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Testimony of Zipora Pina (Simon) Eidelstein, born in Garlele Gazariei, 1937, Romania, regarding her experiences in Gazariei, Bacau and Moinesti

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Testimony of Zipora Pina (Simon) Eidelstein, born in Garlele Gazariei, 1937, Romania, regarding her experiences in Gazariei, Bacau and Moinesti Life in Gazariei; increase in antisemitism. Harrassment of Jews, 1940; deportation of the Jews of Gazariei, including her family, to Moinesti, 1943; transfer to Bacau, 1943; transfer of her father to forced labor; receiving medical help from a Romanian Army physician who risked his life to save Eidelstein from becoming disabled; liberation, 1944. Move to Moinesti, 1945; aliya [to Eretz Israel?] of her brother and sister through Youth Aliyah, 1947; life under...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alexander Hershkovitz, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Melk, Mauthausen, Gunskirchen and other places

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Testimony of Alexander Hershkovitz, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Melk, Mauthausen, Gunskirchen and other places Life under Hungarian rule, 1940; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Melk; camp life including forced labor in an ammunitions factory; death march to Mauthausen and Gunskirchen, 1944; camp life including hunger and acts of cannibalism; liberation by the US Army, 1945. Hospitalization and rehabilitation in a hospital in Linz; move back to Budapest; move back...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aliza (Ostrovski) Hamer, born in Briceni, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in Briceni, Transnistria, the Vartijeni Ghetto, Lugovaya, Bershad and other places

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Testimony of Aliza (Ostrovski) Hamer, born in Briceni, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in Briceni, Transnistria, the Vartijeni Ghetto, Lugovaya, Bershad and other places Red Army occupation of Briceni, 1940; German Army occupation of Briceni, 1941; deportation to Transnistria, 1941; transfer to Mogilev; transfer to the Vartijeni Ghetto, 1941; murder of her father; transfer back to Transnistria via Atachi and Mogilev, 1941; march to Bershad, that lasts for three months; death of family members due to typhus disease, 1941; Bershad Ghetto life; transfer to Lugovaya in the Bershad area, with her...

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

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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 Shmuel Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1922, regarding his experiences in Sofia, labor battalion in Pazardzhik and with the partisans in the Stata Planina mountains

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Testimony of Shmuel Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1922, regarding his experiences in Sofia, labor battalion in Pazardzhik and with the partisans in the Stata Planina mountains Life before the war; assimilates family with hardships; receives help from the Hadassah organization; attends a Jewish school; joins Hashomer Hatzair movement. Deportation to a labor battalion in Pazardzhik, 1942; escape to the Stara Planina mountains, 1943; life in the mountains including joining the partisans; partisan activities; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Return to Sofia; life in Sofia; service in the Police force;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Norbert Weinstein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and his deportation to Transnistria

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Testimony of Norbert Weinstein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and his deportation to Transnistria His childhood in a traditional family with an orientation toward German culture; rise in nationalism and the weakening of personal security. German occupation of Poland, 1939; refugees from Poland; confiscation of valuables; Soviet occupation, 22 June 1940; Soviet education; German and Romanian occupation, and the Soviets flee, 1941; decrees and bans; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life including overcrowding; preparations for his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Baruch Bruno Kornblum, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and in hiding in Cernauti

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Testimony of Baruch Bruno Kornblum, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and in hiding in Cernauti Life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; confiscation of Jewish owned property and businesses; murder of his grandfather and two uncles in pogroms conducted by the Romanian Army, 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; rescue from deportation to Transnistria; move to the family home outside the ghetto; life at home due to the work permits of his father and his aunt; death of his oldest brother during labor in the Ladyzhin camp; expulsion from the family...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Karol Ionas, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences in a village in the Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Ploesti, Teisu and as a forced laborer in Brasov

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Testimony of Chaim Karol Ionas, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences in a village in the Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Ploesti, Teisu and as a forced laborer in Brasov Life in a village in the Carpathian Mountains before the war; attends a local school. Termination of his studies by the Romanians; studies in Bucharest; life in Ploesti with his parents; deportation to Teisu; camp life including work, July-December 1941; transfer to Brasov; life in Brasov including forced labor from January 1942; liberation, August 1944. Meets Red Army soldiers; Gordonia and Hashomer Hatzair...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Agneta (Shimshon) Veis, born in Cluj, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Gruenberg, a death march and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Agneta (Shimshon) Veis, born in Cluj, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Gruenberg, a death march and Bergen-Belsen Life before the war; Hanoar Hatzioni activities. Re-annexation to Hungary; displays of antisemitism and anti-Jewish legislation; death of her father, 1942; move to Reghin, February 1944; German occupation, March 1944; decrees including yellow badge; deportation to the Reghin Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in the kitchen; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1944; transfer to Plaszow; camp life including labor hauling bricks, in the...

File Number : 12783

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jean Schmidt, born in Moinesti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Bacau

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Testimony of Jean Schmidt, born in Moinesti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Bacau Life before the war; membership in Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. German occupation; deportation to Bacau; restrictions on Jews including the yellow badge; labor of his father as a metalworker in a factory; activities of his father in the Communist underground; forced labor laying railroad tracks; detention as a punishment for being late to work; release from detention; transfer to the factory where his father was; end of the war. Aliya training in Galati; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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