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Letter from Rabbi Gdalja Tojbman in Berezno to his daughter Pnina Rabinowitz in Eretz Israel; 22 May 1939

Letter from Rabbi Gdalja Tojbman in Berezno to his daughter Pnina Rabinowitz in Eretz Israel; 22 May 1939 Included in the file: - Typewritten transcription of the letter. Notes by Shoshana Bahat, the submitter of the material: Pnina (Tojbman) Rabinowitz, the daughter of Rabbi Gdalja Tojbman, was born in 1912. Her husband, Chaim Rabinowitz, made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1929. In 1933, he returned to Berezno and married Pnina. Pnina and Chaim made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1934. Rabbi Gdalja and his children were injured during the Ukrainian riots in Wolyn in 1939-1942. In late 1941, the Germans...

File Number : 2196

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 3589

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Sonia (Katzman) Vinogradov, born in Brody, Poland, 1922, and her husband Zalman Vinogradov, born in Lida, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Brody Ghetto, while in hiding in a forest and in Jaroslaw, and his experiences in Lida, Vilna and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 Experiences of Sonia (Katzman) Vinogradov: Brody Ghetto life; escape with the help of forged documents; life in hiding in a forest; life in hiding in Jaroslaw; liberation. Experiences of Zalman Vinogradov: escape from the NKVD to an aliya training farm in Vilna; his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941; life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 8308

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Miriam (Mandel) Goldshmidt, born in Ober Apsa, Czechoslovakia, including memoirs of various family members

Memoirs of Miriam (Mandel) Goldshmidt, born in Ober Apsa, Czechoslovakia, including memoirs of various family members Memoirs of Miriam (Mandel) Goldshmidt, born in Ober Apsa, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Ober Apsa until 1944; Mateszalka Ghetto life until June 1944; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; Stutthof camp life and life on an agricultural farm near the camp, including forced labor, until March 1945; life on board a ship under the guard of SS men until liberation at Neustadt; Bindermichl DP camp life; Memoirs of her family members: 1) Montzi (Vizel) Mandel, born in Ober Apsa,...

File Number : 8284

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Eliahu Rozenberg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka

Memoirs of Eliahu Rozenberg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka Life in the Warsaw Ghetto, deportation to Treblinka, life in Treblinka including participation in the Uprising; escape from Treblinka.

File Number : 8280

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Nachum Landman Ben-Artzi, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Teplik, Bershad, Iasi, Roman and other places

Memoirs of Nachum Landman Ben-Artzi, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Teplik, Bershad, Iasi, Roman and other places Deportation of the family to the Cernauti Ghetto at the outbreak of the war; deportation of the family to Transnistria; transfer to the Teplik camp with his parents; camp life including forced labor; decision of the Germans to murder the children and inmates unfit for work; in hiding with additional children during the "Aktion"; escape with his mother; transfer to a nearby village; he and his mother are turned in to the police by a Ukrainian farmer;...

File Number : 8264

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

List of residents of the Niemirow district in the Lwow region who were murdered, 1944-1945

File Number : 246

Type of Material : List of Residents

Language : Russian

Testimony of Moshe Marshalek, born in Rokitno, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Rowno Ghetto, in hiding in a forest, in hiding in Blazowa and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Marshalek, born in Rokitno, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Rowno Ghetto, in hiding in a forest, in hiding in Blazowa and with the partisans Life before the war in Rowno; attends a Tarbut school. Soviet occupation, 1939; transfer to Rokitno with the German occupation, summer 1941; ghetto life; concentration of the Jews in a field; escape in the direction of Sarny; kills a Ukrainian soldier; in hiding in a swampy part of the forest; life in hiding including labor on a farm in Blazowa; joins the partisans and demolition of a German train; liberation by the Red...

File Number : 12861

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Hukajlo, born in Sarny, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, life in a forest and as a shepherd for a Ukrainian

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Hukajlo, born in Sarny, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, life in a forest and as a shepherd for a Ukrainian Life before the war; membership in Hashomer Hatzair. German occupation; establishment of the Sarny Ghetto; murder of Jews, 1942; escape to a forest; wanderings and odd jobs as a shepherd for a Ukrainian; liberation. Return home; wandering life; move to France; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Exodus"; deportation to Germany; second attempt to make aliya to Israel, 1948; military service in the IDF; marriage and starts a family.

File Number : 12416

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ishak Soloduha, born in Olszany, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Olszany Ghetto, the Kauna Ghetto, Kaisiadorys and forests

Testimony

Testimony of Ishak Soloduha, born in Olszany, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Olszany Ghetto, the Kauna Ghetto, Kaisiadorys and forests Financially secure family; life before the war; attends a Tarbut school; activities in Beitar youth movement. Restrictions on Jews; displays of antisemitism with the onset of the Soviet occupation, 1939; nationalisation of businesses; termination of Beitar activities; German occupation, 22 June 1941; deportation to the Olszany Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to the Kaunas Ghetto; deportation to Kaisiadorys; camp life and labor logging trees and forest work;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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