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Testimony of Wilhelm Deman, born in Vienna in 1895, regarding his experiences in Vienna, during the Anschluss, Kristallnacht, detention in Dachau camp, escape to Shanghai, and life in the city of Shanghai and in the Shanghai Ghetto during 1939-1949; Testimony from 1988: Vol. 2 - 1939-1945 Work by the witness and his wife for Horace Kadoorie in the administration of a club for Jewish youth – included are documents, newspaper clippings and photographs of the club's activities; club's activities, courses for children, and holidays - mention is made of many names of teachers and pupils; worrisome news from...

File Number : 56b

Language : Chinese, English, German, Japanese

Testimony of Abraham Kaufman, born in Mglin, Russia, 1885, regarding his experiences in Harbin

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Kaufman, born in Mglin, Russia, 1885, regarding his experiences in Harbin Life in Bern including university studies from 1904; life in Basel including university studies until 1909; academic Zionist activities; participation in the Seventh Zionist Congress; life in Bern including work as a physician until1911; move to Harbin, 1911; life in Harbin; activities as head of the local Jewish community and Zionist movement; work as chief editor of the Jewish newspaper, Yebreiskia Zeizen"; activities as the spokesman for Manchurian Jews including the struggle against antisemitism; arranges for...

File Number : 3168

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Testimony of Szymon Bergman, born in Brzezany, Poland, regarding his experiences in Kaunas and the Shanghai Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Szymon Bergman, born in Brzezany, Poland, regarding his experiences in Kaunas and the Shanghai Ghetto Life before the war; move to Kaunas. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; emigration to Shanghai with help from the Dutch consul; deportation to the Shanghai Ghetto; ghetto life including help from the JDC; liberation, 1945. Aliya to Israel.

File Number : 3043

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 5562

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Biography, Letter, List of Jews, List of Jewish Pupils, Postcard, Official Documentation, List of Jewish Refugees

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Text of an interview held with Jack Yaakov Friedman, born in Biala Podlaska, Poland, regarding his experiences in Biala Podlaska, in Warsaw, in the Red Army, in Soviet captivity and in other places during 1939-1946 Life in Biala Podlaska before the war; displays of antisemitism in Poland; German propaganda in Biala Podlaska before the war; move to Warsaw in order to earn a livelihood; Draft into the Polish Army in September 1939; air-raids; he is taken captive by the Soviets; transfer to a POW camp in Smolevichi, Belorussia; POW camp life, for two months; exchange of POWs; decision to remain in the Soviet...

File Number : 9687

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew