Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

279 globalSearch.onlyResults

Testimony of Shmuel Hirsh, born in Iernut, Romania, in 1926 regarding his experiences in Detesan, in Ludus and in Turda

Testimony of Shmuel Hirsh, born in Iernut, Romania, in 1926 regarding his experiences in Detesan, in Ludus and in Turda Childhood in Detesani; son of a religious family that barely makes a living; life there as the only Jewish family; attending public school; good relations with the Romanians; deportation to Ludus at the end of 1941; transfer to Turda after 2 weeks; life there in an abandoned flour mill; transfer to forced labor in cleaning a military hospital; working there for about ayear and a half; liberation by the red army in 1944; life there after the liberation; military service in the lines of the...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Roza (Segal) Romascanu, born in Lespezi, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences and those of her family in Lespezi, Pascani, Falticeni, Botosani and Communist Romania

Memoirs of Roza (Segal) Romascanu, born in Lespezi, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences and those of her family in Lespezi, Pascani, Falticeni, Botosani and Communist Romania Life at home; the Jewish community in Lespezi before the war; displays of antisemitism among the neighbors. Outbreak of the war; deportation of the Jewish men to an unknown place, among them, Roza's father, Shmuel Segal; deportation of Roza with her mother Rachel, her sisters, Mitza and Sophie along with the rest of the Jews from the village, to Pascani; transfer of the family to Falticeni two months later; release of her...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8637

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Anna Chana Edelshtein Braner, born in Ițcani in the Bukovina region of Romania in 1936, regarding her experiences during deportation to the Transnistria camps in 1941

Testimony of Anna Chana Edelshtein Braner, born in Ițcani in the Bukovina region of Romania in 1936, regarding her experiences during deportation to the Transnistria camps in 1941 Family’s origins from Lwów, Poland; parents’ aliya to pre-state Israel in 1938; expulsion by British to Romania; father drafted into Romanian army; German occupation in 1941; expulsion with mother to Mogilev in Transnistria; mother’s forced labor; search for food; father’s voluntary arrival in Transnistria; Tulchin and Pechora camps; hiding in Ukrainian woman’s home; deaths of grandmother and aunt in Transnistria; return to...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13715

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Letters from Henek Leibel from Tarnow to his friend Genek Francos in Lwow and from his mother Estka (Langer) and his aunt Mainka to their family in Bucharest, 1940-1943

Letters from Henek Leibel from Tarnow to his friend Genek Francos in Lwow and from his mother Estka (Langer) and his aunt Mainka to their family in Bucharest, 1940-1943 - Letters from Henek Leibel from Tarnow to his friend Genek Francos in Lwow; some of the letters were written by his mother Estka (Langer) and by Hilda (it is unclear who she is), 1940-1942 - Letters sent from Tarnow by Estka (Langer) and Mainka (Langer) to their sister Eva Nowakowski in Bucharest, 1941-1943. Note from Shulamit Leibel who submitted the material: Henek Leibel's mother was Estka (Langer) Leibel; his mother's sisters...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2119

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Postcard, Letter

results.listIds.lang : Polish, German

Official documentation with a certificate from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense, 02 September 1959, regarding the service of Aron Froim, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1896, in the Romanian Army, 27 September 1941-01 January 1944 Notes: The certificate was issued for the purpose of granting a pension; Address of Aron Froim, according to the certificate: 5 Razboieni Street, Dorohoi; Parents: Itic Froim and Malta Froim; The certificate specifies the locations where Aron Froim served: Braila, 27/09-29/11/1941; Tutova, 31/05-01/11/1942; Dorohoi, 10/11/1943-01/01/1944. Also in the file: -...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 334

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Records, Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Romanian

Personal documentation belonging to Samuel Feuerstein from Botosani and his family from World War II and the post-war period, 09 Ooctober 1940-02 December 1982

Personal documentation belonging to Samuel Feuerstein from Botosani and his family from World War II and the post-war period, 09 Ooctober 1940-02 December 1982 The documentation includes: - Order to report for forced labor issued to Samuel Faerstein [sic] by the Botosani municipality; - Dismissal letter sent to Ester Goldstein (wife of Samuel Faerstein) following the governmental decision regarding dismissal of all the Jews, issued in Botosani, 09 October 1940; - Notification sent to Haim Feuerstein regarding the transfer of his son, Samuel Feuerstein, to detention, 10 September 1943; - Document...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 323

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Personal Documents

results.listIds.lang : Romanian

Official documentation regarding the deportation of Desideriu Citron from Sanmiclaus, 1941, and his stay in Blaj until 1944

Official documentation regarding the deportation of Desideriu Citron from Sanmiclaus, 1941, and his stay in Blaj until 1944 The documentation includes: Original documents: - Document from the Romanian gendarmerie regarding the deportation of the Citron family from Sanmiclaus, 24 June 1941; - Forms ordering the payment of taxes to the Romanian Army filled out by Desideriu Citron, 1942-1944; - Letter sent to the Romanian Army by Desideriu Citron in Blaj regarding the lowering of the military tax load, 12 February 1942; - Reply from the Romanian Army to Desideriu Citron's letter, 04 March 1942; -...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 322

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Romanian

Testimony of Chaim Meirovitz/Meierovich, born in 1928 in Lodz, about his experiences in the Lodz ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Kaltwasser camps, etc.

Life before the war; antisemitism before the war; German occupation ensues in September 1939; anti-Jewish legislation; the yellow-star edict; abuse of bearded Jews; dispossession; deportation to the Lodz ghetto in February 1940; hunger; working in a metal factory; activity of the Judenrat; activity of the Jewish police; deportation to labor camps; evading the transports; the Sperre Aktion in September 1942; witness finds shelter with mother in a loft; hardships at "training centers"; faith during the Holocaust; ghetto liquidated in summer 1944; deportation to Auschwitz in late August 1944; sent to the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13618

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Neta (Krivolet) Eilon, born in Patrauti, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, the Cernauti Ghetto, Transnistria, Bershad and Mogilev

tags.testimony

Testimony of Neta (Krivolet) Eilon, born in Patrauti, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, the Cernauti Ghetto, Transnistria, Bershad and Mogilev Move to Cernauti; her father makes aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935; her family waits to receive certificates. German Army occupation of Cernauti, 1941; establishment of the [Cernauti] Ghetto; rescue from deportation by means of contacts; informed on; deportation to Transnistria, summer 1942; life in a kolkhoz including labor and the obligation to maintain the labor quota; typhus disease; escape from the kolkhoz to Bershad; return of her siblings to...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Mendel) Harel, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Mogilev, Kopystyrin and in an orphanage in Dorohoi

tags.testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Mendel) Harel, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Mogilev, Kopystyrin and in an orphanage in Dorohoi Childhood and youth in Dorohoi; relations with the local population. Riots by the Romanian Army; murder of her grandfather, 1939; deportation to Mogilev; deportation to Kopystyrin in Transnistria; living conditions and survival; return to Dorohoi; transfer together with her sisters to an orphanage run by the Jewish community, 1943; life in the orphanage. Gordonia activities; aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, Constanta, 1946; absorption in Kibbutz...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Items per page:

1 – 10 of 279

advancedSearch.titles.IdentificationDetails

advancedSearch.titles.ArchivalInformation