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Testimony of Esther Mirovski Asael, born in Bedzin, Poland in 1928, regarding her experiences ‎in the Bendin Ghetto and in various camps, including Dulak, Peterswaldau, Klettendorf, and ‎Gogolin

Testimony of Esther Mirovski Asael, born in Bedzin, Poland in 1928, regarding her experiences ‎in the Bendin Ghetto and in various camps, including Dulak, Peterswaldau, Klettendorf, and ‎Gogolin Occupation and life under German rule in 1939; deportation to the Bendin Ghetto in 1941; labor in ‎a sewing workshop making uniforms for the German army; sleeping at night with her mother in the ‎factory where her father worked, outside the ghetto, out of fear of the selections; deportation to ‎a transit camp in Sosnowiec in 1943; transfer to the concentration camp in Annaberg, Germany in ‎‎1943; deportation to the...

File Number : 13668

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Albin, born in Tluste, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Tluste and in the Tluste Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Albin, born in Tluste, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Tluste and in the Tluste Ghetto His childhood in a Zionist, Orthodox religious family including learning in a "heder" and attending a Hebrew school and a Polish school; activities in a Zionist youth movement; displays of antisemitism before the war. Outbreak of the war; attempts by Ukrainians and Poles to attack the Jews; closure of Jewish businesses; exile to Siberia of wealthy residents and members of the intelligentsia; meets refugees from Poland; help given to the refugees; German Army occupation [of Tluste], 1941;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places German Army occupation of Strzegowo, 1939; escape to Plonsk with his family; life with his family in Plonsk, for two weeks; move back to Strzegowo; deportation [to the Strzegowo Ghetto], 1940; Strzegowo Ghetto life including "Aktions" and the hanging of Jews, 1942; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942; camp life with two brothers, including forced labor; transfer to Buna-Monowitz, 1943; camp life including forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yefim Trostianetzki, born in Bershad, Soviet Union, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Yefim Trostianetzki, born in Bershad, Soviet Union, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Bershad Ghetto Childhood; from an assimilated, wealthy family. Hungarian occupation, 1941; sending the men to repair a bridge; Romanian occupation; establishment of the Bershad Ghetto, August 1941; yellow badge; curfew; labor in workshops; frequent manhunts; hunger and disease; typhus; transporting inmates to Nikolaev and Pechora, 1943; execution of a group of inmates for their contact with partisans, late 1943; death of his father; liberation, 14 March 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 22...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Chava (Osterweil) Zchut, born in Krakow, Poland in 1938, regarding her experiences as a child in the Tarnow Ghetto, in Slovakia, in Budapest and while using a false identity in Vac

Testimony of Chava (Osterweil) Zchut, born in Krakow, Poland in 1938, regarding her experiences as a child in the Tarnow Ghetto, in Slovakia, in Budapest and while using a false identity in Vac Draft of her father, who is a physician, into the Polish Army in the Lwow area, 1938; German occupation, 1939; deportation to the Tarnow Ghetto with her mother, 1941; "Aktions", and they hide inside the ghetto; labor by her mother for the German industry; deportation of her father to Janowska camp, 1941; escape with her mother and other family members to Slovakia (the witness does not remember where); escape by her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Mania (Paim) Swiecki, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Nevka, Sosnowiec, the Srodula Ghetto, in hiding and in Groeditz

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Testimony of Miriam Mania (Paim) Swiecki, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Nevka, Sosnowiec, the Srodula Ghetto, in hiding and in Groeditz Her childhood in a traditional family, with five brothers and sisters; her father's work as a chemist and owner of a soap factory; move to Nevka when she was 5 years old; move to Sosnowiec; displays of antisemitism in the school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; shelling; "Aktion" against men who are age 18 years and older; shaving of hair and shearing of beards; selection; murder of Jews who are not craftsmen; deportation of the men to the Soviet...

File Number : 13460

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit (Keren) Gross, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzing

Testimony

Testimony of Judit (Keren) Gross, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzing Her childhood in a traditional family; move to Czechoslovakia when she was 6 years old; attitude of the Czech population. Outbreak of the war, 1939; move to Satu Mare; Hungarian Army occupation of Satu Mare, 1940; life under Hungarian occupation including acts of abuse against the Jews and anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions on movement; Aryanization; numerus clausus; expulsion from the Lutheran school; attends Jewish schools including receiving private lessons;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zipora Kohn, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Groden and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zipora Kohn, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Groden and other places Her childhood in an Orthodox, religious family including attending a Hebrew school and Zionist activities. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; Lodz Ghetto life including labor in workshops; distribution of food; "Aktion" against children; arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany; lack of knowledge regarding [the fate of] the Jews in camps; liquidation of the ghetto, summer 1944; deportation to Auschwitz with her sister; camp life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zahava Eugenia (Mas) Tzelner, born in Lwow, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Janowska, Warsaw and Krakow

Testimony

Testimony of Zahava Eugenia (Mas) Tzelner, born in Lwow, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Janowska, Warsaw and Krakow Her childhood in an assimilated family; attends a Polish elementary school and a vocational school; displays of antisemitism before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Red Army occupation of Lwow; life under Soviet occupation including work, food and culture; work as a teacher in a vocational school; German Army occupation of Lwow, 1941; life under German occupation including acts of physical and verbal abuse; robbery of Jewish property, forced labor and the imposition of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dora (Nachmias) Russo, born in Bitolj, Yugoslavia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Bitolj, Kastoria, Thessaloniki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Dora (Nachmias) Russo, born in Bitolj, Yugoslavia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Bitolj, Kastoria, Thessaloniki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Bergen-Belsen Her childhood in a traditional Ladino-speaking family, without displays of antisemitism; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; attends a public school; expulsion from the school; attends a French school administered by nuns. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; Bulgarian Army occupation of Bitolj; life until 1942; escape to Greece with her brother and a border smuggler; wanderings in the Italian...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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