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Testimony of Miriam Klopper Fogel, born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1937, regarding her experiences in Budapest, in Austria, in labor camps, and on the death march

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Klopper Fogel, born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1937, regarding her experiences in Budapest, in Austria, in labor camps, and on the death march Her nuclear family; parents’ occupations; way of life; Sabbaths and holidays; establishment of Croatian state in April 1941; the Ustaše organization; escape with mother to Budapest under false identity; conditions in Budapest; move to Sombor and living in uncle’s home; kindergarten; Passover in uncle’s home; expulsion to brick factory and from there to Baja Ghetto by Hungarian gendarmes; father’s draft to labor brigades of the Hungarian army; murder of...

File Number : 13691

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Albahari Gal Yam, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1935, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Split, Korchula and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Albahari Gal Yam, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1935, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Split, Korchula and other places German Army occupation [of Yugoslavia], 1941; draft of his father into the military; detention [of his father] as a POW in a POW camp in Osnabruck, Germany; escape of the witness, with his mother, to the Italian occupied zone with help from a non-Jewish acquaintance; illegally crosses the border at Mostar while using forged documents; transfer by the authorities from Split to the Jewish community in the Korchula area; murder of 14 Jews as punishment for actions...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Gabriel Shinar, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. 1932, regarding his experiences in Djakovo; with a Jewish family in Vinkovice; in hiding in Zagreb; with a false identity in Split and other places Childhood. Life after the German occupation, 1941; detention in the railroad station; deportation of the witness' father to Stara Gordwa and Jasenovac with the men; deportation of the children and women to the Loborgrad camp, and their return to detention in the railroad station in Sarajevo; deportation to the Djakovo camp, 1941; rescue of the children by the Jewish community in Osijek; separation from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Benjamin Gaon, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1934, regarding his experiences in Mostar, Hvar, Rab and as a partisan

Testimony

Testimony of Benjamin Gaon, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1934, regarding his experiences in Mostar, Hvar, Rab and as a partisan Childhood. Outbreak of the war and occupation by the Germans and the Ustasha, April 1941; escape of the family to Mostar, May 1941; life in Mostar until April 1942; deportation to the Island of Hvar by the Italian Army; deportation to an Italian concentration camp on the Island of Rab, June 1943; after the surrender of the Italian Army, crosses by fishing boat to the area under Tito's partisans' control; joins Tito's partisans, September 1943; protection extended to Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dina Dinka (Flesh) Shtoper, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1941, regarding her experiences as a baby in Zagreb, in a monastery and in the homes of families in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Dina Dinka (Flesh) Shtoper, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1941, regarding her experiences as a baby in Zagreb, in a monastery and in the homes of families in a village Life before the war; well-to-do family. Loss of her parents (apparently at the start of the war); abandoned in her baby carriage on the street along with her brother; placed in a monastery by neighbors along with her brother; transfer to two different families in a village; life with constant feelings of strangeness; visits in a church; lack of contact with her brother; fear of German soldiers; finds a hiding place in a barrel at...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea (Binenfeld) Glucks, born in Pakrac, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Zagreb, Ljubljana, Montiglio and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Binenfeld) Glucks, born in Pakrac, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Zagreb, Ljubljana, Montiglio and Switzerland Life before the war; move to Zagreb; life in Zagreb; joins the activities in the Jewish community. German occupation, 10 April 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions including the yellow badge; escape to the Italian occupied zone; detention by members of the Ustasha movement; rescue by a member of the Ustasha movement; escape to Ljubljana; life in Ljubljana including being called up to present herself to the Italian authorities; move to Montiglio; life in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nora (Tzilag) Iafe, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, Auschwitz and additional camps

Testimony

Testimony of Nora (Tzilag) Iafe, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, Auschwitz and additional camps

File Number : 13374

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Fritzi (Rozenstok) Kurtz, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Samobor, Rab camp and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Fritzi (Rozenstok) Kurtz, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Samobor, Rab camp and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945 Life before the war; traditional family; life until 1938. Anschluss; dismissal of her father from the public service; Kristallnacht; finds a hiding place; rescue with the help of a gatekeeper; aliya of her brother to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1939; escape of her father to Yugoslavia; escape with her mother on a cattle train; jumps from the train; escape with the family to Samobor; life in Samobor under the protection of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Noami Zdenka (Stern) Tzfoni, born in Varazdin, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding her experiences in Zagreb, aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children from Romania, Bulgaria and other places, 1943 Life before the war; move to Zagreb; life in Zagreb. German occupation, 1941; restrictions on the Jews and restrictions on the residential areas; badge with the letter Z; in hiding temporarily in a non-Jewish owned apartment during "Aktions"; "Aktion" and capture with the family, February 1942; release from deportation with the help of her brothers contacts; obtains a certificate to Eretz Israel for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Vlasta (Kestler) Tichon, born in Petrinja, Yugoslavia, 1937, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Petrinja, Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska and a monastery

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Vlasta (Kestler) Tichon, born in Petrinja, Yugoslavia, 1937, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Petrinja, Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska and a monastery Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, April 1941; transfer to Belgrade; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Bulgaria in a railroad car; return to Petrinja, 1942; deportation of her family to Jasenovac by the Ustasha; separation from her parents; transfer to Stara Gradiska; camp life including the attitude of the Ustasha female guard; witness and her mother are smuggled out of the camp with help from a Croatian friend of the family,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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