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Identity card belonging to Fenita Schapira born in Cernauti, Romania, 1937, issued in Cernauti, 30 June 1942

Identity card belonging to Fenita Schapira born in Cernauti, Romania, 1937, issued in Cernauti, 30 June 1942 Comments from the woman who submitted the material: Fenita Schapira was born in Cernauti, Romania, 23 June 1937; her parents were Yosef and Sara Schapira. Life in the Cernauti Ghetto for the duration of the war; testimony of Fenita Schapira regarding the removal of her family from the deportation train to Transnistria; rescue by a German soldier. Aliya to Israel on the ship, "Transylvania, 1950.

File Number : 324

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Romanian

Excerpt from the diary kept by Zipora Feigele (Alperovitz) Arel, "Always Be Ready to Defend the Land of Your Fathers - Eretz Israel", written in the Vilna Ghetto, 24 March 1943

Excerpt from the diary kept by Zipora Feigele (Alperovitz) Arel, "Always Be Ready to Defend the Land of Your Fathers - Eretz Israel", written in the Vilna Ghetto, 24 March 1943 In the file: The frontispiece and a page from the diary written by Zipora Feigele (Alperovitz) Arel at the age of 14. Note: Pages from the diary were found scattered on the floor; the items from the house where the members of her family were living were looted after the deportation of the residents of the house to extermination camps.

File Number : 8475

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp German occupation of Poland; air-raids; occupation of Warsaw; displays of antisemitism [and anti-Jewish regulations] by the Germans; establishment of the ghetto; administration by the Judenrat; smuggling of food into the ghetto by the children; Jewish policemen; leave-taking from his parents and escape from the ghetto; wanderings from village to village using a false identity (Stanislaw Vishnewski); work for a Polish farmer; arrival at the...

File Number : 8470

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mikhail Tifbenkel, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine 1934, regarding his experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto until 1944

Memoirs of Mikhail Tifbenkel, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine 1934, regarding his experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto until 1944 Family life in Zhmerinka before the war. Outbreak of the war; the family's decision not to leave [the house]; robbery of Jewish houses by local residents; pogroms in Brailov, 1942; murder of family members, including his grandmother in Brailov, 1942; life under Romanian rule in Zhmerinka; establishment of the Zhmerinka Ghetto, September 1941; ghetto life including yellow badge; visit of the Red Cross and its help to Jews in the ghetto; establishment of the Jewish police in the...

File Number : 8267

Type of Material : Map, Record of Murdered Persons, Drawing, Orders, Diagram, Memoirs, Letter, Record of Survivors

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Song for a play by Erich Kastner produced in Theresienstadt by the Theresienstadt children, 1944

File Number : 245

Type of Material : Poem/song

Language : Hebrew, German

Postcard written by Olaf Strassmann in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to his mother in Altenburg, work permit for Olaf issued in the ghetto and a release certificate, 1944-1945

Postcard written by Olaf Strassmann in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to his mother in Altenburg, work permit for Olaf issued in the ghetto and a release certificate, 1944-1945 - Postcard written by Olaf Strassmann in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to his mother in Altenburg, 14 November 1944; - Work permit issued in the name of Olaf Strassman (12 years old) in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 12 June 1944; - Release certificate for Olaf Strassman issued, 23 June 1945.

File Number : 1633

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Work Permit

Language : Czech, English, Russian, German

Testimonial letters from Dora Bachman Iarmulkovski, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and using a false identity on the Aryan side

File Number : 1507

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diary of the roots trip and memoirs of Shlomo Brichkovski, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Lodz Ghetto, and in Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen camps

Diary of the roots trip and memoirs of Shlomo Brichkovski, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Lodz Ghetto, and in Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen camps Residence by the witness' family in the Lodz Ghetto until its liquidation in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz camp with his family members on 20/08/1944; transfer of his mother and aunt to the crematorium; transfer of Shlomo and his father to the Gypsies camp and from there to Block 13, where a school for builders was held; he was there for three months; transfer afterwards to Sachsenhausen camp, where he labored in an aircraft...

File Number : 7834

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Poems by Ze'ev Portnoy, born in Tuczyn, regarding the Holocaust

Poems by Ze'ev Portnoy, born in Tuczyn, regarding the Holocaust Copies of photographs of the village, Ze'ev Portnoy's parents and sisters and current memorial sites made by Zionist organizations are attached.

File Number : 216

Type of Material : Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Pantfil, born in Rypin, Poland 1924, regarding his experiences in Rypin, the Mlawa Ghetto; Buna-Monowitz, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony of Avraham Pantfil, born in Rypin, Poland 1924, regarding his experiences in Rypin, the Mlawa Ghetto; Buna-Monowitz, Mauthausen and other places Life in Rypin. German occupation, 1939; deportation with his mother in the direction of the Soviet border; life in Miedzyrzec with refugees; escape to Rypin; deportation to the Mlawa Ghetto; ghetto life; his mother's death; selling of cigarettes by his younger brother; deportation of his grandfather and younger siblings; deportation to Auschwitz, early 1942; life in Buna-Monowitz; logging in the forests; murder of those who find the work difficult;...

File Number : 13144

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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