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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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8539

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Diary, Letter of Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Swedish, German

Testimony of Sara (Fruchter) Schwartz, born in Poienile De Sub Munte, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Poienile De Sub Munte, Auschwitz, Braunschweig, Bergen-Belsen and Sweden

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Testimony of Sara (Fruchter) Schwartz, born in Poienile De Sub Munte, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Poienile De Sub Munte, Auschwitz, Braunschweig, Bergen-Belsen and Sweden Her childhood in a religious family. Hungarian Army occupation of Poienile De Sub Munte, 1940; separation from her older siblings who remained in the territory of Romania; German Army occupation of Poienile De Sub Munte, March 1944; concentration of the Jews; deportation of the Jews to the Viseul De Sus Ghetto; Viseul De Sus Ghetto life, for several weeks; deportation to Auschwitz with her parents; camp life with her...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Chana Szinay Sinai, born in Tiszalok, Hungary in 1925, regarding her fate during the Holocaust, including a poem, telegram, Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) and inmate-number tag

results.listIds.fileNumber : 7447

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs, Poems/songs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Andreas Kelen, titled "Erinnerungen eines europaischen Kosmopoliten aus dem Zeitalter der Extreme 1920-2000"

results.listIds.fileNumber : 7406

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs, Photograph, Personal Documents

results.listIds.lang : Hungarian

Testimony of Imre Dov Horvat, born in Stari Becej, Yugoslavia, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in Novi Sad and in hiding in Budapest

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Testimony of Imre Dov Horvat, born in Stari Becej, Yugoslavia, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in Novi Sad and in hiding in Budapest Life before the war. Escape to Novi-Sad, 1942; escape to Budapest; German occupation, 1944; arrest by the Germans; separation of family members; deportation of his mother to an unknown destination; move to a place where he is hidden by friends; life in Budapest under air-raid attack; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Return to Stari Becej; life in Stari Becej; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Kefalos" with help from the JDC, 1948; life on Kibbutz Ruchama...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses, October 1943

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and according to eye-witnesses, October 1943 Poland: Riots in the Bialystok Ghetto and the Lodz Ghetto including burning of factories, breaking down of walls and joining the partisans; liquidation of the Bochnia Ghetto; deportation of Jews to annihilation; the Bedzin affair and deception of the Jews by the Germans; the exhibition "The Jewish World Plague" in Krakow; Denmark: The Jews of Denmark and the reaction of the Danish and Swedish population; Italy: Levying of...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 21

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Malka (Hus) Kahana, born in Stramtura, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Malka (Hus) Kahana, born in Stramtura, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Hasidic community in Stramtura. German occupation and entry of the Germans into the synagogue on the morning of the blessing of the new month of Nisan on Shabbat, March 1944; shearing of beards and shaving of hair of the worshippers; deportation of all the town's Jews to the Dragomiresti Ghetto; stay in the Dragomiresti Ghetto for two weeks until deportation to Auschwitz; her grandfather takes Jewish ritual objects with him to Auschwitz; her grandfather descends from the deportation...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 11948

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Nachum Kammerman Kedar, born in Vienna, Austria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Vienna, Roskilde, Halsingborg, Bornholm and other places

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Testimony of Nachum Kammerman Kedar, born in Vienna, Austria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Vienna, Roskilde, Halsingborg, Bornholm and other places Family of Polish immigrants; life before the Anschluss; witness attends elementary and high schools; activities in Maccabi Hatzair movement. Anschluss, 1938; arrest of his father; deportation of his father to Dachau; emigration to Denmark with help from the Hechalutz movement; work on farms in Roskilde, Halsingborg and Bornholm; German occupation of Denmark, 1943; escape to Sweden with help from Hechalutz; work on a farm in Simrishamn; end of the...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Chana Szinai, born in Tiszalok, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Simapuszta ghetto; in the Birkenau camp, and in forced labor camps

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Testimony of Chana Szinai, born in Tiszalok, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Simapuszta ghetto; in the Birkenau camp, and in forced labor camps Childhood recollections and family background in Tiszalok; studies in a Jewish elementary school; displays of antisemitism in 1939. Her father's being forced to enlist in labor battalions; concentration of the Jews in the Simapuszta ghetto with the entry of the Germans in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; the children's block; roll calls; harsh treatment from Irma Greze; life in the camp; selections; receiving disk number 7981 in Birkenau;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 11562

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Moskowitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in Chust, the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, in Sweden and other places

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Testimony of Miriam Moskowitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in Chust, the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, in Sweden and other places Her childhood in a religious family including Yiddish studies in a Soviet school; non-participation in activities of the Hechalutz movement. German Army occupation of Chust, 1944; deportation of the Jews to the Chust Ghetto; deportation of the Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life including selection and labor in a linen factory in Neusalz; air-raids; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on a march that lasts six...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

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