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26 Records Found
IntCode Name Language
23939 Aronchik, Klara Russian
12134 Chernova, Eta Russian
39994 Engor, Sara French
24474 Fialco, Marisa Hebrew
11341 Goldstein, Esther English
44811 Greisman, Dvoira Russian
26730 Kalmanovitch, Yosef Hebrew
25643 Kaplowitz, Sol English
42607 Karpel, Josef Hebrew
37200 Kastner, Sonia English
23040 Katz, Rita English
47608 Keret, Moshe Hebrew
26000 Kustin, Fedor Russian
37285 Ḳremer, ´ester Hebrew
40439 Lederman, Miriam English
10678 Lendzin, Rachel English
34160 Lubinski, Chasia Hebrew
44654 Miliḳovsḳi, Ya`aḳov Hebrew
34706 Pertshik, Masha Hebrew
17380 Rosenzweig, Raia English
20874 Schulman de Wildfeuer, Sonia Spanish
14149 Straser, Aron English
2792 Tapuchi, Nechama English
48645 Ṿaynshṭayn, Neḥamah Hebrew
2608 Zyskowitz, Sara Hebrew
37739 ´orbach, Ḥana Hebrew
Aronchik, Klara
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Klara Aronchik
Klara Moiseevna Aronchik (release name)
Aronchik (current name)
Klara Moiseevna Aronchik (name at birth)
Kopelevich (last name during war)
Keilia (Yiddish name)
Keela (other name)
Kopelevich (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/23/1924
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Merzen (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation concentration camps, German
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 23939

Chernova, Eta
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Eta Chernova
Eta Khonovna Chernova (release name)
Tsukerman (maiden name)
Eta Chernova (other name)
Tsukerman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/7/1928
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences evasion of roundups
State of Interview
Country of Interview Lithuania
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 12134

Engor, Sara
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sara Engor
Sara Engor (release name)
Engor (name at birth)
Sara (Hebrew name)
Engor (maiden name)
Cemachovic (other name)
Sara Cemachowic (other name)
Sara Cemachowicz (other name)
Engor (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/5/1929
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Atheism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Mokrowo (Russia, USSR : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Kaiserwald (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Kudeb (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Kolkau (Prussia, Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Brussels Region
Country of Interview Belgium
Language(s) of Interview French
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 39994

Fialco, Marisa
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Marisa Fialco
Marisa Miriam Fialco (release name)
Marishah Entes (name at birth)
Miryam Marishah Fialko (other name)
Entes (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/9/1924
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Ziezmariai (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
(u)Ignalina (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Orany (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Leibisch (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Leibisch (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Palemaonas (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Prussia (Germany : State)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 24474

Goldstein, Esther
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Esther Goldstein
Esther Goldstein (release name)
Badanes (maiden name)
Badanes (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/26/1931
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) concentration camps, German
Hamburg-Langenhorn (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 11341

Greisman, Dvoira
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Dvoira Greisman
Dvoira Khaimovna Greisman (release name)
Greisman (current name)
Dvoira Khaimovna Greis (name at birth)
Greis (last name during war)
Dvora (other name)
Vera Efimovna (other name)
Greis (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/7/1929
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Riga-Kaiserwald (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kudeb (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Salaspils (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Strasdenhof (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Germany
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 44811

Kalmanovitch, Yosef
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Yosef Kalmanovitch
Yosef Kalmanovitch (release name)
KÌ£almanovits (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4/15/1925
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Krewo (Poland : Ghetto)
Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
(u)Hudogaje (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Zaczepka (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Ostrowiec (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Smorgonie (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Voroshilov brigade
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Wilejka (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 26730

Kaplowitz, Sol
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sol Kaplowitz
Sol Kaplowitz (release name)
Kaplowitz (current name)
Zalman Koplowicz (name at birth)
Koplowcz (last name during war)
Mark Fischir* (false name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/8/1928
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Rudnicka Puszcza Forest (Poland)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Rudnicka Puszcza Forest (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the camps
State of Interview CT
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 25643
Karpel, Josef
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Josef Karpel
Yosef KÌ£arpel (release name)
Yosef Karpel (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/12/1927
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kauen-Alexoten (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kazlu-Ruda (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Rudnicka Puszcza Forest (Poland)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Rudnicka Puszcza Forest (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during forced marches
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 42607
Kastner, Sonia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sonia Kastner
Sonia Kastner (release name)
Kastner (current name)
Shaina Danishewski (name at birth)
Danishewski (last name during war)
Jafia (Hebrew name)
Shaina (Yiddish name)
Danishewski (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/20/1927
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Ciechocinek (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 37200
Katz, Rita
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Rita Katz
Rita Katz (release name)
Risa (name at birth)
Shoshanah (Hebrew name)
Shulman (maiden name)
Shulman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/1/1937
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place swamps
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview WA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 23040
Keret, Moshe
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Moshe Keret
Moshe Keret (release name)
Keret (current name)
Kreitsik (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/15/1925
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Kosice (Czechoslovakia : Ghetto)
Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the camps
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 47608

