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Testimony of Fanka [Francisca] (Silberman) Willner, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto and in hiding places

Testimony of Fanka [Francisca] (Silberman) Willner, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto and in hiding places Tarnopol Ghetto life, including work as a laundress in the German officers club; acquaintance with a Polish woman, Irena Gut, [who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem], who held a position in the German officers club, September 1941; visits by Gut in the Tarnopol Ghetto, including bringing food and cigarettes to the Jewish workers who worked in the club, without taking payment; close relations between Fanka and the head of...

File Number : 302

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jozef Spektor, regarding his experiences in Dachau camp, Auschwitz Monowitz and Birkenau

Testimony of Jozef Spektor, regarding his experiences in Dachau camp, Auschwitz Monowitz and Birkenau Dachau camp life; outbreak of dysentery illness, several days after arrival; isolation in a block, for four weeks, and the death of 150 inmates due to the illness; labor in a punishment Kommando, for several months; beatings of inmates by the SS men, which caused the death of several inmates each day; transfer to Auschwitz, 13 October 1942; arrival to the camp, 18 October 1942; camp registration process, including the taking of clothing, registration of personal details, a shower, and the tattooing of an...

File Number : 163

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Relief and rescue activities: Correspondence regarding the obtaining of aliya certificates, relief for refugees, the situation in the camps and more, 1943-1945

Relief and rescue activities: Correspondence regarding the obtaining of aliya certificates, relief for refugees, the situation in the camps and more, 1943-1945 Pages 2-6: Letters sent by Dr. M. Kahany to Samuel Scheps in Geneva regarding the obtaining of certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for Dutch Jews, January 1944; Pages 7-19: Correspondence between Chaim Pazner and Richard Lichtheim regarding the obtaining of permits for Jews in the Netherlands, May 1944-January 1945; Pages 19-27: Correspondence between the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva and the Vaad Hahatzala (Rescue Committee of...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Negative, Letter

Language : French, English, German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Letters written by Dr. Erich Goldstein in Switzerland and sent to his wife Zenny Goldstein in Eretz Israel, in the context of his attempts to organize the emigration of his family members from Germany, 1939-1940 - Letters written by Dr. Erich Goldstein in Switzerland and sent to his wife Zenny Goldstein in Jerusalem, 13/06/1939-26/03/1940, including a telegram sent from Trieste, 11/04/1940; the letters document the attempts by Erich Goldstein to assist in the removal [departure] of members of the Goldstein and Zweig families from Germany and Europe; - Poem written by Erich Goldstein in honor of the...

File Number : 4532

Type of Material : Telegram, Postcard, Poems/songs, Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Various documents on the activities of Swiss Jewish community, Hechalutz and the JDC in Switzerland 1941-1945

File Number : 215

Type of Material : Reports, Letter(s)

Language : German

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit (Kremer) Nadir, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1935, regarding her experiences as a child in Budapest, in Bergen-Belsen camp, her transfer to Switzerland by the Red Cross organization, and in the homes of Swiss families Life before the war; she is from a traditional family, in Budapest; life with her family; visits in the Neolog synagogue with her grandmother; transfer of her father to the labor battalions; her grandfather makes aliya to Eretz Israel by himself; her mother works as a cosmetician; her family earns its livelihood from a cosmetics institute that was established beneath their...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters and postcards sent between the Eisner, Ucko and Weiner families in Poland, Germany, England, Theresienstadt, Switzerland, Shanghai and the United States during 1931-1949, and documentation regarding the families Postcards related to the Ucko family (scan): - Postcard written by Erna Ucko in Lubsza to Adele Stern in Gross Strehlitz on 11/11/1931; - Postcard written by Erna (Ucko) in Lubsza to her sister-in-law Kate Eisner in Konstadt O. Schl on 23/09/1938; - Postcards written by Siegfried Ucko in Theresienstadt to his daughter Erna Wiener or to her husband Georg Wiener in Warthenau (Zawiercie, in...

File Number : 3510

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Certification, Genealogy, Invitation, Documentary, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Declaration, Envelope, Telegram, Postcard, Medical Documentation

Language : English, German