Childhood and family in Białystok and Orla; deportation to Kazakhstan in 1940; sent to labor camps in Siberia and then to forced labor in Ukraine; hunger; diseases including typhus; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1946; deportation to Cyprus, immigration to Eretz Israel; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.
Joint testimony of siblings, Menachem Mendel Donenfeld, born in Iordanesti, Romania in 1931, and Bracha Beti (Donenfeld) Klein, born in Iordanesti in 1932, regarding their experiences in Iordanesti, on marches in the Transnistria area and in the Crasna Ghetto
Life before the war;
Deportation to the Transnistria area, summer 1941; transfer on death marches to the Crasna Ghetto; Crasna Ghetto life; liberation;
Aliya to Israel, 1948.
Testimony of Shulamit Grinberg, born in 1930 in Darabani, Romania, about her experiences in Darabani, Targu Jui, Dorohoi, the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, and elsewhere
Life before the war; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; Romanian-German occupation ensues in 1941; deportation to Targu Jui; transfer to Dorohoi; transfer to Transnistria; transfer by death march to Azarinet; deportation to the Mogilev Podolski ghetto; life in the ghetto; immigration to Israel in 1951.
Documentation from the trial of Dmitriy Bordenyuk, Tetskany village mayor, charged with collaboration with the Romanian occupation authorities and the persecution of the Jews in Tetskany, 1941-1943
Investigation file of the MGB Counter-Espionage Department, the Ministry of State Security in Moldavia, conducted in Kishinev, June-September 1948:
- Arrest warrant against Dmitriy Bordenyuk, charged with collaboration with the Romanian occupation authorities and participation in the persecution of Jews, issued in Lipkany, on 22 July 1948;
- Decision on submitting an indictment against Dmitriy Bordenyuk...
File Number : 20
Type of Material : Investigation Reports, List of Jewish Residents, Legal Documentation, Detention Order, Sentence, Indictment, List of Witnesses, List of Persecuted Persons, Protocol
Testimony of Shlomo Zalman Galizer, born in Hotin, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Hotin, Secureni, the Kopaygorod Ghetto, in forests, Sulita and other places
Soviet Army occupation of Hotin, 1940.
Outbreak of the war; air-raids on Hotin; burning of their home; detention by the Romanians, 1941; deportation to Secureni with his family; Secureni Ghetto life for several months, 1941; crosses the Dniester River; transfer to Kopaygorod via Mogilev; Kopaygorod Ghetto life including forced labor, 1941; death of his father in the ghetto; "Aktions"; rescue from the "Aktions" by a Romanian officer;...
Testimony of Schmuel Eisenberg, born in Hotin, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Hotin, Kopaygorod and Bucharest and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944
Life before the war.
Deportation to Transnistria on trains; transfer on marches; Kopaygorod Ghetto life; his illness with typhus and dysentery; life in an orphanage; transfer from Transnistria to Bucharest with other orphans; his aliya to Eretz Israel with the orphans, 1944.
Testimony of Iva (Volovski) Gold, born in Chisinau, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in Chisinau, Transnistria and Balta
Life before the war.
Deportation on a march to Transnistria; life in Transnistria; her mother's suicide; life in Balta in an orphanage.
Aliya to Israel, 1963.
Testimony of Ioske Yosef Altervein Tirosh, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Nowy Dwor Ghetto and using a false identity in villages and the forest
Life in Warsaw.
Air-raids on Warsaw, September 1939; construction of the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; daily searches for food; stealing food; joining children in the street; playing games together and singing; escape to outside the ghetto in order to buy food; fear of the dogs near the wall; separation of the children from their mothers at the Umschlagplatz (transfer point); escape to the countryside...
Testimony of Saul Cernautianu, born in Burdujeni, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Burdujeni, Suceava, Mogilev-Podolski and in hiding
Life before the war; Zionist family; relations with the neighbors.
Outbreak of the war; escape to Suceava due to displays of antisemitism; deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; crosses the Dniester River; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to a military camp with the Jews; escape from the camp in a truck; fear of a continuation of deportations and finds a hiding place behind a closet in a local home; escape to another military camp in the local...