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Testimonies of Antoni?owski [name not fully decipherable] about the Wlodawa ghetto and the Sobibór extermination camp in 1941–1944, of Eda Richtman about deportation from Kraków to Sobibór, of Rubin Floman about various camps, of Jehuda Elberg about the Warsaw ghetto uprising, and of Pinkus about the liquidation of the amp in Poniatowa. - Testimony of Antoni?owski [name not fully decipherable], a Polish physician from Wlodawa, about the establishment of the Wlodawa ghetto in 1941, construction of the Sobibór extermination camp, and the camp's internal structure. Arrival of trains carrying Jews from Poland...

File Number : 875

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Aron Grende regarding his experiences living with partisans in the forest after escaping the Piaski Ghetto

Testimony of Aron Grende regarding his experiences living with partisans in the forest after escaping the Piaski Ghetto Escape from the Piaski Ghetto to the forest; joining a group of 80 Jews, including the elderly, women, and children; buying weapons; appearance of Ivanek, a Russian Jewish officer, and his taking command of the group. Activities of the partisans in the forest: Attacks on local villagers collaborating with the Germans; killing Germans attempting to enter the forest; ambushes on Germans driving on the road next to the forest; helping a group of 300 Jews living in the forest to survive:...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Memoirs of Kopel Kolpenitzkiy, born in Lachwa, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Lachwa Ghetto during its liquidation on 3 September 1942

Memoirs of Kopel Kolpenitzkiy, born in Lachwa, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Lachwa Ghetto during its liquidation on 3 September 1942 Life in the Lachwa Ghetto during its encirclement by the Germans and collaborators on 3 September 1942; concentration with the Jews in a yard; burning of houses by the Judenrat and the underground; the shooting of underground commander Yitzhak Rochczyn by the Germans and his murder; fighting of the Jews of the ghetto against the Germans; shooting Jews with machine guns; escape from the ghetto with other Jews. Included in the file: - drawing of the liquidation of...

File Number : 5403

Type of Material : Drawing, Article, Poems/songs, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish

Testimony of I. Berkovits, born in Aknasugatag, Hungary in 1913, regarding his experiences in the Bártfalva Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Janinagrube, Monowitz and other camps

Testimony of I. Berkovits, born in Aknasugatag, Hungary in 1913, regarding his experiences in the Bártfalva Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Janinagrube, Monowitz and other camps Life in Aknasugatag; deportation to forced labor at the Eastern front; German occupation and transfer back to Hungary; confiscation of Jewish property; deportation to the Bártfalva Ghetto; Bártfalva Ghetto life, for between three to four weeks; torture by the Hungarian Gendarmerie men; transfer to Máramarossziget; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in May 1944; selection; murder of inmates in...

File Number : 182

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Overview of the Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland during World War II, written by an anonymous author in 1973

Overview of the Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland during World War II, written by an anonymous author in 1973 The author deals with the uniqueness and the activities of the Hashomer Hatzair movement under the German occupation; the article was written as a tribute to the members of the movement who died in battle during the war, and to their memory on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Among the subjects mentioned: - The courage of the Jewish underground fighters in Bialystok when they were being taken for execution; - The person of Roza Robota, who smuggled explosives for the planned...

File Number : 529

Type of Material : Survey Report, Survey

Language : English

Testimony of Leo Laufer, born in Lodz, 1922, regarding his experiences in Ruchockimlyn, Schwaningen, Wittenberge, Eichenwald, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places

Testimony of Leo Laufer, born in Lodz, 1922, regarding his experiences in Ruchockimlyn, Schwaningen, Wittenberge, Eichenwald, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places German occupation; deportation to Ruchockimlyn in the Poznan area, October 1940; camp life including an inmates' uprising and labor paving roads; transfer to Schwaningen; transfer to Wittenberge; transfer to Eichenwald; camp life, March 1941-August 1943; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, August 1943; camp life, including labor in the "Potato" Kommando and weaving; liquidation of the camp; transfer to Ohrdruf via Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen and Dachau,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Kurt Thomas regarding the deportation of the Jews of Buskovice, Moravia to Theresienstadt and Piaski; his experiences in the Sobibor camp and his escape from the camp during the Uprising, 14 October 1943; life being hidden by a Polish farmer and service in the Czech Legion

File Number : 717

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Rózsi Wachtenheim, born in 1920, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Rochlitz, Graslitz and other camps

Testimony of Rózsi Wachtenheim, born in 1920, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Rochlitz, Graslitz and other camps [Deportation to the] Munkács Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp on 20/05/1944; selection; transfer to the shower; theft of belongings; exchange of clothes, for a long dress; transfer to Block 7 in Camp A; the Block leader (Blocková) is a Slovakian woman, Alice Ickovits; inmates are woken up at 03:30 in the morning; they receive coffee; holding of a daily roll-call from 05:00 until 08:00...

File Number : 2527

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Teréz Alexander, born in Kassa, Hungary in 1912, regarding her experiences in the Nagyszőllős Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zittau camps

Testimony of Teréz Alexander, born in Kassa, Hungary in 1912, regarding her experiences in the Nagyszőllős Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zittau camps Unsuccessful attempt to escape before the deportation, and capture after being informed on by a local person named Dudás [his first name is unknown] and two gendarmes; transfer to the railroad station; deportation from the Nagyszőllős Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, 19 May 1944; life in the railroad car; lack of air; they stop at a railroad station, and she receives a small amount of water; theft of property; stop in Krakow due to an air-raid; arrival...

File Number : 2257

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English, Hungarian

Testimony of Arnost Neumann, born in Hukliva, Hungary in 1912, regarding his experiences in prisons in Munkács and Budapest, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau camp and while in hiding in Germany

Testimony of Arnost Neumann, born in Hukliva, Hungary in 1912, regarding his experiences in prisons in Munkács and Budapest, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau camp and while in hiding in Germany Life in a prison in Munkács after being accused of spying for the Soviets; transfer to a prison on Margit körút Street in Budapest; German occupation; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; labor at the crematorium [in the Sonderkommando]; description of the murder in the gas chambers and the burning of the corpses in the crematorium; description of the throwing of live people into the...

File Number : 2199

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

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