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Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998

Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998 - Three letters written by Rina Bar-Niv to her daughters, April and May 1977, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, establishment of the Konsky Ghetto, 1940, and ghetto life including leaving the ghetto in secret in order to find food for the family; - Memoirs written by the daughters, Miki and Irit, 1986-1988: Deportation by the Germans to a labor camp in Wannweil near Stuttgart using the false identity of Kazimiera Swierczynska; Work for UNRRA following liberation in Team 589 in Reutlingen, as a secretary...

File Number : 1241

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Letter, Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Confirmation by the Office for Health and Family Affairs in Brussels regarding the draft of Benjamin Laufmann to labor in the "Micka" company, 06-10/1942, and lists of Jews from Antwerp who labored in the "Micka" company, 1942 Document from the Office for Health and Family Affairs in Brussels confirming that Benjamin Laufmann was drafted to labor in the "Micka" company in the north of France, 06-10/1942, and that his wife is entitled to receive compensation; the document includes lists of Jews from Antwerp who labored in the "Micka" company, 1942; Benjamin Laufmann, born in Radauti, Romania, 01/05/1902,...

File Number : 1410

Type of Material : Certification, List of Workers

Language : French, German

Official documentation regarding Haim Rosenthal and a letter of testimony regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in Romania, 1941-1944

Official documentation regarding Haim Rosenthal and a letter of testimony regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in Romania, 1941-1944 - Confirmations issued in Bucharest regarding the employment of Haim Rosenthal, born in Romania, 26 November 1910, in forced labor, 1941-1944; - Birth certificate, issued in Bucharest, 1956; - Letter of testimony regarding the experiences of Haim Rosenthal, written by his daughter Ella Rosenthal.

File Number : 311

Type of Material : Certification, Official Documentation, Letter of Testimony

Language : English, Romanian

Testimony of Bernard Jozef Natt, born in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, 1919, regarding his experiences in Frankfurt, Wieringen, Amsterdam, Muenster and Auschwitz

Testimony of Bernard Jozef Natt, born in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, 1919, regarding his experiences in Frankfurt, Wieringen, Amsterdam, Muenster and Auschwitz Life in Frankfurt until March 1938; life in the Werkdorp Nieuwesluis agricultural training farm in Wieringen. Using a false identity in Amsterdam, March 1941-February 1943; in prison in Muenster; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life.

File Number : 8241

Type of Material : Memoirs, Record of Deportees, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of Doba (Lichter) Furst, born in Krasniczyn, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Krasniczyn Ghetto, the Wojslawice Ghetto, with Soviet partisans in the forests and as a Red Army soldier Marriage, 1937; births of two daughters. German occupation, 1939; abuse of Jews including burning the rabbi's beard and abduction to forced labor; establishment of the Krasniczyn Ghetto; escape of the family from an "Aktion"; in hiding in the attic of a non-Jew; arrival of Jews expelled from Germany to the ghetto; sneaking into the Wojslawice Ghetto; release of her handicapped father from labor camp by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lucina Lola (Warszawski) Vidavski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Muehlhausen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Lucina Lola (Warszawski) Vidavski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Muehlhausen and other places Life before the war; well-to-do family. German occupation, September 1939; abuse of men with beards; explosion of the synagogue; restrictions on the Jews; kidnapping of Jews to forced labor; yellow badge; sealing of the Lodz Ghetto, April 1940; ghetto life; labor in various workshops; difficulties keeping kosher; difficulties keeping warm; confiscation of property; death of his father from floggings and starvation; activities in...

File Number : 13318

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara (Rapaport) Deri, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Oszmiana and Vilna Ghettos and in Stutthof and Estonia camps

Testimony

Testimony of Sara (Rapaport) Deri, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Oszmiana and Vilna Ghettos and in Stutthof and Estonia camps Testimony regarding the family; her father is head of Beitar in Oszmiana; German occupation, June 1941; murder of her father together with approximately 800 men in a killing pit; people shutting themselves in their homes out of fear of being captured for labor; [deportation] order to move into the Oszmiana Ghetto; labor of her mother outside the ghetto in paving; the Tarbut school for children in the ghetto; "Aktions" and murder of the...

File Number : 13320

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gitel Gita (Fruchter) Kind, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and a camp in Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Gitel Gita (Fruchter) Kind, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and a camp in Germany From a well-to-do, Zionist family; attends a vocational commercial school in Satu Mare; her parents' deaths, 1938. Outbreak of the war; drafting of her four brothers to a labor camp; deportation to the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; selection; camp life including transfer to the Children's Block; transfer to a camp in Germany; camp life including labor in an aircraft parts factory; attitude of the Serbian POWs to the inmates; liberation by the Red Army. Return...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Herman Grabinski, born in Krosniewice, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Roksman, Wittenberge, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Herman Grabinski, born in Krosniewice, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Roksman, Wittenberge, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen Zionist youth movement activities; displays of antisemitism before the war. Occupation of Poland; air-raids; pogroms against the Jews; executions by hanging; forced labor; "Aktions"; deportation to Roksman, November 1941; injury; treatment by a physician of Jewish origin; transfer to Wittenberge, February 1942; rebuilding the camp; Red Cross delegation; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1943; constructing the cellars in coal mines for potato storage and a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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