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Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel, Switzerland, regarding support to Jewish refugees from Germany: Personal letters of request for support, 1942-1948 The file contains mainly personal letters of request for support from victims during the war and from survivors after the war. Letters from survivors include names of missing family members. Letters from survivors in: - Israel: p. 5, - Southern Rhodesia, pp.6-10, - Germany: pp. 11-12, pp. 15-18, pp. 23-38, pp. 60-69, pp. 71-76, pp. 163-190, p. 261, pp. 266-273, pp.405-428, p. 446,...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : List, Letter, Postcard

Language : French, German

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel, Switzerland, regarding support to Jewish refugees from Germany: Personal letters of request for support, 1935-1948 The file contains mainly personal letters of request for support from victims before and during the war and from survivors after the war. Letters from survivors include names of missing family members. Letters from survivors in: - Germany, pp. 4-10 - Vienna, p. 47 - Liechtenstein, pp. 605-608 - Survivors from all over the world: pp. 223 – 228, 230-233, 249 – 258, 330, 396-409, 411, 494-510,...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Postcard, Document, Newspaper, List, Letter, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, French, German, Hungarian

Correspondence of Benny Kaufmann from Basel, Switzeralnd, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Austria and Western Europe. Personal letters of requests for support and lists for payment orders, 1939-1940

Correspondence of Benno Kaufmann from Basel, Switzerland, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Austria and Western Europe: Personal letters of request for support and lists of payment orders, 1939-1940. Names of Jewish Victims: - Simon Israel Ceiger, Vienna, 27/06/1939 - 04/07/1939 -, pp. 245-250 - Family Deutsch, Vienna, 15/05/1939 - 01/08/1939 pp. 303-315 - Salomon Eisenberg & Chaja Lea Eisenberg, Vienna, 20/09/1939 - 5/07/1940, pp. 452-459, - Julius Hecht, M.Gladbach, 03/12/1939 - 13/09/1940, pp. 818-829 - Bruno Hechtenthal, Milano & Vienna, 07/02/1939 – 06/09/1939, pp. 833-858 -...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, List of Names

Language : German

Report prepared by the Federation of Sefardi Jewry in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, regarding its activities in the Feldafing DP camp, 1947

Report prepared by the Federation of Sefardi Jewry in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, regarding its activities in the Feldafing DP camp, 1947 Included is a detail report regarding the Federation's activities in the areas of culture, help to needy people, emigration and religion.

File Number : 107

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : French, German

Testimony of Leib Steiner, born in Kaposvar, Hungary, 1923, regarding his experiences in Kaposvar and in a labor battalion in the Veszprem area and in Sopron

Testimony of Leib Steiner, born in Kaposvar, Hungary, 1923, regarding his experiences in Kaposvar and in a labor battalion in the Veszprem area and in Sopron Life in Kaposvar before the war; displays of antisemitism; escape of refugees from Austria to Kaposvar, 1938; escape of refugees from Slovakia to Kaposvar, 1941; monetary help to refugees; unsuccessful attempts to be accepted to university, due to anti-Jewish legislation. Transfer of his father to forced labor, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; yellow badge; closure of Jews' stores; witness' transfer to forced labor; labor building railroad tracks...

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ilana Alin (Veizer Shitz) Iovel, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Chetvertinovka, Demidovka, Bershad and Balta

Testimony

Testimony of Ilana Alin (Veizer Shitz) Iovel, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Chetvertinovka, Demidovka, Bershad and Balta From a traditional Zionist family; displays of antisemitism; move to Cernauti, 1939. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, 1941; decrees including the yellow badge and deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation to Chetvertinovka, 1942; camp life including typhus and dysentery; transfer to Demidovka, autumn 1942; escape to Bershad; camp life including education and a choir; escape to an orphanage in Balta; liberation by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence by representatives of the Jewish welfare organizations and committees in Radomysl Wielki, Poland with the administration of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (Jewish Social Self-Help organization - ZSS) in Krakow, 25/08/1940-30/04/1942 - Correspondence with the Radomysl Wielki Judenrat, regarding welfare associations that were active before the outbreak of war: the Talmud Torah Association, a Jewish charity organization named for Rywka and Dwojra Weinberger, the National Jewish Library, and the Gemiluth Hasidim organization; - List of Jewish entrepreneurs in the Radomysl Wielki community; -...

File Number : 1006

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, List of Jews, Correspondence, Letter(s), List of Jewish Community Members, Documentation, Telegram, Postcard

Language : Polish, German

Letters, certificates, lists of people intended for deportation and lists of inmates in camps in the south of France, related to the activities by Max Dessauer and his help to Jewish refugees and Jewish inmates in camps in the south of France - Letters sent by Jewish refugees to Max Dessauer with requests for help; - Personal documentation and travel permits; - Correspondence with French organizations and representatives of the French authorities; - Lists of Jews intended for deportation; - Lists of Jewish inmates in camps in the south of France; - Memoirs by Max Dessauer's daughter, the...

File Number : 829

Type of Material : List of Deportees, Letter, Memoirs, List of Persecuted Persons, Personal Documents

Language : French, German

Placard requesting contributions to the Partizanim-Hayyalim-Halutzim (PHH - Partisans-Soldiers-Pioneers) for work training for the war disabled

File Number : 1332

Type of Material : Poster

Language : Yiddish

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