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Testimony of Yocheved Yehudit Hamburger Boxbaum, born in Brzesko, Poland, 1928, regarding the Bochnia ghetto and deportation to the Auschwitz II - Birkenau camp

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Testimony of Yocheved Yehudit Hamburger Boxbaum, born in Brzesko, Poland, 1928, regarding the Bochnia ghetto and deportation to the Auschwitz II - Birkenau camp Family background, religious family; studies in a Polish school; life before the war. The outbreak of the war; dropping out of school; great fear of the Germans; deportation to the ghetto; aktions; deportation of the first intelligence personnel; whistleblowing by Jewish policemen on Jews; rumors of camps; construction of bunkers; hiding in hideout during an aktion; exposing the witness' family during the aktion and killing them; the escape of the...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp German occupation of Poland; air-raids; occupation of Warsaw; displays of antisemitism [and anti-Jewish regulations] by the Germans; establishment of the ghetto; administration by the Judenrat; smuggling of food into the ghetto by the children; Jewish policemen; leave-taking from his parents and escape from the ghetto; wanderings from village to village using a false identity (Stanislaw Vishnewski); work for a Polish farmer; arrival at the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8470

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Schmuel Heller, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, in Gross Sarne, Koenigshuette and Dyhernfurth camps, and in other places

Memoirs of Schmuel Heller, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, in Gross Sarne, Koenigshuette and Dyhernfurth camps, and in other places Bedzin Ghetto life until 1942; deportation to Koenigshuette camp; transfer to Gross Sarne camp; transfer to Gross Masselwitz camp; transfer to Dyhernfurth camp; transfer to Gross-Rosen camp; transfer to Mauthausen camp; liberation, January 1945. DP camp life; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8333

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Erich Jacobs, born in Nuttlar, Germany, 1906, regarding his experiences during Kristallnacht in Recklinghausen and his emigration to Cuba, 1941

Memoirs of Erich Jacobs, born in Nuttlar, Germany, 1906, regarding his experiences during Kristallnacht in Recklinghausen and his emigration to Cuba, 1941 - The memoirs were originally written in English, and translated into Hebrew by Jethro Jacobs. - The title of the book in Hebrew is: "Indeed, Miracles Still Happen" - English: "And This is My Life Story" - German: "Wunder geschehen noch (Miracles Still Happen)" Childhood in Nuttlar, teacher training in Berlin; educational work in an orphanage in Frankfurt, in Unna and Recklinghausen; Kristallnacht in Recklinghausen, 1938; move to Cuba via...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8325

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : List of Jews, List of Murdered Jews, List of Jewish Survivors, Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Shmuel Haler, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Koenigshuette, Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen and other places

Memoirs of Shmuel Haler, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Koenigshuette, Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen and other places Life in the Bedzin Ghetto until 1942; life in Koenigshuette; life in Gross Sarne; life in Gross Masselwitz; life in Dyhernfurth; life in Gross-Rosen; death march to Mauthausen; life in Mauthausen, January-May 1945; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Unsuccessful aliya attempt via Italy; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8201

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimonies collected by Chanah (Temer) Rabinowitz, regarding the experiences of her family members in Lodz, Praszka and Breslau during 1931-1942, and regarding the experiences of the Praszka community until its final destruction Included in the file: - Copies of two Pages of Testimony; - Photographs of central personalities in the town following the shearing of beards of the men.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 5974

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs, Page of Testimony, Photograph

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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Testimony of Chana Oren Kinreich, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1924, regarding an attempted illegal aliya through Benghazi, deportation to the Ferramonti camp, exit from the camp by visa and life in Lourenco Marques during the war Family background; Jewish town; studies in a Polish elementary school; studies at Beit Yaakov; aliya of her older brother to Eretz Israel, 1934; aliya of her second brother to Eretz Israel, 1939; the move of her third brother to Italy.The outbreak of war, 1939; escape of her two brothers to the Russian border; panic in the town and the escape of many residents; moving with parents...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 1214

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Names, Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Russian

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 1208

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Lists, Names, Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Poem/Song written by Mina Zilberberg (an 11-year old girl), born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and other places

Poem/Song written by Mina Zilberberg (an 11-year old girl), born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and other places Jewish police activities in the Lodz Ghetto; deportation of Jews from the surrounding villages to the Lodz Ghetto) "Aktion"; escape of Jews during the "Aktion"; deportation of approximately 11,000 elderly and sick Jews and Jewish children; deportation to Auschwitz; life in Auschwitz; transfer to Stutthof; transfer with other children from Bialystok to Katowice, 31 May 1945.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 85

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Poem/song

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

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