עדות קבוצתית של חיימאוויטש אברהם טביה, גראד סאניה ואחרים על קורות היהודים ב-Seduva ליטא

Collective testimony of Abraham Tewie Chaimovitz, Sonia Grad and others, regarding the experiences of the Jews in Seduva 

Collective testimony of Abraham Tewie Chaimovitz, Sonia Grad and others, regarding the experiences of the Jews in Seduva 

Handwritten, original 13 pages/frames 

Collective testimony of Abraham Tewie Chaimovitz, Sonia Grad and others, regarding the experiences of the Jews in Seduva Sonia Grad: Life in Siauliai before the war. Outbreak of the war, 22 June 1941; escape with her husband in the direction of the Soviet Union; escape to Seduva, 25 June 1941; life in Seduva; German occupation, 26 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; deportation of Jews to a camp; abuse of the youths; escape with documents her husband obtained; escape to Siauliai; receives information about the deportation of the Seduva Jews to Panevczys. Abraham Chaimovitz: Outbreak of the war and family life in Siauliai; escape attempt in the direction of the Soviet Union; arrival to forests in Latvia; German deportation order to a prison in Dvinsk; release from the prison with 200 refugees from Latvia; transfer to Ezerenai; transfer to Utena; transfer to Kavrskas; deportation to the Panevezys Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation of the witness with a group to Seduva camp; forced contribution; forced labor at the train station and cleaning streets; abuse of Jews; murder of ten Jews from the camp; names of Judenrat members in Seduva, Jakub Kuper, Schmuel Nol and Potorski; Petrauskas, a Lithuanian collaborator; deportation to Siauliai after three weeks; information about the extermination of the Seduva Jews;"Aktio" against children in Siauliai including the witness' children; deportation of the witness to camps in Germany; liberation. Chaia Krawitz: Life with approximately 180 Jewish families in Seduva until 1940; most of the Jews earned their livelihood from commerce and agriculture; Jewish school, library, synagogue; relations with the non-Jewish local population. Esther Bekin-Analik born in Radviliskiai: Visit of the witness in Seduva after the war; visit to the cemetery in a forest five-six k.m. from Seduva; there are no signs of the murder of the Jews in the cemetery; information about the murder of the Seduva Jews by shooting, 25 August 1941.