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Testimony of Abraham Ernst Ponger, born in Mikulas Litovsky Svaty, Czechoslovakia, in 1922, regarding his experiences in the Sered camp and in the battle of the partisans

Childhood before the war; Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria 1938; expulsion from school and carpentry studies; independence of Slovakia and anti-Jewish legislation 1939; deportation of Jews and escape to the mountains in March 1942; going back home and deportation to the Sered camp,in April 1945; work in carpentry; underground in the camp; Slovak uprising and escape ,in August 1944; joining partisans; actions against Germans; liberation by the red army,in April 1945; joining aliya training; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel on the Theodor Herzl ship,on 01 April 1947; exile to Cyprus; aliya back to...

File Number : 13772

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Hershele Birenbaum, born in Proszowice, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Kamionka Ghetto, Birkenau, Theresienstadt, Nordhausen and on a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Hershele Birenbaum, born in Proszowice, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Kamionka Ghetto, Birkenau, Theresienstadt, Nordhausen and on a death march Childhood orphaned of his father; move to Bedzin with his mother and siblings. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to Lwow; life as a refugee; return to Bedzin; yellow badge; selection [during an Aktion] and rescue of his mother from deportation; deportation to the Kamionka Ghetto; ghetto life including work in a sewing workshop; deportation to Birkenau; camp life including labor in the craftsmen's block as a tailor and a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Henny Hadassa (Stein) Weinrebe, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Milan, the Ferramonti de Tarsia camp, Camisano and more

Testimony

Testimony of Henny Hadassa (Stein) Weinrebe, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Milan, the Ferramonti de Tarsia camp, Camisano and more Life before the war; rise to power of the National Socialist Party, 1933; escape to Milan, summer 1934; life in Milan; escape to Milan of refugees from Austria and Germany, 1938. Deportation together with her family to Ferramonti de Tarsia camp, summer 1940; camp life; Jewish school in the camp; cultural and sports activities; transfer to detention in Camisano, October 1942; life in Camisano; restrictions in movement; difficulties in...

File Number : 13262

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Georg Irzhi Turk, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Prague and Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Georg Irzhi Turk, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Prague and Theresienstadt Life before the war; secular family; relations with the non-Jewish population; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938. German occupation, 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions; concentration of the Jews in the western side of the city on the other side of the river; deportation with his family to a house in the center of the city; life in the house with other children; deportation of Jews to an assembly point, 1944; transfer to Theresienstadt; camp life with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Lolek Kirszenbojm, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto, HASAG Pelzery and HASAG Varta

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Lolek Kirszenbojm, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto, HASAG Pelzery and HASAG Varta Life before the war; increase in antisemitism from 1935. German occupation, September 1939; murder of 300 town residents; night curfew; kidnappings on the streets to forced labor; burning of the Great Synagogue, late 1939; labor digging ditches, winter 1940; holiday at home; detention for not returning to labor; obtains forged sick documents and release from prison; transfer to labor constructing an airfield; deportation to the Czestochowa Ghetto,...

File Number : 12871

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew