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Testimony of Esther Leib née Rath, born in 1919 in Beclean, Romania, about her experiences in Beclean, the Dej ghetto, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, and elsewhere

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Leib née Rath, born in 1919 in Beclean, Romania, about her experiences in Beclean, the Dej ghetto, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, and elsewhere Life before the war; Hungary reannexes the area in 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; German occupation ensues in March 1944; the yellow star edict; deportation to the Dej ghetto; dispossession, musual aid; abuse; three weeks later: deportation to Auschwitz and separation from family; life in the camp; roll calls; mutual aid; hunger; three months later: transfer to Bergen-Belsen; life in the camp on Yom Kippur; the front closes in and the camp is...

File Number : 13446

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Group testimony of Holocaust survivors from Transnistria, with participants: Yitzhak Ialon, Naftali Avneri, Shlomo Steinmetz, Rivka (Berkovici) Landan, Menachem Bernstein, Zhaki Pistiner, Malka Kleiman and Esther Hershkovitz, comparing the Dzhurin Ghetto, the Shargorod Ghetto and the Mogilev Ghetto (in three districts of Mogilev, in the north of Transnistria) The purpose of the meeting was: A) To discuss and compare the life in the three ghettos, which are located in the same district, the Mogilev district of Transnistria; comparison was made regarding the organization of the ghetto and the daily ghetto...

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ben Barnea, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Transnistria, the Mogilev Ghetto and the Tropova Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Ben Barnea, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Transnistria, the Mogilev Ghetto and the Tropova Ghetto His childhood with his family; persecution of Jews, 1941-1944. Deportation to Transnistria; death march; life in Transnistria; Mogilev Ghetto life; Tropova Ghetto life. Zionist activities in the context of Hashomer Hatzair; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yanko Mariam Maria (Yanko) Rotman, born in Iasi, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Iasi and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Yanko Mariam Maria (Yanko) Rotman, born in Iasi, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Iasi and Israel Her childhood in a Zionist family. Anti-Jewish legislation; deterioration of the economic situation; expulsion from the school, based on racial background, 1940; pogrom in Iasi, June 1941; deportation of her father on a train to Ialomita [?]; release of her mother and the children. Gathering together in Iasi with other survivors; orphanhood; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Raya (Lepcelter) Gandler, born in Jadova, Romania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Jadova, Mogilev and Bershad

Testimony

Testimony of Raya (Lepcelter) Gandler, born in Jadova, Romania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Jadova, Mogilev and Bershad Her family's life in Jadova. Outbreak of the war; life under Soviet rule; German occupation, 1941; deportation to Mogilev; transfer to Bershad on foot; life in Bershad including forced agricultural labor on a farm; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Return to Jadova; attitude of the local population; help from the JDC; life in Suceava after the war; aliya to Israel, 1960.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Taube (Gelber) Livescu, born in Radauti, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences in Marculesti, Yampol and the Obodovka Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Taube (Gelber) Livescu, born in Radauti, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences in Marculesti, Yampol and the Obodovka Ghetto Deportation from Radauti to Transnistria, October 1941; transfer on foot via Marculesti, Besserabia, and crossing the Dniester river from Yampol; hardships en route for approximately one month; arrival in Obodovka; life in the Obodovka Ghetto including typhus, her father's work and the survival of the family, from 1941; liberation by the Red Army, April 1944. Her family's return to Romania, to Cernauti and Siret, 1944; return home to Radauti, 1944; rehabilitation of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elisheva (Stern) Tzimet, born in Sighet, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Torgau

Testimony

Testimony of Elisheva (Stern) Tzimet, born in Sighet, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Torgau Hungarian occupation; life in a religious family with 10 people; witness' father had been a well-to-do lumber merchant during the Romanian rule; attends a Beit Yaakov school; Zionism; contribution to the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv; Hungarian occupation, 1940; anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions on the Jews; displays of antisemitism by the neighbors; eviction from her home, Pesach (7 April) 1944; life in the Sighet Ghetto for approximately one...

File Number : 13254

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Glutman, born in Edineti Targ, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Edineti Targ, Transnistria, Vartejeni Targ and Verkhovka

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Glutman, born in Edineti Targ, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Edineti Targ, Transnistria, Vartejeni Targ and Verkhovka From a traditional family of professionally skilled workers; co-existence of Jews and non-Jews; Jewish youth movement activities. Red Army occupation, 1940; Romanian occupation 1941; retaliation against the Jews who collaborated with the Soviets; murder, looting, rape; deportation to Transnistria; shortage of food and water; mortality from illnesses; dysentery; typhus; sleeping in stables and cowsheds; crossing the Dniester and drowning of people; arrival...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea Luci (Grill) Dori, born in Odessa, Ukraine, 1939, regarding her experiences in Kopaygorod and in a forest with a group of children

Testimony

Testimony of Lea Luci (Grill) Dori, born in Odessa, Ukraine, 1939, regarding her experiences in Kopaygorod and in a forest with a group of children Her childhood in Cernauti. Outbreak of the war, 1939; relations with the local population; in hiding in a granary following riots, 1940; informed on, and detention with her family; concentration in the center of a forest and deportation on foot to Kopaygorod; escape from the camp; finds a hiding place in a forest; life in various villages with a group of Jewish children; liberation by the Red Army, 1943. Placed in an orphanage under the auspices of the JDC...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jakob Weissman, born in Edineti, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Mogilev, the Bershad Ghetto, an orphanage in Balta and in hiding while hidden by Ukrainians

Testimony

Testimony of Jakob Weissman, born in Edineti, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Mogilev, the Bershad Ghetto, an orphanage in Balta and in hiding while hidden by Ukrainians Life before the war; learns in a heder and attends a Hebrew school; Zionist activities in the Gordonia movement. Soviet occupation; exile of wealthy Jews to Siberia; Romanian occupation; concentration of the Jews in a square; murder of young people in a common grave; theft of the Jewish property in the homes; murder of his father and older brother; deportation of the Jews to Transnistria; arrival to Mogilev and then to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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