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Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of Rosalia Nina (Schneider) David, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1936, regarding her experiences in Antwerp, Profondeville, an orphanage and in hiding in St. Servais while using a false identity German Army occupation [of Antwerp]; escape to France via Dunkerque; return of her family to Antwerp, 1940; life in Antwerp including air-raids and anti-Jewish legislation; her family's move to Profondeville, 1941; fear of deportation to concentration camps; placed in an orphanage of a Catholic monastery in the Namur region; hiding of her parents by a Belgian family, 1942; move from the orphanage to her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Shoshana (Zukerman) Schneider, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences in Brussels, in hiding in La Roue and using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Zukerman) Schneider, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences in Brussels, in hiding in La Roue and using a false identity Her family was originally from Lodz, Poland. German occupation; insistent pleading by her mother to the family, to escape to Switzerland; capture of the witness' father and his friends, August 1942; receives postcards from her father, from Mechelen camp; decision to go in hiding; family's daughters and a male cousin are entrusted to a family in La Roue; life using a false non-Jewish identity; cooperation by nuns; her mother's work in the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Report regarding the activities of the Council of Jewish Organizations in Brussels, 1937-1939

File Number : 172

Type of Material : Reports

Language : French

To be translated

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

Correspondence of Dr. Ignacy Schwarzbart with Jewish organizations in France and Belgium, 1944-1945

Correspondence of Dr. Ignacy Schwarzbart with Jewish organizations in France and Belgium, 1944-1945 - Petitions submitted by Schwarzbart to the Ministry of the Interior of the Polish government-in-exile to allow his travel to Belgium and France as a representative of Polish Jewry in the government-in-exile in order to familiarize himself with the situation of Polish Jews who immigrated to these countries and to establish contact with local Jewish organizations; - Correspondence with Zionist organizations in Belgium, the Committee of Polish Jews in Brussels and in Paris and the Belgian branch of the Jewish...

File Number : 642

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Report, Correspondence, List of Jews, Document

Language : Polish, French

Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) administration in Krakow and Warsaw with Jewish institutions and organizations abroad, 12 February 1940-08 February 1942

Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) administration in Krakow and Warsaw with Jewish institutions and organizations abroad, 12 February 1940-08 February 1942 - Requests sent by institutions and organizations abroad and personal applications to the JDC administration in Krakow to locate the addresses of Jews in Poland; - Applications from organizations abroad and personal applications to the JDC administration in Krakow requesting relief for individuals; - Requests to receive financial assistance from institutions and organizations abroad and confirmation of receipt of aid; -...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Letter, Telegram

Language : Slovak, Polish, French, English, German

Request for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for the Jews in Belgium, 1940-1945

Request for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for the Jews in Belgium, 1940-1945 Pages 1-177: Correspondence between the Eretz Israel Office (Palaestina Amt) in Geneva, the Jewish Agency executive in Jerusalem, the Jewish Agency office in Geneva (primarily R. Lichtheim) and the Eretz Israeli office in Istanbul (with M. Neustadt and Barlas) with Jewish political leaders in Belgium regarding the requests for certificates, especially for the Zionist movement veterans in Belgium who are slated for exchanges or for aliya; Pages 178-224: Various reports regarding the situation of the Jews in...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Survey Report, List of Persecuted Persons, Statistical Data, Telegram, Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, German, Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Shifra Sophia (Musnicki) Trocki Werber, born in Vilna, Poland, 1908, regarding her experiences in Revel, in underground activities to rescue Jewish children in the context of Jewish mutual help in Brussels, and in activities in the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ) German occupation of Belgium, 10 May 1940; escape from Brussels to Revel, near Toulouse, with her family; life in Revel for six months; return to Belgium; joins underground activities in the rescue of Jewish children in the context of Jewish mutual help in Brussels (Le Secours Mutuel Juif); activities in the Poalei Zion Left party...

File Number : 3453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

To be translated

תיעוד מבלגיה מ-1947-1945 של Sara Stern לבית Wolf, אישור מבלגיה על גורלו של Aron Stern יליד 1910 Nowy Sącz

File Number : 1776

Type of Material : Certification, Personal Documents, Membership Cards, Birth Certificate

Language : Polish, French, Dutch

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