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Testimony of Juszko Josef Herz, born in 1927 in Zavazna Poruba, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Zavazna Poruba, Mikulas, hiding in Roksbany, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Juszko Josef Herz, born in 1927 in Zavazna Poruba, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Zavazna Poruba, Mikulas, hiding in Roksbany, etc. Life in Zavazna Poruba as offspring of a lone Jewish family; deportation to Mikulas in 1941; typhus and hospitalization in April 1942; spared with parents from transport to camps; life in hiding in Roksbany from August 1942 to March 1944; taken to Lamsdorf; taken to Lichtenfeld; liberation in April 1945; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1947.

File Number : 13566

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Ivan Karshai, born in Tisovec, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in hiding in Banska Stiavnica and Sajba

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Testimony of Reuven Ivan Karshai, born in Tisovec, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in hiding in Banska Stiavnica and Sajba Traditional family; move of the family to Bratislava; education. German occupation; decrees including anti-Jewish legislation and the yellow badge; deportation of his father to Auschwitz, where he perished; escape to Banska Stiavnica; life in hiding in a Slovakian teacher's home; the Slovak National Uprising, 1944; in hiding in hills and forests next to partisan units; escape to Sajba; life in hiding with a Slovakian family; massacre in Kremnica and...

File Number : 12826

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yurai Rebs, born in Holic, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences in detention, underground activities using a false identity and in Bratislava

Testimony

Testimony of Yurai Rebs, born in Holic, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences in detention, underground activities using a false identity and in Bratislava Witness's father has a Doctorate in Law, is Deputy Mayor of Holic and leader of the Neolog Jewish community; relations with the local population; education; Maccabi Hatzair activities; earns a Doctorate in Law, 1939. Outbreak of the war; rise of the fascists to power under Tiso; anti-Jewish legislation; curfew; restrictions on employment; aliya training activities; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel thwarted by the Yugoslavians; help to his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Liliana (Steiner) Mosse, born in Cadca, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Cadca and hiding in Oscadnica forests

Testimony

Testimony of Liliana (Steiner) Mosse, born in Cadca, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Cadca and hiding in Oscadnica forests Life before the war. Termination of studies, 1939; agricultural training; intensification of anti-Jewish legislation; deportations to camps; escape of two Jews from a concentration camp; life hidden in the forest by the forester, a former employee of her father; witness's parents leave their hiding place and their arrest; life hidden in the Oscadnica forests by Urban Batorek, the forester; liberation, 1945. Return home; reunion with her brother; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Eugene Goldstein, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, using a false identity and with the partisans

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Testimony of David Eugene Goldstein, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, using a false identity and with the partisans From a large family; witness's father is an insurance agent; death of his father, 1929; family move to Bratislava, 1933; attends a Jewish public school and a Sciences high school; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Confiscation of possessions and restrictions on the Jews; Aryanization of the family business, 1938; drafted into the Slovakian Army, March 1940; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on a Yugoslavian ship; his brother is exempt...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Vera Haya (Adler) Lichtenstein, born in Vycapy Opatovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in hiding in Piestany, detention in Hipolchoy and in hiding in Budapest using a false identity Life before the war; her father is active in the Jewish community and is a manager of a dairy farm; cultural life at home; attends a high school with Greek priests; restrictions on Jews; termination of studies. Eviction from their home, 1942; in hiding with her sister in a sanitarium in Piestany; return home; escape and then capture by gendarmes; detention in Hipolchoy; release from prison with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Herman Max Kohn, born in Pisting, 1923, regarding his experiences in Vienna during the annexation to Germany, wanderings in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and military service in the French Foreign Legion

Testimony

Testimony of Herman Max Kohn, born in Pisting, Austria, 1923, regarding his experiences in Vienna during the annexation to Germany, wanderings in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and military service in the French Foreign Legion Life before the war; move to Vienna; education; membership in Beitar. Annexation to Germany; anti-Jewish legislation; escape to Czechoslovakia with his father; arrest and detention; move to Bratislava; arrest in Nitra; attempt to escape; capture and return to the camp; injury; escape to Budapest; move to Yugoslavia; meets the French Deputy Consul; enlists into the French Foreign Legion;...

File Number : 12267

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yolana Yelinek, born in Sobotiste, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Malchow camps

Testimony

Testimony of Yolana Yelinek, born in Sobotiste, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Malchow camps Life before the war in Trnava; the Jewish community; attends school; displays of antisemitism; joins Maccabi youth movement. Deportation of Jews without citizenship; interrogation of her father; decrees against the Jews; yellow badge; deportation with a group of women to Auschwitz via Bratislava; camp life and reunion with her brother; transfer to Birkenau; camp life and office labor; death march and transfer by train to Ravensbrueck; transfer to Malchow; camp life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Otto Presburger, born in Ternava, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Ternava, Sered, Auschwitz; Birkenau and other places

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Testimony of Dov Otto Presburger, born in Ternava, 1923, regarding his experiences in Ternava, Sered, Auschwitz, Birkenau and other places Son of a family from the Status Quo movement; education; membership in Maccabi. Occupation of Czechoslovakia; drafted to Hriadky labor camp with the establishment of fascist Slovakia; camp life including labor paving roads; deportation to Sered; transfer to Auschwitz; transfer to Birkenau; camp life including learning to read blueprints; his father's and brother's deaths; transfer to Budy; camp life including labor as a carter; rescue from being sent to the...

File Number : 12292

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yedidia Ernest Bloch, born in Zvolen, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Slovak National Uprising, the underground, prison, Novaki and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yedidia Ernest Bloch, born in Zvolen, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Slovak National Uprising, the underground, prison, Novaki and other places Life before the war; attends school; Jewish community; activities in a youth movement; displays of antisemitism. Participation in the Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; combat in the mountains; builds bunkers; meets Soviet partisans; food shortage; work selling an underground newspaper; capture by the Germans; detention in prison; murder of his father and brother; deportation to Novaki; camp life including forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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