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Memoirs of Dov Shtatfeld Nir, born in Tarnogrod, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Przemyslany Ghetto, the Kurowice camp, the Jaktorow camp and in the forests

Memoirs of Dov Shtatfeld Nir, born in Tarnogrod, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Przemyslany Ghetto, the Kurowice camp, the Jaktorow camp and in the forests Life in Vinniki under the Soviet regime; German occupation; life in the Przemyslany Ghetto; deportation to the Kurowice camp and the Jaktorow camp; escape from murder together with his father; life in the forests in Poland.

File Number : 8331

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation belonging to Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas regarding the activities of the Dutch Comite voor Hulp aan Buitenlandsche Kinderen (Committee to Help Children from Abroad) that she established and more, 1938-1940 Official documents and correspondence of Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas regarding the activities of the Dutch Comite voor Hulp aan Buitenlandsche Kinderen that she established and the transfer of Jewish children from Germany and Austria to the Netherlands, 1938-1940; - Memoirs of Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas' rescue attempts before the German occupation and documentation regarding...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Correspondence, Article, Memoirs, Official Documentation

Language : English, Dutch

Memoirs of Shoshana (Rot) Goldstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Israel

Memoirs of Shoshana (Rot) Goldstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Israel Occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life in Budapest using the false identity of an Aryan woman including activities in the movement [?] and living quarters in a marked house; daily life in Budapest; wanderings; meetings with the contact person; meetings with her sister; invitation to join the Kasztner group; deportation to Bergen-Belsen, 08 July 1944; camp life together with the other Jews in the group with no work including hunger for five months. Transfer to...

File Number : 8224

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Diamantina Makhlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1926, regarding her life in Tripoli during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Diamantina Makhlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1926, regarding her life in Tripoli during the war Family background; life before the war; studies at a Jewish Italian school. The outbreak of war; school closure; the bombings; moving residence to the synagogue; murder of Jews by German soldiers; living in the city until the end of the war. Life after the war; aliya to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Helena Aussenberg, born, 1914, regarding her experiences in Radomysl Wielki, Dulcza Mala, in hiding, in Polaniec, and in the Jewish partisans family camp in forests

Testimony of Helena Aussenberg, born, 1914, regarding her experiences in Radomysl Wielki, Dulcza Mala, in hiding, in Polaniec, and in the Jewish partisans family camp in forests German occupation; kidnappings of Jews to forced labor, including humiliations and the theft of Jewish property; riots by Gestapo men in a random manner, including robbery and shooting of Jews; a portion of the Jews present themselves before the authorities for forced labor, according to a list published by the Judenrat; transfer of those Jews to Pustkow camp; deportation "Aktions" of Jewish men to Pustkow, at frequent intervals, as...

File Number : 160

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Eugenia Gurfinkiel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1910, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrueck and Malchow

Testimony of Eugenia Gurfinkiel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1910, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrueck and Malchow Life in Warsaw with her husband and two daughters; management of a shop for imported food products that they owned; Maintains a life with a good life style and plenty of food, also after the sealing of the Warsaw Ghetto; concern for her daughters, ages 6 and 2 years; she also gives food to hungry children in the ghetto; deportation of her husband, 18 January 1943; preparation of a hiding place equipped with food, on the fourth floor of...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Boleslaw Ringler, born in Boryslaw, Poland in 1907, regarding his experiences in Rypno, Stanislawow, in prison in Drohobycz, in hiding in Boryslaw, and in other places

Memoirs of Boleslaw Ringler, born in Boryslaw, Poland in 1907, regarding his experiences in Rypno, Stanislawow, in prison in Drohobycz, in hiding in Boryslaw, and in other places Hearing rumors in Boryslaw regarding an approaching war; fear and chaos among the residents; outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; deportation of residents to Siberia; labor in a fuel mine in Rypno; marriage to a non-Jewish woman; birth of his daughter Krystyna; life in Rypno; visit by his wife and daughter at the home of his father-in-law in Boryslaw; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; separation from his...

File Number : 4167

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testomony of Golda Weinreich born in 1924 in Poland, about her experience during the war in Ghetto Srodula, and in hiding places in Szopienice and Giszowice

Testomony of Golda Weinreich born in 1924 in Poland, about her experience during the war in Ghetto Srodula, and in hiding places in Szopienice and Giszowice 1. Golda Weinreich's testimony given to Yad Vashem Institute on August 8, 1984. Golda Weinreich and her mother Rocha Tornheim (Finger), nee Steinfeld, lived in Sosnowiec from 1939 to 1943, when they were interned in ghetto Srodula; describes ghetto life conditions: forced labor in workshops, starvation, selections, typhus. During the ghetto liquidation they were hiding in the bunker, and when uncovered, Rocha’s mother, Chawa Steinfeld, was deported to...

File Number : 2065

Type of Material : Correspondence, Document(s), Letter(s), Testimony, Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Documentation of the Krakow Jewish community pertaining to activities of the community welfare system and its budget, January-April 1940

Documentation of the Krakow Jewish community pertaining to activities of the community welfare system and its budget, January-April 1940 - Monthly budget proposals submitted by the Krakow Jewish community for January-March 1940 (in German, pp. 22-23, 26-30); Income sections, including community taxes, burial fees from the Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society), payment for use of hospitals and bathhouses, and contributions for the poor; Expenses section, including the Rabbinate, the Office, the bathhouse, the Chevra Kadisha, the hospital and clinics, soup kitchens, allotments to the poor, pensions for community...

File Number : 310

Type of Material : Report, Reports

Language : Polish, German

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Testimony

העדה- בת למשפחה מסורתית; שמירת המסורת של הסבתא והאם; החיים לפני המלחמה; האב חבר במפלגה הקומוניסטית ומנהל מחלקת תעשייה וחומרי בניין במועצת העיר; מעברי המשפחה לפני המלחמה ל-Klintsy ול-Bryansk בעקבות שירותו של האב כקצין צבאי; החיים ב-Bryansk לפני פרוץ המלחמה; פרוץ המלחמה ב-1941; הפצצות קשות על העיר; מסתור המשפחה במקלטים עד סוף אוגוסט 1941; החלטה על בריחה לכיוון עורף ברית המועצות; עיסוק האב בפינוי בתי חרושת מ-Bryansk; עלייה על הרכבת; מחסור במזון ומים בנסיעה; תלאות רבות בדרך; רעב; הגעה ל-Engels; תנאי החיים; קור; רעב; עבודת האם למען פרנסת המשפחה; לימודים בבית הספר; הליכה לבית הספר בבוץ טובעני; תנאים תברואתיים ירודים;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

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