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Testimony of Dov Bar Bernhard Gerstensang, born in Minden, Germany, 1933, regarding his experiences as a small child during Kristallnacht in Minden, Denmark and Sweden

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Bar Bernhard Gerstensang, born in Minden, Germany, 1933, regarding his experiences as a small child during Kristallnacht in Minden, Denmark and Sweden His family are originally from Poland. Kristallnacht; escape towards Denmark with help from policemen; arrest of his father and attempts to return his father to Germany; life in Copenhagen including studies; German occupation; life under occupation; escape from his home; in hiding in a field; escape to Sweden on a fishing boat the day before Yom Kippur, 1943; life in a refugee camp including cultural activities; life in Stockholm; end of...

File Number : 12364

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Walter Tzvi Bachrach, born in Hanau, 1928, regarding his experiences in concentration camps, labor in the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Germany and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Tzvi Walter Bachrach, born in Hanau, 1928, regarding his experiences in concentration camps, labor in the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Germany and a death march A traditional father and an educated mother who was involved in German culture; upper-middle class; move to Salzwedel; studying in a German school; changes in the surrounding atmosphere, 1934; arrest of his father for a number of months; move to Hamburg; studying in Rabbi Carlebach's Talmud Torah; religious holidays and Shabbat at home; Seder night at the Carlebachs'; unsuccessful attempt to emigrate to America; the day after...

File Number : 11954

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Orthodox Jewry in Germany, especially the organizations associated with the separatist Orthodoxy, 1930-1941

Documentation regarding Orthodox Jewry in Germany, especially the organizations associated with the separatist Orthodoxy, 1930-1941 Volume I: Correspondence of Rabbi Yehiel Michel Schlesinger with the members of the Halachische Kommission (the Halacha [Religious Law] Commission attached to the Vereinigung traditionell gesetztreuer Rabbiner [Association of Halachic Law Observant Rabbis]); In the volume (the page numbers refer to the frame numbers in the Scan): Pp. 2-3: Letter dealing with administrational matters written on stationery from the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin, 29 Tammuz 5682 [??] (25...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Survey Report, Letter

Language : Hebrew, German

Documentation regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1937-1955

Documentation regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1937-1955 Included in the file (the page numbers relate to the frame numbers in the scan): - Report (written apparently by Dr. Max Plaut) regarding the history of the Jewish community of Hamburg and the activities of the deputy chairman of the community, Dr. Leo Lippmann, 1935-1941, and regarding the situation of the community, 1941; the report was prepared on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Dr. Lippmann, May 1941; the report includes statistical data regarding the number of Jews, taxes, and the community budget (pp. 2-56); [compare: Leo...

File Number : 76

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, Statistical Data, Official Documentation, Testimony, Survey Report, Record of Deportees, Record of Persecuted Persons, Record of Survivors, Memoirs

Language : German

Testimony of Esther Edith (Kunsch) Bider, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Germany and as a refugee in Denmark and Sweden

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Edith (Kunsch) Bider, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Germany and as a refugee in Denmark and Sweden Her family background; activities in Bnei Akiva; dismissal of her father from his work, 1935; witness joins aliya training in Steckelsdorf, 1937; detention of her father and his imprisonment in Dachau; Kristallnacht, 10 November 1938; witness' return to Hamburg; studies with Rabbi Doctor Joseph Carlebach; release of her father; receives a visa for Denmark, spring 1939; joins Hapoel Mizrachi aliya training in Smidstrup; good attitude by the farmers; escape of...

File Number : 9975

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Carlebach) Gilis, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Hamburg and Altona until 1938

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Carlebach) Gilis, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Hamburg and Altona until 1938 Witness's father is Joseph Hirsch (Tzvi) Carlebach, principal of the Hamburg Talmud Torah and the rabbi of Altona; Nazi rise to power in Germany; anti-Jewish legislation. Aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1938.

File Number : 3949

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew