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Testimony of Hans-Peter Messerschmidt, born in Berlin, Germany, 1918, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz, Monowitz, Buchenwald, the Ohrdruf camp and Theresienstadt, 12 March 1943-12 August 1945

Testimony of Hans-Peter Messerschmidt, born in Berlin, Germany, 1918, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz, Monowitz, Buchenwald, the Ohrdruf camp and Theresienstadt, 12 March 1943-12 August 1945 Beginning of the events, 09 March 1943; work of his father and his wife as employees of the Jewish community; the witness' work in the workshop of the Herrmann Company; arrest of his father and his wife by the Gestapo; meeting his wife, father, mother and father-in-law in the Grosse Hamburgerstrasse camp; deportation by truck to the Quitzowstrasse station, 12 March; deportation to Auschwitz in two sealed freight...

File Number : 1692

Type of Material : Report, Testimony, Photocopy

Language : German

Richard Glaser, born 1888 in Brieg, regarding the situation of Jews in the German finance sector between 1933 and 1938 and his experiences as an executive employee in the Commerzbank

Testimony of Richard Glaser, born in Brieg, Poland, 1888, regarding the situation of the Jews in the German financial sector, 1933-1938, and his experiences as an executive employee in the Commerzbank - Service as Vice Director of the Commerzbank in Berlin, a position he had held even before 1933 (the exact date is not mentioned); -Pilot trip to Eretz Israel as part of his emigration plans, 1934; summons to speak with Mr. Reinhard, the Chairman of the Board of Directors along with two other Jews in executive positions on his return; assurance from Reinhard that Hitler is the greatest man since Jesus, and...

File Number : 196

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Short biography of Israel Frenkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1893, who left Germany and made aliya to Eretz Israel after experiencing antisemitism

Short biography of Israel Frenkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1893, who left Germany and made aliya to Eretz Israel after experiencing antisemitism Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1893, Israel Frenkel was a Russian citizen who worked in Warsaw as a watchmaker; in 1916, he found himself unemployed, so on learning that there was a shortage of watchmakers in Germany, he moved to Germany and subsequently found work in Dresden; marriage in 1918; births of three children; establishment of an independent watchmaker business; death of his wife in 1934; plans for aliya to Eretz Israel; futile attempt to get permission for his...

File Number : 151

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Lists of workers in the absorption department in the Lodz ghetto

Lists of workers in the absorption department in the Lodz ghetto - List of officials sent in transports from May 1, 1942 to September 12, 1942 (p. 28); - The correct list of working officials as of March 3, 1942 (p. 31); - List of officials transferred to other departments in 1942 (p. 35); - List of officials who died in 1942 (p. 40).

File Number : 213

Type of Material : Lists

Language : German