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Testimony of Joseph Lavi, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and Budzyn camps and using a false identity in Warsaw

Testimony of Joseph Lavi, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and the Budzyn camp and using a false identity in Warsaw Life in Warsaw during the war; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; selections; deportations of Jews to various camps; confiscation of Jewish property before boarding the trains; shooting into the train cars as a means of instilling fear; experiences of Jews who had converted [to Christianity] (they did not receive preferential treatment); labor in a garage; Judenrat activities on behalf of the Jews; children's homes and youth group...

File Number : 8515

Type of Material : Testimony, Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Henia Szolsohn and her family, 1940-1955

Documentation regarding Henia Szolsohn and her family, 1940-1955 The documentation includes: - Letters from the Jewish Self-Help Committee (Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna - ZSS) in Krasnystaw to the Judenrat in Krakow, apparently written by Michael Szolsohn, the father of Henia Szolsohn, 28 May 1941 and 08 August 1941; - Letters sent by Rachela Szolsohn to her sister Henia Szolsohn in Taganrog, October 1940 and 08 August 1941; - Postcard sent to Henia Szolsohn in Taganrog by her family in Krasnystaw, 30 April 1941; - Postcards sent from Lublin by Fejga Edelsztein to her sister Henia Szolsohn in...

File Number : 1900

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Postcard, Letter of Testimony, Letter, Telegram

Language : Polish, Russian

Personal documentation of Hanita Izabella (Waldbaum) Leshem, born in Lwow, Poland, 1940, for the years 1945-1946, and of her parents Leo and Ella Amalie Waldbaum who perished in the Holocaust

Personal documentation of Hanita Izabella (Waldbaum) Leshem, born in Lwow, Poland, 1940, for the years 1945-1946, and of her parents Leo and Ella Amalie Waldbaum who perished in the Holocaust - Recommendation for Ella Klaften (later Waldbaum) to a medical committee written as part of an application for candidacy for the Pharmacy Faculty at Lwow University, 1931; including a Hebrew translation; - Certificate issued by the Jewish community in Lwow during the German occupation containing information regarding the employment of Amalie and Leo Waldbaum in the fur products field; - Birth certificate for...

File Number : 1172

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish, German

Personal and official documentation of Judyta Finkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1938, and her family, 1940 - 1950

Personal and official documentation of Judyta Finkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1938, and her family, 1940 - 1950 Judyta Finkel: death of her father Mosze Dawid Finkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1905, from typhus in the Warsaw Ghetto, 30 June 1942; escape with the mother Chaja Helena Grynberg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1912, from the Warsaw Ghetto to Mlociny, 17 April 1943; in hiding until the Warsaw Polish Uprising, 1944; move to Pruszkow with forged documents; move to a village in the Krakow area; life with an assumed identity until the end of the war; move with her mother to Warsaw; move to a children's home in...

File Number : 1164

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Poster, Official Documentation, Letter, Memoir Book, Death Certificate, Vouchers, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Letter of request written by the head of the relief organization in Skorkowice to the Supply Department of the Zydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help) Organization in Krakow regarding the need for food and funding for needy residents, 20 July 1942 In the letter it is emphasized that following the cessation of Zydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help) contributions for children and orphans in the city, there is a shortage of food; there is a description of the harsh situation of the Skorkowice residents who are working at forced labor. At the end of the letter there is a...

File Number : 351

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Report submitted by Dr. Trembski from the Comptroller's Department of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Warsaw, 20 October 1948, regarding aid to Jews being repatriated from the Soviet Union who arrived in Poland in 1948 Activities of Jewish organizations, among them Wojewodzkie Komitety Zydowskie (Regional and National Jewish Committees), Panstwowe Urzedy Repatriacyjne (State Repatriation Offices), and Centralny Komitet Opieki Spolecznej (Central Committee for Social Welfare) in Poland on behalf of 773 Jews being repatriated from the Soviet Union who arrived in Poland, 20 April-20 October...

File Number : 502

Type of Material : Reports

Language : Polish, English

Letter containing a request written by Ida Majer Zylberberg for the Zwiazek Rzemieslnikow Zydowskich (Union of Jewish Craftsmen) in Bodzentyn to the administration of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS- Jewish Social Self Help) in Krakow, 16 March 1942 An appeal by Zylberberg with a request for financial and material assistance for the Pesach holiday for members of the Union of Jewish Craftsmen who are in distress in the wake of deportations, robbery of property and anti-Jewish decrees that have taken place in the city.

File Number : 336

Type of Material : Letter, Application

Language : Polish

Appeal by the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS- Jewish Social Self Help) organization of the residents of Bochnia for a contribution of clothing for children in distress

Appeal by the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS- Jewish Social Self Help) organization of the residents of Bochnia for a contribution of clothing for children in distress Notice from the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS- Jewish Social Self Help) regarding a campaign to collect clothing for destitute children in the city, undated.

File Number : 335

Type of Material : Placards, Announcement

Language : Polish

Records of members of the Bychawa Jewish community, 1933–1939, and list of Jews of Bychawa, drawn up by the local Judenrat during the Nazi occupation

Records of members of the Bychawa Jewish community, 1933–1939, and list of Jews of Bychawa, drawn up by the local Judenrat during the Nazi occupation - records of members of the Jewish community in Bychawa, 1933–1939, including their home addresses; - list of the Jews of Bychawa including their age, drawn up by the Komisja Pomocy Wysiedleńcom i Miejscowym Ubogim (Relief committee for displaced persons and the local poor) of the Bychawa Judenrat during the Nazi occupation

File Number : 2334

Type of Material : List of Jewish Residents

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Henryk Bryskier, born in Warsaw in 1899, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Lipowa camp

Memoirs of Henryk Bryskier, born in Warsaw in 1899, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Lipowa camp Persecution of Jews after the German occupation of Poland; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; description of institutions and organizations that operated in the ghetto; daily life in the ghetto; labor at Herman Brauer's factory; activity in the ZTOS organization; preparation of bunkers; stay at the Brauer factory on the day the uprising broke out in the ghetto; Brauer factory workers, including the witness, taken for execution; collapse due to a heart attack and recovery; deportation...

File Number : 11562

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish