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Excerpts from the diary of Rozie Lea (Weikselbaum) Reifen, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, recorded 17 August 1940-15 October 1941, her experiences on the ship, "Patria", and in detention in Atlit

Excerpts from the diary of Rozie Lea (Weikselbaum) Reifen, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences on the ship, "Patria", and in detention in Atlit, 17 August 1940-15 October 1941 Life before the war; from a religious Zionist family; attends the Adath Israel School. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Patria", 25 November 1940; sinking of the ship; swimming to shore with a baby that had fallen from her mother's arms; detention by the British Army; life in detention in Atlit. Also in the file: The experiences of Rozie Lea Reifen presented by her family.

File Number : 8516

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Anina Vohrazik Korty, born in 1921 in Prague, about illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1940 and deportation to Mauritius until 1945

Offspring of a Zionist family; membership in the Young Maccabi movement; parents support refugees from Germany, 1930s; movement training in Moravia, 1938; paying a ransom before immigration to Eretz Israel, 1939; illegal immigration vessels stuck in the Danube; brother taken to Sweden for survival; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Atlantic; S.S. Milos Atlantic and Pacific detained; the Patria is blown up and sinks; deporation to Mauritius, December 1940–August 1945; temporary correspondence with parents via the Red Cross; exiles volunteer for service in the Allied armies; back to Eretz Israel in...

File Number : 13573

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

באומן לנצמן Testimony of Sonia Lancman Bauman, born in 1933 in Danzig, Poland-Germany: immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Patria in Testimony of Sonia Lantzman Bauman, born in 1933 in Danzig, Poland-Germany: immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Patria in 1940

Childhood in a traditional home; antisemitism before the war; war breaks out; family moves to Gydinia; father arrested and released; back to Danzig; hiding in the loft of the apartment; Eretz Isarel immigration visa given by the local Jewish committee in 1940; leaving Danzig and traveling to Bratislava by rail, escorted by German soldiers; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Patria; ship blown up by the Haganah and rescue by means of a fishing board; detention at the Atlit camp for approx. a year; release from the camp and reunited with father; several months later: exiled to Malawi, Africa; studies...

File Number : 13445

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Experiences of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich, who was arrested in the Creuse Region of France in 1942, was deported to the Nexon and Drancy camps, to camps in Poland, Germany and Austria, and was liberated from Dachau by the United States Army Experiences of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich during the Holocaust, written 20 July 2009: Arrest of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich in the Creuse Region of France, 26 August 1942; deportation to the Nexon camp; transfer to the Drancy camp; transfer to the Fürstengrube camp and forced labor in coal mines; periods of time in various camps, including Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Auschwitz,...

File Number : 182

Type of Material : Documentary

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Fruchter, born in Slatina, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Slatina, Auschwitz, Neudachs, Buchenwald and more

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Fruchter, born in Slatina, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Slatina, Auschwitz, Neudachs, Buchenwald and more From a poor, traditional family; childhood; annexation to Hungary, March 1939; move to Budapest, 1944; return home before the German invasion. German occupation, March 1944; deportation to a hangar in the city; deportation to Auschwitz; stay in the camp for about three days, May 1944; transfer to Neudachs; camp life for about seven months; death march to Buchenwald, January 1945; camp life, liberation, April 1945. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Koch, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Budapest, as a forced laborer in Szolnok and in a hospital in Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Koch, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Budapest, as a forced laborer in Szolnok and in a hospital in Bucharest Forced to join the Levente movement at age 12; displays of antisemitism; move to Budapest in order to help support the family, 1943; Drafted into the army without a weapon and with a yellow badge, April 1944; transfer to Szolnok with regiments of Jews in order to help the Hungarian Engineering Corps; forced labor; heavy air-raid on the railroad junction in Szolnok; wounded during the air-raid, 20 August 1944; approach of the Front and transfer to a...

File Number : 13251

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yeshayahu Oskar Bikel, born in Vienna, Austria, 1926, regarding his deportation to the Lodz Ghetto and a HASAG labor camp in Czestochowa

Testimony

Testimony of Yeshayahu Oskar Bikel, born in Vienna, Austria, 1926, regarding his deportation to the Lodz Ghetto and a HASAG labor camp in Czestochowa

File Number : 13205

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Anny (Ballek) Lohr, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Anny (Ballek) Lohr, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen From a traditional, Zionist family; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Patria"; return home due to illness. German occupation, 1939; deportation to Theresienstadt, autumn 1940; handing over of valuables; separation between men and women; camp life including labor in the laundry, performances and cultural life; transfer to Auschwitz; camp life; tattoo with number 73255; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mordechai Kopfstein Sela, born in Vienna, Austria on 24/03/1933: "The long road", regarding his escape from Austria on the illegal immigrants "Atlantic" ship in September 1940, arrival to Haifa on 24/11/1940, and deportation from Eretz Israel on the "Patria" ship to the island of Mauritius

File Number : 7535

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Circulars issued by the Jewish Agency Information Bureau, 1940-1942

Circulars issued by the Jewish Agency Information Bureau, 1940-1942 Zionist activities in areas occupied by the Germans; activities of the Jewish Agency Committee for Polish Affairs; British policy in Eretz Israel; illegal aliya to Eretz Israel; the tragedies of the "Struma" and "Patria" ships; list of those who perished on the "Patria".

File Number : 149

Type of Material : Survey Report, List of Murdered Persons, Circular

Language : Hebrew

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