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Letters sent to Avraham and Meir Lezerkiewicz in Eretz Israel before the war by their parents and brothers in Nowy Targ, and an invitation to Avraham Lezerkiewicz's wedding in Nowy Targ, sent to his brother Meir, in Eretz Israel, 1937-1946 - Letters received by Avraham and Meir Lezerkiewicz in Eretz Israel from their parents, David and Sara Lezerkiewicz, and their younger brothers, Herman (Zvi) and Aryeh in Nowy Targ (one postcard was sent in April 1937, and the rest of the letters are undated); -Invitation to the wedding of Avraham Lezerkiewicz and Slava Kalb, sent from Nowy Targ to Meir Lezerkiewicz in...

File Number : 2138

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Memoirs of Emanuel Krauthamer Kruvi, born, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bobrka Ghetto and in Romanow, forests and Swirz

Memoirs of Emanuel Krauthamer Kruvi, born, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bobrka Ghetto and in Romanow, forests and Swirz Experiences of the Krauthamer family from the start of their wanderings from Krautheim, Germany until their settlement in Bobrka; German Army occupation [of Bobrka], 1941; establishment of the Bobrka Ghetto; Bobrka Ghetto life, including forced labor digging trenches and clearing snow; life in stables in groups of 50 young women and 50 young men; forced labor in sugar beet fields [on an agricultural farm in Romanow?] until October 1942; first "Aktion" in Bobrka; deportation of...

File Number : 8583

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

List of Jews from Germany who were deported to Izbica camp and perished, 1942, and a survey report by Stefan Sendlak regarding Izbica during the war

List of Jews from Germany who were deported to Izbica camp and perished, 1942, and a survey report by Stefan Sendlak regarding Izbica during the war - List of Jews from Germany who were deported to Izbica camp and perished, 1942; - Survey report by Stefan Sendlak regarding Izbica, including the economic situation at the start of the war; relations between Jews and Poles; establishment of the Izbica Ghetto; deportation of Jews from Western Europe to the Izbica Ghetto; Izbica Ghetto life; liquidation of the Izbica Ghetto, and deportations to Belzec camp.

File Number : 241

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Deportees, List of Murdered Persons, Letter, Survey Report

Language : Polish, German

Letter sent to Staszek by Luta from Poland, regarding the fate of their relatives and friends during the war, written on 02/06/1946

Letter sent to Staszek by Luta from Poland, regarding the fate of their relatives and friends during the war, written on 02/06/1946 The letter details the fate of the relatives of Luta and Staszek; following the liquidation of the Wieliczka Ghetto, three girlfriends attempted to move to Plaszow camp but were sent on a transport to Belzec; the husbands of the three women labored in Plaszow and Biezanow; one of them was sent to Auschwitz, and was later executed in Biezanow and buried in a mass grave; the author writes about the loss of the will to live, after she lost all of her dear ones and remains alone at...

File Number : 5908

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Letter by Wladyslaw Szlezak, born in Cieszanow, regarding the Jews of Cieszanow during the German occupation and their relations with the Poles, his family's help to Jews, and the fate of the Poles in Cieszanow; letter sent to Cyla Perlmutter on 02/02/2000 In Szlezak's letter to Cyla Perlmutter, he relates to several subjects: 1. Establishment of the Cieszanow Ghetto for local Jews who were residents of Cieszanow and for Jewish refugees who arrived to the town; violence by the Ukrainians toward Poles and Jews; help by his grandmother Anna, who gave food to Jews from the ghetto; help by his father to Jews...

File Number : 5867

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Yehudit Fuks, born in Zbaraz, 1933, regarding her experiences in Poland and hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit Fuks, born in Zbaraz, 1933, regarding her experiences in Poland and hiding Deportation of the Jews of Zbaraz to Belzec camp; escape with her parents to hiding at her father's former business partner; escape; capture of her parents during a round-up by the Germans; hiding with farmers until the arrival of the Russians, 1945; rumor about a Russian retreat and the return of the Germans; escape to Siniawka. Reunion with her aunt; transfer to a children's home in Sosnowiec.

File Number : 7017

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Veikhert Weichert, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Belzec and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Veikhert Weichert, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Belzec and in hiding Life in the Krakow Ghetto including help for Jews in the ghetto and camps; injury from being shot by a German soldier during a deportation, June 1942; deportation to Belzec, October 1942; rescue with seven Jews; life in Krakow including an attempted arrest by the Germans; in hiding, July 1944; finds a hiding place with help from the Polish underground; life in hiding including historical research; arrest by the Polish government, 06 March 1945; investigation on the charge of misuse of public resources...

File Number : 576

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Sara Grinstein, regarding her experiences in Zamosc and the Warsaw Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Grinstein, regarding her experiences in Zamosc and the Warsaw Ghetto Outbreak of the war; life in Warsaw including arrival of Jewish refugees from Lodz; German occupation; restrictions on Jews including looting of Jewish owned property; draft of Jews to forced labor; work in trade; escape to Zamosc; life in Zamosc; murder of local Jews and from Janowiec by the Ukrainians, spring 1940; escape to Warsaw; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life including smuggling food; typhus and mortality; arrival of transports from Germany, Austria and Belgium, 1941; confiscation of fur by the...

File Number : 416

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Blanka Rosenberg regarding her experiences in the Kolomyja Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Blanka Rosenberg regarding her experiences in the Kolomyja Ghetto German occupation, 25 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews including establishment of a Judenrat; witness is drafted to forced labor laying railroad tracks; Judenrat activities; deportation of the Jews to the synagogue and burning of the synagogue by the Germans; deportation to the Kolomyja Ghetto; ghetto life including rescue from deportation to Szeparowce on Yom Kippur (01 October) 1941; finds a hiding place with her son in a factory and is saved from deportation, Pesach (01 April) 1942; exposure of hiding places and burning of...

File Number : 407

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Coupon from the canteen in the Buchenwald camp and a scrap of paper on which Dov Zilbiger Ben Yakir wrote regarding the deportation of the Jews of Nowy Sandecz, August 1943, and regarding his liberation from Buchenwald - Coupon worth 2RM from the canteen in the Buchenwald camp; on the reverse side, in Yiddish, Dov Zilbiger Ben Yakir wrote regarding the deportation of the Jews of Nowy Sandecz, August 1943, and his separation from his parents, 27 August 1943; at a later time, Zilbiger added information in Hebrew regarding the date of his liberation from Buchenwald under what he had written; - Scrap of paper...

File Number : 321

Type of Material : Memoirs, Money

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

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