school. Deportation of the Jews, 1939; life in a neighboring town for one week; return of his brother to Pulawy; deportation of the men to forced labor; abuse of Jews; decrees and restrictions; move to Kobel with his grandfather and father; crosses the Bug River to Ukraine; attitude of the Jews to his family; move to Brzesc Nad Bugiem; Jewish refugees in the synagogue; move to Kobylki; German occupation, 1941; registration of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruti Aharon, born in Paris, France, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Paris and using a false identity in a village in France

Testimony

Testimony of Ruti Aharon, born in Paris, France, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Paris and using a false identity in a village in France Her Communist family emigrated from Poland to France. Transfer to a French village, 1942; life in the village in the home of a non-Jewish family; witness is given the name Jacqueline; deportation of her parents from Drancy to Poland; life using a false identity including receiving a non-Jewish education; end of the war. Taken into foster care by relatives; aliya to Israel with a group of orphans under the auspices of Lena Kichler Zilberman, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Margit (Frim) Steinberger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1927, regarding her experiences in hiding in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Margit (Frim) Steinberger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1927, regarding her experiences in hiding in Budapest Life before the war; daughter to a well-to-do family; move to the Transylvania area. Return to Budapest; life in Budapest including restrictions on the Jews, 1944; German occupation; arrest of her father; Judenrat activities; deportation of her father to Germany and his death; escape with her mother; life in hiding; receives a refugee document; receives help from her non-Jewish Aunt Eva; liberation by the Red Army. Life in hiding including rape of women by Red Army soldiers; move to...

File Number : 13026

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diary written by Paulina Stein, regarding her experiences in Vilna following the German occupation, including in the Vilna Ghetto, her escape to Bialystok, and in the Bialystok Ghetto from 22/06/1941 until November 1943, and an excerpt of the testimony of Marta Klein, regarding her escape from deportation in the Bialystok Ghetto in September 1943 Personal experiences of the witness and her family, and the daily Vilna Ghetto and Bialystok Ghetto life, including the institutions, organizations, people and events: - Heavy air-raids on Vilna on 22/06/1941; German occupation of the city of Vilna, including the...

File Number : 5932

Type of Material : Diary, Testimony

Language : Polish

Reports by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, from 1944

Reports by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, from 1944 The reports were submitted with accompanying cover letters signed by J. W. Pehle. - Pages 1-7: Proposals written by J. W. Pehle regarding finding a temporary solution for refugees and Jews in order to protect them from the Nazis, 10 March 1944; - Pages 8-14: Report by the WRB regarding the care for the refugees, 15-20 May 1944; - Pages 15-23: Report by the WRB regarding the care for the refugees, 26 June-01 July 1944; - Pages 23-37: Report by the WRB regarding the care for the refugees, including details regarding the situation...

File Number : 81

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

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