Letter sent by Sara Zubrickas in the Pithiviers camp to her sister Dora (Zubrickas) Tannenbaum in Paris, 22 October 1941, and documentation regarding their brother Maurice Zubrickas who was in the Stalag II A POW camp during the war
Documentation regarding Maurice Zubrickas (original):
- Reply letter from the Central Agency for Prisoners of War in Geneva to Ms. Wieviorka in Paris according to which Maurice Zubrickas was in the Stalag II A POW camp in Germany, September 1940;
- Participation card in the population census issued to Maurice Zubrickas, 06 May 1945;
- Booklet granting benefits in receiving...
File Number : 2238
Type of Material : Genealogy, Personal Documents, Letter, Official Documentation
Personal documentsation and official documents of Hugo Kaufmann and Helena (Doppler) Kaufmann, from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1932-1978
- Birth certificate of Gertruda Kaufmann (the daughter of Hugo and Helena Kaufmann), born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 30 August 1932;
- Certificate given by the Ministry of the Treasury of Slovakia to Helena (Doppler) Kaufmann, stating that she and her family members (her husband Hugo and their two twin daughters Gertruda and Viera) will not be deported from Slovakia, 05 June 1942;
- Application submitted to the Central Economics Office in Bratislava by the...
File Number : 140
Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Official Documentation, Personal Documents
Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family
Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri during the war, including life in hiding with her mother and her two siblings in Mieleszki; murder of her mother and one of her siblings by Poles; rescue of Ester and her brother Aryeh by Poles; aliya of Ester and her brother to Eretz Israel within the framework of legal aliya of orphans; holding of a Roots trip to Poland with her children and grandchildren; meeting the daughter of the Poles who saved her.
Postcards written by Sara Halberstadt in Siedlce to her sister Salka Sluszny in Paris, 1941-1942, postcards sent by Herszek Sluszny from Drancy to his family in Paris, 1942, and personal documents of Benyamin and Sara Halberstadt, from the war and postwar period
- Postcards sent by Sara (Jontof) Halberstadt, from Siedlce, to her sister Salka Sluszny in Paris, 1941-1942;
- Postcards sent by Herszek Sluszny from Drancy, to his wife Salka and his son Michel in Paris, 1942;
- Essay, "A letter to my mother", written by Michel Sluszny (the son of Herszek and Salka Sluszny) during his studies in school in...
File Number : 2094
Type of Material : School Project, Postcard, Personal Documents, Official Documentation
Letters written by members of the Jourgrau family, and personal documentation regarding members of the family, 1927-2009
Letters and postcards:
- Letter from Dov Jourgrau in Amsterdam to his brother Mendel Jourgrau in Eretz Israel, 23 December 1938;
- Letters and a postcard written by Dov Jourgrau to his daughter, Ruth, while she was in hiding using the false identity of Lieske or Liesje; members of the underground showed these letters to Ruth and then took them back as a precaution; at the end of the war, the letters were returned to her;
- Two letters from Lea Jourgrau (apparently from Westerbork)...
File Number : 2063
Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Poem/song, Personal Documents, Notebook, Letter, Postcard, Drawing
Language : Hebrew, English, Dutch, German, Yiddish
Letters sent from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella (Garson) Winokur in Eretz Israel, by means of Leontyna Matejko, who hid Bella during the war period, 1957-1968, and official and legal documentation of the couple Szmul and Bella Winokur, from Widze
- Letter sent by Leontyna Matejko from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella Winokur Kantorowicz, including the envelope, 10/11/1968;
- Court ruling of a lawsuit by Pesia Feldman, from Widze, concerning tax payments, 1922;
- Craftsman's work permit, given to Bela Garson in Swieciany, 17/06/1929;
- Notarized copy of the craftsman's certificate, in the name of Bejla...
File Number : 2013
Type of Material : Letter, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation
Testimony of Solomon Raymond Angel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1930, regarding his experiences in hiding in Athens using a false identity until the liberation by the British Army
Memoirs of Aizik Isaac Eisen regarding his experiences in the Lwow Ghetto, Jaktorow camp, Janow camp, in hiding in a forest and in Laszki Murowane
Life before the war with his wife Klara.
German occupation and confiscation of Jewish property; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto; deportation to Jaktorow camp; camp life; abuse by the Ukrainian guards; mass murders; description of war crimes committed by Gzymek, the camp commander; transfer back to the Lwow Ghetto; receives information regarding the deportation of his family (his parents, his wife and his son together with his family) to Belzec camp, March 1942;...
Correspondence and personal documentation belonging to the Suchostaver and Feuereisen families from Liptovsky Sv. Mikulas and Bratislava, 1940-1945
- Postcard from Moritz Feuereisen in Zilina to his sister Melania Suchostaver in Bratislava, apparently prior to his deportation to Sobibor, 1942; escape of his sister with the family from Liptovsky Sv. Mikulas to Bratislava; search for his sister and her family in order to deport them;
- Letter written on a calendar page from Moritz Feuereisen to relatives, immediately prior to deportation, May 1942;
- Postcard from Esti Einhorn Stieglitz in Novaky camp...
File Number : 1954
Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Records, Postcard, Money, Note, Letter
Note with addresses left by Jeszajahu Mowszowicz, from Lida, wth Poles who hid his daughter Ester, so that they would be able to make contact with his family members in South America and the United States
Comments by the submitter of the material:
Jeszajahu Mowszowicz and Nehama Mowszowicz lived in Lida; birth of three daughters: Ester, born in 1931, Necha, born in 1933 and Rachel, born in the Lida Ghetto, 1941 or 1942; rescue of the family during the large "Aktion", 01 May 1942; work by the father for the mayor of Lida, and his work at home and on a farm; family's father finds hiding places for the three...