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Testimony of Walter Kulka regarding his experiences in Maehrisch-Ostrau (Moravska Ostrava), Czechoslovakia (until 1939, afterwards, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia)

Testimony of Walter Kulka regarding his experiences in Maehrisch-Ostrau (Moravska Ostrava), Czechoslovakia (until 1939, afterwards, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) Pages 2-3: - Approximately 4,000 Jewish community members in Maehrisch-Ostrau before the war; - German occupation of Maehrisch-Ostrau, 13 March 1939; immediate arrests of Jews and Social Democrats; - Burning of the synagogues, a few months later; confiscation of Jewish businesses; existence of a secret Jewish office helping Jews cross the Polish border in order to receive visas to Eretz Israel, England or other countries; -...

File Number : 79

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimonies of Dr. Erwin Lichtenstein, former counsel of the Synagogengemeinde (Jewish community) of Danzig, regarding the final year of community life in Danzig and the emigration of almost the entire community, 1933-1939 - Danzig's status as a free town according to international law; the makeup of the Jews of Danzig; - Bare majority for the Nazis in the elections in Danzig , May 1933; coalition of the Nazi Party, the German National People's Party and the Center party; on a governmental level, no measures against Jews, but increasing pressure against the Jews by the National Socialists; gradually...

File Number : 72

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943 - Founding of the Gesellschaft fuer juedische Kunst und Wissenschaft (Society for Jewish Art and Science), 1933; absorption by the Juedischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation), 1939; support of illegal emigration by the consulates and the Hamburg Gestapo; forgery of documents regarding religion and profession in order to receive visas from various countries; - First "Akctions" against Jewish lodges: detention of board members by the Gestapo for one day, confiscation of the lodges' assets,...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German