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Testimony of Sulamit (Lorintz) Mermelstein, born in Cerny Ardov, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Riga, Gdansk and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Sulamit (Lorintz) Mermelstein, born in Cerny Ardov, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Riga, Gdansk and other camps From a Shabbat observant secular family that owns a bakery. Hungarian occupation; attends a Czech school where the language of instruction is Hungarian, until 1944; German occupation, March 1944; decrees; deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto; ghetto life; her brother's illness; deportation to Auschwitz, July 1944; transfer to Riga; camp life including labor sawing lumber; transfer to Gdansk; camp life including labor unloading...

File Number : 12096

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal file of Raymond Cahen in the Drancy registry, 1944

Personal file of Raymond Cahen in the Drancy registry, 1944 Attempt to be registered as a North African Muslim by Raymond Cahen; discovery of his identity as a Jew by the Nazis; deportation, 03 February 1944.

File Number : 339

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Orders by Liebehenschel and Pohl, regarding the ban on filming movies in the SS factories in camps, the change of name of Liebehenschel's office, and other matters

Orders by Liebehenschel and Pohl, regarding the ban on filming movies in the SS factories in camps, the change of name of Liebehenschel's office, and other matters Order by Liebehenschel, regarding the change of name of his office; order by Pohl, regarding the ban on filming movies in the SS factories in camps, and instructions to the directors of the political departments who participated in a deliberation, 23 March 1944.

File Number : 432

Type of Material : Original Document, Official Documentation

Language : German

Order by Heinrich Himmler, regarding cessation of the continuous marking of the inmates' ash boxes

Order by Heinrich Himmler, regarding cessation of the continuous marking of the inmates' ash boxes Himmler's order was transferred to the camp commanders by Liebehenschel.

File Number : 418

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Original Document

Language : German

Order by Heinrich Himmler, regarding camouflaging the number of the annual incidents of death in the camps by using a new method to mark the records

Order by Heinrich Himmler, regarding camouflaging the number of the annual incidents of death in the camps by using a new method to mark the records Himmler's order was transferred to the camp commanders by Liebehenschel.

File Number : 417

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Original Document

Language : German

Testimony of Jeno Eugen Jaakov Diosi, born in Solivar, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Romania and in the underground in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Jeno Eugen Jaakov Diosi, born in Solivar, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Romania and in the underground in Budapest Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; gives help to Jewish refugees in the framework of the Zionist movement; escape to Romania; escape to Budapest; life in the underground including rescue activities; liberation. Activities in the Bericha organization; aliya to Eretz Israel in the context of the Aliya Bet organization, 1948.

File Number : 3016

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German, Hungarian

Testimony of Aladar Weiss, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Auschwitz and Dernau

Testimony

Testimony of Aladar Weiss, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Auschwitz and Dernau Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary; increase in antisemitism; escape to Budapest; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Dernau; liberation. Return to Topolcany; life in Topolcany including displays of antisemitism; aliya to Israel, 1949.

File Number : 2631

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Pnina (Nissenbaum) Srebrnik, born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Falenica Ghetto and using a false identity in Braunschweig

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina (Nissenbaum) Srebrnik, born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Falenica Ghetto and using a false identity in Braunschweig Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to the Falenica Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to Braunschweig; camp life using a false identity and labor in an ammunitions factory; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1948.

File Number : 2556

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Josef Rot, born in Radymno, Poland, 1912, regarding his experiences in Radymno, in the Red Army in the Soviet Union and in the Wehrmacht in Stalingrad while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Rot, born in Radymno, Poland, 1912, regarding his experiences in Radymno, in the Red Army in the Soviet Union and in the Wehrmacht in Stalingrad while using a false identity Life in Radymno before the war. Deportation to the Soviet occupied area by the Germans; draft into the Red Army; life in the Red Army in the Soviet Union including capture by the Wehrmacht; life in captivity while using a false Polish identity; draft to the auxiliary corps of the Wehrmacht while using a false identity; life in the Soviet Union in the Wehrmacht, including in Stalingrad; capture by the Red Army; life...

File Number : 3325

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Laszlo Antal, born in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 1913, regarding his experiences in the underground and rescue activities in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Laszlo Antal, born in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 1913, regarding his experiences in the underground and rescue activities in Budapest Work as a lawyer in Budapest before the war. Establishment and administration of a Jewish children's institution; activities of his father-in-law Miklos Kertesz, a member of the Hungarian parliament, with Raoul Wallenberg to give Swedish protective passports to Jews; objection by Danielson, the Swedish ambassador; Kertesz convinces Danielson to agree; establishment of a children's institution, October 1944; institution activities under International Red Cross...

File Number : 3367

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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