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Testimony of Ytic Herscovici, born in Vaslui, Romania, 1917 regarding life in Bucharest and forced labor

Testimony

Residence on the Jewish street, Bucharest; Daily life in the years 1941-1944; forced labor and imprisonment for absence from forced labor; Aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Childhood in Dej; daily life; persecution of Jews, 1933; Deportation to a ghetto in a forest clearing in Dej; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life in the camp; mutual assistance between sisters; transfer to the Langenbielau labor camp; liberation; Rebuilding life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1959.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Sharf, born in Calinesti, Romania in 1920, regarding his experiences in Bershad and Transnistria

Testimony of Shlomo Sharf, born in Calinesti, Romania in 1920, regarding his experiences in Bershad and Transnistria Village life; move to Cernauti; expulsion to Transnistria; daily life in the Bershad Ghetto; public organization in the Bershad Ghetto; forced labor in Nikolayev; draft into Red Army; expulsion to Cyprus; aliya to Israel; absorption and rehabilitation.

File Number : 13465

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Batia (Blima) (Rozentzveig) Kahana, born in 1931 in Iasi, Moldova-Romania, about life in Iasi, persecution of Jews, and the pogrom in Iasi

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Testimony of Batia (Blima) (Rozentzveig) Kahana, born in 1931 in Iasi, Moldovia-Romania, about life in Iasi, persecution of Jews, and the pogrom in Iasi Childhood in Iasi; family life; persecution of Jews and antisemitism before the Holocaust; the pogrom in Iasi; activity in the Dror Habonim movement; immigration to Israel in 1948

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yakob Yuran, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev and in the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Yakob Yuran, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev and in the Red Army His childhood in a well-to-do, traditional home; Legionnaires' regime [the fascist government composed of Iron Guard and military men]; increase in the displays of antisemitism; arrival of Polish refugees and German and Italian soldiers, 1939. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; sealing of the ghetto; deportation to Mogilev, autumn 1941; life in Mogilev including coordination between the families for mutual help and work on the Jewish committee;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter from Mina Held in Selistea to her cousin Sali, 08 March 1939

File Number : 1477

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

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Testimony

העד- בן למשפחה דתית; החיים היהודיים ב-Cernauti; קהילות יהודיות רבות ב-Cernauti; פעילות ענפה של הארגון 'בונד'; יחסים חמים עם האב ועם הסב מצד האם; פטירת האם בילדותו המוקדמת של העד; השתתפות בהצגות תיאטרון ובפעילות תרבותית; התגברות האנטישמיות בעיתונים ובדעת הקהל הרומני ב-Cernauti בעקבות ההשפעה הנאצית; לימודים בגימנסיה רומנית; קשר טוב עם המורים; החלטה לברוח ב-1941 עקב התחזקות השלטון הנאצי הרומני; בריחה וחציית הנהר Dnestr; הפצצות בדרך; הגעה ל-Kamenets Podolsk; עלייה על הרכבת; נסיעה ל-Rostov na Donu; שיכון בקולחוז; עבודה ברישום ימי עבודה של העובדים; המשך נסיעה ל-Astrakhan בסוף 1941; מעבר ל-Alma Ata; אי גיוס העד לצבא...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shulamit Shlima (Markovitz) Barkan, born in Stefanesti, Romania, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Stefanesti and Botosani

Testimony

Testimony of Shulamit Shlima (Markovitz) Barkan, born in Stefanesti, Romania, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Stefanesti and Botosani Childhood in a religious Zionist family. Burning of Jewish homes, summer 1941; deportation to Botosani; yellow badge; difficulty in obtaining food; school attendance; clandestine activity in a Hashomer Hatzair group; displays of antisemitism; keeping the Jewish traditions; air-raids, Pesach (April) 1944; liberation by the Red Army. Detention of her father for Zionist activity; 29 November 1948 [1947?]; aliya to Israel, 1951.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Andre Burger Zur, born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Bratislava, Kistarcsa camp, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944, and other experiences

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Andre Burger Zur, born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Bratislava, Kistarcsa camp, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944, and other experiences Life before the war; death of his father, and move of the witness to Kosice Mesto; life in Kosice Mesto in a Jewish orphanage; joins the Hashomer Hatzair movement; move to his uncle's home in the center of Hungary; life in his uncle's home; work in his uncle's shop, 1938; move to Budapest by order of the movement; life in Budapest; work in various places; plans in preparation for aliya to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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