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Testimony of Johanna Adler, regarding the Jews of Lwow and their destruction

Testimony of Johanna Adler, regarding the Jews of Lwow and their destruction German occupation of Lwow; pogrom and the murder of Jews by Ukrainians and Poles; establishment of a Judenrat; contributions; "Aktions" and deportation to Janowska camp and from there to Belzec camp, 1942; establishment of the Lwow Ghetto and its liquidation in 1943.

File Number : 1343

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, Yiddish

Testimony of Jeanette Margulies, regarding her experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto and while in hiding on the Aryan side in Lwow

Testimony of Jeanette Margulies, regarding her experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto and while in hiding on the Aryan side in Lwow Life in Tarnopol during the German occupation on 02/07/1941; pogrom against the Jews, organized by the Germans and Ukrainians; local Ukrainians and farmers break into the apartments of Jews, and murder of the Jews and the theft of Jewish property; murder of Jews on the streets and in the prison; an order is published several days later, regarding the burial of the murdered persons in the yards of the homes; dragging of the corpses (sometimes of relatives), the digging of pits, and...

File Number : 4314

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English

Leaflets containing information regarding the situation of the Jews of Poland, published in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv by the United Committee for Aid to Polish Jews, May 1940-February 1942

Leaflets containing information regarding the situation of the Jews of Poland, published in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv by the United Committee for Aid to Polish Jews, May 1940-February 1942 The leaflets were published in Polish, Hebrew, French and English and included information regarding the situation of the Jews of Poland and events in the various communities throughout occupied Poland; the information was usually based on personal testimonies of Jews who succeeded in reaching Eretz Israel.

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English

Letters of threat against Jews and announcements condemning Jews, Poland, 1945; the material was collected by the Historical Committees in Germany

Letters of threat against Jews and announcements condemning Jews, Poland, 1945; the material was collected by the Historical Committees in Germany - Lett of warning, addressed to Jews who are members of the Jedlińsk community, to keep their distance from the borders of Radom until August 1945; - Translation to Yiddish of the letter of warning; - Threat note, collected by Yishayahu Shapira in Dzierżoniów, Poland in July 1946; - Letter threatening a death sentence, given to a Jew named Shimshovitz in Lodz in autumn 1945; Included in the file: - Announcement by the propaganda office in Przemyśl,...

File Number : 145

Type of Material : Placards, Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 1724

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Letters sent to Sam Finder in the United States by his family members in Krakow, Lwow and Tarnow in 1938-1940

The letters include: - letter written by Zygmunt Finder (born in Krakow in 1904) in Lwow to his uncle in the United States on 17 May 1938 with a request for help in organizing emigration to the United States, and details regarding his family: his wife Regina Finder, born in Razniow in 1903; his son Mieczyslaw, born in Lwow in 1935 and his mother Sara Finder, born in Bielcza in 1874; The file also includes Sophie Diamant's story of her trip to a Jewish cemetery in Krakow, to visit the grave of her grandmother Regina (Horowitz) Fishhav and other family members who perished in the Holocaust (with a photograph...

File Number : 5212

Type of Material : סיפור, Envelope, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German

Personal documents and correspondence of Israel Bleiberg from Komarno, and Reisel Szoszana (Gottlieb) from Bochnia, dating from before and after they made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1932

Personal documents and correspondence of Israel Bleiberg from Komarno, and Reisel Szoszana (Gottlieb) from Bochnia, dating from before and after they made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1932 Personal documentation: – Membership card for Israel Bleiberg in the local Ezra committee in Komarno, issued on 03 January 1928 – Identity cards for Israel Bleiberg of Komarno issued in 1929 and 1932 – Soldier certificate of Israel Bleiberg, born in Komarno, 1909, who completed his required army service in the Polish army in 1930-1932 – Internship confirmation for Rosalja Gottlieb at the Jewish Hospital in Krakow during...

File Number : 1841

Type of Material : Certification, Letter, Envelope, Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, Yiddish

"The Village of Przytyk Is Burning", an article by Uriel Feinerman containing memoirs regarding the pogrom in Przytyk, Poland, undated

"The Village of Przytyk Is Burning", an article by Uriel Feinerman containing memoirs regarding the pogrom in Przytyk, Poland, undated The pogrom in Przytyk took place in 1936; photographs of the old Jewish cemetery where the pogrom took place; the composer and Yiddish poet Mordechaj Gebirtig from Krakow (1877-1942) revised the song "Es Brennt" (It's Burning) following the Przytyk pogrom. Also in the file: - "Przytyk 1936-Bet El 1995", an article by Akiva Zimmerman, published in the "Hatzofeh" newspaper, 23 August 1995. Note: Przytyk is the birthplace of Chaya Tepper who submitted the material.

File Number : 1280

Type of Material : Article, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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