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Testimony of Bina (Iankovitz) Iakab, born in Stefanesti, Romania, 1934 regarding the deportation of the Jews of Stefanesti and wanderings in Romania

Testimony

Childhood in Stefanesti; Deportation from Stefanesti, 1941; looting of property by the local population; move to Sulita; deportation of the Jews of Sulita; transfer to Harlau; yellow badge; restriction of movement; antisemitism; hunger; liberation by the Red Army, 1944; Life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; exiled to Cyprus; return aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Shuster Tolchinski, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1925 regarding her escape to the Soviet Union

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; Outbreak of the war; arrival of Jewish refugees; mutual assistance; riots against the Jews, 1941; escape to the Soviet Union with the retreating Red Army; drafting of her father and brother to labor camps; move to Korosten; assistance from the Soviets; move to Kazakhstan; work; Rebuilding life; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1957.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita

Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita Life before the war; move to Gura Humorului, 1937; Deportation to the Transnistria area, autumn 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy on a march via Atachi; transfer on a march in the direction of Promesanita; shooting of the weak people; entrance into Promesanita; life in Promesanita in a pigsty; hunger; typhus disease; mass mortality; imposition of travel restrictions; liberation by the Red Army, 1944; Return to Romania; attempt to make illegal aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 13669

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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...

File Number : 13618

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pepi (Kahlenbeg) Laufer, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Storojinet, Bessarabia, Balta and in an orphanage in Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Pepi (Kahlenbeg) Laufer, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Storojinet, Bessarabia, Balta and in an orphanage in Bucharest Her childhood in a traditional family, including attending a Romanian school and high school; attitude of the local population toward the Jews. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; Romanian occupation; concentration of the Jews in a school without food and water, for several days; deportation to the Storojinet Ghetto; deportation to Cernauti in freight trains, including overcrowding and hunger; arrival to Bessarabia; march on foot including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliahu Alter Likvornik, born in Balaceana, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Balaceana, Suceava, Transnistria, Mogilev Podolski, Murafa and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Alter Likvornik, born in Balaceana, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Balaceana, Suceava, Transnistria, Mogilev Podolski, Murafa and other places His childhood in Balaceana. Deportation to Suceava, 1941; life [in Suceava] including residence in the synagogue; transfer to Transnistria; life in Transnistria including the confiscation of their belongings; transfer to Mogilev Podolski via Atachi; life in Mogilev Podolski including overcrowding, hunger, stealing of food by children and a typhus epidemic; death of his parents from typhus, 1942; death of two siblings from typhus,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Liberman, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, labor battalions, Auschwitz, Gusen and on a death march to Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Liberman, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, labor battalions, Auschwitz, Gusen and on a death march to Gunskirchen Childhood; from a religious, Zionist family with eight children; studies in a "heder" and attendance in Romanian, Hungarian and vocational schools. Outbreak of the war; information regarding the fate of the Jews and disbelief; Hungarian occupation, 1938; draft to forced labor paving roads, 1942-1943; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto in a brick factory; murder of the intelligentsia and the wealthy members of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvia Zila (Cvit) Raboi, born in Briceni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the deportation to Transnistria and in Sumovka

Testimony

Testimony of Zvia Zila (Cvit) Raboi, born in Briceni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the deportation to Transnistria and in Sumovka Childhood in Briceni; displays of antisemitism before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; cessation of Zionist activity; nationalization of property; German-Romanian occupation, summer 1941; murder of Jews on the streets; robbery of property by the local population; deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; murder of her father en route; arrival at Sumovka after a few months; hunger; crowding; typhus; death of her mother; fear of the Ukrainian militia; labor for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ficu Leizerovici, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Mogilev and in the Mogilev Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Ficu Leizerovici, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Mogilev and in the Mogilev Ghetto Childhood in Dorohoi; displays of antisemitism before the war; Riots against the Jews of Dorohoi by Romanian soldiers, July 1940; fear from the rule of the Legionnaires [a Fascist government composed of members of the Iron Guard and Army personnel]; arrival of refugees from nearby towns, June 1941; obligation to wear the yellow badge; deportation to Transnistria, November 1941; attitude of the Romanian soldiers; transfer to Mogilev; bribing the authorities in order to...

File Number : 13423

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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