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Testimony of Miri Misha [Bornstein] Boren, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1941, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto and while using a false identity in the home of a Polish family

Testimony of Miri Misha [Bornstein] Boren, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1941, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto and while using a false identity in the home of a Polish family Life as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto in the home of her extended family, according to stories she was told; escape from the Warsaw Ghetto to the home of a Polish family; her first memory is about her fear of air-raids; life in the home of an educated and devoutly religious Catholic family; killing of the family's father and son, who were members of the underground; she is informed at the age of 12 or 13 that she is...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters written by Mirjam (Schwarzbaum) Heller in Riga to her sister and her parents in Haifa, letter written by Mrs. Schwarzbaum, mother of Mirjam Heller, in Haifa, to the Polish Consulate in Jerusalem and documents listing a change of address for the Heller couple following their deportation to the ghetto, 1937-1941 - Letters written by Mirjam (Schwarzbaum) Heller in Riga to her sister and her parents in Haifa, 15 August 1937-20 November 1939; - Letter written by Mrs. Schwarzbaum, Mirjam Heller's mother in Haifa, to the Polish Consulate in Jerusalem, regarding obtaining a Polish passport for her...

File Number : 1660

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter

Language : Polish, German

Personal documentation of Herszek-Nachman Bojman, born in Zwolen, 1913 and Marta Hanna Wigodeski, 1936-1938

Personal documentation of Herszek-Nachman Bojman, born in Zwolen, 1913 and Marta Hanna Wigodeski, 1936-1938 - Soldier's card issued for Herszek-Nachman Bojman in Radom, 10 September 1937; - Letter from the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Jerusalem to Herszek-Nachman Bojman, dated 02 April 1938; Bojman's soldier's card was attached to the letter. In the letter there is a request to defray the costs of issuing and sending the card; - Confirmation that Marta Hanna Wigodeski worked as a teacher at the Yavneh National-Religious Elementary school in Lida, and she left her employment in order...

File Number : 926

Type of Material : Certification, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony

Testimony of Chana Oren Kinreich, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1924, regarding an attempted illegal aliya through Benghazi, deportation to the Ferramonti camp, exit from the camp by visa and life in Lourenco Marques during the war Family background; Jewish town; studies in a Polish elementary school; studies at Beit Yaakov; aliya of her older brother to Eretz Israel, 1934; aliya of her second brother to Eretz Israel, 1939; the move of her third brother to Italy.The outbreak of war, 1939; escape of her two brothers to the Russian border; panic in the town and the escape of many residents; moving with parents...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Confirmation that Noech Beller submitted a passport which had expired to the Polish Consulate in Vienna, 23 March 1938

File Number : 633

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Certification

Language : German

List of Jews and Poles who paid the Polish Consulate in Kovno for various consular services, 30 April-08 August 1940

File Number : 53

Type of Material : List of Residents

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Moshe Melinak, born in Rozan, Poland, regarding his and his family's experiences during World War II and his attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939-1948

Memoirs of Moshe Melinak, born in Rozan, Poland, regarding his and his family's experiences during World War II and his attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939-1948 Outbreak of the war on 01/09/1939; escape from Rozan across the Narew River to Goworowo; German Army occupation of Goworowo; concentration of the Jews of Goworowo including the separation of men, women and children; transfer of the Jewish men outside the city (apparently to a camp); remaining Jews who are put into the synagogue courtyard; burning of the synagogue; escape from the burning synagogue; arrival to relatives in Makow; receipt of...

File Number : 10023

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Certificate for Salomea Cukierman issued by the mayor of Łódź, 1934, and a passport for Izrael Lejb Cukierman, born in Poland, issued in Trieste, 1940

Certificate for Salomea Cukierman issued by the mayor of Łódź, 1934, and a passport for Izrael Lejb Cukierman, born in Poland, issued in Trieste, 1940 - Certificate for Salomea Cukierman issued by the mayor of Łódź, 22 March 1934, confirming that Salomea is a Polish citizen; - Polish passport for Izrael Lejb Cukierman, born in Nowy Korczyn, Poland, 23 February 1902, issued by the Polish Consulate in Trieste, 20 April 1940; his wife, Salomea, born in Gidle, Poland 1900; the children, Halina, born on 15 July 1930 and Mordchai Daniel, 13 June 1937; visas, aliya to Eretz Israel, 21 July 1940; Comments by...

File Number : 1564

Type of Material : Passport, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, French

עדותו של בלום מאיר, יליד 1931 Kraków פולין, על קורותיו ב-Kraków, ב-Bochnia, ב-Stará Ľubovňa, ב-Košice, ב-Budapest, ב-Vác

Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Red Cross letter sent by Syma Lea and Fabjan Piernikarz in Warsaw to their son Chaim Piernikarz in Eretz Israel, 1941; additional letters and documentation pertaining to Chaim Piernikarz

Red Cross letter sent by Syma Lea and Fabjan Piernikarz in Warsaw to their son Chaim Piernikarz in Eretz Israel, 1941; additional letters and documentation pertaining to Chaim Piernikarz Letters pertaining to the Piernikarz family: - Red Cross letter sent by Syma Lea and Fabjan Piernikarz in Warsaw to their son Chaim Piernikarz in Tel Aviv, 12 November 1941; - Unsent letter written by Chaim Piernikarz to his parents; - Letters sent by Jochweta Wolkenheim in Eindhoven to her nephew Chaim Henio Piernikarz who had made aliya to Eretz Israel and served in the British Army, 28 January and 08 December 1946...

File Number : 3578

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Red Cross Letter, Certification, Invitation, Passport, Envelope

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

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