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Bill for the sale of leavened food, written by Rabbi Yaakov Bornstein in Gargzdai, including the signatures of the members of the Jewish community of Gargzdai, 1916

results.listIds.fileNumber : 115

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Names

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Postcards sent to Samuel Burstein from Egypt, Sweden, Denmark and Lithuania while he was in Kaunas and Eretz Israel, 1925-1938, and postcards sent to his wife Mirjam (Ginzburg) Burstein in Eretz Israel by her brother in Kaunas, 1936-1941 The documentation includes: - Postcard sent from Alexandria to Samuel Burstein in Kaunas, 21 September 1925; - Three postcards sent to Samuel Burstein in Kaunas by various people in Stockholm, 1934; - Three postcards sent to Samuel Burstein in Eretz Israel from Stockholm, Palanga and Odense, 1935-1938; - Postcard from Copenhagen, Denmark with signatures of...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2217

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Postcard

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Two letters sent by Rafael Caplan in Miriampol to his sister Zehava in Eretz Israel, 1939-1940, and a postcard sent by their brother, Moshe Caplan, in Miriampol to another brother, Jehuda Caplan in the United States, 15 September 1939 - Birthday greetings on his sister Zehava's birthday written by Rafael Caplan and members of his family in Miriampol, 15 November, 1923; - Postcard sent to Jehuda Caplan in the United States by his brother Moshe Caplan and his family in Miriampol, 15 September 1930; - Letter sent by Rafael Caplan in Miriampol to his sister Zehava in Eretz Israel, 24 February 1939...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2214

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter, Postcard

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Yiddish

Personal documentation of Sara Seindling, 1937-1939

Personal documentation of Sara Seindling, 1937-1939 - Last letter sent by the family in Skuodas, Lithuania, to Sara Seindling in Eretz Israel, 10 August 1939; - Birth certificate for Estera Seindling, daughter of Abram and Ela Seindling; certificate was issued by the Department for Registration of Jews, Skuodas, 07 May 1937; - Page with information regarding the Seindling family written by Sara Seindling, apparently for the completion of an application for a certificate [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel]; Father - Abramas Sliomas Seindlingas, born in September 1880; Mother - Elka Seindlingeriene, born...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2151

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Documents, Letter

results.listIds.lang : Lithuanian, German, Yiddish

Letter sent by Kalman Rotenberg from Kaunas, Lithuania to the Popovsky family in Eretz Israel, 08 April 1939

Letter sent by Kalman Rotenberg from Kaunas, Lithuania to the Popovsky family in Eretz Israel, 08 April 1939 Life in Kaunas including attending a high school and preparing for the matriculation exams, 1939; desire to study in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; activities as a member of the Zionist Organization [and] in Hashomer Hatzair; request that his aunt clarify for him regarding the possibility of studying in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and what the professional options will be upon completion of the academic studies; Note by the submitter of the material: Letter was sent to Avraham and...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2057

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Khaia Duksztulski born in Vilna, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in the "Lukiszki" prison, and in the home of a non-Jewish woman acquaintance outside the ghetto Life before the war; marriage to Yitzhak Bloch; birth of their son Moshe; Outbreak of the war; draft of Yitzhak into the Polish Army; Yitzhak is taken captive by the Germans, and his [subsequent] death; German occupation, 1941; Khaia's detention for violation of the curfew; transfer to the "Lukiszki" prison; release from prison, with the help of paying a bribe to the prison guards; transfer of her brothers...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8551

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Genealogy

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Yiddish

Letter written by Yakov Zirnovski, born in Vilkomir, Lithuania, 1907, in Vilna, to his sister Batsheva in Eretz Israel, 25 January 1945, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and his escape from the ghetto, in summer 1943 Work at the University in Vilna; German occupation of Vilna; dismissal of Jews from their jobs; legislation of anti-Jewish laws; murder of Jews in Ponary under the guise of forced labor; rescue from deportation on account of his not being at home; in hiding in a friend's cellar; return to his home, early September 1941; deportation to the small ghetto, where there were 8,000 Jews...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8532

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter of Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Letters to Zipora Feiga Zagor Hayon in Eretz Israel from family in Kaunas, 1937-1940

Letters to Zipora Feiga Zagor Hayon in Eretz Israel from family in Kaunas, 1937-1940 - Last letter from Habiba Zagor in Kaunas to her sister Zipora Hayon in Eretz Israel, 11 December 1940; attached to letter is a photograph of Habiba Zagor with her husband Abba Grayzel; - Letter from Habiba Zagor in Kaunas to Simon and Zipora Hayon in Eretz Israel, in which she asks them to find her a husband as quickly as possible, 25 May 1938; their father Joshua Zagor also contributed to the letter; - Letter from Joshua Zagor in Kaunas to his daughter Zipora Hayon in Eretz Israel, 08 February 1938; - Letters...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1950

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter, Postcard, Official Documentation, Newspaper

results.listIds.lang : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Yiddish

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, in Slobodka, in the Slobodka Ghetto, in Augsburg and in Stutthof

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, in Slobodka, in the Slobodka Ghetto, in Augsburg and in Stutthof Death of his mother when he was 8 years old; studies in a "heder" in Tels; family life; treatment by the local population; sympathy for the Communist Party; escape of his brother Chaim to the Soviet Union; detention of his brother Chaim in a camp for several years; emigration of his sister to Rhodesia; move to Slobodka due to his marriage to Masha Mishkovski, 1935; birth of his son, Yakov, 1937; death of his father, February 1939; work as a...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Interview(s)

results.listIds.lang : English

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in hiding in the Slobodka Ghetto, in the Stutthof area and in the Augsburg camp

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in hiding in the Slobodka Ghetto; the Stutthof area and the Augsburg camp Life before the war; death of his mother when he was 8 years old; learns in a "heder"; affinity towards the Communist movement; escape of his brother Chaim to the Soviet Union; deportation of his brother to a camp; move to Slobodka following his marriage to Masha Mishkovski, 1935; life in Slobodka; birth of his son, Yakov, 1937, death of his father, February, 1939. The Soviet occupation; labor as a watchmaker; his appointment as a Commisar; fleeing of the Red...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8505

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Interview(s)

results.listIds.lang : English

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