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Testimony of Yekutiél Tzvilich, born in Zamosc, 1908 regarding his experiences in Izbica, in a labor camp in Zamosc, in Majdanek, in Skarzysko, in Buchenwald, and in Schlieben

Entry of the Germans, 14 September 1939; entry of the Soviets; radio announcement of the Bug River as the Soviet border; preparations for the entry of the Germans; allowing the crossing of the border by vehicles with the Soviet army; German occupation; collaboration of young Poles in incriminating Jews; confiscation of Jewish businesses and looting of shops whose owners moved east; order to establish a Judenrat, October 1939; reading of the regulations by the Germans at a meeting of 20 Jewish community leaders, including the witness; reluctance to be chosen; forced selection of representatives; listing of the...

File Number : 1126

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish