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Notebook of Litzi Weigl, from Prague, Czechoslovakia, who made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Notebook of Litzi Weigl, from Prague, Czechoslovakia, who made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Poems, excerpts from a text regarding the Holocaust, Jewish National Fund (JNF) placard regarding commemoration of the people who perished, photographs, copies of drawings from Theresienstadt, and other material; Comments by the submitter of the material: The notebook was found among the belongings of Litzi Weigl (the mother of Danny Weigl), who made aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Hilda", 1940.

File Number : 440

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Prayer, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Drawing, Photograph, Poster

Language : Czech

Testimony of Edith (Propstein) Polishuk, born in Krupina, Czechoslovakia in 1920, regarding her experiences in Velke Sarluhy, in the Levice Ghetto, in Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, illegal immigration on the "Exodus" ship, and other places Life with her parents; move to Velke Sarluhy in 1925; Entry of the Hungarian Army into Slovakia in 1938; ban against working; suffering from antisemitism; wearing a yellow badge; change in the attitude of the population toward the Jews; German occupation of Budapest, 1944; deportation to the Levice Ghetto in April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter of testimony of Yevgenia Fizdel regarding her experiences in Bashkiriya, as a Red Army physician at the front in Ukraine, and in Theresienstadt

Letter of testimony of Yevgenia Fizdel regarding her experiences in Bashkiriya, as a Red Army physician at the front in Ukraine, and in Theresienstadt Completion of her studies at the medical school in Bashkiriya, 1944; life in the Red Army at Ukrainian Front No. 1; liberation of Theresienstadt by the Red Army, May 1945; Treating Jewish inmates from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May-July 1945; continuation of her service in the Red Army in Budapest until August 1946. Also in the file: - An article published in the "Rude Pravo" newspaper regarding the liberation of Theresienstadt (four pages), 1985.

File Number : 3624

Type of Material : Newspaper, Letter of Testimony

Language : Czech, Russian

To be translated

File Number : JM/11464

Type of Material : Names, Appeal to the Authorities, Official Documentation

Language : Romanian

Testimony of Rachel Levi, born in Nyirbogat, Hungary in 1928, regarding her experiences in Debrecen, in Strasshof and Gemund camps and in Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Levi, born in Nyirbogat, Hungary in 1928, regarding her experiences in Debrecen, in Strasshof and Gemund camps and in Theresienstadt Childhood in an orthodox religious family; move to Debrecen in 1934; studies in a Jewish school; the German occupation in 1944; expulsion from the family home; deportation to Strasshof and Gemund camps; transfer to forced labor; transfer to a factory for the production of gloves; expulsion of her father from the factory; transfer of her father to Bergen Belsen camp; approach of the front; transfer to Theresienstadt; liberation by the Red Army; return to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

The memoirs of Hilde Geisenheimer, born in Cologne, Germany in 1924, regarding her experiences in Germany and in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, and the fate of her family members during the war

The memoirs of Hilde Geisenheimer, born in Cologne, Germany in 1924, regarding her experiences in Germany and in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, and the fate of her family members during the war Family members of Hilde Geisenheimer: Her parents - Robert Geisenheimer and Frieda (maiden name: Esser) were deported from Germany and perished, probably in the Lodz ghetto; Her uncles and aunts: - Ludwig Kaufman and Trude (maiden name: Esser) emigrated to the United States before the war; - Cony Schulz and Meta (maiden name: Esser) were spouses in a mixed marriage. They lived in Mainz, survived, and emigrated to the...

File Number : 10479

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Research study about the Jews of Csorna, Hungary, in 1938–1944 by Károly Kovács, 2006

Research study about the Jews of Csorna, Hungary, in 1938–1944 by Károly Kovács, 2006 - census of Hungarian Jewry, carried out by the Central Council of the Jews of Hungary at the behest of the German authorities; - German occupation of Hungary commences on March 19, 1944; - life from the onset of the occupation to the beginning of the deportations on May 15, 1944; - deportation of the Jews of Csorna to the Sopron and Sárvár ghettos on June 20–21, 1944; - racial laws in Hungary from 1938 onward (the first in 1938, the second in 1939, and the third in 1941); - from 1939 to 1944, some 6,000 Jews emigrated...

File Number : 490

Type of Material : Research Paper

Language : Hebrew, German, Hungarian

Certificate of repatriation belonging to Hana Pollak, born in Prague in 1931, issued in Prague in 1945, and personal documentation related to Hana Pollak and her father Karel Pollak

Certificate of repatriation belonging to Hana Pollak, born in Prague in 1931, issued in Prague in 1945, and personal documentation related to Hana Pollak and her father Karel Pollak Documentation regarding the Pollak family - "She'erith Hapletah" [Holocaust survivors]: - Certificate of registration belonging to Hana Pollak, born in Prague on 04/11/1931, issued in the Czechoslovakian Repatriation Office in Prague on 13/07/1945. Repatriation to Prague from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, following its liberation; Documentation regarding the Pollak family, from before the war: - Birth certificate of Hanna...

File Number : 1295

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Birth Certificate

Language : Czech, English, Russian

Memoirs of Arnold Pollak, born in Austria, 1877, regarding his experiences in the Theresienstadt Ghetto

Memoirs of Arnold Pollak, born in Austria, 1877, regarding his experiences in the Theresienstadt Ghetto Memoirs of Arnold Pollak, born in Austria, 1877, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust, translated from German to English by his niece, Dita Kraus: Establishment of the Theresienstadt Ghetto; life in the ghetto, including crowding; outbreak of illnesses; hunger; transports; holding a roll call of the ghetto Jews in Bohušovice, November 1943; improvement of the external appearance of the ghetto for German authority propaganda purposes, 1943; behavior of the Jews in the ghetto; deportation from...

File Number : 9644

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Ilan Helden, born in 1938 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, about his deportation to Theresienstadt as a young boy

Testimony of Ilan Helden, born in 1938 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, about his deportation to Theresienstadt as a young boy Childhood in Bratislava; father sent away for forced labor and does not return; family escapes to a family home in Teresien; life undcer a false identity in Catay village; deportation to Theresienstadt; daily life in the children's home in Theresienstadt; mother active in organizing a cultural event; music and sports in Theresienstadt; liberation by Red Army forces in 1945; immigration to Eretz Israel; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

Language : Hebrew

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