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Letters and Red Cross letters written by Lea Issler and her sisters (one of them named Klare) in Eretz Israel to Lea's son Emanuel Issler, and letters written by Henry Issler in the United States to Emanuel Issler in the Jugend Alijah Hostel (Youth Aliyah children's home), 1936-1945

File Number : 1475

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Letters written by Ilse Gerngross, a young woman from Leipzig, to her girlfriend Bessie (Faine) Goldstein, regarding her excitement about the Hitler regime, 06/1933-05/1936

File Number : 1464

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Letters written by Leopold-Arieh Jakob and his wife Charlotte (Meyer) Jakob from Berlin, to their son Willi Zeev Jakob in Eretz Israel, 28/11/1938-16/08/1939

Letters written by Leopold-Arieh Jakob and his wife Charlotte (Meyer) Jakob from Berlin, to their son Willi Zeev Jakob in Eretz Israel, 28/11/1938-16/08/1939 Note: - Zeev Willi Jakob was born in Berlin, Germany, 05/05/1923, and he made aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 07/11/1938.

File Number : 1411

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Hamerstein, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Germany until March 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Hamerstein, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Germany until March 1939 From a traditional family; transportation strike initiated by the Nazi and Communist parties; walks to the voting place with his father, 1933; cancellation of tuition scholarships to Jews and leaving the local school; transfer to the Jewish Zionist Theodor Herzl school; establishment of a high school division in the school by Jewish philanthropists; improvement of treatment of the Jews during the Olympics, for appearances, 1936; fear following the Anschluss; life in an aliya training group on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters written to Malka Neumann in Ein Hachoresh by Henrietta Szold on behalf of the Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine, 26 December 1939, 16 January 1940

File Number : 3882

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Documentation regarding the Kindertransport (transport of Jewish children to Great Britain); the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia by Nikolas Winton; a list of the names of children from Germany and Austria; an article concerning Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah

File Number : 429

Type of Material : Lists, Journal, Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Hebrew, English

Personal documentation and correspondence belonging to Yitzchak Felix Meyer and his parents, Michael and Amalia Meyer, who made aliya to Eretz Israel from Germany, survived the "Patria" tragedy and were detained in Atlit, 1881-1997 Volume I (pp. 1-262) This volume contains personal documentation belonging to Yitzchak Felix Meyer from his birth: Page 1: Copy of the opening page ("Index") with 12 chapters, nine of which (1-6, 10-12) mention their topics; the topics are (the numbers of the pages of the present file containing material matching the topic in the "Index" are given in parentheses): 1. "I As a...

File Number : 356

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Lecture, List of Deportees, Announcement, Personal Records, Booklet(s), Inventory List, Newspaper Clippings, Book, Letter, Memoirs, Diary, Postcard, Record of Persecuted Persons, Poems/songs, Newspaper

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Letters and documents regarding the "Villa Emma" children, 1940-1944

Letters and documents regarding the "Villa Emma" children, 1940-1944 Letters and other documents regarding a group of children from Germany and Central Europe who escaped to occupied Yugoslavia and then to Italy, 1940-1944; the children's life in hiding in "Villa Emma" in Nonantola near Modena, Italy; move of the children to Bex, Switzerland.

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : German

Lists of names prepared by the Juedische Jugendhilfe (Jewish Youth Support Committee) in Berlin, 1933-1940

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Documentation

Language : German

Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children, with help from Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children via Belgrade, Istanbul and Aleppo, until their arrival to Eretz Israel, including mention of Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations that helped with the escape.

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

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