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Testimony of Ruth (Zonenshein) Wolfenfeld, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, in hiding on the Aryan side, in Pruszkow and Israel

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Testimony of Ruth (Zonenshein) Wolfenfeld, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, in hiding on the Aryan side, in Pruszkow and Israel Her childhood in a well-to-do family; her grandfather's term of service as the city's mayor. Outbreak of the war; destruction and loss of their home and business during air-raids; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; smuggle of food into the ghetto; making of contact with Poles on the Aryan side; murder of her brother during an "Aktion"; her older brother disguises himself as a German inside the ghetto; help and rescue by her brother during...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hela Herta (Rotholtz) Mandelman, born in Oborniki, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Skarzysko Kamienna and Leipzig

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Testimony of Hela Herta (Rotholtz) Mandelman, born in Oborniki, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Skarzysko Kamienna and Leipzig Her childhood in Oborniki in a traditional family that was originally from Germany. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to Poznan and Inowroclaw; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; Warsaw Ghetto life; work in a carton workshop; exposure of the hiding place in an attic during an "Aktion", 1942; murder of her mother; life in the small Warsaw Ghetto until the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 1943; life in a bunker; burning of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Cilli (Bonk) Zaks, born in Vilna, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthof, Dachau, Kaufering and a death march

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Testimony of Cilli (Bonk) Zaks, born in Vilna, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthof, Dachau, Kaufering and a death march Her childhood in Vilna before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; life under Soviet occupation; German occupation, summer 1941; detention; deportation and payment for the move to the Vilna Ghetto; Vilna Ghetto life; labor mending German uniforms; "Aktions"; deportation of her father and two sisters to Estonia; 1943; Vilna Ghetto life until its liquidation, summer 1943; deportation to the airfield in Kaiserwald; camp life; labor loading...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elizabeth Bates, born in Gabin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and using a false identity in Warsaw

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Testimony of Elizabeth Bates, born in Gabin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and using a false identity in Warsaw Zionist, traditional family; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; knowledge regarding the deportation of Jews from Germany, 1938. Outbreak of the war; escape to Warsaw; return to Gabin; escape to the Warsaw Ghetto with her father; Warsaw Ghetto life including labor in a workshop sewing uniforms and in a children's hospital; acquaintanceship with Janusz Korczak; death of her father due to typhus disease; escape from the Warsaw Ghetto; life while using a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Esther (Troppauer) Nir, born in Plauen, Germany, 1926

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Testimony of Esther (Troppauer) Nir, born in Plauen, Germany, 1926 Childhood in a traditional, well-to-do family; move of the family to Berlin, 1931; antisemitism; obligation to hand over gold items, 1934; deportation of her father to Poland, October 1938; Kristallnacht, November 1938; attempt to smuggle the witness, her sister and her mother to Poland after making contact with her father; being captured by the Germans and her father's success in transferring them to Poland; the difficult acclimation in Bedzin; German occupation of Bedzin, September 1939; antisemitism; wearing a white badge; deportation...

File Number : 13359

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aranka Zehava Goldie (Holander) Berger, born in Vysni Remety, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a farm and in Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Aranka Zehava Goldie (Holander) Berger, born in Vysni Remety, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a farm and in Bergen-Belsen From an agricultural family affiliated with the Belz and Satmar hasidim. Annexation to Hungary, 1938; anti-Jewish laws and restrictions; her father is drafted to forced labor; German occupation, 1944; deportation to a brick factory in Berehovo; deportation to Auschwitz; selection and transfer to a farm in Germany; digging pits; liquidation of the camp; death march to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by the British Army....

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth Zahavi, born in Lodz, Poland, 1939, regarding her experiences in Piotrkow Trybunalski and Ravensbrueck

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Testimony of Ruth Zahavi, born in Lodz, Poland, 1939, regarding her experiences in Piotrkow Trybunalski and Ravensbrueck Zionist family; visits by her father in Eretz Israel. Outbreak of the war; deportation to the Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto; Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto life including shortages, hunger, cold and "Aktions"; hides in a closet; morning roll-calls; workshops; murder of her grandmother in Treblinka; murder of her father in Buchenwald; death of her older sister in Ravensbrueck; deportation to Ravensbrueck with her mother; camp life including her mother's labor in a laundry; help from women in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Guta (Danziger) Steinfeld, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Leipzig

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Testimony of Guta (Danziger) Steinfeld, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Leipzig From a traditional family; lives on Leszno Street. Direct hit on her home the first day of the war; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; lives in her uncle's apartment, 1940; work in a Schultz shop sewing uniforms; family receives "Essential Workers" papers; "Aktions" and deportations of family members; rumors concerning annihilation; liquidation of the ghetto and hiding with other people in a bunker; demolition of the bunker by the Germans; murder of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Simcha Ernest Schonfeld, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and a forest

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Testimony of Simcha Ernest Schonfeld, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and a forest Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; confiscation of property and valuables; humiliation of Jews; deportation of Jews to Poland, 1942; receives information regarding the establishment of labor camps in Slovakia; deportation to Novaky with his family; camp life; establishment of workshops in the camp; establishment of a kosher kitchen; prayers on Yom Kippur; deportation of Jews to Poland; underground activities; arrival of Slovakian...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Sonia (Volpert) Rosenkranz Levin, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and Stutthof

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Testimony of Sara Sonia (Volpert) Rosenkranz Levin, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and Stutthof Life before the war; attends a Hebrew high school. Deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto with her husband; Kaunas Ghetto life including labor in gardening and hot houses; deportation of her parents and brother, 28 October 1943; liquidation of the ghetto, 1944; deportation to Stutthof; camp life; labor with a group of young female inmates digging anti-tank trenches; liberation by the Red Army. Move to Bromberg; DP camp life; return to her family's home; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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