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Testimony of Moshe Himelshtein, born in Uchanie, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Zlatoust, Krakow and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Himelshtein, born in Uchanie, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Zlatoust, Krakow and other places Traditional family; life in Warsaw [to where his family moved] from the age of 5; death of his mother; witness attends a Jewish school; studies top-quality tailoring for men; life until 1939. Outbreak of the war; air-raids; decision to escape due to the hunger; move by train until Baranowicze; crosses the border; move to Zlatoust after Pesach (April) 1940; life in Zlatoust including hunger and work as a metalworker; work in a sewing workshop. Move back to Poland; joins a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Menachem Szebrnik Caspi, born in Wyszkow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer, in the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding and in Prague

Testimony

Testimony of Menachem Szebrnik Caspi, born in Wyszkow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer, in the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding and in Prague From a poor, ultra-Orthodox family; move to Warsaw for yeshiva studies, 1935. Outbreak of war, September 1939, transfer to Jadow; return to Warsaw; forced labor in Warsaw; restrictions on movement; yellow badge; deportation to the ghetto, fall 1940; move between hiding places under protection of the activities of Meszulam Kaminer; "Aktion", July 1942; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 1943; escape from the ghetto through trenches and transfer to...

File Number : 13494

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

פריט ללא רישום מורכב

File Number : 13058

Type of Material : Marriage Certificate, Certification, Letter, Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings, Declaration, Birth Certificate, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Postcards sent by members of the Manheimer and Silberminz families in Poland to Reuven and Zippora Manheimer in Eretz Israel in the 1930s and the history of the Jews of Kołbiel before and during the Holocaust - Postcards sent to Reuven Manheimer and his wife Zippora (Silberminz) in Eretz Israel by Yaakov Josef Manheimer and members of the Silberminz family in Poland in the 1930s; - Research paper by Yaakov Shenkman dedicated to the history of the Jewish community in Kołbiel and documenting the experiences of the Jews of Kołbiel before and during the Holocaust. The paper is based on interviews and...

File Number : 5075

Type of Material : Postcard, עבודת מחקר

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Yaakov Yankel Kas, born in Lodz in 1907, regarding his childhood, his family's survival during World War I, and his activity in the Left Poalei Zion organization in the 1920s

Memoirs of Yaakov Yankel Kas, born in Lodz in 1907, regarding his childhood, his family's survival during World War I, and his activity in the Left Poalei Zion organization in the 1920s Included in the file: Poem in Hebrew by Yaakov Kas (undated). Comments from the submitter of the material: (Tuvia Kas) The author's father - Yaakov Kas - was born in Lodz on 14 February 1907. He survived the Lodz Ghetto where his family members perished. His memoirs were discovered by his children after he passed away, and were translated from Yiddish into Hebrew.

File Number : 10995

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Biographical summary regarding Poalei Zion Left activist, Nachum [Nuchim Pomeranc] Pomerantz, born in Sosnowiec in 1902; membership certificate in the Mouvement national belge, 1940-1945; Jewish National Fund (JNF) certificate in the name of Nuchim Pomeranc - Biographical summary regarding Nachum [Nuchim Pomeranc] Pomerantz, born in Sosnowiec in 1902 (he died in 1973): membership in the Poalei Zion Left movement from a young age; emigration to Belgium; public and political party activities, in particular in the area of children's education; participation in the establishment of Jewish schools in Brussels...

File Number : 191

Type of Material : Diploma, Biography, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, French, Yiddish

Memoirs of Bracha-Bronia (Brenner) Raizman, born in Lodz in 1926, regarding her experiences in Tomaszow, in the Lodz-Litzmannstadt Ghetto and in Auschwitz during the Holocaust, and regarding the fate of her family members Booklet (scan), including the memoirs of Bracha-Bronia (Brenner) Raizman, born in Lodz in 1926, regarding her experiences in Tomaszow, in the Lodz-Litzmannstadt Ghetto and in Auschwitz during the Holocaust, and regarding the fate of her family members (written in the 1990s); Comments by the submitter of the material (Pnina Ron): Bronia Bracha Brenner was born in Lodz in 1926. Her...

File Number : 9594

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Documentation pertaining to the Holocaust of the Jews of Poland, including letters, articles and reports, 1939-1944

Documentation pertaining to the Holocaust of the Jews of Poland, including letters, articles and reports, 1939-1944 Collection of documents pertaining to the Holocaust of the Jews of Poland and the activities of Jewish and Polish organizations, 1942-1944, including: - Two anonymous articles regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland: "Sprawa żydowska w Polsce" (The Matter of the Jews in Poland), written in Warsaw, 1939, and "Rozwiazanie sprawy zidowskiej na forum miedzynarodovym" (Solving the Jewish Problem in the International Forum), undated; - Collection of documents, such as letters, reports and...

File Number : 1479

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Excerpt(s), Article, Documentary, List of Murdered Jews, Letter(s), Document(s), Letter, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew, Polish

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