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Postcard written by Olaf Strassmann in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to his mother in Altenburg, work permit for Olaf issued in the ghetto and a release certificate, 1944-1945

Postcard written by Olaf Strassmann in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to his mother in Altenburg, work permit for Olaf issued in the ghetto and a release certificate, 1944-1945 - Postcard written by Olaf Strassmann in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to his mother in Altenburg, 14 November 1944; - Work permit issued in the name of Olaf Strassman (12 years old) in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 12 June 1944; - Release certificate for Olaf Strassman issued, 23 June 1945.

File Number : 1633

Type of Material : Work Permit, Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : Czech, English, Russian, German

Memoirs of Jana (Schindler) Sindelarova, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Jana (Schindler) Sindelarova, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Life in Theresienstadt; life in Auschwitz; life in Bergen-Belsen.

File Number : 6504

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Legal documentation from East German Stasi files regarding the investigation and indictment of Henry Schmidt, Director of Department IIB, which was responsible for the Gestapo Judenreferat (Department for Jewish Affairs) in Dresden, 1986-1987 Volume I (File 1, Part 1, pp. 1-265): - Interrogations of Henry Schmidt, Director of Department IIB in the Dresden Gestapo, regarding the establishment of a concentration camp for Jews in the suburbs of Dresden; deportation of the Jews to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz; abuse of Jewish inmates from 1942; his service as commander of the Dukla Gestapo at the beginning of...

File Number : 3095

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, List of Persecuted Persons, Names of Perpetrators, Sentence, Indictment, Death Certificate, Deportation List, Record of Survivors, Statistical Data, Legal Documentation, Testimony, Record of Deportees, List of Deportees, List of Murdered Jews, Personal Documents, Survey Report, Investigation Report, List of Theresienstadt Camp Inmates, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation

Language : German

Memoirs in the form of a journal kept by Albin Münzer, written in England, July-August 1943

Memoirs in the form of a journal kept by Albin Münzer, written in England, July-August 1943 After the French Army retreat, Albin arrived at the Agde military camp, June 1940; establishment of a unit of Czech Jews; receipt of information that his brother Karel succeeded in escaping from France to England; discharge of Albin from the army, and move to Nice, August 1940; receiving a temporary permit to stay in Nice; police investigation of Albin; work for an organization that looked after Czech refugees; receiving help in annulling a deportation order from France from a French citizen; work in various places in...

File Number : 5882

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Diary

Language : Czech, French, German

Transcript of an interview with Hana (Vohryzková) Stiborová, born in Prague regarding her experiences, 1939-1951

Transcript of an interview with Hana (Vohryzková) Stiborová, born in Prague regarding her experiences, 1939-1951 The life of Hana Vohryzková with her parents and her younger sister Věra in Brno, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; anti-Jewish legislation; prohibition on attendance of Jewish children in schools; attending private lessons in private homes; transfer to Norway with her sister and other children as part of a Red Cross arrangement, 1939; return to their parents in Brno with her sister after the German occupation of Norway, 1940; deportation of her family to the Theresienstadt Ghetto,...

File Number : 5659

Type of Material : Memoirs, Interview(s), תמליל

Language : Czech

Memoirs of Peter (Löw) Lom, born in Brno, regarding his experiences during 1927-1948

- Membership of Peter (Löw) Lom in the Blau-Weiss organization and in the athletic club in Brno in 1927; he joins the Maccabi Hatzair movement in 1939; the aim of the Maccabi Hatzair movement is preparation for aliya and joining the Czech underground; detention of Peter by the Gestapo on 10/07/1939; escape with help from the underground; deportation of Peter to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in 12/1942; deportation from the Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz camp in 12/1943; selection in 06/1944, and he is sent from Auschwitz camp to Schwarzheide camp on a transport; contacts with the Czech and Austrian underground;...

File Number : 3412

Language : Czech, German

Documentation associated with the Morgenstern family, issued in Vienna and Baden, 1938–1942 and before the war, and about their fate in the Holocaust

- documentation and letters from the Vermögensverkehrsstelle (Property Transaction Office) concerning the seizure of Jewish property; - personal documentation; - documentation concerning the family's fate; - genealogy. Members of the Morgenstern family who appear in the documentation: - Alexander Morgenstern—born in 1894, deported to the Nisko camp, perished, and his wife Maria Morgenstern née Popinger, born in 1898; - Heinz Morgenstern—born in 1922, and Elise Sweet née Morgenstern, born in 1928, son and daughter of Alexander and Maria; - Jacob Morgenstern—born in 1859, and his wife Katharine...

File Number : 324

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Legal Documentation, Genealogy, Letter, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Personal Records

Language : German

Documentation of Johanna Mayer from Germany, Westerbork camp and the Theresienstadt DP camp, postcard and documentation regarding the fate of the Mayer family

Place of residence before the war in Amsterdam of Johanna (Hecht) Mayer, born in Salzkotten in 1899. Included in the file: - confirmation of Johanna Mayer’s clean past, from Düren 1938; - birth certificate of Bernt Alfred Mayer born in Düren in 1924; - a postcard written by Viktor and Johanna Mayer in Aachen to their son Bernt Mayer in Gouda, the Netherlands, from 1938; - letter from AJDC in Paris from 1946 with information regarding Hans Werner Mayer and Leopold Mayer, who were deported from Auschwitz camp to Dachau camp in 1944. Both of them perished. Comments from the submitter of the material:...

File Number : 1080

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Birth Certificate, Postcard, Identity Card

Language : Czech, English, Russian, German

Memoirs of Dov Halevy (formerly László Lővinger), born in Szilsárkány in 1913, and Nurit Charlotte (Marcus) Halevy, born in Kassel in 1923, documentation and letters

- memoirs of Dov Halevi (born László Lővinger), born in Szilsárkány, Hungary, in 1913 regarding his experiences: His parents: David and Hanna (Roth) Lővinger; his brothers: Jonah, Moshe and Yosef; his father's occupation: trade; move to Czechoslovakia; receiving a "certificate" for students and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1935; joining Kibbutz Shaar Golan; - memoirs of Nurit Charlotte (Marcus), born in Kassel in 1923, regarding her experiences: Her parents: Friedrich and Julia Marcus; her brother: Rudolph (Rudy); her father's occupation: teacher; the family's move from Kassel to Frankfurt; joining the...

File Number : 878

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Biography, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, French, German, Hungarian

Letters from Berlin, England and Denmark to Eva Loewy in Denmark and Eretz Israel, from 1939-1944, documentation regarding the Baum Group underground anti-Nazi organization in Berlin

File Number : 5064

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Newspaper Clippings, Questionnaire, Red Cross Letter, Internet Material, Article, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German, Danish

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