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76. Henny Fletcher Aronsen describes liberation from a death march from Stutthof
little seemed to change until the German invasion in June 1941. The Germans sealed off a ghetto in ... Kovno in August 1941. Henny and her family were forced to move into the ghetto. Henny married in the ... ghetto in November 1943; her dowry was a pound of sugar. She survived several roundups during which some ... Stutthof concentration camp in 1944, when the Germans liquidated the Kovno ghetto. She was placed in a
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77. Felix Horn describes a hiding place in Warsaw
forced into the ghetto established there. After the liquidation of the Lublin ghetto, Felix, his sister ... and his future wife Lucine were sent to the Majdan Tatarski ghetto. Felix, Lucine, and her brother ... escaped and hid, eventually fleeing to the Warsaw ghetto, where Felix and
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78. Ruth Webber describes escaping from a selection held in the Auschwitz infirmary
occupied Ostrowiec. Her family was forced into a ghetto. Germans took over her ... father's photography business, although he was allowed to continue working outside the ghetto. Before the ... ghetto was liquidated, Ruth's parents sent her sister into hiding, and managed to get work at a labor ... camp outside the ghetto. Ruth also went into hiding, either in nearby woods or within the camp itself
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79. Aron (Dereczynski) Derman describes escape from a train during deportation from Grodno in 1943
into a ghetto. Aron was forced to work in an armaments factory, and was able to smuggle arms into the ... ghetto. After helping his family escape when the Germans destroyed the ghetto, Aron worked in Grodno ... wife (whom he had met in the Slonim ghetto) immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago.
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80. Aron (Dereczynski) Derman describes partisan activities near Vilna
into a ghetto. Aron was forced to work in an armaments factory, and was ... able to smuggle arms into the ghetto. After helping his family escape when the Germans destroyed the ... ghetto, Aron worked in Grodno until he was arrested. While being deported from Grodno, Aron jumped off ... the Slonim ghetto) immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago.
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81. Ruth Webber describes the bitterness that she felt after the end of the war when she was in an orphanage in Krakow
occupied Ostrowiec. Her family was forced into a ghetto. Germans took over her ... father's photography business, although he was allowed to continue working outside the ghetto. Before the ... ghetto was liquidated, Ruth's parents sent her sister into hiding, and managed to get work at a labor ... camp outside the ghetto. Ruth also went into hiding, either in nearby woods or within the camp itself
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82. Leah Hammerstein Silverstein describes working under a false non-Jewish identity in a German hospital in Krakow
forced to live in the Warsaw ghetto, which the Germans sealed off in ... November 1940. In the ghetto, Leah lived with a group of Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir members. In September 1941 ... she and other members of the youth group escaped from the ghetto to a Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir farm in ... Polish papers and traveling between the Krakow ghetto and the nearby
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83. Leah Hammerstein Silverstein describes bombings in Praga and Warsaw after the outbreak of World War II
forced to live in the Warsaw ghetto, which the Germans sealed off in ... November 1940. In the ghetto, Leah lived with a group of Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir members. In September 1941 ... she and other members of the youth group escaped from the ghetto to a Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir farm in ... Polish papers and traveling between the Krakow ghetto and the nearby
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84. Leah Hammerstein Silverstein describes the aftermath of the Holocaust and the search for survivors
forced to live in the Warsaw ghetto, which the Germans sealed off in ... November 1940. In the ghetto, Leah lived with a group of Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir members. In September 1941 ... she and other members of the youth group escaped from the ghetto to a Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir farm in ... Polish papers and traveling between the Krakow ghetto and the nearby
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85. Leah Hammerstein Silverstein describes the emotions she felt upon arrival in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem after the war
forced to live in the Warsaw ghetto, which the Germans sealed off in ... November 1940. In the ghetto, Leah lived with a group of Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir members. In September 1941 ... she and other members of the youth group escaped from the ghetto to a Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir farm in ... Polish papers and traveling between the Krakow ghetto and the nearby
