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Testimony of Nina (Wertans) Admoni, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Vilna, Kobe, and the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai

Testimony

Testimony of Nina (Wertans) Admoni, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Vilna, Kobe, and the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai From a wealthy traditional family; the witness's father is an academic who owns storage silos; her mother is the daughter of a Vilna Jewish community leader. Escape of the family to Vilna, September 1939; life under Soviet rule; attends a Soviet school; Soviet investigation of her father; acquires a transit visa to Japan from the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Sempro Sugihara, who was later recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations; move to Moscow,...

File Number : 12836

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

German passport of Feige (Rosenzweig) Beila, born in Kowno, Lithuania, 1902; passport issued in Lithuania, 20 May 1937

German passport of Feige (Rosenzweig) Beila, born in Kowno, Lithuania, 1902; passport issued in Lithuania, 20 May 1937 Included in the file are a plastic envelope, the passport, and photocopies of the passport; The passport's owner Feige (Rosenzweig) Beila was born, 04 January 1902; place of birth and place of residence: Kowno; she is a housewife (Ehefrau); her children are a daughter Rita, born, 09 December 1926 and a son Simon, born, 19 August 1934; The passport was issued by the German Legation in Lithuania (Litauen), 20 May 1937, and is valid until 18 May 1942; The passport has the dates:...

File Number : 327

Type of Material : Passport

Language : Lithuanian, Spanish, Russian, German, Japanese

Testimony of Shmuel Evron, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Oswiecim, Vilna, Kobe and during his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Evron, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Oswiecim, Vilna, Kobe and during his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 His childhood in Chorzow; move to Oswiecim before September 1939. Outbreak of the war; decrees and forced labor; escape in the direction of the East; detention by the Soviets while crossing the border of the occupied area; release and stay in Lwow; smuggled over the Lithuanian border and travel to Vilna, January 1940; life under Soviet occupation, from July 1940; receives transit permits to Japan with the help of the Japanese Consul in Kaunas; travel to...

File Number : 7703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara Maayan, born in Munich, Germany, 1915, regarding her experiences in the Lwow Ghetto and in hiding in Warsaw

Testimony

Testimony of Klara Maayan, born in Munich, Germany, 1915, regarding her experiences in the Lwow Ghetto and in hiding in Warsaw Her family and Jewish life in Rzeszow until 1937; activities in youth movements; details about the Jewish community's leaders; studies in Warsaw and work in Korczak's orphanage as of 1937; details about Korczak, his educational methods, his impressions after a visit to Eretz Israel and about the orphanage; studies in an institute for Jewish studies. Outbreak of the war and travel to Warsaw from a summer camp in Zakopane; escape with her parents and brother to Lwow; move to Kaunas,...

File Number : 6952

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Polish passport of Jakob Wolanow from Warsaw, issued in 1938, with stamps indicating his travel from Kovno to Japan and from there to South America in 1940-1941

Polish passport of Jakob Wolanow from Warsaw, issued in 1938, with stamps indicating his travel from Kovno to Japan and from there to South America in 1940-1941 – Polish passport of Jakob Wolanow from Warsaw, issued in 1938, with a canceled Palestine visa stamp issued by the British Consulate in Kovno on 27 July 1940; a visa to Japan issued by the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 29 July 1940; and a stamp indicating his arrival in South America in early 1941. Comments by the submitter of the material (Ditza Werter): Before the war, Jacob and Sima Walnow lived in Warsaw. They emigrated to Japan with their...

File Number : 1849

Type of Material : Passport

Language : Spanish, Polish, French, English, Japanese