Kustin, Fedor
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Fedor Kustin
Fedor Leib Kustin (release name)
Kustin (current name)
Fedor Leibovich Kustin (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5/2/1928
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kauen (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kazlu-Ruda (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Marijampole (Lithuania : District)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Marijampole (Lithuania : District)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 26000

Ḳremer, ´ester
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ester KÌ£remer
´ester Ḳremer (release name)
KÌ£remer (current name)
´esther Ḳreines (name at birth)
KÌ£reines (last name during war)
Firah (Hebrew name)
KÌ£reines (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/20/1927
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kauen-Alexoten (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Hoheneck (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Kauen (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Kazlu-Ruda (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
(u)Hecht (Germany: Concentration Camp)
(u)Yangut (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by resistance fighters, Soviet
Location of liberation Danzig (FC)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 37285
Lederman, Miriam
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Miriam Lederman
Miriam Lederman (release name)
Lederman (current name)
Miriam Kaplowitz (name at birth)
Kaplowitz (last name during war)
Miriam (Hebrew name)
Miriam (Yiddish name)
Kaplowitz (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/15/1925
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Hamburg-Langenhorn (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Mokrowo (Russia, USSR : Concentration Camp)
Dondangen (Latvia : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 40439

Lendzin, Rachel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Rachel Lendzin
Rachel Leah Lendzin (release name)
Rosa (name at birth)
Leja Katz (name at birth)
Rochel Layah (Hebrew name)
Katz (maiden name)
Katz (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/11/1926
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Dondangen (Latvia : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Petschur (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kaufering, Lager IV (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Mokrowo (Russia, USSR : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 10678

Lubinski, Chasia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Chasia Lubinski
HÌ£asyah Lubinsky (release name)
(current name)
HÌ£asyah Kotler (name at birth)
(last name during war)
(release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/15/1925
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) concentration camps, German
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Jerusalem
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 34160

Miliḳovsḳi, Ya`aḳov
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ya`aḳov Miliḳovsḳi
Ya`aḳov Miliḳovsḳi (release name)
Miliḳovsḳi (current name)
Ya´ashah (nickname)
Yanek (false name)
Yakov Milikowski (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/3/1926
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Niederorschel (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Goldfilz (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Vaivara (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Ereda (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) East Prussia (Prussia, Germany : Province)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during forced marches
displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 44654
Pertshik, Masha
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Masha Pertshik
Masha Perchik (release name)
Masha Levin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/3/1929
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Malken (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Dörbeck (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Pomerania (Prussia, Germany : Province)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
displaced persons camps
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 34706

Rosenzweig, Raia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Raia Rosenzweig
Raia Rosenzweig (release name)
Chaja Mielnik (name at birth)
Chaja (Hebrew name)
Mielnik (maiden name)
Mielnik (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/15/1926
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kazlu-Ruda (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Trunz (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
escapes during forced marches
escapes from the camps
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 17380
Schulman de Wildfeuer, Sonia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sonia Schulman de Wildfeuer
Sonia Schulman de Wildfeuer (release name)
Sonia Schulman (maiden name)
Sonia Schulman de Wildfeuer (other name)
Schulman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/29/1929
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Landsberg (Bavaria, Germany : Concentration Camp)
Koschedaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Kaufering (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Ponewesch (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Allied
Location of liberation Kaufering (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview Córdoba
Country of Interview Argentina
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 20874
Straser, Aron
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Aron Straser
Aron Straser (release name)
Struczawski (name at birth)
Aron (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/2/1925
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Neuengamme (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Ereda (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
(u)Ignalina (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Orany (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Goldfilz (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
(u)Swieciany (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation (u)Pherden (Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NM
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 14149

Ṿaynshṭayn, Neḥamah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Neḥamah Ṿaynshṭayn
Nechama Weinstein (release name)
Nehamah Vaynshtein (release name)
Nechama Grejs Weinstein (release name)
Veinshtein (current name)
Nechama Grejs (maiden name)
Nehamah Grays (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 2/2/1927
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Hamburg-Langenhorn (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Vivikond (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
concentration camps, German
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Northern
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 48645

Tapuchi, Nechama
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Nechama Tapuchi
Nechama Tapuchi (release name)
Zyskowicz (maiden name)
Zyskowicz (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 2/6/1927
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Hamburg-Langenhorn (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Vaivara (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Kivióli I (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Sonda (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 2792
Zyskowitz, Sara
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sara Zyskowitz
Sara Zyskowicz (release name)
Kackowicz (name at birth)
Kackowicz (maiden name)
(release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/14/1905
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Oszmiana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Vaivara (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Kivióli I (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Sonda (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Wilejka (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Reval (Estonia : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 0:27
Interview Code 2608

´orbach, Ḥana
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ḥanah ´orbach
Ḥanah ´orbach (release name)
HÌ£anah Magidei (name at birth)
Hannah Orbach (other name)
Tarshish Magidei (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/1/1928
City of Birth Smorgonie (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Smorgonie (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Schischmaren (Lithuania : Concentration Camp)
Hamburg-Langenhorn (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Kaiserwald (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Kudeb (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Dondangen (Latvia : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Pleskau (Russia, USSR : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences restricted housing
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 37739