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Testimony of Gershon Shapiro, born in Lodz, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, HASAG Czestochowa and in Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Gershon Shapiro, born in Lodz, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, HASAG Czestochowa and in Germany His childhood in a traditional, Zionist family. German Army occupation of Lodz, September 1939; escape to Warsaw; return to Lodz; life in Lodz including decrees and restrictions; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto, 1940; Lodz Ghetto life including activities by Rumkowski, the head of the Judenrat; "Sperre", curfew "Aktion", 1942; labor in the hospital; deportation to HASAG Czestochowa camp, January 1944; camp life including labor in a weapons factory; liberation by the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jakob Kuba Zuckerman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Skarzysko Kamienna, Czestochowa and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Jakob Kuba Zuckerman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Skarzysko Kamienna, Czestochowa and Israel His childhood with his parents; outbreak of the economic crisis, 1929; pogroms on the streets; move to the Radogoszcz area. German Army occupation of Lodz, September 1939; life under German occupation including bans and restrictions; kidnapping of his father, February 1940; move to his grandmother's home in the Lodz Ghetto; sealing of the Lodz Ghetto, April 1940; Lodz Ghetto life including the allotment of food, labor in a workshop producing boots...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter written by Sergeant Sammy Popush (Leonard Parker), a US Army soldier who participated in the liberation of Dachau camp, 01/05/1945

File Number : 1463

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter

Language : English

Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 56: Trial against Dr. Ludwig Hahn, held in the Hamburg Regional Court: Testimonies by perpetrators and survivors, 1962

Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin: Documentation of the trial, Volume 56; Documentation of the trial against Dr. Ludwig Hahn, held in the Hamburg Regional Court: Testimonies by perpetrators and survivors, 1962 - Criminal proceedings against Dr. Hahn and others (p. 2); - Testimony of Hermann Reese;...

File Number : 56

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Official Documentation, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Regina (Schafran) Gruenwald, born in Petrovenec, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Hanusovce, Novaky and Slovakian forests

Testimony

Testimony of Regina (Schafran) Gruenwald, born in Petrovenec, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Hanusovce, Novaky and Slovakian forests From a traditional family. Increase in antisemitism, 1939; expulsion from school; anti-Jewish legislation; life in the home of her married sister in Remeniny; Aryanization of the family business and its forced transfer to an non-Jewish trustee; in hiding from deportation, March 1942; civil marriage to her brother-in-law's brother, May 1942; deportation to a school in Hanusovce; religious wedding, July 1942; return home; her brother's escape from the army...

File Number : 12818

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Volf Weis, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Kazimierz Dolny, Belzyce, Budzyn and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Volf Weis, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Kazimierz Dolny, Belzyce, Budzyn and other places Modern tradional family; displays of antisemitism, 1933. Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life including the smuggling of food; escape, 1941; wanderings in the Gora Kalwaria area; life in Kazimierz Dolny including work in exchange for a place to sleep; escape; joins a group of Jews in Belzyce; murder of inmates unfit for labor; transfer to Budzyn; tattooing of letters "KL" on his hand and labor...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Yehudit Jeanette Yetti (Dikman) Rozenberg, born in Radauti, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Radauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Cosauti, Bershad and Balta

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit Jeanette Yetti (Dikman) Rozenberg, born in Radauti, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Radauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Cosauti, Bershad and Balta Traditional family. Displays of antisemitism, 1939; arrival of refugees from Poland; yellow badge; deportation to the Radauti Ghetto; deportation to Marculesti, autumn 1941; robbery of property; deportation on foot to the killing pit in Cosauti; rape; transfer via the Dniester River to Bershad; life in Bershad; deaths of relatives; smuggling food; rape attempt; deportation of her father and brother to Nikolayev labor camp and their...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Rapaport, born in Wielun, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Wielun, Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaltwasser and Flossenbuerg camps and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Rapaport, born in Wielun, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Wielun, Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaltwasser and Flossenbuerg camps and a death march Childhood in a religious family; attends a Jewish elementary school, Mizrachi and Agudat Israel "heder". Outbreak of the war; his family escape to Lodz; return to Wielun; decrees; rescue from an "Aktion"; deportation of the family to the Lodz Ghetto, 1942; labor in carpentry; life in the Lodz Ghetto; family in hiding during the liquidation of the ghetto; arrest by the Jewish police; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; transfer...

File Number : 12590

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Iacob Moise Moshe, born in Iasi, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Iacob Moise Moshe, born in Iasi, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Iasi Life before the war; attends a Jewish elementary school. German occupation, June 1941; Iron Guard rise to power; Iasi Pogrom, June 1941; deportation of his father and uncle to Podul Iloaei; life with his mother in Iasi; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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