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Correspondence by József Deustch, who was a forced laborer for the Hungarian Army, with his family members, 1942-1944, and the memoirs of Zahava (Deutsch) Inbar, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Zillerthal, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camps, and in other places - Letters and postcards sent by Deutsch family members from Lucska, Rozsnyó, Kunmadaras and from the Rimaszécs Ghetto, 1942-1944; - Memoirs of Zahava (Deutsch) Inbar, written, 1993: German occupation of Hungary; in hiding in an attic in Szepsi; inability to return to her parents' home in Lucska; presents herself before the Police,...

File Number : 1832

Type of Material : Postcard, Memoirs, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp German occupation of Poland; air-raids; occupation of Warsaw; displays of antisemitism [and anti-Jewish regulations] by the Germans; establishment of the ghetto; administration by the Judenrat; smuggling of food into the ghetto by the children; Jewish policemen; leave-taking from his parents and escape from the ghetto; wanderings from village to village using a false identity (Stanislaw Vishnewski); work for a Polish farmer; arrival at the...

File Number : 8470

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Shlomo Altman, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Sakrau, Brande, Markstaedt, Gross-Rosen and other places

Memoirs of Shlomo Altman, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Sakrau, Brande, Markstaedt, Gross-Rosen and other places Life in the Sakrau camp until November 1941; deportation to a labor camp in the Riga area; camp life including forced labor; transfer to the Brande camp; life in the Brande camp; transfer to Markstaedt; life in Markstaedt; transfer to Fuenfteichen; life in Fuenfteichen; transfer to Gross-Rosen; life in Gross-Rosen; transfer to Hersbruck; life in Hersbruck until April 1945; death march.

File Number : 8279

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Chana Malik, born in Moisei, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Viseu Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gelsenberg, Sommerda and other camps

Memoirs of Chana Malik, born in Moisei, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Viseu Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gelsenberg, Sommerda and other camps Life in Moisei. Re-annexation to Hungary; deportation to the Viseu Ghetto, 1944; Viseu Ghetto life; Auschwitz camp life; Gelsenberg camp life; Sommerda camp life.

File Number : 8247

Type of Material : Interview(s), Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

"Why", memoirs of a Jewish physician from Slovakia regarding his experiences in Slovakia and Auschwitz

"Why", memoirs of a Jewish physician from Slovakia regarding his experiences in Slovakia and Auschwitz Stages of the anti-Jewish policy in Slovakia; attitude of the population towards the Jews; conversion in order to survive; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including a meeting with Jewish children from Hungary in the Children's Barracks, the Sonderkommando uprising, and the clinic; analysis of the murderers' characters; liberation.

File Number : 4016

Type of Material : Diaries and Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Dr. József Fonó, born in Miskolc, Hungary in 1911, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Ukraine, in a marked house in Budapest, and in Buchenwald, Ohrdruf and other camps Cancellation of the validity of an academic degree that he received overseas, because he is a Jew; he receives permission from the mayor to work in a Jewish hospital (without receiving a salary); transfer to forced labor in 1942 [on occasion]; deportation to forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Ukraine on 02/10/1942; life in the battalion in Ukraine until August 1943; German occupation in...

File Number : 623

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of László Weinberger, born in Szolnok, Hungary in 1914, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Jászberény and Budapest, and in Mauthausen, Günskirchen and other camps He presents himself to the authorities for forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Jászberény on 21/05/1944; transfer to Budapest; labor in Budapest as a railroad laborer; he receives good treatment and a permit to return to his family's home each day; the labor battalion receives a protective document; residence on Páva Street; labor repairing a railroad track at the Ferencváros railroad station;...

File Number : 598

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Sándor Eisler, born in Korláthelmec, Hungary in 1906, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kassa, and in Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps

Testimony of Sándor Eisler, born in Korláthelmec, Hungary in 1906, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kassa, and in Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps Deportation to forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Kassa on 13/05/1942; transfer to the Eastern front; transfer to a military division, thanks to a Hungarian officer; labor as a driver; rise to power of the Arrow Cross Party in Hungary, and transfer back to a labor battalion; transfer to Mauthausen on a death march in November 1944; life during the march, which lasts for six weeks; inmates receive no food, and they eat...

File Number : 2881

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of László Garami, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1908, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Gödöllő and Putnok, and in Harka, Mauthausen and other camps

Testimony of László Garami, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1908, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Gödöllő and Putnok, and in Harka, Mauthausen and other camps He presents himself to the authorities for service in forced labor in Gödöllő on 30/04/1943; life in Gödöllő, including dispersion to the battalions; decent treatment by Hungarian soldiers; good living conditions [it does not say where], for a year; transfer to Poland in April 1944; replacement of the Hungarian soldiers in the battalion; decent treatment by second lieutenant Opporcer, sergeant Bódi and the flag bearer...

File Number : 2876

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Collective testimony of Márton Strul, Jenő Szalai, Lajos Husz, Wolf Einhorn, Dezső Epstein, László Forgács, Pinkász Bernát, Dezső Schwartz, József Ferenc, Hermann Adler, József Klein, Henrik Deutsch, Ferenc Róth, György Matheser, Alexander Moskovits and József Róth, regarding their experiences in labor battalions in various places in Hungary, and in Balf, Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps Collective testimony of Márton Strul, Jenő Szalai, Lajos Husz, Wolf Einhorn, Dezső Epstein, László Forgács, Pinkász Bernát, Dezső Schwartz, József Ferenc, Hermann Adler, József Klein, Henrik Deutsch, Ferenc Róth, György...

File Number : 2861

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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