Testimony of Yudel Egber, born in Kreizberg, Poland, 1901, regarding his experiences in Riga

Testimony of Yudel Egber, born in Kreizberg, Poland, 1901, regarding his experiences in Riga 

Testimony of Yudel Egber, born in Kreizberg, Poland, 1901, regarding his experiences in Riga 

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Testimony of Yudel Egber, born in Kreizberg, Poland, 1901, regarding his experiences in Riga Occupation of Riga by the German Army, 01 July 1941; escape of Jews from Riga; murder of the escapees by the Latvians; life under the German occupation including anti-Jewish legislation, eviction of Jews from their homes, yellow badge and arrest of Jews; abusive acts and murder of Jews by the Latvian police; desecration of cemeteries; burning of synagogues; establishment of the Riga Ghetto; sealing of the ghetto, 25 October 1941; appointment of a Judenrat; deportation of Jews to forced labor; deportation of Jews to the"Kazrnirongas cam" (?); murder of Jews in the cemetery by the Latvian police, 29 November 1941; burial of those murdered in a mass grave which had already been prepared; first"Aktio", 30 November 1941; second"Aktio", 07-12 December 1941 [should be 01 December and 08-09 December 1941]; murder of Jews including the sick and children in the orphanage, 07 December 1941; murder of policemen and members of the Judenrat and their families in the Rumbuli forest; robbery of Jewish property; hiding places of Jews in hiding; murder of approximately 2,500 Jews in the Rumbuli forest, 09 December 1941; burial of the wounded while they are still alive; deportation of Jews from Austria and Germany, including from Hannover and Leipzig to Riga; deportation of 500 Jews from Lithuania to Riga; transfer of the Jews from Germany to the Salaspils camp, 18 kilometers from Riga; camp life including forced labor; murder of approximately 200 Jews in the Bikernieki forest, February 1942; life in the Salaspils camp including mortality from starvation and cold; employment of Jews in the ghetto giving services to ghetto residents; the fate of Jews in the Dvinsk Ghetto; the fate of Jews in the Liebau Ghetto; murder of Jewish policemen, 31 October 1942; murder of 160 professional skilled people, 05 November 1942; transfer of Jews from Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria to a camp in Riga; beginning of the liquidation of the camp of Jews from Latvia, May-June 1943; beginning of the liquidation of the ghetto of Jews from Latvia, May-June 1943; beginning of the liquidation of the ghetto of Jews from Germany, May-June 1943; deportation of Jews to the Kaiserwald camp and from there to Estonia; liquidation of the camps, 31 October 1943; deportation of Jews from Vilna to Kaiserwald, late 1943-[early] 1944; transfer of Jews from Kaiserwald to Stutthof, late August 1944; liberation of Riga by the Red Army, September 1944.