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Testimony of Judith Brinkman (Rubin), born in Kobenhavn, Denmark in 1926, regarding her experiences in Kobenhavn and in Theresienstadt from 1943

Childhood in an ultra-orthodox family in Kobenhavn; outbreak of the war, 1940 and invasion of the Germans; attendance at public school and sewing studies; sudden expulsion from home to the port during the night after Rosh Hashana 1943, from there to Germany by boat and to Theresienstadt by train; life with her mother and sister; prolonged hospital stay; death of her father,February 1944; working in a factory and in a children's home with babies; visit of the Danish delegation and the Red Cross; moving to another apartment in preparation for the visit; getting packages; liberation 15 April,1945; warm reception...

File Number : 13467

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

File Number : 13464

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters from Hans Kaufmann in Sweden to Eva Warburg in Israel regarding the fate of his family in Germany, Denmark and Sweden during the war, 2008-2009

Letters from Hans Kaufmann in Sweden to Eva Warburg in Israel regarding the fate of his family in Germany, Denmark and Sweden during the war, 2008-2009 The file includes two letters from Hans Kaufmann to Eva Warburg, 04 October 2008 and 29 November 2009. In October 1939, when he was 14 years old, Hans Kaufmann was transferred with a group of children from Münster to Denmark; after the German occupation of Denmark, he was transferred by boat to Sweden, thus escaping arrest and deportation; his father perished in the Riga Ghetto; his mother lived in the Riga Ghetto, the Stutthof camp and various labor camps...

File Number : 8539

Type of Material : Diary, Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Swedish, German

Joint testimony of Jakob Haas, born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1941, and Jon (Josef) Haas, ‎born in Esbanderup, Denmark in 1943, regarding their escape from Denmark to Sweden

Joint testimony of Jakob Haas, born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1941, and Jon (Josef) Haas, ‎born in Esbanderup, Denmark in 1943, regarding their escape from Denmark to Sweden Children of a German father, who came to Denmark in 1939, and a Danish mother; the parents ‎worked on a farm with Hechalutz Movement aliya training, and in Saunte, near Copenhagen, ‎following the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940; birth of the children; the family’s ‎escape to Sweden on fishing boats, with the help of Danish fishermen, in October 1943, and their ‎rescue from the Nazis; life in Landskrona, Sweden; placed in an...

File Number : 13714

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Miriam (Gorosch) Lehman, born in Copenhaven, Denmark, 1925, regarding the transfer to Sweden by the Danish underground and her experiences in Malmo

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Gorosch) Lehman, born in Copenhaven, Denmark, 1925, regarding the transfer to Sweden by the Danish underground and her experiences in Malmo Childhood in Copenhagen; membership in the Juedische Jugend movement. German occupation; life until October 1943; refusal of the Danes to deport the Jews; agreement with the Swedish government and transfer of most of the Jewish population of Denmark to Malmo, Sweden on fishing boats (in exchange for money) via the Denske unterground (Danish underground); attitude of the Swedish population; transfer to various places; work; meeting her future...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Strauss, born in Benesov Nad Ploucnici, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Prague, Denmark, Sweden, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 and more

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Strauss, born in Benesov Nad Ploucnici, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Prague, Denmark, Sweden, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 and more Life before the war; move to Jihlava. Annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany; escape of his grandfather and uncles leaving their property behind; German occupation, March 1939; imposing of restrictions on the Jews; Maccabi Hatzair rescue activities; transfer to a children's group in Prague; life in Prague; integration into a pioneer aliya training group; included in a transport of children to Denmark, November 1939; life in Denmark;...

File Number : 13156

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nathan Konigshofer, born in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences in Wuerzburg, the north of Denmark and Malmo

Testimony

Testimony of Nathan Konigshofer, born in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences in Wuerzburg, the north of Denmark and Malmo Life before the war; distinguished rabbinical family; move to Wuerzburg with his family; life in Wuerzburg including attending a Jewish elementary school; attends a state high school until 1932; displays of antisemitism; studies in a Jewish institute for teachers training; learns in a yeshiva, 1938. Escape to Denmark with his family; German occupation, 1940; life in the north of Denmark including establishment of a "kibbutz" by young religious people; "Aktion",...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Chana Hana (Edelman) Shor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in hiding in Copenhagen and Stockholm

Testimony

Testimony of Chana Hana (Edelman) Shor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in hiding in Copenhagen and Stockholm Life before the war; religious family; attends the Jewish school. German occupation, 1940; warning to her father before Rosh Hashana (September) 1943; her family finds a hiding place in the home a woman friend from her father's work; escape to a vacation village; waits for a boat at night, in a dressing room on the beach; move to Sweden in a fishing boat; move to Stockholm; life in Stockholm including her father's work as a requisitions representative for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arye Kurzweil, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Copenhagen, Ven, Malmo, Helsjon and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Arye Kurzweil, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Copenhagen, Ven, Malmo, Helsjon and other places Life in Copenhagen before the war; religious family; witness attends a Jewish school; activities in the Bnei Akiva movement. German occupation, April 1940; sending of packages by his mother and grandmother to Jews in Germany; escape with his father and younger brother to a village, October 1943; life in the village in a cellar; receives food from the underground; escape on a fishing boat to Ven Island; escape to Sweden on a Swedish ship; life in Sweden in...

File Number : 12970

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rudolf Zinreich, born in Berlin, Germany, 1919, regarding his experiences before the war, in Budapest, Denmark and Sweden

Testimony

Testimony of Rudolf Zinreich, born in Berlin, Germany, 1919, regarding his experiences before the war, in Budapest, Denmark and Sweden Life before the war; attends a German school; expulsion from school, 1933; joins the Blau-Weiss movement; work for a wholesale company; Kristallnacht, 1938; move to Budapest; emigration of his father to South Africa; return to Berlin, March 1939; aliya training on a farm in Denmark; marriage. German occupation, 1940; moves between various farms; life in hiding; escape to Sweden on a fishing boat. Aliya to Israel, 1950.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

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