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Personal diary of Heinrich [Yehoshua] Berger, a member of the Blau-Weiss youth movement, in Vienna and in the Atlit detention camp in Eretz Israel, March 1936-May 1940

Personal diary of Heinrich [Yehoshua] Berger, a member of the Blau-Weiss youth movement, in Vienna and in the Atlit detention camp in Eretz Israel, March 1936-May 1940 The diary is composed of two parts: 1. Trips with friends and memories of the urban training period in the "Viennese Kibbutz" (Wiener Stadtkibbuz), March 1936-19 July 1939; 2. Diary of the journey on the illegal immigrant ship, "Hilda" for 106 days, 16 October 1939-29 January 1940, detention in the Atlit camp for 117 days until the day they were released, 23 May 1940; - Cry of despair for help for "Our Brethren in Eretz Israel" for...

File Number : 65

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Memoirs, Diary, Testimony

Language : German

Manuscript of Dr. Kurt J. Ball-Kaduri regarding illegal aliya from Germany to Eretz Israel before and during Wolrd War II, with emphasis on the years 1939 and 1940

Manuscript of Dr. Kurt J. Ball-Kaduri regarding illegal aliya from Germany to Eretz Israel before and during Wolrd War II, with emphasis on the years 1939 and 1940 In the file: 2-Scanned File: - Information for the user regarding the manuscript of Dr. Ball-Kaduri, "Illegal Aliyah from Hitler's Germany to Palestine, 1939-1940" (p. 2), 14 February 1968; - Cover sheet prepared by Yad Vashem regarding the Ball-Kaduri Collection (p. 3); - "Illegal Aliyah from Hitler's Germany to Palestine, 1939-1940", manuscript prepared by Dr. Kurt J. Ball-Kaduri, alternate title: "Illegal Aliyah from Germany (old...

File Number : 320

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Manuscript

Language : German

Testimony of Ephraim Frank, the Director of the Hechalutz youth movement in Germany, regarding illegal aliya from Germany to Eretz Israel, focusing on the fate of four transports, September 1939 and August 1940 - Illegal aliya to Eretz Israel after the outbreak of World War II; ships chartered by Pino Ginsburg as part of the Sonderhachschara (Aliya Bet transports from Germany to Eretz Israel organized in cooperation with the Gestapo); Ginsburg sent to Germany by the Jewish organizations in charge of emigration, after Kristallnacht (November) 1938; choice of Ginsburg because he had an British passport or a...

File Number : 221

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Red Cross letter written by Arthur Timendorfer in Frankfurt am Main to Gusti Timendorfer in England, 1942; identity card of Günter Timendorfer

Red Cross letter written by Arthur Timendorfer in Frankfurt am Main to Gusti Timendorfer in England, 1942; identity card of Günter Timendorfer - Letter written by Arthur Israel Timendorfer in Frankfurt am Main to his daughter Gusti Timendorfer in Bishop Auckland, in the Durham District of England through the German Red Cross; the letter was stamped by the Swiss Red Cross, 01 September 1942; Gusti's reply is on the reverse side of the letter; - Identity card of Günter Israel Timendorfer, born in Pless, Germany, 01 October 1919, issued in Havelberg, 01 August 1938. Notes from Dina Inbar (the daughter of...

File Number : 4321

Type of Material : Red Cross Letter, Identity Card

Language : French, German

Letters written by members of the family to Haim and Rahel Weisz Zakay in Palestine, 1940-1966; correspondence of members of the family through the Red Cross, and other letters of family members

Letters written by members of the family to Haim and Rahel Weisz Zakay in Palestine, 1940-1966; correspondence of members of the family through the Red Cross, and other letters of family members Letters written to Haim (or Leibi) and Rahel Weisz Zakay in Palestine by the members of the family, 1940-1966: - Haim's parents, Samu and Fanny Weisz, in Munkács, 14 April and 14 May 1940; - Haim's brother, Zoli Weisz and Dora (with no indication of place or date); - Dora, Marci, Fanny and Zoli Weisz (with no indication of place or date); - Unclear name, regarding a fur, 09 January 1955; - Pali, Manci...

File Number : 3705

Type of Material : Letter, Red Cross Letter

Language : German, Hungarian