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Testimony of Dr. Hans Pomeranz, born in Elberfeld, Germany, 1899, regarding Zionist activities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1932-1939

Testimony of Dr. Hans Pomeranz, born in Elberfeld, Germany, 1899, regarding Zionist activities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1932-1939 The Jewish community of Frankfurt, 1932: - The Orthodox community and the Orthodox Austrittsgemeinde (separatist Orthodox group ); - Community institutions, such as the hospital, retirement home, social welfare institutions, school system, library, museum, yeshiva; - The anti-Zionist attitude of the community's leadership; - After the Nazi rise to power, demands by the Zionists for more influence in the community rejected by the community; establishment of...

File Number : 275

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Report prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri, February 1957, regarding a meeting with Dr. Hans Friedenthal, Executive Chairman of the Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland (ZVfD -Zionist Federation of Germany), 1936-1938 Dr. Friedenthal was the full-time Executive Chairman of the ZVfD from early 1936, together with Benno Cohn; he was responsible for negotiations, especially with the Gestapo; in the beginning he dealt with Eichmann, later only with Kuchmann; consistant Gestapo support for emigration by the Jews until 1938; Reich Foreign Office (Mr. von Hentig) support for Dr. Friedenthal's foreign travels in...

File Number : 130

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943 - Founding of the Gesellschaft fuer juedische Kunst und Wissenschaft (Society for Jewish Art and Science), 1933; absorption by the Juedischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation), 1939; support of illegal emigration by the consulates and the Hamburg Gestapo; forgery of documents regarding religion and profession in order to receive visas from various countries; - First "Akctions" against Jewish lodges: detention of board members by the Gestapo for one day, confiscation of the lodges' assets,...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Gregor Segall, a member of Paltreu (Palaestina Treuhandstelle der Juden in Deutschland GmbH - Palestine Trusteeship Advice to German Jews) in Berlin, regarding his experiences, November 1938 Arrest of Ernst Marcus, the Director of Paltreu after Kristallnacht (the November Pogrom), 09-10 November 1938; continuation of Paltreu activities, because Paltreu was legally regarded as an Aryan association; attempt by Paltreu to defuse the situation for the Jews by contacting the Reich Ministry of Economics. [pp. 2 and 3; copy of the testimony, pp. 5 and 6]

File Number : 19

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Hubert Jizchak Pollack, born in Berlin, Germany, 1903, regarding his experiences as an emigration consultant in Berlin, especially his dealings with Captain Francis Foley, the British Passport Control Officer at the British Embassy in Berlin, 1933-1939; testimony of Zeev Glicksohn, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1894 Pages 2-21, 78-79: - Correspondence between Dr. Pollack and Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri, April 1961-January 1963 regarding material and information concerning Dr. Pollack's experiences in Berlin, 1933-1939; - Curriculum Vitae and Jewish Identity card of Dr. Pollack, March 1939; -...

File Number : 17

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Identity Card, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Envelope, Correspondence, Testimony, Photograph, Copy

Language : German

Testimony of Natan Hans Warner, born in Gleiwtz, Germany 1933 regarding his experiences in Germany and his aliya to Israel 1939

Testimony of Natan Hans Warner, born in Gleiwtz, Germany 1933 regarding his experiences in Germany and his aliya to Israel 1939 Information regarding his secular and traditional relatives; his well-off family that had been living in Germany for a number of generations; the fighting of 4 of his uncles during world war 1 and the killing of one of them; aliya of 6 uncles and an aunt to Israel in the thirties; his father is a doctor; escape of the family after Kristallnacht to Israel 1938. Assisstance by the Intelligence officer and the head of the visa department in Berlin captain Frank Poli in the escape of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Joint testimony of Baruch Beyth, born in Bleicherode, Germany in 1931, and Dan Beyth, born in Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel in 1936, regarding their family's experiences in Bleicherode before their aliya to Eretz Israel in 1936 Information regarding their family in Bleicherode; their family members earn their livelihood in the textile industry; their uncle Hans Beyth works as the chief assistant of Henrietta Szold; arrival of Nazi battalions to the streets; their family obtains aliya certificates with the help of the British Consul in Berlin, Captain Francis Edward Foley (later recognized by Yad Vashem as a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew