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Displaying items 17,721 to 17,740 of 55,889
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  1. Boris Vaysbrod memoir

    Testimony, handwritten, five pages, by Vaysbrod (Weisbrod), of Brooklyn, NY, written in Russian, describing his experiences during German occupation in Lugansk, Ukraine, and elsewhere.

  2. Fanya Vaysman memoir

    Testimony, handwritten, eight pages, Russian, by Fanya Vaisman (Weisman), of Chicago, in June 1994. Originally from a village (Shpikov) in Vinnitsa district, Ukraine, Vaisman describes experiences in Pechora camp and Shargorod ghetto, as well as hiding in forest after escape.

  3. Ruben Braten memoir

    Testimony, six pages, photocopy of typescript, addressed to Yad Vashem, account of Ruben Braten, or Rudka Poland, and his experiences during Holocaust. Describes first the Soviet, then German occupation, and experiences as farm laborer and then in hiding.

  4. Fillip Biberman memoir

    Testimony, typescript, 4 pages, from Biberman, with description of occupation of his hometown in Ukraine, being moved into a ghetto, escape from killing squads, recapture and imprisonment as forced laborer, and escape into Romanian occupied territory and ghetto of Bershiz, later liberation, and postscript describing post-liberation life in Soviet Union. Dated February 1995. Also includes two photo snapshots of Biberman, his wife, and relatives in New York, 1995.

  5. A memoir relating to experiences in Czernowitz

    Testimony, typescript, 2 pages, of survivor from Bukovina.

  6. Bella Raytur memoir

    Testimony, typescript, three pages, about Bella Raytur's experiences in Balta Ghetto, after family fled from their home in Ribnitsa, Moldova.

  7. Also Balaj memoir

    Testimony, photocopy of typescript, 10 pages, written 1994, relating to experiences in Bucharest (Romania), Sarata (USSR), and Baldovinesti (USSR).

  8. A memoir relating to experiences as a Soviet Prisoner of War at Hammerstein

    Testimony, handwritten, three pages, about life in Minsk region of Belarus, German invasion, service in Red Army, capture as POW in 1944, life in Hammerstein camp and as forced laborer in Ulm, and liberation.

  9. A memoir relating to experiences in Ukraine and Romania

    Testimony, 6 pages, photocopy of manuscript, written using USHMM form from Survivor's Registry. Describes life in occupied Odessa.

  10. Vladimir Perekalsky memoir

    Memoir, two pages, containing information about Vladimir Perekalsky's experiences in the ghetto in Kamenetz-Podolsk and in the Lantzendorf and Mauthausen concentration camps.

  11. Memoir

    Testimony, photocopy of manuscript, 11 pages, in Russian (with one page English summary included by donor). Covers experiences between 1941-1944 in occupied Odessa, includling Slobodka ghetto.

  12. Yakov Shvartsman memoir

    Testimony, typescript, one page with handwritten annotations. Describes Shvartsman's experiences in Odessa, the Ahmechetska concentration camp, and Domanevka during occupation.

  13. A memoir relating to experiences in the Domaniovka ghetto

    Testimony, typescript (copy), 2 pages, about author's experiences growing up in Odessa, arrest and transfer to Domianovka camp

  14. A memoir relating to a survivor's experiences at Pechora concentration camp

    Contains a memoir relating to a survivor's experiences at the Pechora concentration camp

  15. A memoir relating to experiences in Ukraine

    Testimony, handwritten, 15 pages, Russian, describing experiences in Moldova and Ukraine in ghettos, during occupation.

  16. Erica Spindel collection

    Testimony, handwritten, 3 pages, of Erica Spindel, describing birth in Vienna, being sent to Switzerland as child, father's arrest and internment in Dachau and Buchenwald, and family's subsequent trip to Shanghai. Also contains photocopies of three postcards sent by father from Buchenwald and Dachau.

  17. Memoirs relating to experiences in Dzhuzim

    Testimony, two manuscripts, each 3 pages, describing experiences of Nyusya and Jakov Furman, in Ukraine (near Vinnitsa) during German occupation.

  18. Alexander Entin memoir

    Testimony, three pages, manuscript, recounting experiences in Lugansk, Ukraine, and Kiev, after German invasion, including murder of his family, mobilization in Red Army, capture, passing himself as Muslim rather than Jew, work as forced agricultural laborer. Written in 1993.

  19. Volf Ashkinadze memoir

    Testimony, manuscript, six pages, undated (circa 1990s), by Wolf Ashkinadze, in which he describes his experiences in the Mogilyov-Podolsky ghetto and the Pechora concentration camp

  20. A memoir relating to experiences in Przemysl, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald

    Testimony, 1 page, typescript. Description of experiences in Dobromil, Auschwitz and Buchenwald.