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Postcard sent by Solomon Posner from Oswiecim to Lena Kofman, a relative in Eretz Israel, 06 November 1938, and a discharge certificate from military service issued to Moses Israel Schnapp in Vienna, 15 April 1940 Moses Schnapp was born in Przemyslany, Poland, 21 January 1904 (according to what was entered on the certificate). Notes from Rachel (Posner) Yakimovski who submitted the material: Shlomo and Matilda (Bruner) Posner lived in Oswiecim. They had eight children of whom only one daughter survived - Rachel [the submitter of the material]. Shlomo and Matilda perished in the Holocaust. Moshe Israel...

File Number : 2247

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : German - Hebrew Characters, German

Documentation regarding Erich and Rosa Rachela (Weitzner) Schwartz, including Rosa's inoculation certificate, Erich's report card, telegrams received by Rosa, and other documents, 1920-1952

Documentation regarding Erich and Rosa Rachela (Weitzner) Schwartz, including Rosa's inoculation certificate, Erich's report card, telegrams received by Rosa, and other documents, 1920-1952 Documentation related to Rosa Rachela Weitzner: - Inoculation certificate of Rosa Weitzner, issued in Essen, 06 July 1925; - Registration certificate for foreign resident, belonging to Rachela Weitzner, born in Kalusz, 04 January 1913; certificate issued in Manchester, 11 July 1939 (her date of arrival to England: 04 April 1939); - Record card for health insurance and pension contributions of Rachel Weitzner, a...

File Number : 648

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Memoirs of Rozie (Vagner) Neumann, born in Stryj, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Vienna, on the Kindertransport and in Britain; a postcard sent from Belgium to her future husband Shlomo (Sali) Neumann in Scotland, 1939 regarding his relatives in Krakow, and a Red Cross letter sent by Shlomo's father from Krakow Memoirs of Rozie (Shoshana) (Vagner) Neumann: Childhood in a hasidic family in Stryj, 1926; immigration to Vienna, 1926; annexation of Austria to Germany, 1938; pressure from the authorities on her family because they do not have Austrian citizenship. Forced labor cleaning streets in...

File Number : 8640

Type of Material : Postcard, List of Murdered Jews, Red Cross Letter, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Letters and postcards sent to Eduard Sigal by his parents in Brzezany and Vienna, 1941-1942, letters sent to Eduard Sigal by his family and friends from Vienna and England, 1930-1950; personal documentation of Eduard Sigel from the period of time prior to his aliya to Eretz Israel from Vienna, 1938 Letters and postcards: - Postcard sent to Eduard Sigal in Eretz Israel by his father Aron Sigal in Brzezany, 26 February 1941; - Red Cross letter sent by Eduard Segal to his mother Malvine Sigal in Vienna, 06 June 1941, and his mother's response on the reverse side of the letter, 13 May 1942; - Letter sent...

File Number : 2216

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Personal documentation belonging to the Wolfgang family from Vienna from the prewar and postwar periods, 1886-1970

Personal documentation belonging to the Wolfgang family from Vienna from the prewar and postwar periods, 1886-1970 - Invitation to the wedding of Regine (Loewy) and Isaias Weissman (the parents of Julie [Weissman] Wolfgang), 15 June 1886; - Birth certificate issued in the name of Karl Wolfgang (husband of Julie [Weissman] Wolfgang), born 01 March 1892 (He was actually born on 29 February, however, because the date recurs only once every four years, the 01 March date was entered in the birth certificate); - Plumbing certification document issued to Karl Wolfgang in Vienna, 13 September 1909; -...

File Number : 249

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Red Cross Letter, Letter

Language : English, German

Documentation regarding Ernest Kopstein and his family members, including a letter written by Poli Kopstein in Vienna to his son Ernie in France, documentation regarding the experiences of Ernest Kopstein during the war written by his niece, genealogy of the family and more, 1941-2010 Letters: - Letter from Poli Leopold Kopstein in Vienna to his son Ernie Ernest Kopstein in the Chateau de Magiller, France (in German), 20 April 1941; - Letter from US Army Sergeant Emil Wetzler (nephew of Poli Kopstein), stationed in Czechoslovakia, to his uncle Ede in the United States (in English), 08 July...

File Number : 2213

Type of Material : Genealogy, Letter, Documentary, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Documentation regarding Abraham and Esther (Gottlieb-Potaschnik) Adlerstein and members of their families, including letters, postcards, telegrams and more, 1931-1946

Documentation regarding Abraham and Esther (Gottlieb-Potaschnik) Adlerstein and members of their families, including letters, postcards, telegrams and more, 1931-1946 Letters, postcards and telegrams: - Scrap of an envelope (with the stamp "Der Fuhrer in Vienna") sent to Abraham Adlerstein in Eretz Israel by Ester Gottlieb-Potaschnik in Vienna, 17 March 1938; - Letter sent to Ester Gottlieb-Potaschnik by Menachem Bader, a member of the Jewish underground, 14 July 1938; the letter concerns the transfer of possessions belonging to the Jews of Vienna into the right hands so that the Jews could take them...

File Number : 2212

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Letters sent to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents and other family members in Vienna, Budapest and Great Britain, 1939-1951

Letters sent to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents and other family members in Vienna, Budapest and Great Britain, 1939-1951 - Letters sent to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents in Vienna; coping with hardships and their wish to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939; - Letters sent by his uncle Herman in Vienna, to his nephew Harry (Mordachai) Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel, 1939; - Two letters sent by his uncle Bruno Unger, aunt Mina, and cousins Dorit and Walter in Budapest, to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel, 1939; - Letters sent by his uncle Bruno and his aunt Mina in Baltimore,...

File Number : 2181

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Announcement regarding the death of Rebeka Regina Fuchs in Auschwitz, 25/02/1943, sent to her non-Jewish husband by means of the police headquarters in Vienna

Announcement regarding the death of Rebeka Regina Fuchs in Auschwitz, 25/02/1943, sent to her non-Jewish husband by means of the police headquarters in Vienna - Her date of birth, according to the announcement, was 16.12.1896; Note: Rebeka Regina Fuchs (nee Bergman) was married to a non-Jewish Austrian; they did not have any children; her husband had a daughter from his previous marriage; the announcement was found in his daughter's estate after her death.

File Number : 1464

Type of Material : Death Certificate

Language : German

Passport belonging to Wilhelm Hollander, born in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 1925, issued in Vienna, 07 January 1939

Passport belonging to Wilhelm Hollander, born in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 1925, issued in Vienna, 07 January 1939 Note: Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Hollander lived in Vienna with his parents, Shalom (Siegfried) and Vilma Hollander, and his three siblings, Ze'ev [?], Shaul and Amalia until the Nazi occupation. In 1939 he arrived in Sweden. In 1941 he made aliya to Eretz Israel via the Soviet Union, Turkey and Lebanon. His mother and two siblings perished in the Holocaust. After the war, Ze'ev discovered that his father had been deported to Baku where he died.

File Number : 248

Type of Material : Passport

Language : English, Russian, Swedish, German

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