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Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family

Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri during the war, including life in hiding with her mother and her two siblings in Mieleszki; murder of her mother and one of her siblings by Poles; rescue of Ester and her brother Aryeh by Poles; aliya of Ester and her brother to Eretz Israel within the framework of legal aliya of orphans; holding of a Roots trip to Poland with her children and grandchildren; meeting the daughter of the Poles who saved her.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 316

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Article

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Articles written by Chana Tamar (Bot) Weisbord, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding her longings for her family after the war, and her experiences on board the ship, "Exodus"

Articles written by Chana Tamar (Bot) Weisbord, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding her longings for her family after the war, and her experiences on board the ship, "Exodus" - "On Our Way To Eretz Israel", documentation written by Chana Tamar (Bot) Weisbord regarding her experiences during her aliya to Eretz Israel: move from Inzersdorf to Dornstadt; move to the Marseilles area by bus; life in a local camp for three days; transfer to the port by bus; boarding the ship, "Exodus"; illegal immigration attempt on the ship to Tel Aviv; struggle with the British Army; transfer to Haifa; transfer to a...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 727

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Excerpt(s), Article, Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mordechai Pshevorski Ravid, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in the Krakow Ghetto and being hidden by his non-Jewish nanny (who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations) Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life; life in hiding with his cousin Rena; escape to his former nanny, a non-Jewish Polish woman named Helda/Carolina Maciag, 1943; going out to cleaning jobs with the nanny, including the headquarters of the Gestapo in Poland; life in his nanny's house until the end of the war;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8588

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places Life before the war; her parents are Viktor Porges, born in Horazdovice and Anna (Bondy), born in Horovice. German occupation; ban on owning animals by Jews; payment of a bribe to a veterinarian for certifying the euthanization of her dog; termination of studies by Jewish students, including high school studies; yellow badge; deportations to Lodz and Theresienstadt, 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt with her family, July 1942; life in camp in...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8521

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : English

Memory book belonging to Bat Sheva Sabina Mendelson, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1931, written by friends in her Bnei Akiva group in Cyprus when she took leave of the group, 1947

Memory book belonging to Bat Sheva Sabina Mendelson, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1931, written by friends in her Bnei Akiva group in Cyprus when she took leave of the group, 1947 Notes from Chana Shinar who submitted the material: During the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, Bat Sheva escaped from the train, and wandered among the villages. Some of the villages knew her identity and hid her. In the course of her wanderings she arrived in Lodz, and she made aliya from there to Eretz Israel as part of Youth Aliyah. In 1947 she was deported on the illegal immigrant ship, "Theodor Herzl" to Cyprus, where she...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 700

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoir Book

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Polish, German

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen Life in Munkacs during the re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; deportation of people with Czechoslovakian citizenship; imposition of evening curfew on the Jews; prohibition on Jews managing businesses, from 1940; continuing running her father's business by means of bribery; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto, April 1944; transfer together with the Jews to a brick factory, 17 May 1944; deportation by train to Auschwitz; life on the train; hearing the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8500

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Alek Elias Kleiner, born in Krakow, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Plaszow camp, Skawina and a labor camp near Landsberg

Memoirs of Alek Elias Kleiner, born in Krakow, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Plaszow camp, Skawina and a labor camp near Landsberg Outbreak of the war; transfer to Skawina, deportation to the Plaszow camp; forced labor in Skawina; "Aktion" in Skawina; separation from his mother, sister and brother(s); typhus; hospitalization in the clinic in Plaszow; liquidation of the camp, 1943; selection; death march; transfer to a labor camp near Landsberg; camp life including forced labor at an airport; transfer on foot to the railroad station for Kaufering; escape; wanderings; finding a hiding place in...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8486

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : English

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad German occupation of Zhvanchik; attitude of the local population; attempts of Jews to appease the Germans by welcoming them with a Torah scroll; acts of abuse against the Jews; collaboration of the Ukrainians with the Germans; pogrom in Zhvanchik, 31 August 1941, including the murder of her father; in hiding in an attic; mass murder of the Jews of Zhvanchik [in killing pits]; in hiding in a cemetery; "Aktion" in the ghetto;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8480

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Memoirs written in 1945 by Genya (Tractenbroit) Ben Tov, born in Lipcani, Romania, regarding her experiences in Bessarabia, Edineti, Mogilev-Podolski, Rublenitsa, Secureni and Kosharintsy, 1940-1941 [1945] Occupation of Bessarabia by the Red Army; escape of the Romanians and the rejoicing of the Jews (at the arrival of the Red Army]; retreat by the Red Army; acts of retaliation against the Jews by the Germans and the Romanians; robbery and breaking into shops; escape from Lipcani by her family; deportation to Transnistria; transfer to Edineti; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer of the family back to...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8474

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

Transcript of an interview conducted by Yehuda Bauer with Moshe Trosman, Yissachar Trosman, Chaim Bar-Or and others regarding their experiences in the Rokitno Ghetto, in hiding in the forests and nearby villages after their escape from the ghetto and their joining the partisans Jewish life in Glinna and the nearby villages prior to the war; Administration of the Judenrat in the Rokitno Ghetto and the extent of its cooperation with the Germans; the role of Sokolovsky, the head of the gendarmie in Rokitno, in the rescue of Jews; escape from the Rokitno Ghetto and hiding in the forest; attitude of the rural...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8458

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Interview(s)

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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