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Jewish Historical Commissions in the She'erith Hapletah camps

Jewish Historical Commissions in the She'erith Hapletah camps Statistical reports submitted by the Central Historical Commission in Munich regarding the historical documentation and testimonies collected from the She'erith Hapletah, December 1945-December 1948. Also in the file: - Report on Historical Commission activities in Stettin, Poland, 30 August 1947, in Polish, handwritten; - Various annual reports for 1947 submitted by various branches of the Central Commission in Munich including a detailed report of Historical Commission activities in the American Zone as presented at a conference of...

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Yona Figgovi, born in Poznan, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka

Testimony

Testimony of Yona Figgovi, born in Poznan, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka Life in the Warsaw Ghetto including labor in her father's carpet repair factory; collection of food and clothing for Janusz Korczak's orphanage; deportation of the children in Janusz Korczak's orphanage to the Umschlagplatz; labor near the Umschlagplatz; "Aktion" on Niska Street, summer 1942; meets her father after the "Aktion"; in hiding in a bunker during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 19 April 1943; discovery of the bunker by SS men; deportation to Treblinka; camp life including her father's...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Samuel Willenberg, born in Poland, regarding his experiences in Treblinka and the Underground activities

Testimony

Testimony of Samuel Willenberg, born in Poland, regarding his experiences in Treblinka and underground activities Life in Treblinka including the Uprising of Jews from Grodno; underground activities including preparation for another uprising; killing of collaborators; list of names of the underground leaders; shortage of water; uprising activities, September 1943; escape.

File Number : 567

Type of Material : List of Survivors, Testimony

Language : Polish

Protocols from the seminars of the second scientific conference of the Central Jewish Historical Committee held in Lodz, Poland on September 10, 1945 and September 20, 1945.

Minutes from the seminar of the second scientific conference of the Central Jewish Historical Committee held in the city of Lodz on September 10, 1945: The meeting was attended by representatives of the Jewish and regional historical committees from Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Bialystok, Katowice, Czestochowa, and representatives of the Central Jewish Committee, representatives of the Union of Jewish Artists and Writers, and members of the press. Topics discussed at the meeting: Cooperation with international Jewish organizations in the cultural field; The importance of Jewish historiography of the Holocaust;...

File Number : 1690

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Overview documentation from the Central Committee of Polish Jews about the committee's activity and that of the Jewish Historical Committee from 1945 onward

Overview documentation from the Central Committee of Polish Jews about the committee's activity and that of the Jewish Historical Committee from 1945 onward. Two lists from the Central Committee of Polish Jews, including the Jewish population in various districts of Poland after the war. According to the first list, there were 42,662 Jews in Poland as of May 1, 1945. According to the second list (undated), the number was 73,955. The Jewish Historical Committee was established in Lublin in December 1944 by the Central Committee of Polish Jews. Within the framework of its activity, Jewish schools for...

File Number : 1576

Type of Material : Survey Report, List of Jews, Statistical Reports

Language : Polish