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Memoirs of Yona and Meir Shpigelman from Tuczyn, regarding their experiences in Novograd-Volynskiy, in Chelyabinsk, in the Tuczyn Ghetto, in hiding in Tuczyn, and regarding liberation and their aliya to Israel The memoirs of Yona and Meir Shpigelman were written by their son David Shpigelman in 2014, based on their account: Marriage in 1939; residence in Tuczyn; the family owns a shop selling textile fabrics (Meir sewed and sold hats); entry of the Red Army into Tuczyn, closing of the family store and the recruitment of Meir to produce hats for the Red Army; retreat of the Red Army and the escape of Meir,...

File Number : 11005

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Aaron Van-Leeven's regarding his family’s experiences in The Hague, Theresienstadt, Westerbork and Barneveld, transfer to Switzerland and aliya to Eretz Israel

Memoirs of Aaron Van-Leeven's regarding his family’s experiences in The Hague, Theresienstadt, Westerbork and Barneveld, transfer to Switzerland and aliya to Eretz Israel - memoirs and reflections "Tien autobiographical schetsen" (Ten autobiographical pictures) written by Aaron Van-Leeven, born in Schoonhoven on 7 June 1930, regarding his family's experiences in the Holocaust; (The memoirs were written following a roots trip in Holland in 1986 and are not written in chronological order); (second edition published in Beer Sheva in June 1995); - childhood in The Hague and faith; deportation of Aaron's sisters...

File Number : 10989

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Dutch

Memoirs of Gabriele (Herzberg) Romain, regarding her move from Germany to England on the Kindertransport, and the move of Julius and Cäcilie Herzberg to England; letters and documentation regarding the Herzberg and Kaplan families Memoirs of Gabriele (Herzberg) Romain, born in Leipzig on 11/10/1928, regarding her family's experiences during the war: Her parents were Julius Herzberg (originally from Poland) and Cäcilie Cilly (Kaplan) Herzberg (originally from Russia); rise to power of the Nazis in 1933; unsuccessful attempts to emigrate from Germany; deportation of Polish Jews from Germany in 1938; Julius,...

File Number : 10956

Type of Material : Identity Card, Birth Certificate, Postcard, Announcement, Death Certificate, Passport, Memoirs, Letter, Poem/song

Language : English, German

Correspondence between Maurice Schapira in Stalag IV A in Germany and Louise Lea and Suzanne Schapira in Paris, 1940-1943; letters regarding the death of Maurice; letters to Suzanne (Schapira) Velleman, and others Personal letters: - Correspondence between Maurice Schapira in Stalag IV A in Hohnstein, Germany and his wife Louise Lea Lola Schapira and his daughter Suzanne Sarah in Paris, 1940-1943; - Letter written by Suzanne in France and sent to her mother Louise Schapira in France, after the war; Letters related to the death of Maurice Schapira: - Letter from the Secrétariat d'État à la Défense in...

File Number : 4786

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

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Memoirs of Liliane Levit, born in Ougrée, regarding her stay in hiding in a convent in Liège, with farmers in the Limbourg area, in various orphanages, including Profondsart after the war and aliya to Israel, and poems and personal documentation The history of the Levit family: - Memoirs from 2018 and memoirs in the form of poems written by Liliane Levit, born in Ougrée, Belgium on 09 February 1937, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust (with photographs): - Her parents’ move from Romania to Belgium in the 1920s; her mother’s suicide in Liège, January 1938; transfer of Liliane and her twin sister...

File Number : 10892

Type of Material : Memoirs, Article, Birth Certificate, Newspaper Clippings, Marriage Certificate, Poems/songs, Protocol, Document

Language : Hebrew, French, Dutch

Genealogy of the Kohn family from Slovakia and Hungary, including names of family members who perished during the Holocaust, and certificates from 1944 and a birth certificate issued in Budapest related to the Spitzer and Neu families Documentation related to Eva (Kohn) Noy (Neu), the wife of Endre Simcha Noy (Neu): - Genealogy of the Kohn family from Slovakia and Hungary, prepared on 15/11/1995, including names of family members who perished during the Holocaust; - Memoirs, "One minute from my past", written by Eva (Kohn) Noy (Neu), regarding her transfer by train from Augsburg camp to the forests by...

File Number : 1937

Type of Material : Memoirs, Genealogy, Certification, Birth Certificate

Language : Hebrew, French, English, Hungarian

Memoirs of Czesław Pardela regarding the experiences of his family in Pilica, Kroczyce, Skała, on their escape towards the East, their return and stay in Karlin, arrest of his mother and her release, return to Pilica after the war and life in Poland Memoirs of Czesław Pardela, born in Pilica, Poland, 07 November 1932, regarding his experiences before, during and after the war: First marriage of Czesław's father to Olga (Własow), born in Kazan, Russia (both members of the couple were not Jewish and they had a number of children); escape of Olga and her husband from Russia to Poland at the start of the...

File Number : 9970

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Letters written by Emanuel van der Lijn to Lies van der Lijn while in detention in Scheveningen and in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps, 1944, letters connected to the van der Lijn family, 1945, documentation regarding the family and more Letters connected to the van der Lijn family during the the war period: - Note written by Emanuel van der Lijn in the Oranjehotel prison in Scheveningen, to his wife, Lies van de Lijn in the Netherlands, 19 May 1944; - Letter from Anna vaz Dias in Westerbork camp to Mr. da Silva Rosa in Amsterdam, 01 August 1944, in which a birth date, 06 April 1910, is...

File Number : 3836

Type of Material : Letter, Names, Documentary, Announcement, Note, Postcard, Memoirs

Language : Dutch

Memoirs of Yuri Mendrazhitzki, born in Minsk, Belorussia, 1918, regarding his experiences in Minsk, Mogilev, as a Red Army soldier in the Smolensk Region, Petrikov and more

Memoirs of Yuri Mendrazhitzki, born in Minsk, Belorussia, 1918, regarding his experiences in Minsk, Mogilev, as a Red Army soldier in the Smolensk Region, Petrikov and more University studies in Minsk, fourth year, 1941; bombardment of Minsk by the Germans, June 1941; escape on foot towards Smolevichi with the members of his family, 25 June 1941; escape back to Minsk due to the illness of Yuri's sister; escape with his girlfriend Olga Brantz to Mogilev; arrival in Mogilev, 03 July 1941; escape to Chausy on foot; escape to Bryansk by train; escape to Saratov by train; reporting in to the Draft Office in...

File Number : 9867

Type of Material : Memoirs, Project

Language : Hebrew

Letter written by Sheva Brenner, one of the illegal immigrants from the "Exodus" ship, sent to her daughter Adina Brenner in Cyprus in 1947, and documentation regarding a roots trip to Poland

Letter written by Sheva Brenner, one of the illegal immigrants from the "Exodus" ship, sent to her daughter Adina Brenner in Cyprus in 1947, and documentation regarding a roots trip to Poland - Letter sent by Sheva Brenner, one of the illegal immigrants from the "Exodus" ship, to her daughter Adina Brenner in Cyprus on 04/08/1947; - Documentation regarding Adina (Brenner) Lahav, written during a roots trip to Poland with her children on 15/06/1993: arrival to Warsaw; travel to Hrubieszów (the city of her birth), Zamość, Treblinka camp, Lublin, Majdanek camp, Sandomierz, Kraków, Wieliczka, Auschwitz camp,...

File Number : 3586

Type of Material : Letter, Documentary

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

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