Testimony of Shlomo Pash, born in Landsberg Warthe, Germany in 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Berlin, Potenza, a Jewish orphanage in Torino, on a farm in the area of Casale Monferrato, and more
Life in Berlin before the war; his father’s position as a judge; deportation of his father to a concentration camp and his poisoning in 1939; escape with his mother to Potenza; escape to Torino; life in a Jewish orphanage; attitude of the Jewish community after the German occupation of northern Italy; escape with other children from the orphanage to Casale Monferrato; closure of the orphanage and...
Testimony of Reuven Drori (Mauskopf), born in 1936 in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences as a boy hiding in a bunker in Nitra and in hiding in Luzianiki
Life before the war; mother dies of illness in April 1944; life in hiding in a bunker in Nitra in 1944; escaping with his brother to a hideout in Nuzianiki; saved by a woman (subsequently recognized as Righteous among the Nations); father and two brothers are sent to Auschwitz and afterwards to Mauthausen; immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Providence in 1947; joining Kibbutz Dan.
Testimony of Tova Edith (Mannheimer) Glazer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Bratislava, Nitra, Ilava, Auschwitz and Merzdorf
Her childhood in Bratislava until the Munich Agreement, August 1938.
Deportation of her father by SS officers; deportation to Nitra; in hiding in a bunker with her family members; transfer to a prison in Ilava, late 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Merzdorf; liberation, May 1945.
Legal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.
Testimony of Johanan Dicastro, born in Rome, Italy, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rome and in hiding
His childhood in a secular family; his father's work as an architect and engineer; anti-Jewish legislation including revocation of the Jews' rights, 1938; establishment of a Jewish school; plan for emigration to the Dominican Republic.
Outbreak of World War II; air-raids; receives food ration coupons; reads Swiss newspapers; German Army occupation of Italy, July 1943; demanding of gold; obtains forged documents; receives information concerning an "Aktion"; escape from their home; in hiding while...
Testimony of Josef Giuseppe Gabai, born in Livorno, Italy, 1935, regarding his experiences in Livorno, Vinci, in hiding and in Florence
Emigration of his parents from Turkey; lack of earning a livelihood.
Allied air-raids on Livorno, 1942; escape; they take shelter in the cemetery; escape to villages in a convoy of refugees; life as the only Jewish family in Vinci; detention by the fascist police force; detention in the Villa la Silva prison along with Italian partisans; release of the inmates by [other] partisans; in hiding while hidden by villagers; wanderings while using a Christian identity; retreat...
Testimony of Agnes Agi (Cohen) Goldstein, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Wien Gross Enzerdorf camp and Mauthausen
Life before the war; Neolog family;
Draft of her father to a labor battalion; release of her father, 1943; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto and handing over their property to a female neighbor, April 1944; transfer in a death march to a brick factory; insults are cast towards the deportees; confiscation of jewelry by Hungarian policemen; suicide of her uncle and his wife by swallowing poison; deportation on a train; life on the...
Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Documents, articles, newspaper clippings and notes regarding the deportation of Jews from various countries to concentration and extermination camps, forced labor; the Jews of Italy and Hungary including Joel Brand's mission; the Theresienstadt Ghetto; the Jewish Agency; rescue of Jews and other topics
The file is divided into 10 volumes:
Volume I
Documents, articles, excerpts from research books, notes regarding deportations and transports to extermination camps, mainly Auschwitz; regarding the Theresienstadt Ghetto; the Jews of Greece; forced labor and Righteous Among the...
File Number : 35
Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper, Protocol, Survey Report, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)
Testimony of Miriana Ivkovic Slehan, born in Osijek, Yugoslavia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Yugoslavia, Ferramonti camp, in hiding, using a false identity and with the partisans
Childhood in a traditional family in Zagreb; joins the Maccabi movement; learns Hebrew.
German occupation, April 1941; arrest of her father; her father is in hiding from the Ustasha; arrest of her family; confiscation of their house; escape to Italy with forged documents; arrest by the Ustasha; detention in prison; release; escape to Susak; in hiding for one month; escape to Ljubljana; in hiding; hospitalization; escape...
Clippings from Bulgarian newspapers containing anti-Semitic articles, 1932-1943
Photocopies of the mastheads of the following newspapers that appeared in an exhibition in Bulgaria:
- "Ataka", published by the National Socialist party in Bulgaria;
- "Studentska Duma";
- "Aurora".
Testimony of Ury Pargo, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in the Columbus Building for children and the Budapest Ghetto
Only child; witness’ father is newspaper photographer; life before the war; cultural life.
Father is drafted to forced labor in Ukraine, 1942; death of his father; work of his mother as a photographer; preparation of forced identity cards for Jews; German occupation; decrees and restrictions on Jews including a yellow badge and travel, March 1944; homes of Jews are marked with a Jewish star; confiscation of possessions by Arrow Cross members,...
