Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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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...

File Number : 8532

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Scroll of Destruction containing the names of the Jews of Aukstadvaris who perished in the Holocaust, 1960

File Number : 1946

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew

Postcard from Jankelis Mileris (Yaakov Miler) of Aukstadvaris to his daughter Osnat Miler in Eretz Israel, 30 May 1941; letters from Holocaust survivor Jacob Sapirstein in Italy; "Megillat HaShmada" (Scroll of Destruction) including the names of the Jews from Aukstadvaris that perished in the Holocaust, 1946 - Translation of the postcard into Hebrew; - Jacob Sapirstein's letters including the experiences of the [Jews] from Aukstadvaris and an attempt to [locate?] those who were originally from Aukstadvaris in Eretz Israel and in the Diaspora in order to establish a memorial to those who perished from the...

File Number : 1946

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Letter of Testimony, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

List of Jews from Kupiskis who were murdered during the Holocaust, 1946

File Number : 1421

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews

Language : Lithuanian

List of Musko family members from Vilna who perished during the Holocaust, and confirmations issued by various institutions regarding their fate

File Number : 1265

Type of Material : Certification, List of Murdered Jews, Record of Survivors

Language : Polish, Russian, Yiddish

Documentation regarding the experiences of Holocaust survivor Yosel Yazep Shekht, born in Latvia in 1902, who lost his wife and children in Riga Ghetto in 1942

Documentation regarding the experiences of Holocaust survivor Yosel Yazep Shekht, born in Latvia in 1902, who lost his wife and children in Riga Ghetto in 1942 - written by his niece Raya Ratsen: His marriage and the birth of his children in Latvia before the war; deportation to the Riga ghetto together with his wife Asne Shekht and his children; the murder of his wife and children in front of his eyes on 07 December 1942; staying alive due to his ability to repair the camp commander’s car, as he was a mechanic by profession; his labor as a mechanic; arrival at Buchenwald camp on 25 September 1944;...

File Number : 654

Type of Material : Biography

Language : Russian

List of Kedainiai Jews who perished during the Holocaust

List of Kedainiai Jews who perished during the Holocaust Included in the file: Explanation regarding the list, written by the list's editors.

File Number : 2132

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews

Language : English

Excerpt from a report prepared by Karl Jäger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3, regarding "Aktions" carried out by Einsatzkommando 3 in Lithuania during 07-11/1941

Excerpt from a report prepared by Karl Jäger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3, regarding "Aktions" carried out by Einsatzkommando 3 in Lithuania during 07-11/1941 Excerpt from a report prepared by Karl Jäger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3, regarding "Aktions" carried out by Einsatzkommando 3 in Kaunas on 01/12/1941 and regarding "Aktions" carried out by Einsatzkommando 3 in Lithuania against Jews, Communists and mentally ill persons during 07-11/1941; Translation to Lithuanian, apparently from the book, "Lietuvos žydų persekiojimas ir masinės žudynės 1941 m. vasarą ir rudenį" The Persecution and Mass...

File Number : 15

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Lithuanian

Memoirs of Khaim Ronder, born in Kedainiai, Lithuania, 1905; survey by Yudel Ronder regarding the history of the Jewish community of Kedainiai; and lists of people who perished, Jewish soldiers and partisans, and Lithuanian collaborators, prepared, 1968 Survey written by Yudel Ronder in Kaunas, 1968, titled: "The life, struggle and destruction of Kedainiai Jewry": - Memoirs of Khaim Ronder, born in Kedainiai, Lithuania, 1905, regarding the fate of the Jews in Kedainiai during the German occupation, his rescue from murder, August 1941, his hiding in villages, and his activities in the partisans ranks; -...

File Number : 8674

Type of Material : Survey, Documentary, Names of Perpetrators, List of Murdered Jews, Names of Jewish Partisans, Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs, Photograph, List of Jewish Soldiers

Language : Lithuanian, Russian, Yiddish

Memoirs of Semion Shpungin, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, regarding his experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto, in a fortress on the banks of the Daugava, in Zemgale and Daugavpils using a false identity, the referral to the Labor Bureau by the Gestapo issued to his false identity, November 1943, and other documents from the war period Memoirs: German occupation of Daugavpils and anti-Jewish legislation; concentration of the Jews in the ghetto; separation of the men from the women and children; first "Aktion": gathering the elderly (including his grandmother Hava) outside the ghetto and murdering them in...

File Number : 8609

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Records

Language : Russian, German, Latvian