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Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places German Army occupation of Strzegowo, 1939; escape to Plonsk with his family; life with his family in Plonsk, for two weeks; move back to Strzegowo; deportation [to the Strzegowo Ghetto], 1940; Strzegowo Ghetto life including "Aktions" and the hanging of Jews, 1942; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942; camp life with two brothers, including forced labor; transfer to Buna-Monowitz, 1943; camp life including forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Benjamin Steiner Stern , born in Seredne, Czechoslovakia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Uzhorod, Auschwitz, Flossenbuerg, Gleiwitz and other places

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Testimony of Benjamin Steiner Stern , born in Seredne, Czechoslovakia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Uzhorod, Auschwitz, Flossenbuerg, Gleiwitz and other places Life before the war: attends a Jewish school; move to Budapest with a friend, 1932. German occupation, March 1944; escape to his parents' home in Seredne; deportation of his family to Uzhorod, April 1944; Hungarian police guard during the deportation; life in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz, October 1944; camp life; labor in the Canada Kommando; death march to Gleiwitz; transfer in open railroad cars to Buchenwald; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Silvia Sala (Barend) Yisraeli, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places

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Testimony of Silvia Sala (Barend) Yisraeli, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places Life before the war; well-to-do traditional family. German occupation, September 1939; restrictions on the Jews, confiscation of property and yellow badge; "Aktion" at the square; separation from her mother and brother, September 1942; deportation to the Tarnow Ghetto, October 1942; ghetto life; labor sewing uniforms in the factory for Julius Madritsch , later recognized as Righteous Among the Nations; liquidation of the ghetto;...

File Number : 13042

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Unger, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Wodzislaw, the Zawierice Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and other places

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Testimony of Zvi Unger, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Wodzislaw, the Zawierice Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and other places Life before the war; ultra-Orthodox family; harassment of Jewish store owners, 1936; his father is called upon to get prepared against the Germans. German occupation; escape to family members in Wodzislaw; murder of Jews; smuggled to family members in the Zawiercie Ghetto, 1941; ghetto life; shooting and slashing of dogs throats in the ghetto by SS; liquidation of the ghetto, August 1943; in hiding with 50 additional people in an...

File Number : 13080

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rivka Marta (Stern) Levinger, born in Trnava, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Trnava, Auschwitz and Brzezinka

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Testimony of Rivka Marta (Stern) Levinger, born in Trnava, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Trnava, Auschwitz and Brzezinka Life before the war; attends a Jewish school. Displays of antisemitism; German occupation; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor in the Canada Kommando; help to people working in the Sonderkommando in burning the corpses; murder of political inmates by injection; flogged for stealing food; transfer to the Brzezinka camp; liberation. Return to Trnava; life in Trnava including marriage; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehoshua Guillermo Hauenstein, born in the Buchenwald camp, Germany, 1944, regarding his experiences in a monastery in Munich

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Testimony of Yehoshua Guillermo Hauenstein, born in the Buchenwald camp, Germany, 1944, regarding his experiences in a monastery in Munich His parents are university professors in Berlin. Dismissal of his parents from the university; life living with a German friend; his sister's escape from Auschwitz and her rescue by Polish farmers; deportation of his parents to Theresienstadt; transfer of his parents to Auschwitz; murder of his six siblings; transfer of his father to Birkenau; his father's labor in a weapons factory; transfer of his mother to Buchenwald; witness' birth in Buchenwald, the day before...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Ludwik Libovitz, born in Kralovo, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau and Muehldorf Waldlager

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Testimony of Arie Lurwik Libovitz, born in Kralovo, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau and Muehldorf Waldlager Life before the war; relations with the non-Jewish population. Outbreak of the war, 1939; annexation to Hungary; decrees and restrictions; deportation of converts; ban on studies in schools; draft of his father to a labor camp, 1941; deportation of youths above the age of 18 to labor on the Russian front; deportation to the Chust Ghetto, April 1944; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Warsaw; camp life including labor...

File Number : 12839

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Milgraum, resident of Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Czestochow, Treblinka and Hungary

Testimony of Naftali Milgraum, resident of Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Czestochow, Treblinka and Hungary Life in Warsaw; deportation, 20 July 1942; escape to Czenstochow; arrest; deportation to Treblinka; life in the camp including murder of the elderly; description of the camp and the murder by gas; labor of the Jews in the Sonderkommando; Court Jews, Jews with special privileges; escape plans with friends; escape to Warsaw, October 1942; crosses the border to Hungary. The testimony was recorded during the war.

File Number : 53

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordekhai Chekhanover, born in Makow Mazowiecki, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Makow Mazowiecki and Mlawa Ghettos, Buna, Stutthof, Hailfingen, Dautmergen and Bergen-Belsen camps

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Testimony of Mordekhai Chekhanover, born in Makow Mazowiecki, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Makow Mazowiecki and Mlawa Ghettos, Buna, Stutthof, Hailfingen, Dautmergen and Bergen-Belsen camps Childhood and family background; attends a Yavneh school; learns to be a tailor. Outbreak of the war, 1939; forced labor paving roads; deportation to the Makow Mazowiecki Ghetto, late 1940; ghetto life; labor crushing stones and gravel; labor mining peat; liquidation of the ghetto, November 1942; transfer to the Mlawa Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, 10 December 1942; transfer to Buna the next day; labor...

File Number : 12561

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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