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Testimony of Simcah Edit (Fisher) Avrahami, born in Farkasd, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and in a labor camp near Reichenbach

Testimony

Testimony of Simcah Edit (Fisher) Avrahami, born in Farkasd, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and in a labor camp near Reichenbach Childhood in the town of Overcane. Deportation of the family to Auschwitz-Birkenau, April 1944; her father's labor in the camp; three sisters and her mother are rescued from extermination; deportation to a labor camp near Reichenbach; liberation, May 1945. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; enlisting in the Palmach, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Chana (Rozental) Shvartz, born in Nyirabrany, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, on a farm, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Markkleeberg

Testimony

Testimony of Eva Chana (Rozental) Shvartz, born in Nyirabrany, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, on a farm, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Markkleeberg Life before the war; relations with the non-Jewish neighbors. Outbreak of the war, 1939; life under Hungarian fascists rule; decrees and restrictions on the Jews including ban on study in school; deportation of Jews without Hungarian citizenship to the border; death of the deportees; learns dressmaking in a nearby town, 1943; deportation to the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, Pesach (08 April) 1944; ghetto life; disappearance of her...

File Number : 12882

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moniek Kaufman from Belchato regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau on the first day of his arrival in the camp

Testimony of Moniek Kaufman from Belchato regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau on the first day of his arrival in the camp The testimony was recorded as a diary after the liberation, in an attempt to recreate the atmosphere that prevailed at the time the events took place: life in the Lodz Ghetto from August 1942 to 28 August 1944; details of living conditions; terrible crowding in living spaces, organization for joint cooking and “inventing recipes” by people living in the same apartment, to make the most of the meager food allowance; using every available plot of land to grow...

File Number : 1311

Type of Material : Testimony, Memoirs

Language : Polish

Video testimony of Sara (Freimovich) Upshimni regarding her experiences in Bustino, Auschwitz, Breslau Hundsfeld, the death marches to the Mauthausen camp and Bergen-Belsen, and her aliya to Eretz Israel - Video testimony of Sara (Freimovich) Upshimni, born in Bustino, Czechoslovakia,1923, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust; - Hungarian occupation of Bustino; move of Sara to her grandfather in a village near Bustino; deportation to Auschwitz; selection; shower; transfer of Sara to the Breslau Hundsfeld camp; forced labor in a replacement parts factory; death march to Mauthausen, 01 January...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Video testimony of Chava Hirsh regarding the experiences of her family in Cepari, the deportation to Auschwitz, the transfer to the Kivioli camp and the Stutthof camp, death marches and more

Video testimony of Chava Hirsh regarding the experiences of her family in Cepari, the deportation to Auschwitz, the transfer to the Kivioli camp and the Stutthof camp, death marches and more - Video testimony of Chava (Blom) Hirsh, born in Cepari, Romania, 1926, regarding the experiences of her family during the Holocaust; - Occupation of Transylvania by the Hungarians, 1940; drafting of Jews for forced labor by the Hungarians; occupation of Transylvania by the Germans, March 1944; deportation of the Jews of Cepari to a ghetto outside the city, 01 May 1944; confiscation of Jewish property; deportation to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sara Galer regarding her family’s experiences in the Biala and Miedzyrzec Ghettos, her transfer to Skarzysko Kamienna, Majdanek and Czestochowa, and her aliya to Israel

Memoirs of Sara Galer regarding her family’s experiences in the Biala and Miedzyrzec Ghettos, her transfer to Skarzysko Kamienna, Majdanek and Czestochowa, and her aliya to Israel Memoirs of Sara Galer, (maiden name: Kon), born in Biala Podlaska on 20 May 1929, regarding her family's experiences in the Holocaust (Sara is the wife of Yaakov Haler Galer): family history; Sara's childhood in Biala Podlaska; outbreak of war in 1939; entry of the Germans into Biala Podlaska in 1939; establishment of the Judenrat in November 1939; wearing a yellow badge in December 1939; confiscation of the family store in May...

File Number : 8938

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Letter of testimony written by Lina Verona Valabrega at the end of 1945 regarding imprisonment in Turin, in Fossoli di Carpi, deportation to Auschwitz, forced labor and liberation

Letter of testimony written by Lina Verona Valabrega at the end of 1945 regarding imprisonment in Turin, in Fossoli di Carpi, deportation to Auschwitz, forced labor and liberation A letter of testimony written by Lina Verona Valabrega on 30 November 1945 in Turin regarding her experiences in the Holocaust. The letter was sent via Van de Levi Metzinger to Professor Valabrega on 20 April 1999: Lina's arrest on 12 April 1943 in Torino and her imprisonment; Lina's deportation to the Fossoli di Carpi camp; transfer to Birkenau on 23 May 1944; selection, showers; hunger; forced labor in road construction; the...

File Number : 8922

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Article

Language : Italian

"Birkenau - The Camp of Death", 30 chapters of a manuscript written by the physician, Dr. Marco Nahon from Demotika, Greece, regarding his experiences in Demotika, the Salonica Ghetto, Birkenau, Stutthof, Echterdingen, Ohrdruf and Dachau (translated from French ), 1941-1945

A manuscript written by the physician Dr. Marco Nahon from Demotika, Greece, regarding his experiences in Demotika, the Salonica Ghetto, Birkenau, Stutthof, Echterdingen, Ohrdruf and Dachau (translated from French ) A report of a Greek Jewish physician regarding his experiences in Birkenau, beginning with the German occupation of Greece, April 1941, and ending with his liberation, April 1945; manuscript not published.(translated into English by Jacqueline Havaux, 1959). - Chapter 1, "The Invasion", 06 April 1941: German declaration of war against Greece; escape of the officials and many inhabitants...

File Number : 9029

Type of Material : Reports

Language : English

Memoirs of Israel Lazar regarding his family's experiences in the Oradea Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, forced labor in Buchenwald camp, in Tröglitz Rehmsdorf camp, and other places

Memoirs of Israel Lazar, regarding his family's experiences in the Oradea Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, forced labor in Buchenwald camp, Tröglitz Rehmsdorf camp, and other places Memoirs of Israel Lázló Lázár: - Memoirs of Israel Lázló Lázár, born in Oradea Mare, 25/01/1930, regarding his family's experiences during the Holocaust; - Annexation of Transylvania to Hungary, 1940; German occupation of Hungary, 1944; deportation of the Jews to the ghettos; deportation of Israel and his family to the Oradea Mare Ghetto; deportation of Israel and his family to Auschwitz camp, 31/05/1944; selection; Israel's mother...

File Number : 8913

Type of Material : Personal Records, Letter, Announcement, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Memoirs of Hélène Ramet regarding her family’s experiences in Vichy, deportation to Drancy and Auschwitz, forced labor in Kratzau camp and return to France

Memoirs of Hélène Ramet regarding her family’s experiences in Vichy, deportation to Drancy and Auschwitz, forced labor in Kratzau camp and return to France Memoirs of Hélène Ramet (maiden name: Fenster) from Vichy regarding her family's experiences in the Holocaust: Arrest of her mother Fanny Fenster and brother Jules Fenster on 25 November 1943 in Vichy; Hélène's stay in various places with friends after the arrest of her mother and brother including Effiat, Bruges, the Gironde department, Bellerive, Vichy, Chaufailles and Saint-Germain-des-Fossés; Hélène's transfer to Clermont Ferrand after she asked her...

File Number : 8883

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs

Language : French

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