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Booklet containing research on the family history (roots) of Adela (Esther Ita) (Gerstman) Frenkel and Chaim Frenkel written by their daughter, Chana (Frenkel) Shtauber, 1990

Booklet containing research on the family history (roots) of Adela (Esther Ita) (Gerstman) Frenkel and Chaim Frenkel written by their daughter, Chana (Frenkel) Shtauber, 1990 Included in the booklet:: - Description of the experiences of Adela and Chaim Frenkel and their family until their aliya to Israel; - Certified testimonial declaration by Adela Frenkel in Pardes Chana, 23 October 1989, regarding her rescue during the war by a Polish woman, Wiktoria Szymanska, later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem and invited by Adela Frenkel to visit Israel, (in Hebrew, with instructions...

File Number : 8537

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph, Declaration, Booklet(s), Testimony, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

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File Number : 13302

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aba Avi Ghzimek, born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, the Warsaw Ghetto, forests and wanderings using a false identiy

Testimony

Testimony of Aba Avi Ghzimek, born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, the Warsaw Ghetto, forests and wanderings using a false identiy From a Bund family with hardships; childhood; attendance at a Jewish school; relations with the local Christian population. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to relatives in Warsaw; stay for approximately one month in Warsaw under air-raids; return home; departure to a nearby village as a cow herder; residence in the village, spring-winter 1940; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life for about one and a half years;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Zilbert, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding on the Aryan side and during the Warsaw Polish Uprising

Testimony

Testimony of David Zilbert, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding on the Aryan side and during the Warsaw Polish Uprising Leaving the Warsaw Ghetto, late 1940; selling newspapers; selling cigarettes in the Three Crosses Square; in hiding in various places in Warsaw using a false identity, 1941-1944; murder of his family in Treblinka, 1942; taking part in the Warsaw Polish Uprising, August 1944. Living in a Coordination organization kibbutz, 1946; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; fighting with the Palmach, 1947-1948;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Warshawsky, born in Lodz, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences in Lodz, Warsaw and on the Aryan side while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Warshawsky, born in Lodz, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences in Lodz, Warsaw and on the Aryan side while using a false identity His childhood in a well-to-do, secular family including his family's attachment to Jewish tradition and Zionism; attends a Jewish kindergarten. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation [of Jews] to forced labor; move to Warsaw, December 1939; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, January 1940; move to his aunt's apartment in coordination with the Judenrat; Warsaw Ghetto life including overcrowding; move to the Aryan side using a false identity, in exchange for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alexander Erlichman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Staszow, in a forest and in Lodz

Testimony

Testimony of Alexander Erlichman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, Staszow, in a forest and in Lodz Childhood in a wealthy, secular family; arrival of Austrian and German refugees. Occupation of Warsaw by the German Army, 1939; life under the German occupation including restrictions, decrees and prohibitions; closure of the ghetto; escape to Staszow; in hiding during the "Aktion", late 1942; escape to a forest, March 1943; murder of his parents and his sister; receiving aid from the local villagers; liberation by the Red Army, summer 1944. Move to a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ema (Nachwalger) Godik, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Stanislawow, Lwow, the Lwow Ghetto, using a false identity in Warsaw, and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ema (Nachwalger) Godik, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Stanislawow, Lwow, the Lwow Ghetto, using a false identity in Warsaw, and in other places Red Army occupation of Stanislawow, 1939; life under the Soviet regime; escape to Lwow; life in Lwow including work as a teacher in a school; German Army occupation of Lwow, 1941; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto, 1941; Lwow Ghetto life including "Aktions"; smuggled from the Lwow Ghetto to Warsaw, while using a false name as Leokadia Jamincka; life in Warsaw as a Polish Christian woman, including work; smuggle of her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hyman Chaim Treiber, born in Turka, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Turka, Carpathian Ruthenia, Oradea, Bucharest and the United States

Testimony

Testimony of Hyman Chaim Treiber, born in Turka, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Turka, Carpathian Ruthenia, Oradea, Bucharest and the United States His childhood in Turka in a family of hasidim, including Zionist activities, learning in a "heder" and attending a public school; life in Turka until 1939. Red Army occupation of Turka; German Army occupation of Turka, 1941; life under German occupation including hunger; "Aktion", 07 January 1942; murder of his father; murder of two sisters; deportation to a labor camp; escape with friends, several weeks later; life in a city [?] until the large...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Eliyahu Wulf, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1926

Testimony

Testimony of Eliyahu Wulf, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1926 From a religious family. German occupation; deportation to Tschechowitz and from there to Rzepiennik; detention in the local synagogue; in hiding while all the persons in the synagogue were taken out and murdered in a killing pit dug in advance; wanderings for approximately two years; transfer willingly to the Krakau Plaszow camp; typhus; transfer to Ostrowiec and from there to Birkenau; tattoo number B-4407; transfer to Swietochlowice; aid from the German supervisor; approach of the front and deportation to Mauthausen by train; selection and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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