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Testimony of Shlomo Sapirstein Sapir, born in Paris, France 1933, regarding his experiences in Paris and his aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Sapirstein Sapir, born in Paris, France 1933, regarding his experiences in Paris and his aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship Life in Paris. Aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship [1947].

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaja (Patoka) Belczynski, born in Sarny, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Sarny, Kiev, Stalingrad and in the Red Army

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Testimony of Chaja (Patoka) Belczynski, born in Sarny, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Sarny, Kiev, Stalingrad and in the Red Army Life before the war; traditional family. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; life under Soviet occupation; German occupation, June 1941; escape to Kiev, June 1941; escape to Veresnya; life in Veresnya including work in agriculture; escape to Stalingrad; escape to a kolkhoz; escape to Stalingrad; escape to Baratovka; life in Baratovka including work in a sawmill; escape to Stalingrad; arrival of the German Army to Stalingrad; escape in the direction of the east,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Josef Berger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Melk camps, and in other places

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Testimony of Josef Berger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Melk camps, and in other places Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1943; burial of their property; deportation to the Satu Mare Ghetto; Satu Mare Ghetto life including forced labor; deportation in cattle cars to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life; separation between men and women; selection; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life; transfer to Melk, 1944; camp life; labor digging tunnels; air-raids on the camp by the Allied forces; transfer by train to Ebensee; camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hanny Hanneke (Koopman) Hengali, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1938, regarding her experiences as a child in the Netherlands while using a false identity

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Testimony of Hanny Hanneke (Koopman) Hengali, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1938, regarding her experiences as a child in the Netherlands while using a false identity Separation from her parents; entrusted to non-Jewish families, 1943; changing of her name to "Hanneke Krebs"; deportation of her parents to Auschwitz; liberation of the Netherlands. Reunion with her sister; lack of desire to return to Judaism; move to a Jewish orphanage, 1946; receives information regarding the death of her parents; move to her relatives in Chile, 1947; life in Chile; joins the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Cukier Karola born in Rabka Poland 1929.

Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea Lili (Hershtein) Barak, born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Piestany and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Lea Lili (Hershtein) Barak, born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Piestany and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Life before the war; from a religious family; life until 1939; participation in a summer camp, summer 1939; accepts an offer from Hashomer Hatzair to make aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of youth; move to Italy. Aliya to Eretz Israel, spring 1940; life in the Kfar Hanoar (youth village) in Ben Shemen.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Sarina Dalina (Chaim) Moscovici, born in Iasi, Romania, 1935, regarding her experiences in Iasi during the Iasi pogrom

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Sarina Dalina (Chaim) Moscovici, born in Iasi, Romania, 1935, regarding her experiences in Iasi during the Iasi pogrom Her childhood in a traditional family; rise of the nationalist party; weakening of security. Warning about the pogrom; escape; Romanian soldiers break into her grandfather's home; sounds of gunshot and shouting, 29 June 1941; disappearance of her father; liberation by the Red Army, 23 August 1944; looting of property. Activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; ban on activities by Zionist youth movements; aliya to Israel, 1950.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Julious Iancu, born in Bacau, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in labor battalions

Testimony

Testimony of Julious Iancu, born in Bacau, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in labor battalions Life in a religious family of craftsmen. Outbreak of the war; anti-Jewish restrictions; draft to labor battalions, 1941; labor clearing rubble; labor laying railroad tracks; publication of knowledge in daily newspapers and BBC broadcasts regarding the extermination of Jews in extermination camps; liberation by the Red Army, August 1944; eviction from their home; move to Bucharest. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1964.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ida (Mildvord) From, born in Novoselitsa, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Cernauti and Murafa

Testimony

Testimony of Ida (Mildvord) From, born in Novoselitsa, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Cernauti and Murafa Move to Cernauti; Zionist activities in Hashomer Hatzair. Forced labor; deportation to Transnistria; arrival to Murafa; life in the home of a Ukrainian; forced labor; barter trade with Ukrainians; typhus disease; hospitalization in a hospital; liberation by the Red Army; attitude of the Soviet soldiers. Return to Romania; robbery of the contents of their home; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; marriage and aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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