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Testimony of Hava (Nusbaum) Holtzman, born in Vienna, Austria, 1923, regarding her experiences in Vienna until 1938

Testimony

Testimony of Hava (Nusbaum) Holtzman, born in Vienna, Austria, 1923, regarding her experiences in Vienna until 1938 Life before the annexation to Germany; activities of her father in the Beitar movement. Nazi rise to power in Germany; displays of antisemitism before the war; annexation to Germany (Anschluss), 1938; activities in the Maccabi Hatzair movement; registration for aliya to Eretz Israel; move to Trieste by train; aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children, 1938; absorption on kibbutzim.

File Number : 13113

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tamara Edith (Rozenrauch) Schueck, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences during Kristallnacht and her move to Great Britain with the Kindertransport

Testimony

Testimony of Tamara Edith (Rozenrauch) Schueck, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences during Kristallnacht and her move to Great Britain with the Kindertransport Life before the war; witness's mother is an actress in the Yiddish Theater; attends a Jewish school; closure of the school; Kristallnacht. Move to Great Britain with the Kindertransport, 1939; separation from her father who is deported to Buchenwald; her mother's move to Mauritius with help from Ehud Avriel, the emissary; life in Great Britain including Bnei Akiva activities; education and social life. Aliya preparations;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Financial matters, and specifically, the exchange of telegrams with members of Vaad Hahatzala (Rescue Committee) in Istanbul regarding the financing of relief operations for the Jews of France, Hungary and Slovakia, 1943-1945 The file contains: Pages 1-2: Transfer of funds from "Kibbuz" [kibbutz?] (via Richard Lichtheim and Venja Hadari) to Chaim Pazner in Geneva, May 1943; Page 3: Financial report regarding relief operations sent to Goldin in Istanbul, apparently from Geneva, undated; Pages 4-49: Exchange of letters, primarily telegrams, between Chaim Pazner and the [Eretz Israeli] Office in...

File Number : 60

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Correspondence, primarily regarding activities of the Labor and Ichud movements, 1944-1945

Correspondence, primarily regarding activities of the Labor and Ichud movements, 1944-1945 The file contains: Pages 1-42: Correspondence between the office in Geneva and the Vaad Hahatzala (Rescue Committee) in Istanbul (Kushta), primarily with its representatives in the Workers movement, regarding financial help and obtaining of certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for members of the Zionist movement in Nazi occupied countries (among the correspondents are Chaim Pazner, Nathan Schwalb, Venja Pomerantz, Chaim Barlas and others), 1944; Pages 43-44: Report from Venja Pomerantz and Menachem...

File Number : 41

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, French, German, Yiddish

Testimony of Malka Marta (maiden name: Antman) Brokh, born in 1920 in Vienna, Austria, about her experiences in Vienna, in Yugoslavia and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939.

Testimony of Malka Marta (maiden name: Antman) Brokh, born in 1920 in Vienna, Austria, about her experiences in Vienna, in Yugoslavia and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939. Life before the war; activity as part of the leadership of the Hashomer Hatzair; Anschluss (Anschluss – the annexation of Austria to the Third Reich) in 1938; life under the Nazi authorities; rise of antisemitism; the events of Kristallnacht in 1938; her brother's arrest and transfer to the Dachau camp in 1938; organization of illegal aliya to Eretz Irael with Hechalutz in 1938; her brother’s release and his emigration to the United States in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew