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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

Testimony of Leo Grunwald, born in Giraltovce, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Slovakian Army, using a false identity, in hiding in Kezmarok, in Zilina and in hiding in the Tatry Mountains Religious family with many children; his parents own a store; death of his father, 1926; witness learns in a "heder" and attends the Jewish school; draft into the Slovakian Army; wears army uniform with a special designation; use of a kosher kitchen; release from the military; life in Kezmarok in his sister's home, until 1944. Use of forged documents; life in the Tatry Mountains including work in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Zoltan Weiss, born in Budkovce, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Budkovce, as a Slovakian Army soldier in Humenne, in Vranovske, Liptovsky Svaty Mikulas, with the partisans, in German captivity and using a false identity Life before the war; from a religious family. Life under Slovakian rule, 1939; drafted into the Slovakian Army, 1940; life as a Slovakian Army soldier in Humenne; maintenance of a kosher kitchen in his unit; training; transfer to Vranovske; transfer to Liptovsky Svaty Mikulas; life in Liptovsky Svaty Mikulas including labor building an air field; labor...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of Menachem Gross, born in Plechotice, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Slovakian Army in Svaty Jur, Ivanka, Kralovany, Banska Bystrica, with the partisans and a Czechoslovakian brigade From a well-to-do land owning family; Hashomer Hatzair activities. German occupation, 1939; decrees including expulsion from school, confiscation of property, yellow badge and the deportation of his brother to Poprad; draft into the sixth brigade of the Slovakian Army, October 1941; tranfer to Svaty Jur; receives help from the JDC and the Jewish community in Bratislava; return to Plechotice...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Ludvig Veis, born in Lomne, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding his experiences in Novaki and Modry Kamen

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Ludvig Veis, born in Lomne, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding his experiences in Novaki and Modry Kamen Life before the war. Decrees, 1941; escape to forests; life in a forest and help from the local partisans; detention by the Slovakian Army; deportation to Novaki; camp life including life in a block for single men; release from the camp during the Slovak National Uprising; escape to Modry Kamen; escape to the surrounding villages; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Stropkov; move to a children's home in Kosice; return to Stropkov; aliya to Israel with Youth Aliya, 1949; enlists...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Eugene Goldstein, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, using a false identity and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of David Eugene Goldstein, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, using a false identity and with the partisans From a large family; witness's father is an insurance agent; death of his father, 1929; family move to Bratislava, 1933; attends a Jewish public school and a Sciences high school; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Confiscation of possessions and restrictions on the Jews; Aryanization of the family business, 1938; drafted into the Slovakian Army, March 1940; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on a Yugoslavian ship; his brother is exempt...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dr. Alexander Svitak Stein, born in Hyby, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Dr. Alexander Svitak Stein, born in Hyby, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences during the war Medical studies in Praha until 1934; continued studies in Bratislava until 1936; work in a hospital in the eye department; conscription, October 1937; half-year service in Praha at a military school for medical officers; continued service in Bosany. The outbreak of war; release and return home; work in a pediatric ward hospital; German occupation; continuation of normal life until 1942; rumors of extermination; escape to the mountains; transfer to free Slovakia; seizure, 11/17/1944 and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Veis, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Slovakia as a forced laborer and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Veis, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Slovakia as a forced laborer and with the partisans Forced labor for the Slovakian Army in a Jewish labor battalion; deportation of all nine Jewish families from Soporna to extermination camps, 1942; escape of a guard from the Linka guards, 1944; witness joins a group of Soviet partisans. Only six Jews return to Soporna after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

File Number : 8598

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Booklet published by the Jewish community in Nitra titled, "The Cedars of Lebanon", in memory of the 110, 000 Jews of Slovakia and their rabbis who were murdered, 1942-1945, published, 1960

Booklet published by the Jewish community in Nitra titled, "The Cedars of Lebanon", in memory of the 110,000 Jews of Slovakia and their rabbis who were murdered, 1942-1945, published, 1960 - Editing of the booklet by the Chief Rabbi of Slovakia; - List of the Jewish communities in Slovakia, the number of people who perished in each community; names of the rabbis and dayanim (rabbinical court judges) of each community and their fate; - Partial list of 815 Jews who served the Sixth Labor Battalion; included in the list: family name, first name, date and place of birth; identity number, whether the person...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, Placards, List of Names, Article, Research Article

Language : Slovak, Russian, German

Memoirs, articles, lists and personal documentation regarding VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion), 1939-1980

Memoirs, articles, lists and personal documentation regarding VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion), 1939-1980 - Map marking the location of the camps of the labor battalions; - List of the labor battalions in which Jews served; - Article written by Ladislav Lipscher titled, "Der Sechste Juedische Militaerischer Arbeitsbataillon im Slowakischen Staat" ("The Sixth Jewish Labor Battalion in the Slovak State"), referring to an Army labor battalion; - Invitation to a reunion with members of the battalion in Tel Aviv, 1960; - Memoirs regarding camp life, condition of the food and living quarters,...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Article, List of Names, Research Article, Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, German

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