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Testimony of Abraham Ernst Ponger, born in Mikulas Litovsky Svaty, Czechoslovakia, in 1922, regarding his experiences in the Sered camp and in the battle of the partisans

Childhood before the war; Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria 1938; expulsion from school and carpentry studies; independence of Slovakia and anti-Jewish legislation 1939; deportation of Jews and escape to the mountains in March 1942; going back home and deportation to the Sered camp,in April 1945; work in carpentry; underground in the camp; Slovak uprising and escape ,in August 1944; joining partisans; actions against Germans; liberation by the red army,in April 1945; joining aliya training; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel on the Theodor Herzl ship,on 01 April 1947; exile to Cyprus; aliya back to...

File Number : 13772

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva (Grinwald) Veis, born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in prison in Ilava, in the Sered camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places

Testimony of Eva (Grinwald) Veis, born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in prison in Ilava, in the Sered camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places Life before the war; attendance at various schools until 1942; imposition of restrictions on the Jews. Transfer to a one room apartment, 1943; deportation to Ilava, September 1944; life in prison; deportation to the Sered camp; camp life until 28 September 1944; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to the Bad-Kudowa camp; camp life including hospitalization in the sick room; [deportation to the Matzdorf camp;] life...

Type of Material : Secondary Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Transcript of the testimony of Eva (Grinvald) Veis born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in detention in Ilava, in Sered, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bad Kudowa and Matzdorf

Transcript of the testimony of Eva (Grinvald) Veis born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in detention in Ilava, in Sered, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bad Kudowa and Matzdorf Life before the war; attends various schools until 1942. Anti-Jewish legislation; forced transfer to a one room apartment, 1943; deportation to Sered via the Ilava prison, 1944; life in Sered until 28 September 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life in Birkenau for approximately one month; transfer to Bad Kudowa; camp life including hospitalization in the clinic; liberation by the Red Army. Return to...

File Number : 8321

Type of Material : Testimony, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Peter Adorian, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in Novaky camp including his activities in the underground, escape from camp and participation with the partisans in the Slovak National Uprising

File Number : 8292

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Juszko Josef Herz, born in 1927 in Zavazna Poruba, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Zavazna Poruba, Mikulas, hiding in Roksbany, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Juszko Josef Herz, born in 1927 in Zavazna Poruba, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Zavazna Poruba, Mikulas, hiding in Roksbany, etc. Life in Zavazna Poruba as offspring of a lone Jewish family; deportation to Mikulas in 1941; typhus and hospitalization in April 1942; spared with parents from transport to camps; life in hiding in Roksbany from August 1942 to March 1944; taken to Lamsdorf; taken to Lichtenfeld; liberation in April 1945; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1947.

File Number : 13566

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marta (Goldberger) Cohen, born in Dolne Ostrokovice, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences in Dolne Ostrokovice, Novaky, a forest and in hiding in Dolne Ostrokovice

Testimony

Testimony of Marta (Goldberger) Cohen, born in Dolne Ostrokovice, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences in Dolne Ostrokovice, Novaky, a forest and in hiding in Dolne Ostrokovice Her childhood in the only [Jewish] family in Dolne Ostrokovice; attitude of the local population; life in Dolne Ostrokovice until 1943. Arrival of a foreign family in the context of the Aryanization; life at home in one room; deportation of her father to Novaky camp, July 1943; deportation to Novaky camp; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, late August 1944; release [of her father from the camp]; move back home;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Tibor Schaimovtiz Sharon, born in Vizkelet, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Trnava, Sered and Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Tibor Schaimovtiz Sharon, born in Vizkelet, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Trnava, Sered and Theresienstadt His father's work as an agronomist and manager of an agricultural farm; his father receives a certificate as an essential worker, 1942. Deportation of family members to camps; SS officers live in his family's home; conversion to Christianity in a Catholic church; escape to Hungary with his mother, early 1944; move back to Czechoslovakia due to not receiving help; Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; his father's escape to fields; capture of his father after he...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dan Thomas Spira, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Novaky, Nitra and Banska Bystrica

Testimony

Testimony of Dan Thomas Spira, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Novaky, Nitra and Banska Bystrica His childhood in Novaky in a well-to-do, traditional family. Expulsion from the public school in Novaky in the context of the anti-Jewish restrictions, 1940; dismissal of his father by the fascist party from his position as a physician in Novaky; his family's move to Nitra; life in Nitra among the Orthodox religious community including the witness attending a Jewish school; deportation of his family to Novaky N-204 camp [?], 1942; camp life including his father's labor as the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jehuda Greenwald, born in Bystre, Slovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bystre, Giraltovce, the Novaky camp, Banska Bystrica and more

Testimony

Testimony of Jehuda Greenwald, born in Bystre, Slovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bystre, Giraltovce, the Novaky camp, Banska Bystrica and more Childhood in Bystre. Deportation of all the Jews of Bystre to Auschwitz, 1942; his family remains in Bystre due to his father's definition as an essential worker; in hiding in forests with his family, 1942; rescue from deportation on a transport to Auschwitz with help from a priest; deportation of his family to the prison in Giraltovce after hiding in the village, 1943; rescue from deportation to an extermination camp due to the wounding of his mother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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