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File Number : 13651

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Paulina Keynan, nee Godin in Wilno, Poland in 1925, regarding her deportation to the Wilno ghetto and the Kaiserwald and Stutthof camps and the death march

Testimony

Testimony of Paulina Keynan ,nee Godin, born in Wilno,Poland,in 1925 Childhood within a well-to-do traditional family, good neighbourly relations with the Polish population, increasing displays of anti-Semitism, boycotting Jewish businesses; outbreak of the war; Russian occupation; exile of wealthy people to siberia; confiscation of part of the family house for the purpose of housing Soviets; father's imprisonment for half a year; life in hiding for about two weeks in fear of exile to Siberia; German occupation in 1941; expulsion from the family house; father's arrest and disappearance; restrictions and...

File Number : 13648

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Official letter sent to Lea Traub from the hospital in Schwetz, regarding the situation of her hospitalized son

Official letter sent to Lea Traub from the hospital in Schwetz, regarding the situation of her hospitalized son Official letter sent to Lea Traub in Antwerp from the hospital in Schwetz, 02 December 1939; the letter was sent in reply to Leah Traub's query regarding the situation of her hospitalized son, Gerson Traub; Note: Lea Traub is the grandmother of Yitzchak Mantel; Mordechai Yitzchak is the son of Bilha (Mantel) Traub; Devora Mantel is the wife of Mordechai Yitzchak; the fate of Gerson Traub is unknown.

File Number : 618

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Tova Dari née Veinberg, born in 1923 in Warsaw, about her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto and the Majdanek, Skarzysko, and Częstochowa camps

Testimony

Testimony of Tova Dari née Veinberg, born in 1923 in Warsaw, about her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto and the Majdanek, Skarzysko, and Częstochowa camps Life before the war; daughter of an affluent religious family; attending Havatselet Hebrew-language school; antisemitic manifestations; war breaks out in September 1939; bombardments; dispossession; closure of the family curtain factory; depredations by Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans); ghettoization in 1940; encountering refugees from Łódź; assistance in housing and money; family banished to the ghetto in 1941; father works in a sewing shop; working at a...

File Number : 13436

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 13509

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edith Hirshel née Folk, born in 1931 in Coka, Yugoslavia, about her experiences as a girl in Coka, Senta, Vienna, and Strasshof

Testimony

Testimony of Edith Hirshel née Folk, born in 1931 in Coka, Yugoslavia, about her experiences as a girl in Coka, Senta, Vienna, and Strasshof Pre-war life in the village; offspring of the only Jewish family in the locality; good neighborly relations; moving to Coka in 1939; German occupation; escaping to her uncle's family in Senta; attending a nunnery school and taking Jewish studies; father is murdered in Belgrade; mother escapes to Hungary; antisemitic manifestations; the hellow star edict; the numerus clausus; German occupation of Hungary in March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; the train stops; a...

File Number : 13556

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Umka (Margolis) Kramin, born in Dubno, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Dubno, in Ukraine while using a false identity, in Odessa and Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Umka (Margolis) Kramin, born in Dubno, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Dubno, in Ukraine while using a false identity, in Odessa and Bucharest Her childhood in an educated family; her father serves as the principal of the Jewish high school in Dubno. Deportation of Jews to Siberia during the Soviet rule; German Army occupation of Dubno, 1941; life under German occupation including restrictions; deportation to the Dubno Ghetto; digging of pits by Jews; burning of her father's books; her father's suicide attempt using poison; encouragement by her parents to escape from the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Junger) Peer, born in Slatioara, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Slatioara, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Junger) Peer, born in Slatioara, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Slatioara, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Life in Slatioara in a religious family; her father serves as a member of the Slatioara council; attitude of the Christian population. Hungarian occupation of Slatioara, 1940; draft of her father into the [Hungarian] army; German Army occupation of Slatioara, 1944; transfer to the synagogue, the day after Pesach [April 1944]; deportation to the Dragomiresti Ghetto, the next day; Dragomiresti Ghetto life including overcrowding, for approximately...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana (Ehrlich) Gelkopf, born in Wieruszow, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences in Ukraine, Siberia, kolkhozes in Kirghizstan and in Frunze

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Ehrlich) Gelkopf, born in Wieruszow, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences in Ukraine, Siberia, kolkhozes in Kirghizstan and in Frunze Childhood. Escape from Poland to Ukraine, 1939; refusal of her parents to accept Soviet citizenship; exile to Siberia, 1940; life in a camp of shacks on the plains of Siberia; permission to leave Siberia; trip to Kirghizstan, 1942; work in kolkhozes; escape of the family to Frunze; selling of matches in the local market to help the family; hunger and crowding. Return to Lodz, Poland; move to Wroclaw (Breslau); crossing the border into...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Gedalia Samborski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jaworzno, Gleiwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Gedalia Samborski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jaworzno, Gleiwitz and other places Life before the war; religious Zionist family. Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; sealing of a residential area as a ghetto, April 1939; ghetto life; "Aktions" including "Sperre", curfew; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, August 1944; camp life; transfer to Gleiwitz; camp life; hospitalization; transfer to Jaworzno, December 1944; camp life; receives help from Hungarian Jews; transfer in a death march to Blechhammer; life in a march...

File Number : 13148

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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