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Letter by Stanislaw Suszynski, born in Rypin, Poland, sent to an unknown addressee (whose first name is Benjamin), related to the murders and executions of Jews in Rypin, written on 25/12/1986

Letter by Stanislaw Suszynski, born in Rypin, Poland, sent to an unknown addressee (whose first name is Benjamin), related to the murders and executions of Jews in Rypin, written on 25/12/1986 In the letter is information regarding two executions of Jews in Rypin in 10/1939; detention of the Jews, and their transfer before their execution to the prison in Rypin, which was called the "Dom Kazni" ("House of Tortures") by the residents; among those murdered were: Adam Krawecki, Jakub Kauma, Jakub Stencel, Szymon Berenholz, Mordka Popiol, Szyja Munter and Jakub Anyz; among the murderers were: Hermenn Kniefall,...

File Number : 4949

Type of Material : Letter, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Polish

Speech delivered by Jozef Cyrankiewicz on the occasion of the opening of a conference of former political prisoners in concentration camps during World War II

Speech delivered by Jozef Cyrankiewicz on the occasion of the opening of a conference of former political prisoners in concentration camps during World War II In his speech Jozef Cyrankiewicz describes his experiences as an inmate in the Auschwitz annihilation camp. He tells of the fate and the annihilation of Jewish and non-Jewish inmates in the German camps during the war.

File Number : 101

Type of Material : Speech

Language : Polish

Testimony of W. P. Jaspert from Berlin regarding his experiences in Germany and Switzerland during the war and the help his family gave to Jews

Testimony of W. P. Jaspert from Berlin regarding his experiences in Germany and Switzerland during the war and the help his family gave to Jews Life in Berlin; persecution and beatings by a Nazi teacher for being friends with a Jewish boy; sending the submitter of the material and his brother Juergen out of Nazi Germany by their parents and their life in St. Gall, Switzerland; information regarding grandfather August Jaspert; hiding French prisoners of war by Werner Jaspert, youngest son of August; hiding a Jewish woman named Gerda Schwartz by Gertrud Anger, maternal aunt of the submitter of the material;...

File Number : 9005

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

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