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Testimony of Zdzislaw Goldstein, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in Treblinka and on a transport to a labor camp

Testimony of Zdzislaw Goldstein, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in Treblinka and on a transport to a labor camp Participation in combat during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April-May 1943; capture, 10 May 1943; deportation from the Umschlagplatz on the final transport to Treblinka; travel in a railroad car with 185 people, without air or water; removal by the Jewish inmates in Treblinka, of the corpses of the people who suffocated; receives information about what is happening in Treblinka from an acquaintance who is one of the laborers; separation of...

File Number : 452

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 3293

Type of Material : Identity Card, Certification, Memoirs

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Photograph album from the "Warsaw Ghetto" exhibition presented in Frankfurt am Main

Photograph album from the "Warsaw Ghetto" exhibition presented in Frankfurt am Main Introduction by Eugen Kogon; two historical overviews interwoven with photographs; the first overview is dedicated to the history of antisemitism in Germany and its development from antisemitism on a religious background to antisemitism on a racial background; the second overview deals with the history of the Warsaw Ghetto and advances to three subjects: Everyday life, deportation to camps and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; at the end of the album there is a summary by Erich Kuby. On the first page a personal inscription has...

File Number : 155

Type of Material : Album, Photograph, Survey

Language : German

Testimony of Waclaw Jablonski regarding the activities of Communist organizations in the Warsaw Ghetto; testimony of Franciszek Leczycki regarding the assistance of the Gwardia Ludowa (GL-Polish Peoples' Guard) and the Communist Party (PPR) to the Resistance fighters in the ghetto Testimony of Waclaw Jablonski: Joining the underground in the ghetto; establishment of the Union of Friends of the Soviet Union, the Sierp i Mlot organization and other Communist organizations in the ghetto; various activities of the organizations: the press and propaganda, sabotage activities, attacks on Gestapo men,...

File Number : 183

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Mojesz Flamenbaum, regarding his joining the Jewish underground in the Warsaw Ghetto and battles on Mila and Szczesliwa Streets during the uprising

Testimony of Mojesz Flamenbaum, regarding his joining the Jewish underground in the Warsaw Ghetto and battles on Mila and Szczesliwa Streets during the uprising Work in the Oksako factory on Szczesliwa Street; participation in the smuggling of people to the Aryan side; joining the Jewish underground in the ghetto; arrangement of Jewish combat staffs in preparation for the uprising; outbreak of the uprising in the ghetto, 19 April 1943; entry of Germans into the ghetto and battles at the intersection of Zamenhof and Mila Streets that ended with retreat by the Germans; defense of the bunker on Szczesliwa...

File Number : 182

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Tuwia Bozykowski regarding the fighting during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Testimony of Tuwia Bozykowski regarding the fighting during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Outbreak of the uprising, 19 April 1943; fighting at the intersection of Nalewki and Gesia Streets which ended with a German retreat; burning of buildings by Germans; escape of the Resistance fighters to Majzelsa Street; battles on Zamenhof Street that ended with victory for the rebels; burning of additional buildings; huge fires in the ghetto; evacuation of residents to bunkers on Mila Street that had not yet been destroyed; battles with Germans in many places in the area of the ghetto; failure of the uprising; suicide of...

File Number : 186

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Bernard Borg regarding battles between Germans and Jews in the factory area during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Testimony of Bernard Borg regarding battles between Germans and Jews in the factory area during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Preparations for combat: Smuggling weapons, propaganda, cooperation with underground organizations on the Aryan side; participation of Communist Party (PPR) members in the ghetto in shooting lessons with Janek Szwarcfuks; Final preparations before the fighting: supplying food to the Resistance fighters; planning of escape routes from the ghetto; Outbreak of the Uprising: Fighting at the intersection of Leszno and Zelazna Streets and on Smocza Street; May Day celebration by the...

File Number : 195

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Placards, announcements and articles from the press memorializing the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1945-1973

Placards, announcements and articles from the press memorializing the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1945-1973 - Posters and announcements regarding memorial ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; - Articles and press clippings in memory of the Resistance fighters who died during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; - Appeals from the Central Committee of the Jews of Poland to contribute to the establishment of a monument in memory of the ghetto fighters; - Newspaper clippings and articles that appeared in the Polish, Hebrew, Yiddish, French and English press, 1945-1973.

File Number : 202

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Research Article, Article

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, Yiddish

Partial list of Jewish Resistance fighters who died in battle during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943

File Number : 511

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews, List of Underground Members

Language : Polish

Testimony of Zbigniew Mlynarski (known as "Kret") regarding help from members of the Armia Krajowa (AK- the Polish underground connected to the Polish government-in-exile) to the Jewish Resistance fighters in the ghetto Preparations for demolition of the ghetto walls in the months preceding the Uprising; outbreak of the Uprising in the ghetto, 19 April 1943; shooting of German policemen guarding the ghetto walls; unsuccessful attempt to blow up the ghetto walls, resulting in the murder of several AK members.

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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