Testimony of Bela Mering, born in Jurbarkas, Lithuania, 1908, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the experiences of the Jews in Jurbarkas

Identifier

3552454

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

O.71/50

Level of Description

File

Languages

Yiddish

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=3552454&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Handwritten, original

2 pages/frames

Acquisition

submitted by: קאניוכאווסקי לייב

Scope and Content

Testimony of Bela Mering, born in Jurbarkas, Lithuania, 1908, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the experiences of the Jews in Jurbarkas Life before the war in Kaunas. Outbreak of the war; arrest of Jews including her husband; murder of Jews including her husband in Fort 9, 08 August 1941; ghetto life; escape of her brother from Jurbarkas to a ghetto; receives information about the murder of women, children and the elderly from Jurbarkas in Kalneniai; murder of the men in Kalneniai; murder of the men from Jurberkas; liquidation of the Kaunas Ghetto.

Subjects

Women
Murder Sites
Hiding place
Hiding
Elderly
Children
Ninth Fort in Kovno

Places

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Kaunas,Kaunas,<>,Lithuania
Jurbarkas,Raseiniai,<>,Lithuania
Fort 9,Murder Site,Lithuania

Genre

Testimony

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עדותה של מערינג בעלא ילידת Jurbarkas 1908 ליטא על קורותיה בגטו Kaunas ועדות שמיעה על קורות היהודים ב-Jurbarkas