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Testimony of Lea (Pikler) Vozarova regarding her family's escape to Hungary and back to Slovakia, her participation the Slovak National Uprising, her experiences in Ravensbrück camp and the circumstances of her mother's death - English translation of testimony given in German by Lea (Pikler) Vozarova in June 1945, after her liberation in the Ravensbrück camp (she was married at the time to Julius Bronner who perished in the Slovak National Uprising): Persecution of the Jews of Slovakia after its declaration as an independent state in March 1939; confiscation of Jewish property; beginning of the transports;...

File Number : 11421

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, English

Text of an interview with Nachum Spigler, regarding his experiences in the Slovakian Army, in the labor camp in Nováky, his escape and joining the partisans in Slovakia, and documentation regarding his experiences Text of an interview held by Yeshayahu Yelinek with Nachum László Ladislav Spigler Spiegler, 1961-1962: Nachum Spigler's life and studies in Banská Bystrica until 1941; social activities in the Maccabi Hatzair movement; draft into the Slovakian Army, 03/03/1941; marking of the Jewish soldiers: blue uniforms, a different hat and non-receipt of weapons or ranks; description of the labor carried...

File Number : 9349

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Interview(s)

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, Czech, Hungarian

Testimonies of people originally from Prešov regarding their experiences during the Holocaust, and testimony regarding the history of the Jews of Prešov and their fate during 1942-1945

Testimonies of people originally from Prešov regarding their experiences during the Holocaust, and testimony regarding the history of the Jews of Prešov and their fate during 1942-1945 - Memoirs of Etel Shapira, born in Humenne, regarding her experiences in Prešov, Hungary and in the Tatra mountains during 1938-1945, written in July 1983; - Memoirs of Karl Kalman Rubin, born in Dubowa in 1911, regarding his experiences in Prešov, on the Aryan side in Bratislava, in Sered and Theresienstadt, written in 1973 (in German, and a translation to Hebrew); - Memoirs of Efre Zvi, born in Prešov in 1924,...

File Number : 9586

Type of Material : Letter, List of Jewish Residents, List of Deportees, Article, Booklet(s), Order, List of Jews, Yizkor Book, Personal Documents, Telegram, Testimony

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, Czech, German, Hungarian

Testimonies and memoirs of thirty-two Slovakian Jews, 1993–1995, about their experiences in the "sixth labor brigade" and the labor camps and about their joining the Slovakian uprising in 1940–1945

- record of decision by the Slovak defense minister to delay the deportation of Jews serving in a labor brigade, set for April 11, 1942, to the end of the deportation period - articles appearing in the Slovak press in 1995 about the "sixth labor brigade"; - lists of Jews who had served in the "sixth labor brigade" and had been injured or killed in the Slovakian uprising in 1944–1945. Submitter's remarks: The material was gathered by Martin Hay (Hebrew name: Arye Hay), born in 1921 in Slovakia, who had served in the "sixth labor brigade."

File Number : 190

Type of Material : Statements of Testimony, Article

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, Czech, English

Memoirs of Herman Heu (Chanoch Hai), born in Michalovce in 1920, regarding his service in the Sixth Labor Battalion, his escape and experiences under a false identity in Slovakia during 1941-1945

Memoirs of Herman Heu (Chanoch Hai), born in Michalovce in 1920, regarding his service in the Sixth Labor Battalion, his escape and experiences under a false identity in Slovakia during 1941-1945. Drafted into the Sixth Labor Battalion on 3 March 1941; joining Company 22 and training in Humenné; wearing Slovakian military uniform without a belt; military discipline without rights; learning to pave roads; unloading weapons cargo from train cars; transfer to Svatý Peter to pave an access road to an airport; a rumor in March 1942 about the deportation of Jews to Poland; escaping to his home to part from his...

File Number : 11721

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Marriage Certificate, Identity Card, Official Documentation, Work Permit, Memoirs, Birth Certificate, Genealogy

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, German, Hungarian

Confirmation of citizenship belonging to Robert Hammer, born in Bratislava, given in 1929, and newspaper clippings regarding the mass murder in Krupina and Nemecka in 12/1944 following the Slovak National Uprising Personal documents of Robert Hammer: - Notarized copy of the confirmation of Czechoslovakian citizenship of Robert Hammer, born in Bratislava on 31/08/1909, issued in Bratislava on 03/05/1929; issue of the copy by the Court of Law in Bratislava, 12/05/1939; Newspaper clippings: - Newspaper clippings of an article written by H.A., on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Slovak...

File Number : 156

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article, Personal Documents

Language : Slovak, Hungarian

Last letter written by Elsa (Teich) Pikler in a camp near Ravensbrück, sent to her daughter Lea Pikler in Ravensbrück camp in early 1945

Last letter written by Elsa (Teich) Pikler in a camp near Ravensbrück, sent to her daughter Lea Pikler in Ravensbrück camp in early 1945 Elsa expresses her gratitude for the food that her daughter Lea smuggled for her; Elsa requests that her daughter not send her additional food, but that she should keep it for herself for the sake of her health; the letter apparently was written in early 1945; Included in the file: - Copy of the letter, typewritten by her daughter Lea (Pikler) Vozárová; - Translation of the letter from Hungarian to Hebrew, by Yoel Hajos; Comments by the submitter of the material...

File Number : 2865

Type of Material : Letter, Copy

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian