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Forged identity cards of the sisters Batia and Malka Szusterman from the period of their residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, 1942-1944

Forged identity cards of the sisters Batia and Malka Szusterman from the period of their residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, 1942-1944 - Forged identity card for the name of Barbara (Szustak) Wulczynska, used by Batia Szusterman during her residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, starting August 1942; the certificate records that it was issued in Warsaw, 08 April 1943, and that Barbara was born in Siniawka, 12 May 1906; - Forged identity card for the name of Leokadia Szustak, used by Malka Szusterman, sister of Batia, during her residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, starting August 1942; the certificate...

File Number : 1210

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish, German

Memoirs of Tanya (Shuchmacher) Uzenkel, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1925, regarding her experiences in the ghetto, in a camp, in hiding in Proskurov and in the Stanislavchik Ghetto

Memoirs of Tanya (Shuchmacher) Uzenkel, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1925, regarding her experiences in the ghetto, in a camp, in hiding in Proskurov and in the Stanislavchik Ghetto Life in Proskurov at the time of the outbreak of the war; deportation to the Proskurov Ghetto; deportation to forced labor at the military headquarters in Leznevo; liquidation of the ghetto and murder of the Jews with the exception of the professionally skilled workers (among them, her mother, who was a seamstress); deportation of the family to the local camp; "Aktion" and being hidden with her family in the cellar in the home of...

File Number : 8631

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoir book belonging to Friedl Gutman, with farewells, dedications and poems written to her by inmates who were in detention with her in Gross Sarne camp, 1942-1943, in Gross Masselwitz camp, August-September 1943, and in Freiburg camp, May 1944 The memoir book was created in Gross Sarne, 1942; it was made of tin and decorated with a Jewish star and a title relating to its place of creation: "RAB Lager Gross Sarne, 1942"; one of the dedications was written by her brother Emanuel, 19 March 1942; the inscriptions from Gross Sarne camp were written, 13 March 1942-02 March 1943; the inscriptions from Gross...

File Number : 1206

Type of Material : Drawing, Memoir Book, Personal Records, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Memoirs of Felicja (Rosenblueth) Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow and Bruenlitz camps, and her personal documents from before and after the war Memoirs: Completion of medical studies; work in the Jewish hospital in Krakow, 1940; confiscation of Jewish homes and businesses; imposition of restrictions and bans on the Jews of Krakow; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1941; labor as a nurse in the prison; the first transports from the ghetto, June 1942; the large "Aktion", October 1942; liquidation of the ghetto and the...

File Number : 8604

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French

Documentation belonging to Henryk Zwi and Roza (Pomeranc) Rozenberg, 1946-1965

Documentation belonging to Henryk Zwi and Roza (Pomeranc) Rozenberg, 1946-1965 - Documentation belonging to Henryk Rozenberg with a list of milestones he wrote down in the Feldafing DP camp, including the dates on which the events occurred (translated into Hebrew); the list is divided by events that occurred during the war and events that occurred afterwards; - Affidavits made by Henryk Rosenberg and his wife Roza ((Pomeranc) Rozenberg regarding their experiences during the war, given in Stuttgart, 1949; in the affidavits there is information regarding Henryk's time in the Radom Ghetto, the Vaihingen camp...

File Number : 732

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Declaration, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Testimony of Noah Galkoff, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding the Lodz ghetto and the liquidation of the ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Noah Galkoff, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding the Lodz ghetto and the liquidation of the ghetto Family background; his father is a butcher; good relations with the Polish and German neighbors; studies in a Jewish school. The outbreak of war; deportation to the ghetto; life in the ghetto; food stamps; cleaning work; the Great Children's Aktion "Shifra", 1942; Rumkowski's speech; a four-year stay in the ghetto; towards the last year, the witness' work in cleaning the houses of deported Jews, belonging to the "Yakuba" commando of the liquidation of the ghetto, named after Jakuba Street in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Legal testimonies of Israel Izaak, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1905, regarding war crimes and including mass murders carried out by the Nazis in Tarnow during the war

Legal testimonies of Israel Izaak, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1905, regarding war crimes and including mass murders carried out by the Nazis in Tarnow during the war Life in Tarnow during the Nazi occupation; work as the owner of a drushka (horse-drawn carriage) including taking Gestapo personnel; description of the Gestapo personnel whom he chauffeured; description of Grunow, a Gestapo activist including a description of his crimes including murder; crimes of the various Gestapo people including mentioning them by name with a full description (Rommelman, Kastura, Hufer, Schachner and others); murder of two...

File Number : 8566

Type of Material : Investigation Report, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Joint memoir of Shimshon Shimko Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1908, and Lea Lucia (Rothfeld) Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1912, entitled "Testimony from the Inferno", regarding their experiences in Skole, a camp and in hiding in a forest Life in Skole during the Soviet occupation, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; confiscation of Jewish property; murder and persecution of Jews by the Ukrainians; escape to a forest in order for Lea to give birth; stillbirth and escape back to Skole; "Aktion", September 1942; escape to a forest; return to the family home three days later; labor in a sawmill with...

File Number : 8511

Type of Material : Work Permit, Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German, Ukrainian

Letters sent from Germany and Poland to Avraham Wajntraub in Eretz Israel by his friends, who were originally from Miedzyrzec, Poland, 1947-1948, and a book titled, "Miedzyrzec People - Workers and Revolutionaries", including information collected by Avraham Wajntraub Gafni regarding members of the Miedzyrzec community Letters (original copies): - Letters sent by Mosze Flastersztejn from Niemcza to Avraham Wajntraub in Eretz Israel, 28/12/1947-07/02/1948 (Flastersztejn was deported to Majdanek, Skarzysko Kamienna, Buchenwald and other camps during the war); - Letter sent by Szejndla Miller from...

File Number : 1838

Type of Material : Documentary, Names, Letter, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad German occupation of Zhvanchik; attitude of the local population; attempts of Jews to appease the Germans by welcoming them with a Torah scroll; acts of abuse against the Jews; collaboration of the Ukrainians with the Germans; pogrom in Zhvanchik, 31 August 1941, including the murder of her father; in hiding in an attic; mass murder of the Jews of Zhvanchik [in killing pits]; in hiding in a cemetery; "Aktion" in the ghetto;...

File Number : 8480

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Russian

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