Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Letters sent by Dora Helfer from Paris to her sister in Germany, 1946-1947, a letter sent via the Red Cross by Markus Helfer in Algeria to his mother, Maria Helfer, in Chrzanow, 25 December 1940, and a diary containing poems written by Dora Helfer in the Peterswaldau camp, 1944-1945 Letters: - Letters sent by Dora Helfer from Paris to her sister Rachel Reich in Germany, 1946-1947; - Letter sent by Ida Weinstock from Sweden to Dola Helfer in Paris, 16 January 1946; - Letter sent by Markus Helfer (brother of Dola Helfer) from Algeria via the Red Cross to his mother, Maria Helfer, in Chrzanow, 25...

File Number : 2015

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Red Cross Letter, Diary, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : Polish, French, German

Personal documentation of the Kuhnreich family from Chrzanow, 1939-2001

Personal documentation of the Kuhnreich family from Chrzanow, 1939-2001 The documentation includes: - Diploma given to Anna Kuhnreich by the Polish school in Chrzanow, 21 June 1939; - Polish passport of Reisla Kuhnreich (mother of Chana Oren) issued by the Polish Embassy in Lisbon, 17 June 1942; - Polish passport of Chaim Kuhnreich (father of Chana Oren) born in Chrzanow, 09 August 1881, issued by the Polish Embassy in Tel Aviv, 22 November 1949; - Identity card of Chaim Kuhnreich issued in Haifa; - Genealogy [family tree] of the Kuhnreich family; - Memoirs by Chana Oren (Kuhnreich), born...

File Number : 1186

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Passport, Memoirs, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English

Polish passport belonging to Icek Majer Lederman, born in Krasniczyn, 1894, issued at the Polish Consulate in Tokyo, 13 August 1941

File Number : 1144

Type of Material : Passport

Language : Polish, French

Documentation of the Jewish community in Bamberg regarding the welfare rights of Jewish citizens of Poland [in Germany], the sale of confiscated property and deportations, 1934-1943

Documentation of the Jewish community in Bamberg regarding the welfare rights of Jewish citizens of Poland [in Germany], the sale of confiscated property and deportations, 1934-1943 Pages 1-8: Letter from the German Foreign Ministry to the Polish Ambassador in Germany regarding the treatment of needy Polish Jewish citizens asking for assistance from the Reich authorities, 11 July 1934; Pages 9-10: Guidelines issued by the German Ministry of the Interior to the Ministries of the Interior of the various countries regarding the treatment of needy Polish Jewish citizens asking for assistance from the Reich...

File Number : 374

Type of Material : List of Deportees, Official Documentation

Language : German

Telegrams and a postcard related to Alexander Wojcikiewicz, later Alexander Zvielli, from late 1939-early 1940, and personal documentation related to Alexander Silberfeld, his wife Anna and their daughter Ewa, 1941-1942 - Documentation, apparently related to the escape of Alexander Wojcikiewicz (Alexander Zvielli) from Poland to the Soviet Union, including: --- Two telegrams sent to Elt. Wajcberg in Bagnolet by Wojcikiewicz in Brest Litovsk, on 08/12/1939 (the name Wojcikiewicz is on the telegram) and from Kamień Koszyrski on 09/01/1940 (the name Cufcikiewicz is on the telegram), in French; --- Postcard...

File Number : 3999

Type of Material : Certification, Draft, Postcard, Personal Documents, Telegram, Passport

Language : Polish, French, English, Russian

Documentation of the Polish Embassy in the Soviet Union regarding Jews holding Polish citizenship in the Soviet Union, criteria for their being drafted to the Polish Army and exit from the Soviet Union, and letters from Jews regarding the negative attitude of the Polish Legation, 1942-1943 - Memo from General Anders, the Commander of the Polish Army, regarding the policy of the military authorities towards Polish citizens of Jewish origin in the Soviet Union; in the memo it is emphasized that there should not be any discrimination of any kind whatsoever between the Jews and the Poles because the same rights...

File Number : 16.4

Type of Material : Lists, Reports

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English

Report of the Polish ambassador in Russia on the situation of the Jewish refugees from Poland in Russia, 1942

Report of the Polish ambassador in Russia on the situation of the Jewish refugees from Poland in Russia, 1942 The difficult situation of Polish Jews who fled to Russia during the war; embassy activities to improve the fate of the refugees; special focus on Jewish soldiers in the Polish army in Russia and on Jewish intellectuals associated with the embassy; in the author's opinion, despite enormous efforts by the leadership of the army and the Polish administration to ensure equal rights for Poles and Jews, the refugees suffer from antisemitism resulting from the policy of the Russian government; he mentions...

File Number : 1309

Type of Material : Reports

Language : Polish