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Memoirs of Otto Schick, [at the time] an inmate of Auschwitz, regarding receipt of the news that the US Army had invaded Europe, June 1944

Memoirs of Otto Schick, [at the time] an inmate of Auschwitz, regarding receipt of the news that the US Army had invaded Europe, June 1944 - Summary of the experiences of Otto Schick during the war, p. 2; - Memoirs regarding receipt of the news, pp. 2-3.

File Number : 3383

Type of Material : Article

Language : German

Testimony of Yshai Shtikman, born in France, 1932, regarding his experiences hiding using a false identity and in the French underground

Testimony

Testimony of Yshai Shtikman, born in France, 1932, regarding his experiences hiding using a false identity and in the French underground His family was originally from Warsaw. Outbreak of the war and his father is drafted into the Polish unit; entry of the Germans into Paris; life as usual until 1941; yellow badge legislation; his father's and uncles' arrest and their deportation to the camps; finds a safe place for his mother and forged documents for his brother and himself; he is smuggled out to a village in Southern France; disguising himself as a Christian; joining underground activities of the...

File Number : 10444

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Fruman, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Bedzin Ghetto and Blechhammer, Karvinna, Buchenwald and Gross-Rosen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Fruman, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Bedzin Ghetto and Blechhammer, Karvinna, Buchenwald and Gross-Rosen camps His childhood in a religious family. German occupation, September 1939; burning of synagogues; confiscation of Jewish property, 1940-1941; rescue from deportations to extermination; establishment of the Bedzin Ghetto; witness' deportation to labor in Karvinna camp in quarries, 1943; transfer to Blechhammer camp number three; camp life; labor as an electrician; dysentery; recuperation; air-raids; executions; death march to Gross-Rosen...

File Number : 9963

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters written by members of the Stern and Koralek families in Prague, Birkenau, and the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1942-1944; documentation pertaining to the Stern and Spitzer families from Czechoslovakia Stern family letters: Letters written by Rudolf Stern, born 15 August 1902: - Red Cross letters written in Prague and sent to his sister, Helena (Stern) Mandelik in Asunción, Paraguay, 17 June and 02 July 1942; - Letter written in Birkenau to his mother in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 07 September 1943; Postcards written to Liesl Lisl Siegl in Lobositz by: - Rudolf Stern's sister, Else (Stern) Koralek,...

File Number : 4291

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Postcard, Document, Diary, Genealogy, Red Cross Letter, Memoirs

Language : Serbian, Czech, French, English, German, Hungarian

Letters from Rudy Meisel, a soldier in the American Army, Munich and France, to relatives in the U.S., 1944–1945, and documentation of the Schwager family of Vienna

Letters from Rudy Meisel, a soldier in the American Army, Munich and France, to relatives in the U.S., 1944–1945, and documentation of the Schwager family of Vienna Rudy Meisel's letters: - postcard from the American soldier Rudy Meisel, France, to his nephew Georg Schwager, U.S., 1944; - letter from the American soldier Rudy F. Meisel, Munich, to relatives in the U.S., June 13, 1945, searching for information about the fate of his mother and sister Elsa during his stay in Pilsen, including the envelope in which letter was sent (among other artifacts); Documentation pertaining to the Schwager...

File Number : 4272

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Passport, Envelope, Letter, Postcard, Birth Certificate

Language : English, German

Documentation regarding the activities of Roger Charles Emile Chevrier, born in Paris in 1909, in the French underground and in the GPRF; correspondence of the French underground and the GPRF; experiences of Roger Chevrier and the Coriat family; diary of Gustave Elrich Documentation regarding Roger Charles Emile Chevrier (his name during the war was: Deman): - Personal documentation, confirmations and medals of honor issued in Paris, Tunis, Caracas and London during 1930-1951, regarding Roger Charles Emile Chevrier, born in Paris on 23/07/1909: documentation from the University of Paris; decision...

File Number : 639

Type of Material : Announcement, Certification, Membership Cards, Speech, Letter, Invitation, Notepad, Personal Documents, Diary, Diploma, Memoirs

Language : Spanish, French, English

Memoirs of Fred W. Gabbard, born in Gabbard, Kentucky, USA, 25 December 1908, regarding his experiences as a sergeant in the US Army, 1942-1945

Memoirs of Fred W. Gabbard, born in Gabbard, Kentucky, USA, 25 December 1908, regarding his experiences as a sergeant in the US Army, 1942-1945 The letter and e-mail by Bette Hinton, regarding the donation of her father's diary to Yad Vashem, 2015. "Army Record": Memoirs of Fred W. Gabbard, born in Gabbard, Kentucky, USA, 25 December 1908, regarding his experiences as Sergeant in the US Army, 1942-1945 - Joined the US Army, 1 October 1942; training in various camps, promotion to Sergeant; birth of his first daughter, not allowed to leave home; arrival to Scotland, December 1942; visited sights in...

File Number : 9700

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Imre Fodor, born in Budapest, Hungary, regarding his experiences in Budapest, and the experiences of the Jews of Hungary during the war

Memoirs of Imre Fodor, born in Budapest, Hungary, regarding his experiences in Budapest, and the experiences of the Jews of Hungary during the war Approach of the Red Army at the Eastern front; pressure by the German government on Hungary for its active participation in the war; Hitler's demand for a "solution to the problem" of Hungary's Jews; German occupation of Hungary on 19/03/1944; arrival of Adolf Eichmann to Budapest; establishment of the Central Council of Hungarian Jews, and the appointment of Samu Stern as the head of the council; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions, including the wearing of a...

File Number : 9837

Type of Material : Diary, Calendar

Language : English, Hungarian

Testimony of Beno Tzal, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Vienna, escape to England, and service in the British Army during the invasion of Normandy

Testimony

Testimony of Beno Tzal, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Vienna, escape to England, and service in the British Army during the invasion of Normandy Life in Vienna as the son of parents from the Galicia area; without Austrian citizenship; life in a Jewish orphanage; his brothers' aliya to Eretz Israel with pioneering groups; the Anschluss (annexation of Austria to the Third Reich); anti-Jewish legislation; dismissals from work; hoodlumism on the streets; his sister's escape to Switzerland; receiving a deportation notice from Austria; obtaining a visa to England through the Bachad...

File Number : 14073

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew