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Letters written by Max and Ernestina Wolf from Belgrade until October 1941, and apparently from the Sajmiste camp, to members of their family in Subotica

Letters written by Max and Ernestina Wolf from Belgrade until October 1941, and apparently from the Sajmiste camp, to members of their family in Subotica Also in the file: - Two letters in German sent by Max Wolf from the camp to his wife Ernestina in Belgrade, mid-October 1941. Notes from Vera Unger who submitted the material: Max Wolf, born in 1892, and Ernestina Wolf, also born in 1892, lived in Belgrade. In October 1941 the Germans deported the Belgrade Jews to the Sajmiste camp where they murdered the Jews with poison gas. Bela Wolf, Max Wolf's brother, born in 1900, was murdered with a group of...

File Number : 2244

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German, Hungarian

Testimony of Shimshon Moshe, born in Gherla, Romania, in 1925 regarding activity in the Zionist youth underground between 1941 and 1944

Father-merchant; moving to Cluj; Hungarian control in 1940; activity in the Zionist youth movement; agriculture studies in Budapest; recruitment for underground activity; smuggling Jewish workers from Poland to Romania between 1942 and 1944; German occupation; denunciation and arrest; investigations; escape from the prison by the underground; aliya to Israel via Turkey in May 1944; absorption ; information about the death of relatives in the camps

File Number : 13746

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen Life in Munkacs during the re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; deportation of people with Czechoslovakian citizenship; imposition of evening curfew on the Jews; prohibition on Jews managing businesses, from 1940; continuing running her father's business by means of bribery; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto, April 1944; transfer together with the Jews to a brick factory, 17 May 1944; deportation by train to Auschwitz; life on the train; hearing the...

File Number : 8500

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Letter written by Meshulam and Etel Herstik, together with their two daughters, Alice and Rachel, from Máramarossziget, 17 April 1944, just before they went into the Máramarossziget Ghetto, to their son and brother, Otto Herstik, serving in a Hungarian Army labor battalion Notes from Otto Herstik, the submitter: The Herstik family hid the letter with their housemaid who returned it to them at the end of the war; Alice Aliza (Herstik) Zusman was born in Máramarossziget in 1925; Otto Herstik was born in Máramarossziget in 1921; Rachel Herstik was born in 1923; they were born in Transylvania under Romanian...

File Number : 1807

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Avri Avraham Davidovich Sela, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Presov and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Memoirs of Avri Avraham Davidovich Sela, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Presov and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Life before the war. Life in Presov, 1938-1940. Aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 04 April 1940. The memoirs include excerpts from a letter of testimony written by the witness' sister, Ahuva Davidovich, 1982.

File Number : 8341

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Three postcards sent to Izsák Ferencz in Budapest by family members in Nagyvárad and Debrecen, May 1944

File Number : 1804

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Josef Mueller, born in Cop, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian labor battalions, in the Soviet Union following his escape in 1942, in battles in Prague and Dukla while in the Czechoslovakian Army, and in Israel after the end of the war

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Czech

Testimony of Rabbi David Kallan, born in 1921, regarding his experiences in a camp in Yugoslavia

Testimony of Rabbi David Kallan, born in 1921, regarding his experiences in a camp in Yugoslavia Life in a camp in Yugoslavia, from June 1943; liberation. Life in Germany; life in Hungary. Receipt of information regarding the escape of his wife from the ghetto [?] and concerning the experiences of his parents in Theresienstadt and their survival.

Type of Material : Secondary Testimony

Language : English

Memoirs of Izsak Schwarcz, born in Transylvania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Szászrégen Ghetto, in Schachendorf, Guenskirchen and Mauthausen camps and in other places

Memoirs of Izsak Schwarcz, born in Transylvania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Szászrégen Ghetto, in Schachendorf, Guenskirchen and Mauthausen camps and in other places Deterioration of the situation and living conditions of the Jews in northern Transylvania due to the re-annexation of the northern Transylvania to Hungary, 1940; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions and decrees including the ban on kosher ritual slaughter; deportation of the Jews to the Szászrégen Ghetto, May 1944; deportation of the witness to forced labor in Mures, along with his father; deportation of his mother and his younger...

File Number : 8320

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Documentary, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sam Gottesman, born in Irsava, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wustegiersdorf, Wolfsberg and other places

Memoirs of Sam Gottesman, born in Irsava, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wustegiersdorf, Wolfsberg and other places Life before the war; re-annexation to Hungary; life in Ungar under Hungarian rule, until 1944. Munkacs Ghetto life; Auschwitz camp life; Wolfsberg camp life; Wustegiersdorf camp life; Gross-Rosen camp life; Bergen-Belsen camp life; Hildesheim camp life; Hannover camp life; liberation by the Red Army.

File Number : 8301

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

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