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Release certificate from German captivity issued to Albert Hano, a British soldier, as part of a prisoner exchange between England and Germany, 05 November 1942

Release certificate from German captivity issued to Albert Hano, a British soldier, as part of a prisoner exchange between England and Germany, 05 November 1942 "Brit. Jude" (British Jew) appears under "Nationality" [on the certificate]. Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Albert Hano, born in Bulgaria, 1908: - Aliya to Eretz Israel with his wife Lenka, 1935; - Fought in the British Army; - Capture by the German Army; - Life in Lamsdorf camp including working in the coal mines; - Release from captivity as part of an exchange of sick prisoners, due to his...

File Number : 628

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : German

Memoirs of Dennis Hustler regarding his experiences as a soldier in the British Army in the Jaworzno camp after being taken captive, 1940

Memoirs of Dennis Hustler regarding his experiences as a soldier in the British Army in the Jaworzno camp after being taken captive, 1940 Military service in the British Army; taken captive, 1940; deportation from Petershofen to the Jaworzno camp, September 1943; camp life until January 1945; march in the direction of Germany in the snow. Return to England after the liberation via Moosburg, Beuthen, Hammelburg and Ingolstadt, and a flight to England from Reims. The testimony includes details regarding the treatment of Jewish forced laborers in the Jaworzno area. Also in the file: - Sketch of the...

File Number : 8495

Type of Material : Memoirs, Diagram

Language : English

Documentation including reports by former inmates, regarding the fate of inmates in Auschwitz, Birkenau and other camps, dated, 1944-1962

Documentation including reports by former inmates, regarding the fate of inmates in Auschwitz, Birkenau and other camps, dated, 1944-1962 Interviews, testimonies, research reports, articles, and excerpts from books: Research report regarding activities by the underground in Monowitz camp, by British POW Charles Coward and his friends; Research report by Wladislaw Tejkiel, 28/07/1961; Protocol of an interview with Gerta Gerzonowa, a former inmate in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Flossenburg camps, 19/11/1945; Interviews with Elisabeth Guttenberger and Regine Lebensfeld-Hofstaedter, regarding...

File Number : JM/14175

Type of Material : Interview(s), Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Statistics, Correspondence, Testimony, Protocol, Survey Report

Language : Czech, French, English, German

Orders by Hess in the name of Hitler, regarding the treatment of British and American pilots and paratroopers who land on German territory, 1940

Orders by Hess in the name of Hitler, regarding the treatment of British and American pilots and paratroopers who land on German territory, 1940 - Translation to English, including comments, of an order regarding the capture of pilots, guarding the contents of the aircraft, and reporting the incident to the nearest Police station; in special cases, it is permitted to kill the pilot on the spot; transmission of the order, by means of the Nazi Party; the order is meant to be dispersed among the population - only by verbal means; - Document in German, including an explanation regarding in which cases pilots...

File Number : 259

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : English, German

Memoirs of Kh. Lebedeva, born in Daugavpils, Latvia on 01/12/1915, regarding her experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto and in Ereda, Stutthof and Schivelbein camps

Memoirs of Kh. Lebedeva, born in Daugavpils, Latvia on 01/12/1915, regarding her experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto and in Ereda, Stutthof and Schivelbein camps Life in Daugavpils before the war; she studies in the Jewish high school, and teaches in a Jewish school in the city; outbreak of World War II; air-raids on Daugavpils, and her mother is injured; establishment of the Daugavpils Ghetto, under the administration of Voldemar Zaube; Daugavpils Ghetto life; abuse by the Germans and the guards in the ghetto; "Aktion" on 27/07/1941 and the murder of elderly people; murder of children; disease; manhunt for...

File Number : 5979

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, Memoirs

Language : Russian

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mosche Otto Gruener, born in Vienna, Austria, 1902, regarding his experiences as a British Army soldier in Egypt and Greece and as a POW in Austria and Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Mosche Otto Gruener, born in Vienna, Austria, 1902, regarding his experiences as a British Army soldier in Egypt and Greece and as a POW in Austria and Germany Life before the war; Zionist activities; aliya to Eretz Israel via the Netherlands. Outbreak of the war, 1939; military service in the Eretz-Israel Unit of the British Army; combat in Egypt; combat in Greece; taken captive; transfer as a POW to Austria; transfer as a POW to Germany; liberation, April 1945.

File Number : 1602

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Memoirs of Mieczyslaw Wajdzik, a non-Jewish Pole, about his experiences as a forced laborer in Przyszowice and Gliwice and about the concealment of two Jews

Memoirs of Mieczyslaw Wajdzik, a non-Jewish Pole, about his experiences as a forced laborer in Przyszowice and Gliwice and about the concealment of two Jews War breaks out; eviction from home; assigned to forced labor on a German farm; transferred to labor in food haulage; repeatedly travels from Przyszowice to Gliwice; building camps for war prisoners; Jewish women transferred to forced labor; cases of assistance to Jews; making the acquaintance of a Jewish physician named Blumenfeld; Jews disappear from Glilwice in 1942; construction of a camp there in 1943; transfer of war prisoners to this location;...

File Number : 4015

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Paulina (Korzennik) Bergman, born in Gorlice, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in Austria while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Paulina (Korzennik) Bergman, born in Gorlice, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in Austria while using a false identity Life in Austria while using a false identity as a Polish woman; meets Jews living in Austria who were using a false identity; work on a train; makes contact with Yugoslavian partisans; makes contact with English and French POWs; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers. Activities in the context of the Bericha organization; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.

File Number : 3319

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Hencsi Weiszfeld, born in Nagyszőllős, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in the Nagyszőllős Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Krottingen, Stutthof and other camps

Testimony of Hencsi Weiszfeld, born in Nagyszőllős, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in the Nagyszőllős Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Krottingen, Stutthof and other camps Nagyszőllős Ghetto [life]; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau [on a deportation train] on 25/05/1944; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp on 28/05/1944; selection; transfer to a wash room; exchange of clothing; transfer to Krottingen camp, five days later, on 03/06/1944; arrival to Krottingen camp on 06/06/1944; Krottingen camp life, for two months; labor digging; guarded by Wehrmacht soldiers; transfer to Stutthof camp...

File Number : 2622

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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