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Testimony of Simcha Ernest Schonfeld, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Simcha Ernest Schonfeld, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and a forest Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; confiscation of property and valuables; humiliation of Jews; deportation of Jews to Poland, 1942; receives information regarding the establishment of labor camps in Slovakia; deportation to Novaky with his family; camp life; establishment of workshops in the camp; establishment of a kosher kitchen; prayers on Yom Kippur; deportation of Jews to Poland; underground activities; arrival of Slovakian...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Placard with the names of hostages from Jaroslaw, among them well-to-do Jews, who taken following the killing of a German soldier by a Polish soldier; 1939

Placard with the names of hostages from Jaroslaw, among them well-to-do Jews, who taken following the killing of a German soldier by a Polish soldier; 1939 - On the placard issued by the Mayor of Jaroslaw, are the names of the hostages, residents of the city, including Jews, who will be executed in the event of another attack on a German soldier; on the placard there is an appeal by the Mayor of Jaroslaw to the residents to refrain from acts of revenge against the German Army under threat of execution of the hostages and burning of residential quarters in the city; - The frontispiece of the notebook...

File Number : 1075

Type of Material : List of Inmates, Poster

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Maria Sanocka, a Polish woman, born in Wojtowa, in the Gorlice District, Poland, 1923 regarding the fate of her Jewish neighbors

Memoirs of Maria Sanocka, a Polish woman, born in Wojtowa, in the Gorlice District, Poland, 1923 regarding the fate of her Jewish neighbors Good relations between the Poles and the Jews in Wojtawa before the war; participation of the Jews in every aspect of village life; memories of the writer of Jewish merchants from the village of Biecz; Outbreak of the war, September 1939; ties of friendship between the witness' family and the Geicailer and Fiber families; death of Chaim Geicailer during the course of his escape toward the East; the situation of the Jews under the German occupation; deportation of the...

File Number : 6643

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Henryk Bursztyn, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1903, regarding the murder of his family members by the Armia Krajowa (AK) during the Warsaw Polish Uprising

Testimony of Henryk Bursztyn, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1903, regarding the murder of his family members by the Armia Krajowa (AK) during the Warsaw Polish Uprising His family's life in hiding in a bunker for several weeks before the Warsaw Polish Uprising; entry of the AK Chrobry Battalion into the bunker during the third or fourth week after the outbreak of the Uprising; murder of the Jewish men outside the bunker by shooting; murder of the women inside the bunker afterwards; information about the murders from Abram Bursztyn who survived by hiding during the murders; removal of the corpses after the...

File Number : 469

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Majer Weinreb, born in Krakow, Poland, 1913, regarding the Cyganeria coffee shop attack in Krakow

Hearsay testimony of Majer Weinreb, born in Krakow, Poland, 1913, regarding the Cyganeria coffee shop attack in Krakow Hearsay testimony from Zygmunt Hilfstein, combatant with the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) in Krakow, regarding his participation in the Cyganeria coffee shop attack by throwing a grenade inside; participation in other sabotage operations against the Germans on orders from the PPS headquarters in Warsaw: destruction of the card file of transports, in the Arbeitsamt (Labor Office) on Lubelska Street; destruction of a building on the Debicki bridge; execution of a Volksdeutscher (ethnic German)...

File Number : 158

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jan Kupiec, regarding his experiences during the war and the registration of young Jewish men who were brought from the "Theresienstadt Familienlager" [Theresienstadt families camp] to the punishment unit of Auschwitz camp in July 1944, and a letter regarding the matter, written by the director of the Oswiecim-Brzezinka State Museum in reply to a query by John Freund - Testimony of Jan Kupiec, regarding his experiences during the war, and regarding the differences between the inmates registration book at the Auschwitz Museum and the registration book that was kept by him in a transit camp in...

File Number : 4694

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter

Language : Polish

Testimony of Alexander Wasserman, born in Kalisz, Poland, regarding his experiences after the outbreak of the war, in hiding on the Aryan side using a false identity and his participation in the Warsaw Polish Uprising Unsuccessful attempts to advance towards the East in order to cross over to the Soviet side; the Kalisz Ghetto and his father's death from typhus; the road to Warsaw with a forged birth certificate with the name Stankiewicz, which he purchased in Kalisz; capture during the journey and escape from the Germans; finding a hiding place on the Aryan side, first with friends, and afterwards in a...

File Number : 3975

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Investigative reports submitted by the Intelligence Department of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London Legation, May-July 1944

Investigative reports submitted by the Intelligence Department of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London Legation, May-July 1944 The reports relate to various subjects pertaining to the German occupation in Poland, including: Desertion of German soldiers; Gestapo double agents active in Warsaw; "Aktions" conducted by the Armia Krajowa (AK- the Polish underground connected to the Polish Government-in-Exile); the general atmosphere among the Germans and the Soviets.

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Reports, Investigation Report

Language : Polish

List of Poles and Jews who were awarded medals by the Polish government in April 1963 on the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising for their activities in the underground, their assistance to the ghetto or their rescue of Jews

File Number : 543

Type of Material : List of Underground Members, List of Names, List of Rescuers

Language : Polish

Newspaper clippings from the Polish press regarding the Polish underground and the help given to Jews by the Armia Krajowa (AK-the Polish underground connected to the Polish government-in-exile) and the Council for the Relief of Jews during the period of the German occupation, 1946-1957 - Article-overview regarding the history of the Polish underground serialized in the "Echo Krakowskie" newspaper, 29 October-14 November 1946; - Article by Wladyslaw Bartoszewski regarding the assistance of the Polish underground to Jews during the period of the German occupation, published in the "Przekroj" periodical,...

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Research Article, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Polish

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