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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

Testimony

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...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : 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...

File Number : 8470

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : 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.

File Number : 8333

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : 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...

File Number : 8325

Type of Material : List of Jewish Survivors, List of Jews, List of Murdered Jews, Memoirs

Language : 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.

File Number : 8201

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : 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.

File Number : 5974

Type of Material : Photograph, Memoirs, Page of Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

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...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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.

File Number : 85

Type of Material : Poem/song

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto

Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto Deportation of his family from Vilna to prison in Lukiszki; deportation of approximately 5,000 Jews to the prison in Lukiszki; registration of professionally skilled workers in the prison; transfer of professionally skilled workers to the Vilna Ghetto; the witness' term of office as a member of the Judenrat in the Vilna Ghetto; escape to Lida with other Jews, 01 November 1941; life in Lida including forced labor, abuse and murder of Jews; arrest of Judenrat members; arrest of Jewish policemen; "Aktion";...

File Number : 59

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, German

"In Hiding": Testimony of Y. L-n

"In Hiding": Testimony of Y. L-n The life led by approximately 50 Jews in hiding in the Bialystok (?) Ghetto including the crying of children, the coughing of the elderly and the fear of discovery of the hiding place. Memoirs of Rabbi Halperin from Orla regarding Orla in the Bielsk Podlaski area; a written comment by Mordechai Tenenbaum: "Taken out of Bialystok, February 1943".

File Number : 53

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, Yiddish

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