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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

List of pupils of Jewish origin who attended the Catholic high school in Cologne, 1860-1934

File Number : 624

Type of Material : List of Jewish Pupils

Language : German

Testimony of Daniel Beer, born in Bouxwiller, France, 1938, regarding his experiences in Bouxwiller, in hiding in Balanod and in Lyon

Testimony

Testimony of Daniel Beer, born in Bouxwiller, France, 1938, regarding his experiences in Bouxwiller, in hiding in Balanod and in Lyon Deportation of his father to concentration camps after being informed on by a neighbor, 1940; deportation with his mother, grandmother and his older brother; in hiding while hidden by a French Catholic family in Balanod, under Vichy rule, 1940; his mother's work; liberation by the US Army, 1945. His father's return; his family's move to Lyon, 1946; aliya to Israel, 1949; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joel Beer, born in Bouxwiller, France, 1936, regarding his experiences in Bouxwiller, in hiding in Balanod, and in Lyon, England and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Joel Beer, born in Bouxwiller, France, 1936, regarding his experiences in Bouxwiller, in hiding in Balanod, and in Lyon, England and Israel German Army occupation of Bouxwiller, 1940; draft of his father into the French Army; deportation of his father to concentration camps after he was informed on; deportation to Dole camp with his mother, grandmother and brother, 1940; transfer to a village; escape; in hiding, under Vichy rule, while hidden by a French Catholic family in Balanod, 1940; in hiding due to fear of capture by the Germans; his mother's work as a seamstress in the village; liberation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Directives regarding policies toward specific sectors among the Jews of the Netherlands, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1942-1944

Directives regarding policies toward specific sectors among the Jews of the Netherlands, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1942-1944 Secret document signed by Schmidt, the Commissioner of the German Nazi Party in the Netherlands, which gives details regarding the rules for the handling of Evangelist Jews, Catholic Jews, Jews in the textile sector who work for the Wehrmacht, Jews in the diamond sector, Jews living in mixed marriages, Jews who are considered Portuguese, Jews who fought at the front for Germany during World War I, Jews who are Nazi Party members and possess...

File Number : ראה קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Diary of Chaja Waterman, sister of Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof in the Netherlands, 1940-1947

Diary of Chaja Waterman, sister of Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof in the Netherlands, 1940-1947 - Volume I: Chaja Waterman's work in the De Werkplaats School directed by Kees Boeke in Bilthoven; Zionist pioneer activities and waiting for authorization to make aliya to Eretz Israel (pp. 1-95), 02 June-12 October 1940; - Volume II: More descriptions of Zionist activities; reactions to various anti-Jewish decrees (pp. 96-287), 13 October 1940-31 January 1941; - Volume III: The Magen youth movement; reactions to the 1941 February Strike and the "Aktion" in Amsterdam (p. 316); Seder night with the religious...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Dutch

Testimony of Zvi Yehuda Shamir, born in Szilvasvarad, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Ozd Ghetto, Jolsva, Budapest and Szombathely

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Yehuda Shamir, born in Szilvasvarad, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Ozd Ghetto, Jolsva, Budapest and Szombathely Religious family; move to Borsodnadasd; his father worked in a tin factory; attends public schools; display of antisemitism in school. German occupation; deportation to the Ozd Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation of his mother and siblings to Auschwitz; decrees; drafting of his father to forced labor; deportation to Jolsva camp; camp life including labor in a labor battalion; transfer to Budapest; labor clearing rubble and corpses; deportation in the direction of...

File Number : 12498

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gideon Herbert Vogelsang, born in Dortmund, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Dortmund including Kristallnacht and aliya to Eretz Israel aboard the "Patria"

Testimony

Testimony of Gideon Herbert Vogelsang, born in Dortmund, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Dortmund including Kristallnacht and aliya to Eretz Israel aboard the "Patria" Life before the Nazi rise to power; death of his mother; remarriage of his father; relations with the neighbors; attends school; member of Habonim youth movement; studies a vocation; relations with the pupils in school; destruction of Jewish owned property and burning of synagogues during Kristallnacht; detention with his father by the police; deportation of his grandfather to a labor camp; registration for aliya training; labor in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lucyna (Lesniewska) Herzog, born in Starachowice, Poland, 1940, regarding her experiences as a young child in a monastery

Testimony

Testimony of Lucyna (Lesniewska) Herzog, born in Starachowice, Poland, 1940, regarding her experiences as a young child in a monastery Placed in a monastery, 1942; life in the monastery until 1946. Adopted by a poor Polish woman; receives a Catholic education; appearance of her Jewish grandfather; discovery of her Jewish identity; separation from her adopted mother and move to Lodz; life in Jewish orphanages in Bielsko and Krakow; aliya to Israel, 1956.

File Number : 1822

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Jewish underground press in France, 1942-1944

Jewish underground press in France, 1942-1944 In the file: - Newspaper - "Fraternite" (incomplete) - Newspaper - "Lumieres" - Newspaper - "Clarte" - Newspaper - "Le Mensonge Raciste" Documents issued by the German and French police regarding the seizure of Jewish underground newspapers, 1942-1943.

File Number : 319

Type of Material : Article, Document, Newspaper, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

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