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Documentation regarding the Rosenfeld family, including letters and postcards sent to Alfred Rosenfeld in Bratislava and Eretz Israel by his family in Ivančice, testimonial letters by Otto Rosenfeld and his daughter Helly regarding their experiences during the war, personal documents of the family members and more, 1929-2011 Letters and postcards: - Two postcards sent to Alfred Rosenfeld in Bratislava by his parents and sister Helly Helena in Ivančice, December 1939; - Two letters sent to Alfred Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents and sister in Ivančice, January 1940; - Postcard sent to Otto...

File Number : 2208

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Letter, Personal Documents, Passport, Postcard, Vouchers, Official Documentation

Language : Czech, English, German

Testimony of Ruth (Flesch) Sitton, born in Vienna, Austria, 1937, regarding her experiences in Vienna, Tulcea and Beau Bassin

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Flesch) Sitton, born in Vienna, Austria, 1937, regarding her experiences in Vienna, Tulcea and Beau Bassin Orphaned of her mother. Detention of her father by the Germans; deportation of her father to Dachau, 1938; release of her father from the camp; move from Tulcea to Eretz Israel on the "Pacific" ship, 1940; arrival to the port of Haifa; transfer by the British to Beau Bassin camp in Mauritius; separation from her father; disease; receives help from people in the community in South Africa; release from Beau Bassin camp, 1945. Aliya to Eretz Israel; her brother is killed in action...

File Number : 13111

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation and correspondence belonging to Yitzchak Felix Meyer and his parents, Michael and Amalia Meyer, who made aliya to Eretz Israel from Germany, survived the "Patria" tragedy and were detained in Atlit, 1881-1997 Volume I (pp. 1-262) This volume contains personal documentation belonging to Yitzchak Felix Meyer from his birth: Page 1: Copy of the opening page ("Index") with 12 chapters, nine of which (1-6, 10-12) mention their topics; the topics are (the numbers of the pages of the present file containing material matching the topic in the "Index" are given in parentheses): 1. "I As a...

File Number : 356

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Lecture, List of Deportees, Announcement, Personal Records, Booklet(s), Inventory List, Newspaper Clippings, Book, Letter, Memoirs, Diary, Postcard, Record of Persecuted Persons, Poems/songs, Newspaper

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Testimony of Manfred Lowenstein, born in Essen, Germany, 1910, regarding his experiences in Essen, aliya training in Paderborn and illegal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Manfred Lowenstein, born in Essen, Germany, 1910, regarding his experiences in Essen, aliya training in Paderborn and illegal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Life in Essen in a traditional family; attends a Jewish elementary school; attitude of the Germans toward the Jews; activities in the Hechalutz youth movement; Kristallnacht; desire to leave Germany; Hechalutz aliya training in Paderborn. Illegal aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Pacific" ship, 1940; transfer to the "Patria" ship and the sinking of the ship; detention in Atlit; arrival to his sister in Jerusalem, one year later.

File Number : 9174

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Erez, born in Vienna, Austria, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vienna, Bratislava and en route to Eretz Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Erez, born in Vienna, Austria, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vienna, Bratislava and en route to Eretz Israel His childhood in Vienna. German occupation, 1938; termination of studies in a Christian school. Kristallnacht, November 1938; eviction from their home and life with relatives in overcrowded conditions; deterioration of the economic situation after his father is unable to work; witness' education, until June 1939; contact with the Eretz Israel Office, late 1939; legal departure to Bratislava with approximately 1,000 other people; move to an abandoned factory and life in...

File Number : 8676

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Davidovicz Ben-David, born in Neresnice, 1920, regarding his experiences en route to Eretz Israel, 1940, and in the British Army

Testimony

Testimony of David Davidovicz Ben-David, born in Neresnice, 1920, regarding his experiences en route to Eretz Israel, 1940, and in the British Army Jewish life in Neresnice; studies in yeshivot; activities in the Bnei Akiva youth movement; joins the movement's training for aliya in Moravska Ostrava, 1937. German abuse of the Neresnice Jews, and the burning of the synagogue, 1939; arrest with about 3,000 people who were training for aliya in the training camps, under the supervision of the Hlinka Guard, 1940; move to Romania, September 1940; sails on the ship, "Pacific", October 1940; difficulties and...

File Number : 6929

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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 Elli (Reich) Gonsior Scherek, born in Poznan, Poland, 1896: "Illegally to Eretz Israel with the [Ship] "'Pacific'", 1940

Testimony of Elli (Reich) Gonsior Scherek, born in Poznan, Poland, 1896: "Illegally to Eretz Israel with the [Ship] "'Pacific'", 1940 In the file: - Yad Vashem file page regarding the testimony of Elli Scherek (p. 2); - Covering report prepared by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding "Illegally to Eretz Israel with the [Ship] "Pacific'", the testimony of Elli Scherek (p. 3), October 1958; - "Illegally to Eretz Israel with the [Ship] "Pacific'", the testimony of Elli Scherek regarding her experiences as a Jewish woman in Berlin until July 1940; her emigration on an illegal immigrant ship on the Danube river...

File Number : 230

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, 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

Diary kept by Elizabeth (Meisl) Freund, born in Světlá nad Sázavou in 1889, covering the months October-December 1940, on her journey to Israel on the ship "Pacific" and during the "Patria" disaster Pages from a diary written by Elizabeth (Meisl) Freund, including pictures drawn between 6 October and 27 December 1940 (a transcribed copy of these pages is also attached): Departure from Tulcea on the ship "Pacific" on 7 October 1940; the conditions on the ship; arrival to Haifa beach on 1 November 1940; transfer to the ship "Patria" on 7 November 1940; comments on the "Patria" disaster; mention of the...

File Number : 10190

Type of Material : Diary

Language : German

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