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86. Felix Horn describes postwar emigration with the Brihah movement and adjustment to life after the war
forced into the ghetto established there. After the liquidation of the Lublin ghetto, Felix, his sister ... and his future wife Lucine were sent to the Majdan Tatarski ghetto. Felix, Lucine, and her brother ... escaped and hid, eventually fleeing to the Warsaw ghetto, where Felix and
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87. Steven Springfield describes conditions in the Stutthof concentration camp
ghetto. In late 1941, at least 25,000 Jews from the ghetto were massacred at the Rumbula forest, near ... Riga. Steven and his brother were sent to a small ghetto for able-bodied men. In 1943 Steven was
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88. Steven Springfield describes a massacre in the Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia
ghetto. In late 1941, at least 25,000 Jews from the ghetto were massacred at the Rumbula forest, near ... Riga. Steven and his brother were sent to a small ghetto for able-bodied men. In 1943 Steven was
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89. Steven Springfield describes 1945 death march from Burggraben in the Stutthof camp system
ghetto. In late 1941, at least 25,000 Jews from the ghetto were massacred at the Rumbula forest. Steven ... and his brother were sent to a small ghetto for able-bodied men. In 1943 Steven was deported to the
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90. Theresienstadt
Red Cross investigation committee to visit the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia. Elaborate ... measures were taken to disguise conditions in the ghetto and to portray an atmosphere of normalcy. This
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91. Doris Greenberg describes arrival procedures at Ravensbrück
The Germans invaded Poland in 1939 and established a ghetto in ... committed suicide. Doris was smuggled out of the ghetto and lived as a non-Jewish maid and cook, but was
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92. Abraham Lewent describes deportation to and conditions in Majdanek
Like other Jews, the Lewents were confined to the Warsaw ghetto ... to his father in the ghetto. In 1943, the two were deported to Majdanek
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93. Abraham Lewent describes his father's death at Majdanek
Like other Jews, the Lewents were confined to the Warsaw ghetto ... perished. He was deployed for forced labor nearby, but escaped to return to his father in the ghetto. In
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94. Doris Greenberg describes conditions in Ravensbrück
The Germans invaded Poland in 1939 and established a ghetto in ... committed suicide. Doris was smuggled out of the ghetto and lived as a non-Jewish maid and cook, but was
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95. Leo Schneiderman describes routine at the Ebensee camp
were confined to a ghetto in Lodz. Leo was forced to work as a tailor in a uniform factory. The ... Lodz ghetto was liquidated in 1944, and Leo was deported to Auschwitz. He
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96. Abraham Lewent describes conditions in Skarzysko camp
Like other Jews, the Lewents were confined to the Warsaw ghetto. In 1942, as ... deployed for forced labor nearby, but escaped to return to his father in the ghetto. In 1943, the two were
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97. Wilek (William) Loew describes the hiding place in which his mother survived an Aktion in Lvov
Lvov and established a ghetto there. Wilek was among a small group of Jews ... who left the ghetto daily to work. He helped make roofing paper for the German army. In 1943, shortly ... before the Germans destroyed the Lvov ghetto, Wilek obtained false papers, assumed the name of a
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98. Wilek (William) Loew describes the roundup of Jews during August 1942 deportation from Lvov to Belzec
Lvov and established a ghetto there. Wilek was among a small group of Jews ... who left the ghetto daily to work, making roofing paper for the German army. In 1943, shortly before ... the Germans destroyed the Lvov ghetto, Wilek obtained false papers, assumed the name of a Christian
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99. Wilek (William) Loew describes forced evacuation from Auschwitz
Lvov and established a ghetto there. Wilek was among a small group of Jews ... who left the ghetto daily to work. He helped make roofing paper for the German army. In 1943, shortly ... before the Germans destroyed the Lvov ghetto, Wilek obtained false papers, assumed the name of a
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100. Wilek (William) Loew describes forced labor in Lvov
Lvov and established a ghetto there. Wilek was among a small group of Jews ... who left the ghetto daily to work. He helped make roofing paper for the German army. In 1943, shortly ... before the Germans destroyed the Lvov ghetto, Wilek obtained false papers, assumed the name of a