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Letter sent by L. Foerder from Jerusalem to Dr. F. Brodnitz in New York, regarding the possibility of publishing his diary in the United States, July 1946

Letter sent by L. Foerder from Jerusalem to Dr. F. Brodnitz in New York, regarding the possibility of publishing his diary in the United States, July 1946 - Foerder started to write his diary in Eretz Israel, August 1939; included is a chapter of the diary, from June 1941; - The letter includes a comment about the attack by Irgun members on the King David Hotel, 22 July 1946; - The diary includes references to the mood in Eretz Israel, in particular among the immigrants from Germany due to the danger of a German invasion, and the problems involved in the Bericha organization, after the end of the...

File Number : 2305

Type of Material : Diary, Letter

Language : German

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Sandor Levy, born in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 1919, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in various camps, including Komarom and Mohacs, in the Dunafoldvar Ghetto and the Budapest Ghetto in a Swiss protected house The immediate family; family life; Sabbath and religious holidays, studies; rabbis; synagogues and Zionist activities in the community; his father is taken captive by the Soviets in World War I; move to Budapest and studies in the Teachers' Seminary; draft to a Hungarian Army labor battalion; temporary release in order to complete studies. Transfer to forced labor in...

File Number : 13211

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

עדותו של צביבק משה מויזש, יליד Jezierzany פולין 1931, על רדיפות בפולין וקורותיו תחת הכיבוש הגרמני

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Confirmation issued by the World Federation of Polish Jews regarding the activities of Ruth Vardi in the Czestochowa Ghetto underground and the Bericha Movement, 1992

Confirmation issued by the World Federation of Polish Jews regarding the activities of Ruth Vardi in the Czestochowa Ghetto underground and the Bericha Movement, 1992 - Confirmation issued by the World Federation of Polish Jews in Tel Aviv, 26 April 1992, certifying that Ruth Vardi was active in the Czestochowa Ghetto underground as well as the Bericha Movement in Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia, 1945-1947; Ruth Vardi made aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Dalet of the Zionist Activists.

File Number : 1027

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Hebrew

Documentation belonging to Yerachmiel Karb, born in Ignalina, Poland, 1887, dated 1941-1947

Documentation belonging to Yerachmiel Karb, born in Ignalina, Poland, 1887, dated 1941-1947 Diary written by Yerachmiel Karb on the pages of a Siddur (prayer book): Life in Ignalina with his wife Mirel and their children Eliyahu (who made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939), Moshe, Yisrael, Leibeleh and Shprintza; German Army occupation of Ignalina on 01 July 1941; life during the German occupation, including the confiscation of property, forced labor and ghettoization, 01 September 1941; detention of his son Yisrael along with other Jews; attempts to remove his son from the prison; executions; report...

File Number : 8957

Type of Material : Survey Report, Diary, Memoirs, Poems/songs

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Mina Doicher née Berkovitz, born in 1926 in Vatra Dorna, Romania, about her experiences in Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Mina Doicher née Berkovitz, born in 1926 in Vatra Dorna, Romania, about her experiences in Transnistria Childhood before the war; uneasy relations with Romanians, studies Hebrew and Judaism; active in the Hanoar Hazioni movement; deportation; takes rucksacks with 10 kilograms of contents; spends three or four days aboard a freight train; harsh conditions; bartering valuables for small amounts of food; badly treated by Ukrainians; reaches Mogilev and then various villages; life in Slidi, farm and household labor for food; hunger; cold; deprivation; father and brother taken to labor camps and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew