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Testimony of Ilana Hochbaum Milikowski, born in Lyntupy, Poland, in 1936 regarding her escape from a liquidation"Aktion" and regarding the help of Russian partisans

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German occupation 1941; establishment of the ghetto; deportation with the parents to the Postawy ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto and uprising; smuggling with her sister by a Pole to Lyntupy; "Aktion" of liquidation; the grandfather is shot; escape with the sister and aunt during the "Aktion"; hiding with villagers; patronage and protection of Russian partisans; liberation in 1944; Soviet education and activity at the komsomol; aliya to Israel in 1960

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Testimony of Yaakov Hofman Hauchmann, born in 1929 in Glebokie, Poland, about his experiences in the Glebokie ghetto, in hiding with villagers, with the partisans in 1942–1944, and in the Red Army

Offspring of a traditional family in Glebokie; Soviet occupation ensues in 1939; German occupation ensues in June 1941; hears rumors about murder in nearby forests; searching for food in villages at night; establishment of the ghetto; establishment of a Judenrat; hunger; volunteering for nighttime work in return for food; brother dies in the first Aktion; building hideouts; ghetto liquidated in August 1942; witness escapes during the Aktion; lives in hiding with villagers; handed over to Russian partisans; integration into a partisan unit; activity in 1942–1944; a decade of service in the Red Army; receiving...

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results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

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Memoirs of Kalman Mnuskin, born in Zetel, Poland, and his cousin, Miriam (Mnuskin) Noi, born in Zetel, Poland, 1941, regarding their experiences in hiding in the Zetel Ghetto and the Puszcza Bialowieska forest - "About Zetel During World War II", memoirs of Kalman Mnuskin (cousin of Miriam [Mnuskin] Noi): Life in Zetel during the German occupation; preparation of hiding places in the Zetel Ghetto by the Mnuskin brothers, Shmuel (Mulka) and Shleimka; escape to his uncle's hiding place; escape to the Puszcza Bialowieska forest. - Memoirs of Miriam (Mnuskin) Noi: Life in hiding in the Zetel Ghetto;...

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results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew