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Testimony of Heinz Mosse, born in Stolp, Germany, 1915, regarding his experiences during Kristallnacht, in Oranienburg, on aliya training in Denmark and Sweden

Testimony

Testimony of Heinz Mosse, born in Stolp, Germany, 1915, regarding his experiences during Kristallnacht, in Oranienburg, on aliya training in Denmark and Sweden Life before the Nazi rise to power; studies in Marienburg and specialization in carpentry; agricultural training in Fierstenau; Kristallnacht; arrest in Oranienburg; move to Denmark; life in Denmark including activities as coordinator of Hechalutz and aliya training. German occupation; escape with a group of aliya training participants from Denmark; hijacks a ship and sets sail for Sweden; life in Sweden; end of the war. Return to Denmark; life in a DP...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Chazan, born in Ciechanowiec, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Ciechanowiec Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jew in Zlotki-Przeczki and a non-Jew in Mieleszki

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Chazan, born in Ciechanowiec, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Ciechanowiec Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jew in Zlotki-Przeczki and a non-Jew in Mieleszki From a large traditional family; witness's father is a grain merchant; learns in a "heder"; father is drafted into the Red Army; witness’ brother is active in Hechalutz; restrictions on and harassment of the Jews; displays of antisemitism. German shelling, 1940; marking of houses; yellow badge; murder of Jews who are Communists; deportation of the family to the Ciechanowiec Ghetto without his father; ghetto life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Kesner, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Viseul de Sus and Hungarian labor battalions in Poland and the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Kesner, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Viseul de Sus and Hungarian labor battalions in Poland and the Soviet Union Life before the war; his father was a combat soldier in World War I; Jewish community. Draft to Hungarian Army labor battalions; forced labor; attitude of his commanders; deportation of his mother to Auschwitz; witness' transfer to Poland; life in various labor camps in Poland; lack of ability to keep the religious commandments; transfer on foot to the area of the Soviet Union; life in various camps; liberation, September 1944. Move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Newspaper articles with information on Jewish partisans in Bulgaria and France, 1954-1964

Newspaper articles with information on Jewish partisans in Bulgaria and France, 1954-1964 Newspaper articles with information on partisans and underground members Beniamin, Mati Rubenova, Ana Ventura, Violeta Lakova, Nichko Natan, Sinto Arrama, Iosif Levi, Vitka Levi, Clara Salomova, Clara Levi, Isak Talvi, Dubavitzki and Perz Kamhi; Memoirs of Robert Melamed; Article with memoirs of Bulgarian Jews on the Zionist movement; Memoirs of David Iosifov from Pleven on the events on March 1943; Memoirs of Itzhak Mizrachi on the activities of the Rescue Committee in Eretz Israel and Turkey.

File Number : 290

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Correspondence of the Bulgarian Immigrant's Association in Haifa with the Central Zionist Committee in Sofia, 1927

Correspondence of the Bulgarian Immigrant's Association in Haifa with the Central Zionist Committee in Sofia, 1927 Letters with demands for help from the Bulgarian pioneers.

File Number : 216

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian, Ladino / Solitreo

Documentation of the history of the Jewish community and the Zionist organization in Russe, 1878-1945

Documentation of the history of the Jewish community and the Zionist organization in Russe, 1878-1945 Reports, protocols, political platform documents, broadsheets and letters of Zionist organizations in Russe which include the following topics: Three reports from the Hamagid newspaper on Russe Jewry, 1878-1889; Regulations of the Zion organization, 01 July 1895; Documents of the community's Synagogue Committee; Request of the Nisim Daniel organization to the Central Zionist Committee and the Hehalutz Center in Plovdiv on aliya, 1929; Documents on the opening of a new school in Russe.

File Number : 40

Type of Material : Article, Manifesto, Charter, Protocol

Language : Bulgarian, Ladino / Solitreo, German, Ladino

"Pioneers Song": Song by Shmerke Kaczerginski (lyrics) and David Batwanik (music), written in Lodz, 1946, regarding pioneers in Eretz Israel

File Number : 81

Type of Material : Musical Notes, Poem/song

Language : Yiddish

Documents related to the witness Ethel (Zilberman) Ratz, later Reed, born in Humniska, Poland in 1920, and her husband Emil Ratz, later Reed, born in Lesko, Poland in 1907, from 1936-2012 - Press articles published in the United States and Israel regarding Eda Ratz-Reid's search for her sister Zosia Zissel, born in Sanok. She lost contact with her sister in 1942 and located her in Montreal, Canada in 1964; - Letter from the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel dated 07 June 1963. The letter alleges that Zissel Zilberman, one of the passengers on the illegal immigrant ship Hannah Szenes that ran aground, almost...

File Number : 1666

Type of Material : Article, List, Letter, Personal Documents, Article, Administrative Documentation, Marriage Certificate, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Diary written by Yaakov Schwartzfuter, born in Olkush, Poland in 1916, his son Avraham-David Schwartzfuter, and his wife Dvora (Briks) Schwartzfuter, regarding his experiences during 1934-1949

Diary written by Yaakov Schwartzfuter, born in Olkush, Poland in 1916, his son Avraham-David Schwartzfuter, and his wife Dvora (Briks) Schwartzfuter, regarding his experiences during 1934-1949 Some of the diary was written during his hospitalization in a military hospital in Israel; included in the diary, among other writings, is a description of his family, his childhood dream about making aliya to Eretz Israel, and his leaving home at age 18 in order to join a group of pioneers; German occupation of Poland; deportation to Buchenwald camp; deportation of his parents and sister Zipora to Auschwitz camp, and...

File Number : 10780

Type of Material : Memoirs, Diary, Poems/songs

Language : Yiddish

Memoirs of Holocaust survivor Frumka Frida (Braver) Pordes, born in Bolechow, Poland, from the prewar period, the war period, and the postwar period

Memoirs of Holocaust survivor Frumka Frida (Braver) Pordes, born in Bolechow, Poland, from the prewar period, the war period, and the postwar period Trip in Nature with her class when she was a small child, during the course of which she first experienced antisemitism: in the middle of the forest, there was a sudden heavy rainstorm, and all the children sheltered in a little chapel, except for the Jewish children who were not permitted to enter; Zionist activities in reaction to the mounting antisemitism among the [female] pupils: The older [female] students founded a "Rachel" movement and the younger girls...

File Number : 9491

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

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