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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Jaques Stroumza, born in Saloniki, Greece, regarding his experiences in the Saloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen

Testimony

Testimony of Jaques Stroumza, born in Saloniki, Greece, regarding his experiences in the Saloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen Education in France and return to Greece. Drafted into the army; combat in Albania, 1940; return to Saloniki, 1941; life during the German occupation; deportation to the Saloniki Ghetto, 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including playing in the camp orchestra and labor in Union factories until early 1945; liquidation of the camp and transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to labor in Messerschmidt factories in Gusen; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel and starts a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Shmuel Kastenbaum, born in Arduzel, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Somcuta Mare Ghetto, the underground in Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Kastenbaum, born in Arduzel, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Somcuta Mare Ghetto, the underground in Auschwitz and other camps Life under Romanian rule; deterioration of the situation for the Jews after the annexation to Hungary; labor in a metal factory in Budapest until the German occupation, 19 March 1944. Concentration of the Jews from the surrounding area in the Somcuta Mare Ghetto; abuse of the Jews in the ghetto by Hungarian police and gendarmes; deportation to Auschwitz, May 1944; selection on the ramp of the railroad station; separation from his mother; labor...

File Number : 6595

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Hela Rapaport, born in Piotrkow-Trybunalski, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Lodz, a camp in Poznan and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Hela Rapaport, born in Piotrkow-Trybunalski, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Lodz, a camp in Poznan and Auschwitz Life in the Lodz Ghetto; riots by the Volksdeutsche and their abuse of elderly and sick people after the sealing of the ghetto; "Aktions" and curfew at night; transfer with other young women to a camp in Poznan; labor unloading and loading rocks and gravel; hanging of two women inmates who attempted to escape from camp; transfer to Auschwitz with other young women inmates; Auschwitz camp registration process; tattooing of number 55231; selections; brutal attitude toward...

File Number : 6594

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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File Number : 2047

Type of Material : List, Memoirs

Language : French

Testimony of Rozina (Libovitz) Veinbakh, born in Zeben, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Birkenau, on a death march, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt-Glewe

Testimony

Testimony of Rozina (Libovitz) Veinbakh, born in Zeben, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Birkenau, on a death march, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt-Glewe Childhood in Zeben. Her father, along with all the other men under the age of 42, is drafted and deported to forced labor in Ukraine, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; collection of all the Jews in a brick factory in Mukacevo and deportation in closed trains to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp registration process; separation from her mother; labor at Union-Kommando sorting clothes; sabotage at labor; meets French POWs; love affairs in the camp;...

File Number : 9692

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Menakhem Kfir, born in Lodz, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Chemnitz and on a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Menakhem Kfir, born in Lodz, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Chemnitz and on a death march His father's activities on behalf of the community and in Mizrachi; life in Lodz; absorption of Jews deported from Germany, 1938. German occupation and restrictions on the Jews, September 1939; abuse of Jews with beards; burning of the Great Synagogue in Lodz, December 1939; establishment of the Lodz Ghetto, March 1940; his father's position on the Judenrat; life in the ghetto under the leadership of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski; education; Gypsy camp in the ghetto; labor...

File Number : 9562

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ela (Shiber) Liberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt-Glewe

Testimony

Testimony of Ela (Shiber) Liberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt-Glewe Childhood in a Zionist family in Berlin. Deportation to Poland, October 1938; life in Bedzin; German occupation; deportation to the Bedzin Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in a sewing workshop; in hiding under a trash can in the bunker; in hiding in the bunker during the liquidation of the Bedzin Ghetto; her uncle’s death in the bunker; life in the bunker with help from the Polish janitor; labor cleaning the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ovadia Baruch, born in Saloniki, 1922, regarding his experiences in Greece before deportation, Auschwitz and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Ovadia Baruch, born in Saloniki, 1922, regarding his experiences in Greece before deportation, Auschwitz and a death march Childhood in Saloniki. Entry into the Baron Hirsch Ghetto, at the urging of Rabbi Koretz, who encouraged them to obey the orders of the Germans, 1943; transport in cattle cars towards Poland, March 1943; arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau; separation of his father from the rest of the family; walks to Auschwitz 1 with 400 additional youths; shower; shaving of hair; his arm is tattooed with number 109432; three weeks quarantine; labor farming and afterwards in the Union...

File Number : 7743

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eli Avidan, born in Mateszalka, Hungary, regarding his experiences in Nyirbator and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and various camps

Testimony

Testimony of Eli Avidan, born in Mateszalka, Hungary, regarding his experiences in Nyirbator and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and various camps His childhood in Mateszalka and education in Nyirbator. German occupation; deportation to a ghetto; labor in a nail factory and breaking into locked shops for the Germans; deportation to Auschwitz, late May 1944; selection and transfer from Birkenau to Auschwitz to labor as an engraver in a Union factory; labor in the night shift, mid-June 1944-mid-January 1945; daily camp life and "trade" in the camp; evacuation of the camp, mid-January 1945; death march to...

File Number : 7365

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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