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Testimony of Sukhar Stolerman, born in Lipcani, Bessarabia, Romania in 1930, regarding his experiences during the expulsion to Zhmerynka in Transnistria

Testimony of Sukhar Stolerman, born in Lipcani, Bessarabia, Romania in 1930, regarding his experiences during the expulsion to Zhmerynka in Transnistria Childhood before the war; antisemitism; Jewish refugees from Poland in 1939; Russian occupation in 1940; change in their lifestyle; Russo–German war in June 1941; entry of Romanians and Germans; expulsion to Briceni; march to Atachi; continuation of march via Mogilev to Zhmerynka; life in the ghetto; the Jewish Committee; various types of labor; murder and abuse; partisans; liberation by Red Army in March 1944; return to Lipcani; rebuilding life after the...

File Number : 13697

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Antonin Antel Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding his ‎experiences in the Chust Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps, and forced labor in ‎Ebensee

Testimony of Antonin Antel Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding his ‎experiences in the Chust Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps, and forced labor in ‎Ebensee His childhood in a traditional home; his studies in a Czech secondary school; the Hungarian ‎invasion on 17 March 1939; the schools’ adoption of “Numerus Clausus” policy (Jewish quotas) in ‎‎1940; antisemitism; recruit of his father to the labor battalions in 1940; deportation of his family in ‎a freight train to Yasina and crossing the Dniester River to Ukraine on 15 July 1941; looting by ‎Ukrainians; failed attempt by...

File Number : 13702

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Iger, born in 1918 in Radom, Poland, about his experiences in Radom, the Jedlina ghetto, and camps in Poland and Austria, 1939–1945

German occupation ensues in 1939; witness assigned to felling timber as forced laborer; deportation to the Jedlina ghetto in 1941; forced labor in the ghetto; deportation with brother and sister to Pionki ni 1942; life in the camp; working in a gunpowder and munitions plant; transferred to Zwolen in 1942; interned there for severael weeks; sent back to Pionki; taken to Auschwitz in 1944; interned there for several days; sent on to Sosnowiec Srodula in 1944; life in the camp; working in an armaments plant; death march to Mauthausen in January 1945; transferred to Gunskirchen; interned there until liberated by...

File Number : 13611

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Idel Yehuda Uchitel, born in 1916 in Zgurita, Romania, about his experiences in Zgurita, in the Kopaygorod ghetto, and with the partisans

Offspring of a religious Zionist family; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; the German–Soviet war breaks out in 1941; witness escapes in the direction of Ukraine; circulates among villages in the area; arrested and deported to the Kopaygorod ghetto; life in the ghetto under dire conditions; working for a local peasant; escape with a friend to the forests; joins the partisans; the Germans close in and the witness retreats as far as Fergana; works in a textile plant; marries in a local synagogue; moves to Kiev in late 1944; rehabilitation; immigration to Israel in 1973; adjustment to life in Israel.

File Number : 13493

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yechiel Gitelman, born in Trojanowka, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Trojanowka, the Liszniowka forests, partisans camps, Maniewicze, Rowne and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yechiel Gitelman, born in Trojanowka, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Trojanowka, the Liszniowka forests, partisans camps, Maniewicze, Rowne and other places Life under Soviet rule, 1939; German Army occupation [of Trojanowka?], 1941; his family members hide during an "Aktion"; escape of his family members to forests, 1941; life in the Liszniowka forests with his family members, 1941; murder of his mother, grandfather and grandmother by local Ukrainians, 1943; move to a families camp in a forest with his father and sister; his father joins the Soviet partisans; life in the partisans...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Kasher, born in Sarny, Poland in 1927, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in a POW camp in the Sarny area, in hiding in Ozierany, in the Red Army and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Kasher, born in Sarny, Poland in 1927, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in a POW camp in the Sarny area, in hiding in Ozierany, in the Red Army and in other places His childhood in Klesow and Sarny; suffering from antisemitism before the war; Soviet occupation, September 1939; nationalization of his family's business; halting of the Zionist activities; escape to Sarny of refugees from the German occupation area; German occupation, June 1941; increase in antisemitism on the part of the Ukrainian population; Judenrat activities; transfer to forced labor; imposition of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvia Zila (Cvit) Raboi, born in Briceni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the deportation to Transnistria and in Sumovka

Testimony

Testimony of Zvia Zila (Cvit) Raboi, born in Briceni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the deportation to Transnistria and in Sumovka Childhood in Briceni; displays of antisemitism before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; cessation of Zionist activity; nationalization of property; German-Romanian occupation, summer 1941; murder of Jews on the streets; robbery of property by the local population; deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; murder of her father en route; arrival at Sumovka after a few months; hunger; crowding; typhus; death of her mother; fear of the Ukrainian militia; labor for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Yerachmiel Cymerman, born in Chocienczyce, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Chocienczyce, the Chocienczyce Ghetto, in forests, Radoszkowice and in the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Yerachmiel Cymerman, born in Chocienczyce, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Chocienczyce, the Chocienczyce Ghetto, in forests, Radoszkowice and in the Red Army Red Army occupation of Chocienczyce; life under Soviet rule, 1939; German Army occupation [of Chocienczyce], 1941; deportation to the Chocienczyce Ghetto; Chocienczyce Ghetto life including forced labor under the supervision of Polish Gendarmerie men and Ukrainian Militia men; escape to forests near Chocienczyce with his family members, 1942; help from non-Jewish villagers with the supply of food and a place to hide;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rosa (Shekhtman) Zelichowski, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Atachi, Mogilev, Yaruga, Skazintsy and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Rosa (Shekhtman) Zelichowski, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Atachi, Mogilev, Yaruga, Skazintsy and other places Her childhood with her parents. Red Army occupation of Cernauti, 1940; witness attends a Jewish school; German Army occupation of Cernauti, June 1941; establishment of the Cernauti Ghetto; her father's labor as a barber in service of the Gestapo; life under German occupation including restrictions on travel and the termination of studies; her family receives a warning concerning a Gestapo raid; deportation in the direction of the east toward...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva (Balsam) Zweig, born in Debica, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Debica, Sniatyn, using a false identity and in Krakow

Testimony

Testimony of Eva (Balsam) Zweig, born in Debica, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Debica, Sniatyn, using a false identity and in Krakow German Army occupation of Debica, 1939; deportation of her father to forced labor; confiscation of the home and textile store [of her family], 1941; deportation to the Debica Ghetto; Debica Ghetto life including labor; "Aktions", 1941-1942; transfer of her sister to a Polish acquaintance outside the ghetto; move of her family to outside the ghetto, using forged documents with help from a Polish acquaintance, 1942; life in Sniatyn while using a false identity as a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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