Testimony of Moshe Klagsbald, born in Trzebinia, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Trzebinia Ghetto, in Markstaedt, Gogolin, Ebensee and the Jewish Brigade in Italy following liberation
Testimony of Zeev Ram (formerly Tibor Herman), born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia in 1930, regarding his experiences in the Auschwitz, Fuerstenstein and Bergen Belsen camps, and the death march
Childhood and early adolescence, up to the German entry into Hungary in March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz in April 1944; transfer to Fuerstenstein in May 1944; death march in February 1945; arrival in Bergen-Belsen in March-April 1945; Muselmann; death of his father and brother; meeting with his mother and her disappearance in April 1945; liberation in April 1945; recuperation in Sweden and preparation...
Memoirs of Hela (Jacobi) Kozlowski [born, 1920], regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Freiberg and Mauthausen camps
German occupation of Lodz; escape of her siblings to another city; mass murders and theft by the Germans; eviction of her family from their home; murder of a boy who was 7 or 8 years old, right in front of her eyes; deportation of her sister to Auschwitz, late 1942 or early 1943; hunger; help from an anonymous German who brought her food; her father receives beatings; announcement regarding the sending of the ghetto residents to forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz...
Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp
Life before the war; attends the Hebrew high school.
German occupation; yellow badge; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto; transfer of her father and other Jews to the Great Synagogue; abuse of the Jews by Hungarian soldiers; liquidation of the ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz by death march; camp life; murder of her father, grandfather and grandmother; life in Birkenau in the Gypsy camp; transfer of the Gypsies to the gas...
Testimony of Moshe David Bleier, born in Kisterenye, Hungary in 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Kisterenye, in the Salgotarjan Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Auschwitz camps
Life before the war; middle-class, traditional family; antisemitism; closure of his father's store by the Hungarian Gendarmerie, and its sale by the "Cash-Box Guards" Police [?]; transfer of his father to service in the labor battalions; disappearance of his father during 1939-1940; concentration of the Jews, and their deportation to the Salgotarjan Ghetto by the Hungarian Police and SS men, 1944; deportation to...
Memoirs written by Zigmund Henig, born in Hungary, 1906, titled, ("Életrajzom és a sok megszenvedésből, zsidó voltamért") "The Story of my Life and Endless Suffering for Being a Jew") regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army, Auschwitz, Kaufering camp and Allach camp
Life in Hungary, until 1942;
Drafted into forced labor within the framework of the Hungarian Army, June 1942; service on the eastern front in the Korosten, Stary Oskol and Kovel areas, until Spring 1944; return to Székelyudvarhely, May 1944; deportation together with his family to the Marosvásárhely Ghetto; deportation to...
Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps
Life before the war; his father owned a factory; witness attends the Polish school.
Unsuccessful attempt to escape to the Soviet Union; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1942; labor in a metalworking workshop; unsuccessful attempt to obtain forged documents; deportation to Plaszow camp; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; meetings with Dr. Mengele; transfer to Ebensee camp; liberation by the US Army.
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Testimony of Branka (Sachs) Ron, born in 1918 in Lodz, Poland - regarding her experiences in Lodz, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp and in the Theresienstadt camp.
Daughter of a traditional Zionist family in Lodz; studies at a Polish school; activity in the Zionist youth movement; outbreak of the war in 1939; the escape of the father and brother to Warsaw; the return of the father and brother; her parents’ death from starvation; work sorting clothes; ill with typhus; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp with younger brother; the brother’s death in the camp; labor in a weapons factory; transfer to...
Memoirs of Schmuel Heller, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, in Gross Sarne, Koenigshuette and Dyhernfurth camps, and in other places
Bedzin Ghetto life until 1942; deportation to Koenigshuette camp; transfer to Gross Sarne camp; transfer to Gross Masselwitz camp; transfer to Dyhernfurth camp; transfer to Gross-Rosen camp; transfer to Mauthausen camp; liberation, January 1945.
DP camp life; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.
Memoirs of Sam Gottesman, born in Irsava, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wustegiersdorf, Wolfsberg and other places
Life before the war; re-annexation to Hungary; life in Ungar under Hungarian rule, until 1944.
Munkacs Ghetto life; Auschwitz camp life; Wolfsberg camp life; Wustegiersdorf camp life; Gross-Rosen camp life; Bergen-Belsen camp life; Hildesheim camp life; Hannover camp life; liberation by the Red Army.