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Memoirs of Shimon Quittner regarding his childhood in Austria and Slovakia, his experiences in camps for foreign nationals in 1938-1939, his aliya to Eretz Israel and his service in the British army, 1942-1946 His childhood in Vienna; move of the family to Dolna Krupa in 1926; deportation of family members as foreign nationals to Šamorín, and from there to the no-man's land between Slovakia and Hungary in autumn 1938; staying for six weeks in a makeshift camp in the no-man's land; transfer of the refugees to a detention camp in Bratislava at the end of December 1938; stay in Patronka camp; organization of...

File Number : 11481

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Certification, Instruction, Document, Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Testimony of Yaakov Davner, born in Sniatyn, Poland in 1939, regarding his escape to the eastern territories of the Soviet Union

Testimony of Yaakov Davner, born in Sniatyn, Poland in 1939, regarding his escape to the eastern territories of the Soviet Union Outbreak of war; escape with his family members towards the eastern territories in a horse-drawn cart before the entry of the Wehrmacht; transfer to Stojanow as temporary residents (workforce for the Soviet authorities); transfer to Irkutsk in spring 1940; labor in forests in swamp areas; living conditions; riots by the laborers demanding to be transferred to another place; transfer to the Sverdlovsk region; release after the signing of an agreement between the government of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Dr. Sigmund David Margulies, born in Grzymałów, Poland in 1910, and his work in France, his detention in Meslay camp, and his release; documentation regarding David Marguiles and Charlotte (Weiss) Margulies, issued in France - Letters written by Dr. F. Feigl of the University of Vienna and by Dr. S. J. Vázquez in Madrid and Professor Dr. Emil Abel in Vienna, and sent to Professor E. Moles in Madrid, 02/07/1936, related to Dr. Sigmund Marguiles; - Confirmations regarding the work of Dr. Sigmund David Margulies, born in Grzymałów, Poland in 1910, as an outstanding chemist and a...

File Number : 649

Type of Material : Certification, Letter, Personal Documents

Language : French, German

Memoirs of Lea (Onderwijzer) Sonnenschein, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1927, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam, in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps and on the “Lost Transport” during 1940-1945, and while en route to Eretz Israel after the liberation - "From darkness to light. To new life in Eretz Israel": Memoirs of Lea Sonnenschein-Onderwijzer, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam, in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps and on the “Lost Transport” during 1943-1945, and regarding her travel to Eretz Israel after the liberation, written in Israel in 1988 (translation of her book, "Vanuit het...

File Number : 10151

Type of Material : Curriculum Vitae (cv), Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Dutch

Article written by Edith Fuchs containing a story regarding the fate of her mother Cilly Affenkraut during the Holocaust

Article written by Edith Fuchs containing a story regarding the fate of her mother Cilly Affenkraut during the Holocaust - "Entre temoignage et histoire: Saint-Denis-lès-Sens 1940-1942" (Between Testimony and History: Saint-Denis-lès-Sens 1940-1942), an article by Edith Fuchs containing a story regarding the fate of her mother Cilly Affenkraut during the Holocaust, with no indication of the date (the article was apparently published in the Des vies sans valeur (Worthless Lives) Collection of articles in "De l'Aktion T4 à l'Aktion 14f13", Edition No. 199 of the La Revue d'histoire de la Shoah published in...

File Number : 163

Type of Material : Article, סיפור

Language : French

Memoirs, declarations, letters and other documentation related to Walter Huppert, born in Poruba in 1908, and his wife Hilde (Biegeleisen) Huppert, born in Bielsko, Poland in 1910, and their experiences during the war - Memoirs of Hilde Huppert, titled, "Engpass zur Freiheit", regarding her experiences during 1939-1945, written in Haifa in 1946 (with a forward, editing and conclusion by Arnold Zweig); included is a page with editorial marks by Arnold Zweig and Hilde Huppert); - Memoirs of Hilde Huppert, titled, "And the slaughterer slaughtered", regarding her experiences with her son Tomas in Český Těšín,...

File Number : 10904

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Telegram, Diary, Memoirs, Diploma, Certification, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Birth Certificate, Postcard, Declaration, Application

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Czech, French, English, German, Yiddish

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