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

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, Record of Survivors, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Polish, Russian, Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 2436

Type of Material : Survey, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 1839

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Hirsh Milstein regarding the lives of Jews in Subacius and their fate during the German occupation

- Detailed description of Jewish life in Subacius before the rise to power of the Nazis; Subacius was centrally located on the railway line; names of rabbis, public figures and dealers in Subacius; burning of the synagogue; German occupation; violence by Lithuanian nationalists; order to gather at the Beit Midrash; the ghetto was established around the Beit Midrash; forced digging of pits and mass murder into the pits; list of survivors; rescue stories; Wolf Kashnir tried to remain in the town with his three children but eventually had to flee from Lithuanian partisans; sense of mourning due to the destruction...

File Number : 1271

Type of Material : List of Survivors, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Translation from Yiddish of a 1947 letter from Cilla and Sholem (Cohen) Kahn containing information regarding the fate of the Jews of Ponevezh, Lithuania, during the Holocaust

Translation from Yiddish of a 1947 letter from Cilla and Sholem (Cohen) Kahn containing information regarding the fate of the Jews of Ponevezh, Lithuania, during the Holocaust Letter containing information regarding the murder of Bentze Kleinman and his family, the fate of other Jews from Ponevezh, Lithuania, and the mass burial in Payostie of over 15,000 people murdered by the Nazis. The letter was translated into English by Aaron Zalman Berman at the request of Velva Sachar (recipient of the letter) in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1948.

File Number : 5326

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

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

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