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Testimony of Richard Novinski, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1941, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Warsaw

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Testimony of Richard Novinski, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1941, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Warsaw Transfer out of the Warsaw Ghetto by the Zegota Council for Aid to Jews, March 1943; transfer to an orphanage with help from a French priest; receives a forged birth certificate; life in the orphanage including playing children's games in the rubble. Transfer to an orphanage in Czestochowa, October 1945; unsuccessful attempt by a Jewish family to adopt him; move to an orphanage; attends a Polish school; transfer to Krakow, 1948; life in Krakow including attending a Jewish school; move to an...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Letter sent by Stern in Bruenlitz to Żegota (Rada Pomocy Żydom, RPZ - Council to Aid Jews) in Krakow

Letter sent by Stern in Bruenlitz to Żegota (Rada Pomocy Żydom, RPZ - Council to Aid Jews) in Krakow Letter from Stern (unknown whether this is his real name) to Żegota with information regarding life in the Bruenlitz camp, a sub-camp comprised of the factories in Zablocie; attitude of the owners of the German factory, including restraint by the German camp commanders; arrival of a transport with 300 women; authorization to receive financial assistance and articles of clothing for the inmates; request to send parcels of food; request for financial assistance; most of the letter is written in code.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 80

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : Polish

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 1804

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Article written by Teresa Prekerowa regarding the Felicja underground unit which worked within the framework of the Zegota (Council for Aid to Jews) Organization, published in Annual XV of the State Archives in Warsaw, 1979 Overview of the structure of the Felicja underground unit, the personalities who were active in the unit and their methods of action, and the activities of Maurycy Herling-Grudzinski. Attached is a list of Jews who received financial assistance, 1943-1944.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 132

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Article, Research Article

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Various documents from Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews), 1944

Various documents from Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews), 1944 - Economic report for Zegota, 1943, issued 14 February, 1944; - Letter from Zegota members to a representative of the Polish Government-in-Exile within the area of the Motherland, dated 18 February 1944; the authors request that the sums for financial assistance from the Polish Government-in-Exile be increased; in the letter there is a description of the severe economic situation of the organization and its members; - List of salaries of Zegota members, 1942-1944; - List of members of the administration of the Zegota branches in the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 90

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Protocols from Zydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help) meetings, 14 December 1940 and 25-26 January 1942; protocol from a Rada Pomocy Zydom (RPZ-Council for Aid to Jews) meeting 10 December 1944 regarding welfare activities and relief to Jews in Chelm, and throughout the Generalgouvernement areas Protocol from a meeting of the Zydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help) delegation in the Chelm District and the District Welfare Committee, 25-26 January 1942: - List of those present; - Discussion regarding ways to combat typhus and improve sanitation conditions, financial...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 493

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Protocol, Reports, Lists

results.listIds.lang : Polish

"The Jewish Population Under the Occupation, 1939-1945", an article by Celina Mazela and Mieczyslaw Zajac, published in Krakow, 1985

"The Jewish Population Under the Occupation, 1939-1945", an article by Celina Mazela and Mieczyslaw Zajac, published in Krakow, 1985 - Overview of German policies from the start of the war and their implications for the entire population; - Chronicle of significant events from the point of view of the Jews in occupied Poland, 1939-1942; - Statistical data pertaining to the Jews: Their number before the war and after the deportations and mass murder according to regions and in the large cities; - Labor camps for Jews; - Activities of the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB- Jewish Fighting...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 306

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Study, Research Article

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Various documents pertaining to Oskar Schindler and Jewish workers whom he employed and rescued

Various documents pertaining to Oskar Schindler and Jewish workers whom he employed and rescued - Letters from the Oskar Schindler Survivors' Fund including appeals from Leopold Page, the President of the Fund, to survivors to donate on behalf of the man who rescued them and whose health has deteriorated, and who has been left with no means, dated 1972; - List of contributions by Holocaust survivors to various memorial sites in Israel and abroad; - Partial list of Jews from "Schindler's List" including an entry in the handwriting of Rajmund Titsch, an employee at the Julius Madritsch factory in Krakow,...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 313

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter, List of Survivors

results.listIds.lang : Polish, English, German

Reports and letters of the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee), Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) and the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB- Jewish Fighting Organization) regarding what is taking place in Poland, 1943-1944 - Letters from the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to their comrades in Palestine, April 1943; - Announcement of the suicide of Szmuel Zygelbaum; - Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) activities to rescue Jewish children; - Requests from the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee) of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London Legation...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 78

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Investigation Report, Letter, Survey Report, Reports

results.listIds.lang : Polish

"Assistance to the Jews by the Starowiejskie Order of Sisters, 1939-1945", an essay written by the nuns, Jolanta Kolata and Maria Lewicka, published in Lodz, 1983

"Assistance to the Jews by the Starowiejskie Order of Sisters, 1939-1945", an essay written by the nuns, Jolanta Kolata and Maria Lewicka, published in Lodz, 1983 Overview of the activities of the nuns of this order in hiding Jewish children in various places in Poland under the German occupation; the children were hidden in orphanages run by the nuns of the order and in hospitals in which they worked; in many cases the nuns provided food to hungry Jews; nuns from the order were particularly active in assisting Jewish children in Chotomow, Turkowice, Czestochowa and Miechow; this assistance undertaking was...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1674

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Names, Letter, List of Jewish Children, List of Survivors, Names of Rescuers, List of Jewish Survivors, Research Article

results.listIds.lang : Polish

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