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Testimony of Nechemia Chemya Maimon, born in Krechow, Poland in 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Teheran, aliya to Eretz Israel in the context of the group of Teheran Children via Karachi and Egypt in 1943, and in other places Life as a child; escape to Russia [the Soviet Union], 1941; escape on trains to Ural; death of his younger brothers; residence in Ural; his father's labor, logging trees; receipt of permission to leave Ural; escape to Uzbekistan, 1942; life in a kolkhoz; hunger; harsh labor; death of his father; improvement in the living conditions; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Leizer Ayalon (Hershenfis), born in Radom, Poland, in 1926, about his experiences in the Radom ghetto; in the Płaszów, Blizyn, and Mauthausen camps, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Leizer Ayalon (Hershenfis), born in Radom, Poland, in 1926, about his experiences in the Radom ghetto; in the Płaszów, Blizyn, and Mauthausen camps, etc. Life before the war, son of an Orthodox family; attending a cheder and a Polish school; joining the Bnei Akiva movement; German occupation ensues on September 8, 1939; Jews placed under restrictions; food rationing; ban on attending school; ban on worship in synagogue; placement in the "large ghetto" in March 1941; working at AVL (manufacturing clothing for the army); receiving an inoculation certificate; murder of family in...

File Number : 13343

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Bruno Liberfroind, born in Bielsko, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Bielsko, Katowice, Nisko, the Rawa Ruska forests, Lwow and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Bruno Liberfroind, born in Bielsko, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Bielsko, Katowice, Nisko, the Rawa Ruska forests, Lwow and other places His childhood in a traditional family; activities in the Akiva Zionist youth movement; displays of antisemitism before the war; death of his father, 1938. German Army occupation of Bielsko, 01 September 1939; escape; wanderings; return home, approximately three weeks later; deportation to Katowice; transfer to Nisko, October 1939; gunshots in the direction of the deported Jews; escape to the Rawa Ruska forests, under Soviet control; meets...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Schachter, born in Zurawno, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Zurawno Ghetto, Stryj Ghetto, in the partisans, in a forest, in hiding and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Schachter, born in Zurawno, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Zurawno Ghetto, Stryj Ghetto, in the partisans, in a forest, in hiding and in other places His childhood in a religious family; antisemitism. Red Army occupation of Stryj, 1939; life under Soviet occupation; German Army occupation of Zurawno, 1941; arrival of Jewish refugees from Hungary; life under German occupation including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees, confiscation of property, travel restrictions and the wearing of a yellow badge; "Aktion" before the deportation to the Zurawno Ghetto; in hiding in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of Jewish soldiers from Bobruysk who were killed or Missing in Action (MIA), 1939-1944

File Number : 3439

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews, List of Jewish Soldiers

Language : Russian

List of partisans from the Kovpak Brigade who were awarded military ranks, November 1943

File Number : 577

Type of Material : List of Partisans

Language : Russian

List of Red Army soldiers who were murdered, 20 March 1943

File Number : 576

Type of Material : List of Soldiers

Language : Russian

Testimony of Shlomo Shtirmer, born in Slawatyce, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in Slawatycze, the Berezne Ghetto, Kostopil camp and with the partisans in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Shtirmer, born in Slawatyce, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in Slawatycze, the Berezne Ghetto, Kostopil camp and with the partisans in a forest Life before the war; religious family with hardships; attends a "heder"; drafted to the Polish Army, 1930; Communist movement activities. Soviet occupation, September 1939; retreat of the Red Army beyond the Bug river; joins together with his family those who retreat; German occupation; escape of the family to Poland; remains with his wife in Berezne; German occupation, 1941; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Dov Beidel Koltun, born in Rzeczki, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Rzeczki, a Red Army construction battalion in Moscow and in the Polish Army in Berlin

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Beidel Koltun, born in Rzeczki, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Rzeczki, a Red Army construction battalion in Moscow and in the Polish Army in Berlin Life before the war; life in the home of his grandfather; studies in a "heder" until age 13; helping his grandfather; Gordonia movement activities. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; Communist activities, 1939-1941; German occupation, 1941; receiving information regarding the situation of German Jewry; escape to the Soviet Union; life in the Soviet Union in a kolkhoz; drafted into the Red Army; transfer to a construction...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elli (Ginsburg) Strausberg, born in Lackenbach, Austria, 1925

Testimony

Testimony of Elli (Ginsburg) Strausberg, born in Lackenbach, Austria, 1925 Childhood in a religious family; attendance at a Jewish elementary school. German occupation, March 1938; eviction from her home, March 1938; detention of her father and her sisters and their release by the witness; Kristallnacht; burning down of the synagogue; gathering the Jews in the witness' neighborhood and their abuse; escape by train together with her sister and another Jewish woman to the Swiss border, January 1939; illegal crossing of the border; first shelter as an illegal immigrant with her aunt in Lucerne; Bnei Akiva...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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