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Testimony of Shlomo Charles Francis Frenchy, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1934, regarding his experiences in a monastery

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Charles Francis Frenchy, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1934, regarding his experiences in a monastery Froma an assimilated Communist family. German occupation; refusal of his parents to wear the yellow badge; obtains forged documents with help from the mayor; name change to Francis Silva; in hiding in St. Nicolay monastery; deportation of his father; liberation by the US Army. Reunion with his father; Gordonia activities; aliya to Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1950.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Survey of what is happening in the world, as reported in the Nazi and local press, and from various sources of information, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, February 1943

Survey of what is happening in the world, as reported in the Nazi and local press, and from various sources of information, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, February 1943 Poland: Memo from the Polish Government in Exile in London regarding events in the Warsaw Ghetto before the deportations, 10 December 1942; Book describing the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto as seen through the eyes of the Nazi "artist", Bruno Hant; various items of information from the Generalgouvernement; German settlers in the Generalgouvernement; bringing of German children for convalescence in the Generalgouvernement; destruction...

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Documents, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Rescue operations in Czechoslovakia, 1943-1945

Rescue operations in Czechoslovakia, 1943-1945 The file contains: Pages 1-52: Letters from Slovakia, primarily from Bratislava, written by Gisi Fleischmann and Mosche Daks, including reports regarding the situation (also in Bulgaria) and requests for assistance, especially financial, April-November 1943; Pages 53-55: Report regarding Theresienstadt, the author is identified as "a member of Hashomer Hatzair who escaped from Prague to a neighboring country", 05 September 1943; Pages 56-58: Request from Max Herzl (Herzl's nephew) for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for his...

File Number : 34

Type of Material : Survey Report, Telegram, Official Documentation, List of Persecuted Persons

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Personal documentation of the Turkish national Moise Mison Safati and family members in Italy from 1938 on, documenting their attempt to return to Turkey

- document from authorities in Milan, June 28, 1938, confirming that Moise Sarfati, born in 1887, and his family (wife Malka and children Gustavo, Leone, and Clara) had been living in Milan since 1928; - document in the matter of Mison Sarfati, issued by the Turkish Consul in Bari on December 24, 1938; - Turkish ID cards of Mison Sarfati and his sons Albert Gustav and Leon, born in Istanbul, with stamps for 1943–1949, and of his wife Malka Sarfati, issued by the Turkish Consulate in Milan without date stamps.

File Number : 203

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Italian, Turkish

Memoirs of Holocaust survivor Bellina (Hasson) Sigura, born in Rhodes in 1923, regarding her experiences during 1944-1945

Memoirs of Holocaust survivor Bellina (Hasson) Sigura, born in Rhodes in 1923, regarding her experiences during 1944-1945 Her memoirs were sent to Rochelle after the war; orders given to the head of the Jewish community in Rhodes, Yaakov Franko, by the Rosenberg Committee: to concentrate the Jews on 18/07/1944; detention along with her parents and her younger sisters Fortunee and Fanny, following the orders given to Yaakov Franko, the head of the Jewish community in Rhodes; release of 39 Jews who possess Turkish passports, thanks to the intervention of the Turkish Consul; deportation to a concentration camp...

File Number : 10134

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Documentation pertaining to the repatriation of Yako Levi from France to Turkey, March 1943; identity card of Yako Levi issued in France in 1941

Documentation pertaining to the repatriation of Yako Levi from France to Turkey, March 1943; identity card of Yako Levi issued in France in 1941 Documentation pertaining to Yako Levi: - Identity card of Yako Levi, born in Izmir, Turkey, 1920, issued in France in 1941; the word "Juif" (Jew) is stamped on the identity card; - List of Turkish Jews who were in France and were returned to Turkey, including the name of Yakov Levi, March 1943; - Letter sent by Sara, Izak and Sandy Ime regarding the receipt of reparations, including the biography of their father Yako Levi, born in Izmir, Turkey, 1920;...

File Number : 899

Type of Material : Certification, List of Jews, Letter, Identity Card

Language : Hebrew, French, English

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