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Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps

Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps Life before the war; move of his family to Lukowicze in 1930; childhood in the village; studies at a ‎Polish school and with a “melamed;” antisemitism; Soviet occupation in 1939; escape to a ‎boarding school in Lwow in 1940; occupation by the Germans; escape to Lukowicze; payment of ‎ransom by the Bukaczowce Judenrat in money and furs; deportation to Bukaczowce in 1942; life in ‎the ghetto; deportation to Bronislawowka;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Transcript of an interview conducted by Yehuda Bauer with Moshe Trosman, Yissachar Trosman, Chaim Bar-Or and others regarding their experiences in the Rokitno Ghetto, in hiding in the forests and nearby villages after their escape from the ghetto and their joining the partisans Jewish life in Glinna and the nearby villages prior to the war; Administration of the Judenrat in the Rokitno Ghetto and the extent of its cooperation with the Germans; the role of Sokolovsky, the head of the gendarmie in Rokitno, in the rescue of Jews; escape from the Rokitno Ghetto and hiding in the forest; attitude of the rural...

File Number : 8458

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 1013

Type of Material : List of Collaborators, List of Police Officers

Language : Russian

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Samuel Puterman from the Warsaw Ghetto

Memoirs of Samuel Puterman from the Warsaw Ghetto Memoirs of daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto in its various aspects; Jewish and German personalities well-known in the ghetto; "Aktions" and deportations during the ghetto's existence; service in the Jewish Ordnungspolizei (Order Police); implications of his job for his personal life and for his relationships with those around him.

File Number : 545

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Samuel Weiler, born in Vienna, Austria, 1914, regarding his experiences and those of the Jews of Brody, June 1941-December 1942

Testimony of Samuel Weiler, born in Vienna, Austria, 1914, regarding his experiences and those of the Jews of Brody, June 1941-December 1942 Air-raids on Brody by German aircraft, 22 June 1941; residents franticly buy food upon receiving news of the outbreak of the German-Soviet war; drafted into the Red Army; returns home after several days of combat and the occupation of surrounding towns by the Germans; Gestapo rule of Brody, and the robbery of Jewish property; "Aktion" against members of the Jewish intelligentsia and execution of 250 Jews in the Leszniow forests; forced contributions levied on the Jewish...

File Number : 473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Anonymous testimony regarding the experiences of the witness in the Dabrowice camp, his escape to Tomaszow Mazowiecki and in the Wolanow and Starachowice camps, April 1941-autumn 1943

Anonymous testimony regarding the experiences of the witness in the Dabrowice camp, his escape to Tomaszow Mazowiecki, and in the Wolanow and Starachowice camps, April 1941-autumn 1943 - Deportation from Warsaw on a transport of 200 people to the Dabrowice camp near Skierniewice, 15 April 1941; speech the evening of their arrival at the camp by the drunk commandant who releases them from standing for roll call after being given a bribe of bread and alcohol; labor in 10-12 hour shifts draining fields, unsupervised; mass escapes; replacing of the guards and tightening of discipline; - Escape from the camp...

File Number : 357

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Felicja Bannet, born in Morawska Ostrawa, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding her experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna

Testimony of Felicja Bannet, born in Morawska Ostrawa, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding her experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna Arrival of a group of senior SS officers to Skarzysko Kamienna camp, early spring 1944; examinations are made by the officers, in a firing range that was used as an execution site and also as a burial place in mass graves, for the victims of mass murder by Ukrainians; fencing off of a part of a large forest, and the erection of black signs with a drawing of a skull, and an inscription in German and Polish which said: "Immediate death expected for anyone approaching the area"; arrival...

File Number : 214

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Henryk Altschiller, born in Jaroslaw, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Jaktorow camp

Testimony of Henryk Altschiller, born in Jaroslaw, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Jaktorow camp Deportation from his residence in Hruszow to Lubaczow; transfer to Jaktorow camp via Rawa Ruska and Lwow; Jaktorow camp life, including labor on the Lwow-Kiev road, in stone quarries, and in various workshops; abuse of the inmates and sadistic punishments by Grzymek, the camp commander, and by the Ukrainian staff: [inmates are] beaten to death or forced to bathe at night in the snow, while enduring beatings and shootings at bottles that were placed on the inmates' heads; inmates are forced to sing army...

File Number : 169

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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