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Testimony of Bina (Iankovitz) Iakab, born in Stefanesti, Romania, 1934 regarding the deportation of the Jews of Stefanesti and wanderings in Romania

Testimony

Childhood in Stefanesti; Deportation from Stefanesti, 1941; looting of property by the local population; move to Sulita; deportation of the Jews of Sulita; transfer to Harlau; yellow badge; restriction of movement; antisemitism; hunger; liberation by the Red Army, 1944; Life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; exiled to Cyprus; return aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ze'ev Yitzhaki, born in Iasi, Romania, 1936, regarding his experiences in Iasi during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Ze'ev Yitzhaki, born in Iasi, Romania, 1936, regarding his experiences in Iasi during the war Early childhood. Increase in anti-Semitism, 1939; anti-Jewish orders and legislation; pogrom at police stations and trains, June 1941; the bombings.Liberation by the Red Army, summer of 1944; joining the Dror organization; moving to a children's home in Piatra Neat; boarding the illegal immigrant ship Pan York, December 1947; exile to Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, March 1948; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ytic Herscovici, born in Vaslui, Romania, 1917 regarding life in Bucharest and forced labor

Testimony

Residence on the Jewish street, Bucharest; Daily life in the years 1941-1944; forced labor and imprisonment for absence from forced labor; Aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Childhood in Dej; daily life; persecution of Jews, 1933; Deportation to a ghetto in a forest clearing in Dej; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life in the camp; mutual assistance between sisters; transfer to the Langenbielau labor camp; liberation; Rebuilding life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1959.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation of Ivan Lang, born in Caransebes, Romania, 14 July 1935, 1941-1947

Personal documentation of Ivan Lang, born in Caransebes, Romania, 14 July 1935, 1941-1947 The documents include: - Birth certificates of Ivan Lang and of his parents, Stefan Lang and Emma (Grosz) Lang, issued in Caransebes, 15 July 1941; - Document issued by the Recruitment Office in Lugoj, 22 February 1942, certifying that Stefan Lang worked in forced labor in Caransebes, 09-13 February 1942; - Document issued in Lugoj, certifying that Stefan Lang is of Jewish origin, 29 May 1942; - Travel permit to Timisoara granted to Emma Lang in Caransebes, 01 December 1942; - Certificate issued to Ivan...

File Number : 345

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, Romanian, German

Testimony of Shlomo Sharf, born in Calinesti, Romania in 1920, regarding his experiences in Bershad and Transnistria

Testimony of Shlomo Sharf, born in Calinesti, Romania in 1920, regarding his experiences in Bershad and Transnistria Village life; move to Cernauti; expulsion to Transnistria; daily life in the Bershad Ghetto; public organization in the Bershad Ghetto; forced labor in Nikolayev; draft into Red Army; expulsion to Cyprus; aliya to Israel; absorption and rehabilitation.

File Number : 13465

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita

Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita Life before the war; move to Gura Humorului, 1937; Deportation to the Transnistria area, autumn 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy on a march via Atachi; transfer on a march in the direction of Promesanita; shooting of the weak people; entrance into Promesanita; life in Promesanita in a pigsty; hunger; typhus disease; mass mortality; imposition of travel restrictions; liberation by the Red Army, 1944; Return to Romania; attempt to make illegal aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Chaim Chacham, born in Iasi, Romania, 1936, regarding his experiences in hiding in Iasi and letters sent to his father, Avram Hahamu Chacham, head of the Jewish community in Iasi

Memoirs of Chaim Chacham, born in Iasi, Romania, 1936, regarding his experiences in hiding in Iasi and letters sent to his father, Avram Hahamu Chacham, head of the Jewish community in Iasi Life before the war; activities of his father, Avram Hahamu Chacham, as head of the Jewish community in Iasi, 1940-1944; his mother Esther (Shtruminger) Chacham. In hiding in a cellar underneath the synagogue; capture of his father by a German Army patrol (arrested with binoculars and a camera when Jews were required to turn in all the optical equipment they were holding), life in hiding during the pogrom in Iasi;...

File Number : 8526

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Romanian

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File Number : 13669

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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