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Memoirs of Eli Lutek Lewin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences while escaping from the Warsaw Ghetto, in Chmielnik and in hiding using a false identity in a village near Rawa Mazowiecka Family history; immigration of his mother Justina's parents to Eretz Israel with their son, Moniek, who was liable for arrest as a Communist, 1932. Outbreak of the war and occupation of Warsaw; escape from the ghetto with his mother, autumn, 1941; move to Chmielnik; life in a rented apartment in Chmielnik; postcard sent by his mother to her sister Bruchtsia in Paris, March 1942; correspondence with his...

File Number : 8647

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eikhner Perser Suzanna Esther , born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, in 1937 regarding the christianization of the family and the hiding with acquaintances

Educated family; the grandfather-head of the community; independance of Slovakia in 1939; leaving the house due to limitations in the number of Jews allowed to live on the main street; christianization of the family; obtaining certificates; learning in a monastery; denunciation and deportation of the parents to Auschwitz Birkenau in September 1944; rescue by the christian family nanny; hiding with the christaian nanny until May 1945; recognition of the nanny Pestunka Augusta as a Righteous Among the Nations; return of the father after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13737

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation and forged documents of Eugenia Golda Kaszub and Michal Topaz, from before the war, during their stay in Warsaw while using false identities during the war, and during the period after the war Documentation includes: - Matriculation certificate of Michal Topaz, issued in Warsaw, 25 May 1919; forging of the details on the certificate, including using the false identity of Stanislav Glowacki, which was written over the original name; forging of his place of place: Gorzuchow; forging of the date of birth: 29 April 1901; - Student card with the name Golda Kaszub, issued in Warsaw, 24...

File Number : 1200

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, Russian

Soviet Identity Card of Frida Aleksandra Tager, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1913, issued on 26 May 1941, and documents of Mordchai Varushkin Tager, born in Rēzekne, Latvia, 1939, proving his baptism as a child and adoption by Ulita Varushkina, 1941-1952 The file includes: - Baptism Certificate (Latvian original with notarized translations into Russian and English) attesting to the fact that the priest of the Rēčenas Old Believers Parish, Rēzekne District, baptized in his church a Jewish boy, two years of age and named Foka, who was brought to him by Ulita Varushkina, a resident of Bekši, who presented the...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Identity Card

Language : English, Russian, Latvian

Certification by the Catholic Church in Trebišov, Czechoslovakia, that Dr. Eugen Hecht, from Trebišov, and his family members are maintaining a Catholic way of life; certificate dated, 13 March 1943 - Certificate issued, in order to prevent the deportation of the Hecht family from Trebišov.

File Number : 139

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Slovak

Personal documents of Isidor Juker, born in Buczkowice, Poland, 08 May 1900; documents are from the period after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and his release from camp

Personal documents of Isidor Juker, born in Buczkowice, Poland, 08 May 1900; documents are from the period after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and his release from camp - Certificate issued in Fulda after the war, attesting that Isidor Juker was an inmate in Gross-Rosen and Bergen-Belsen camps for four years during the German occupation; - Hattenhof resident's card with the name Isidor Juker, issued by the temporary military authority, 19 September 1945; - Certification issued in Hannover, 17 July 1945, that Isidor Juker registered at the committee for former inmates of concentration camps; -...

File Number : 724

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Documentary

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Letters sent from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella (Garson) Winokur in Eretz Israel, by means of Leontyna Matejko, who hid Bella during the war period, 1957-1968, and official and legal documentation of the couple Szmul and Bella Winokur, from Widze - Letter sent by Leontyna Matejko from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella Winokur Kantorowicz, including the envelope, 10/11/1968; - Court ruling of a lawsuit by Pesia Feldman, from Widze, concerning tax payments, 1922; - Craftsman's work permit, given to Bela Garson in Swieciany, 17/06/1929; - Notarized copy of the craftsman's certificate, in the name of Bejla...

File Number : 2013

Type of Material : Letter, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Polish

Letters written in a labor camp by Haim Isak Daniel to his wife Solcha and daughter Shelka in Sofia and Kyustendil, including personal documents of the Daniel family and memoirs of Rashel Sheli (Daniel) Carmi regarding her family's experiences during the Holocaust - Confirmation of the birth of Rashel Daniel, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1937; document issued, 02 August 1937; - Identity card of Haim Daniel, born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, 1905, issued in Sofia, 19 April 1947; - Identity card of Solcha Daniel, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 1911, issued in Sofia, 19 April 1947; - Letter written by Haim Daniel...

File Number : 1891

Type of Material : Identity Card, Personal Documents, Poem/song, Letter, Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Letters, poems and a letter of testimony written by Raya Zelinkova, regarding her experiences in Pyatigory during 1941-1944

Letters, poems and a letter of testimony written by Raya Zelinkova, regarding her experiences in Pyatigory during 1941-1944 In the first letters, Raya Zelinkova sends Ilya Ehrenburg her poems which were written following the murder of her father, the baptism of her daughter, and the murder of many Jews from her village; in one letter, which apparently was written in response to Ilya Ehrenburg's request to send testimonies regarding the Nazi war crimes, she explains in her testimony about survival during 1941-1944; At the start of her letter, Raya Zelinkova tells that her family refused to leave the...

File Number : 223

Type of Material : Testimony, Poems/songs, Letter

Language : Russian, Ukrainian

List of pupils of Jewish origin who attended the Catholic high school in Cologne, 1860-1934

File Number : 624

Type of Material : List of Jewish Pupils

Language : German

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