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Testimony of Mordekhai Teitelbaum born in 1927 in Ostrołęka, Poland, about his experiences in Ostrołęka, escape to the Soviet Union, to Lomzha, and evacuation to Gryazi and the Kemerovo area

Testimony

Childhood in Ostrołęka; community life; attending synagogue on Sabbaths; attending a Jewish elementary school; father dies in 1935; war with Germany breaks out in September 1939; family escapes to Ostrów Mazowiecka; lives in a synagogue; German occupation ensues; German soldiers enter town; curfew; order to leave town and live elsewhere; back to Ostrołęka; escaping to the east; slipping into Belorussia, Soviet Union; reaching Lomzha; living in a synagogue; receiving Soviet citizenship; transport by rail to Russia via Belostok; reaching Gryazi; mother works in a factory; witness attends a Russian elementary...

File Number : 13379

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Film entitled, "Eight Stories That Haven't Changed the World", including the testimony of eight Jews, born in Poland, 1914-1933, and their experiences in Poland before World War II

Film entitled, "Eight Stories That Haven't Changed the World", including the testimony of eight Jews, born in Poland, 1914-1933, and their experiences in Poland before World War II The interviewees are: Dora Tenembaum, Szymon Tenembaum, Halina Elczewska, Feliks Nieznanowski, Krystyna Budnicka, Josef Hen, Jan Rochwerger and Marian Fuks.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, English

To be translated

File Number : 13509

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaya (Libovitz) Ingber, born in Vulchovce, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Nagy Sollos Ghetto, Auschwitz, Reichenbach, Parschnitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Chaya (Libovitz) Ingber, born in Vulchovce, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Nagy Sollos Ghetto, Auschwitz, Reichenbach, Parschnitz and other camps Religious family; life before the war. Deportation of the Jewish men to forced labor; deportation to the Nagy Sollos Ghetto, 1944; ghetto life; deportation with her sister to Auschwitz; camp life including an encounter with Josef Mengele, labor carrying stones and other tasks; death of her mother; transfer to Reichenbach, August 1944; camp life including labor working the land; evacuation of the camp, March 1945; transfer on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gantz Nachum Ostolish, born in Sacel, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Harzungen, Woffleben and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Gantz Nachum Ostolish, born in Sacel, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Harzungen, Woffleben and other places From a large religious family with hardships; his father is a shoemaker; learns in a Romanian school and a "heder". Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; restrictions on the Jews; termination of studies; life in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, 1943; his mother's death; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life; transfer to Harzungen; camp life including labor paving roads; transfer to Woffleben; camp life including labor in railroad...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew