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Testimony of Sara (Ginaite) Robinson, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (Poland), 1926, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and forests

Testimony

Testimony of Sara (Ginaite) Robinson, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (Poland), 1926, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and forests Life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; restrictions on Jews including the confiscation of property and the closure of the Jewish school Shalom Aleichem; German occupation; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto; ghetto life including the death of her father; labor in a German Army camp; obtains food; joins the Communist underground led by Haim Yelin; life in forests with Soviet partisans; the Ninth Fort and the Seventh Fort.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Meir Tzoreff, born in Jonava, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto; Stutthof; Allach; Dachau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Tzoreff, born in Jonava, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Allach, Dachau and other places Family life before the war; studies drama. Murder of his father and relatives; marriage, 1940; German occupation; transfer to the Kaunas Ghetto; ghetto life including his son's birth and his sister-in-law's help in getting food; underground activities; "Aktion" against children; agricultural labor; his wife's murder; entrustment of his son to a monastery; transfer to Stutthof; meets his brother and other relatives; transfer to Allach via Dachau; transfer to...

File Number : 12288

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zunia Strub Strum, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in the Red Army, the Slobodka Ghetto, the underground in the ghetto and with the partisans in the Rudniki forests

Testimony

Testimony of Zunia Strub Strum, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in the Red Army, the Slobodka Ghetto, the underground in the ghetto and with the partisans in the Rudniki forests Service in the Red Army at the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union; Lithuanian Army joins the Germans; escape to a village; escape in the direction of Kaunas; stay in the Slobodka Ghetto; "Aktions" in the ghetto; labor in a "Flugplatz" (airfield); joins the anti-fascist organization in the ghetto led by Chaim Valon; prepares candidates for the partisans and gives training to groups; escape from...

File Number : 7909

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Rivka (Diskant) Krakinovski, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1918, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, the Kaunas Ghetto and with the Soviet partisans in the area

Testimony

Testimony of Rivka (Diskant) Krakinovski, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1918, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, the Kaunas Ghetto and with the Soviet partisans in the area Her childhood; life until the outbreak of the war. German occupation of Kaunas; pogrom by Lithuanians; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto, 1941; murder of 500 Jewish intellectuals in the Ninth Fort in Kaunas; witness joins an underground organization in the Kaunas Ghetto lead by Chaim Yellin; an organized escape to a forest; joins the "Death to the Occupiers" partisan brigade; death of her partisan brother and her father, at the age of...

File Number : 8951

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Peretz Padison, born in Vilkomir, Lithuania, 1903, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Peretz Padison, born in Vilkomir, Lithuania, 1903, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and with the partisans Soviet occupation of Lithuania, 15 June 1940; accelerated process of Sovietization in every aspect of the political and public life; witness's attitude toward the Communist regime; political terror and imprisonment of thousands of people including prominent Lithuanian public figures. Feelings of hatred toward the Soviet authorities by nationalist Lithuanians are expressed by their attitude toward the Jews at the outbreak of the Soviet-German war , 22 June 1941; riots by...

File Number : 7281

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Golda Ilionski, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and Stutthof, Trunz and Leibitz camps

Testimony

Testimony of Golda Ilionski, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and Stutthof, Trunz and Leibitz camps Massacre of Kaunas Jews by Lithuanians, late June 1941; copes with humiliation and hunger during forced labor at an airfield near Kaunas; "Aktions" in the Slobodka Ghetto by the Germans and Lithuanians; "Aktion" against the intellectuals and the murder of approximately 500 intellectuals from Kaunas in the Ninth Fort, mid-August 1941; forced labor of Jewish skilled professionals in the ghetto workshops; day and scene of horror, 28 October 1941; rescue together with...

File Number : 7247

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Moshe Milner, born in Varniai, Lithuania, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof and Dachau

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Milner, born in Varniai, Lithuania, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof and Dachau Illegal activities as a member of the Communist party; detention; expulsion from the party. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, summer 1941; escape in the direction of the East; return home; murder of escapees in Ukmerge and forts in the surrounding area; murder of Jews by mobs and Lithuanian policemen; German occupation; Kaunas Ghetto life; rescue of the witness' toddler daughter along with other children due to Yanas Balbeis, the Lithuanian administrator...

File Number : 4230

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Sherman, born in Vilna, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, service in the General Jewish Fighting Organization, JFO, the Death to the Occupiers partisan unit in the Rudniki forests and in Vilna Soviet occupation of Kaunas, 1940-1941; organized robbery and acts of retaliation by Lithuanians; kidnapping of Jews and their detention; murder of Jews in one of the manhunts in the vicinity of the city; the "Aktion" against the 500 carried out against the intelligentsia; ghetto life including establishing Jewish underground units; the large "Aktion" under the direction...

File Number : 4027

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Israel Goldblatt, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, with the fighting organization, in the Augustov and Rudniki forests and in a partisan unit Life in the Kaunas Ghetto including efforts to organize the underground in anticipation of a struggle; joins the fighting organization; the organizational and military structure; obtains a weapon and equipment; training of organization members for partisan fighting in the forests; relations between the fighting organization and the Judenrat and Jewish police including their help to the organization; plans for...

File Number : 4016

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Esther (Zlotkin) Strom, born in Vilna, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Kowno Ghetto, a combat unit and with a partisan battalion in the Rudniki forests

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (Zlotkin) Strom, born in Vilna, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Kowno Ghetto, a combat unit and with a partisan battalion in the Rudniki forests Outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany; attempt to escape from Kowno with her family; wanderings en route; return to Kowno; attitude towards the Jews including looting by Lithuanian collaborators; ghetto life including executions of Jews near the Seventh Fort and the Ninth Fort; joins the anti-fascist underground led by Haim Yelin; carries out assignments including transferring weapons; removal of children from...

File Number : 3996

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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