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Manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff regarding Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945

Manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff regarding Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945 In the file: - Accompanying letter by Edith Wolff regarding the manuscript she and Jizchak Schwersenz prepared concerning Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, pointing out that the manuscript is provisory and not yet meant for public use, but may be used within the Yad Vashem Archives (pp. 2-3), 08 March 1960; - Additional covering report by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding the manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff...

File Number : 327

Type of Material : Manuscript, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Pinkhas Horn, born in Leipzig, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Leipzig, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938, and service in the British Army in Africa and Italy

Testimony

Testimony of Pinkhas Horn, born in Leipzig, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Leipzig, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938, and service in the British Army in Africa and Italy From a family in Leipzig that was originally from Poland; life during the Weimar Republic; attendance at a kindergarten named for Dr. Vaskin [trans. note: a Hebrew scholar who wrote instruction books on learning Hebrew for the German speaker]; attendance at a German school and a school named for [Rabbi] Carlebach; membership in the Bund youth movement; religious life; Nazi rise to power; economic boycott of the Jews; Nuremberg Laws;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Claire (Provizor) Shifer, born in Altona, Germany in 1922, regarding her experiences in the ranks of the underground in Brussels, in Mechelen camp and in Charleroi

Testimony

Testimony of Claire (Provizor) Shifer, born in Altona, Germany in 1922, regarding her experiences in the ranks of the underground in Brussels, in Mechelen camp and in Charleroi Her family moves to Brussels in 1923; life under a difficult economic situation; her father travels to Germany, and his escape back [to Belgium] at the start of the war; she goes out to work when she is 14 years old; she joins the Bund movement; she joins the socialist "Le faucon rouge" ("The Red Falcon") movement; intensive activities in the underground including the release of the leader Ernest Mandel; marriage to Phillip Shifer, an...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew