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Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Zisman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences and the experiences of his family being rescued from deportation to Transnistria with the help of an Iron Guard man and in hiding in Bucharest Family life; synagogues in the community; attends the Achdut Jewish school; rise to power of the Iron Guard; draft to labor of the men including his father; a neighbor serving in the Iron Guard; forced labor [of his father]; his family's relationship with the neighbor; detention of his father and his release with the aid of his neighbor; pogroms in Bucharest; deportation of Jews...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters and testimonies of Erich Goldschmidt regarding his deportation from Brussels and his experiences in concentration camps in France including Les Milles and Saint Cyprien

Letters and testimonies of Erich Goldschmidt regarding his deportation from Brussels and his experiences in concentration camps in France including Les Milles and Saint Cyprien Pages 1-4: 1) Letter from Erich to his mother, [while staying] at Les Milles camp in Aix-en-Provence, written in German with words and expressions in Hebrew, 11 March 1941: - Repeated unsuccessful attempts to obtain military leave to Bellac [from] the Haute-Vienne Department; reports regarding food in the camps; living conditions [including] delousing; intent to borrow money from a Mr. Nussbaum; arrival of 60 inmates from Gurs...

File Number : 1858

Type of Material : Certification, Document, Poem/song, Letter, Musical Notes, Testimony

Language : French, English, Russian, German

Documentation pertaining to the Jewish communities in Poland including statistical data and itemization of various Jewish institutions and organizations in Poland, 1945-1946

Documentation pertaining to the Jewish communities in Poland including statistical data and itemization of various Jewish institutions and organizations in Poland, 1945-1946 - Circular of the Ministry for Civilian Administration in Poland regarding resolution of religious matters pertaining to the Jewish population, 1945: - Report regarding activities of the religious Jewish community of Poland and the Chief Rabbinate of Poland; its establishment in Lublin immediately after the liberation in 1944, and its areas of activity; complaints regarding attempts by the Central Jewish Committee to reduce the scope...

File Number : 97

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Testimony of Rabbi Dr. Neufeld, prison chaplain in Elbing, Germany, 1933-1938

Testimony of Rabbi Dr. Neufeld, prison chaplain in Elbing, Germany, 1933-1938 - The role of the prison chaplain before the Nazi rise to power; duties of Rabbi Dr. Neufeld before the takeover by the Nazis; almost no changes within the penal system in January 1933, but changes within the legal system; - Forced transfer of people unacceptable to the regime (political opponents, people who violated the Nuremberg Laws) from the independent city of Danzig to Elbing, Germany, by the Gestapo, in order to place them under German jurisdiction; threats of violent transfer in case of refusal; - Detention of...

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

To be translated

Goldkorn, Jozef: Testimony on activity of the Jews in Katowice and environs in 1946-1949; kibbutzim, schools, culture, sport, and the like, aided by the Joint.

File Number : 1976

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish