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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

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 Harry Shmuel Deutsch Dash, born in Trencin, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in Nove Mestro Nad Vahom, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and Malinec

Testimony

Testimony of Harry Shmuel Deutsch Dash, born in Trencin, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in Nove Mestro Nad Vahom, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and Malinec Life before the war; move to Nove Mestro Nad Vahom. German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees including yellow badge and confiscation of property; deportation to Novaky; camp life including education and cultural activities; Slovak National Uprising, 1944; escape to Banska Bystrica; escape to Malinec; village life including being hidden by a Slovakian farmer; liberation by the Red Army, March 1945. Return to Nove Mestro Nad Vahom;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Two testimonies by Eugene Foltyn regarding combat in the Kiev area, 1943

Two testimonies by Eugene Foltyn regarding combat in the Kiev area, 1943 Also in the file: Information regarding the history of Czechoslovakia.

File Number : 94

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Erik Zolar regarding the fighting of Jews from Czechoslovakia as Red Army soldiers

Testimony of Erik Zolar regarding the fighting of Jews from Czechoslovakia as Red Army soldiers Erik Zolar died in the United States, 13 December 1988

File Number : 92

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech, German

Testimony of Mikulas Hecht, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences in a [Hungarian] forced labor camp in Sarospatak, the Davidka [Soviet] POW camp, the Marshavsk [Soviet] POW camp, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Novokhopersk, in combat in Dukla, Kiev, Vasilkov Ruda and Krosno, and being wounded

Testimony of Mikulas Hecht, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences in a Hungarian forced labor camp in Sarospatak, the Davidovka Soviet POW camp, the Marshavsk Soviet POW camp, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Novokhopersk, in combat in Dukla, Kiev, Vasilkov Ruda and Krosno, and being wounded Life in the Jewish community in Svalava, 1939. Jewish life during the Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia, 1939; deportation to forced labor, 1940; life in the Sarospatak labor camp, 1941; transfer and mine sweeping at the Soviet front; capture by the Soviets; conditions in the...

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Czech

Testimony of Arthur Fleischmann Hanak, born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel within the Maccabi framework, 1939, his experiences as a volunteer in the British Army and his deployment to England via France, his further deployment to a Czechoslovakian Army unit in Sadagura via the Soviet Union and combat in Dukla Life in the Moravian Jewish communities: Olomouc, Prostejov, Hranice and Frydek, 1925-1939; active membership in Maccabi. Experiences of Jewish officers during mobilization, 1938; arrangement of a transport to Eretz Israel by Maccabi, 1939; sailing of first...

File Number : 33

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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