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Testimony of Daniel Walfisz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Lodz and Warsaw Ghettos and using a false identity in Terespol

Testimony

Testimony of Daniel Walfisz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Lodz and Warsaw Ghettos and using a false identity in Terespol Life before the war; from a well-to-do, assimilated family; Outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape of his father to Warsaw; escape of his father back to Lodz; escape of his father to Warsaw a second time; deportation together with his grandfather and his grandmother, his mother and siblings to the Lodz Ghetto; escape to Warsaw one day before the sealing of the Lodz Ghetto, April 1940; escape together with his family to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto...

File Number : 13240

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jozef Schwartz, born in Bekecs, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Mohacs Mesto, Lazarea, Kosice and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Jozef Schwartz, born in Bekecs, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Mohacs Mesto, Lazarea, Kosice and other places From an Orthodox family; Beitar and Hapoel Hamizrachi activities; learns in a yeshiva in Tokaj; drafted into a Hungarian Army labor battalion, October 1942; displays of antisemitism; transfer to the Yugoslavian border; transfer to Mohacs Mesto; identification of the Jewish soldiers with a yellow stripe, December 1942; sapper's course and course in building bridges; labor building bridges over the Danube river; transfer to Lazarea; forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of Jews from the Hotin district who converted to Christianity before 09/08/1940

File Number : JM/11339

Type of Material : List of Jewish Residents

Language : Romanian

Testimony of Menachem Kestenbaum, born in Puspokladany, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in the Puspokladany Ghetto, Debrecen, Strasshof, Kienberg and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Menachem Kestenbaum, born in Puspokladany, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in the Puspokladany Ghetto, Debrecen, Strasshof, Kienberg and other places Life before the war; hasidic family; displays of antisemitism, 1943. German occupation, March 1944; termination of studies; yellow badge; confiscation of valuables; deportation of people lacking Hungarian citizenship; deportation to the Puspokladany Ghetto, May 1944; Puspokladany Ghetto life including observance of the Shavuot holiday; transfer to Debrecen; life in Debrecen including his mother having a miscarriage;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documents regarding the transfer of specific groups of Jewish residents of the Netherlands to Theresienstadt, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1941-1944

Documents regarding the transfer of specific groups of Jewish residents of the Netherlands to Theresienstadt, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1941-1944 - According to a report signed by Rajakowitsch, Eichmann does not agree to permit Jews from the Netherlands who were members in the NSB to emigrate; he recommends, instead, the postponement of their deportation to the East until the end of the deportation of the remainder of the Jews of the Netherlands, 20/12/1941; according to a comment written in the margins of the document, the Jews who were members of the NSB were...

File Number : רראה קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Collection of the Protestantsch Hulp Comité voor Uitgewekenen om Ras en Geloof (Protestant Help Committee to Refugees of Race or Religion) in the Netherlands, 1939-1940

Collection of the Protestantsch Hulp Comité voor Uitgewekenen om Ras en Geloof (Protestant Help Committee to Refugees of Race or Religion) in the Netherlands, 1939-1940 The aim of the Protestant Committee was to give help to Jewish or "partially" Jewish refugees who had been baptized to Christianity, or "Aryans" who were married to Jews; Included in the collection: Circulars, notes and correspondence related to the Protestant Help Committee in Amsterdam, 1940; Correspondence between the committee's chairman Professor V. H. Rutgers and various organizations and persons, including the Centrale...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Dutch

Documents regarding the fate of the Protestant Jews in the Netherlands and their right to receive religious services, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1943-1944

Documents regarding the fate of the Protestant Jews in the Netherlands and their right to receive religious services, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1943-1944 Correspondence between the heads of Protestant churches and Rauter, between Westerbork camp commander Gemmeker and other organizations, regarding the legal position of each of the groups of Protestant Jews, such as those living in mixed marriages, with or without children, those who underwent sterilization, those who converted to Christianity a long time ago or those who converted to Christianity only recently,...

File Number : ראה קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documents regarding the deportation of Jews who still resided in the Netherlands thanks to various exemptions, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1942-1944

Documents regarding the deportation of Jews who still resided in the Netherlands thanks to various exemptions, from the Archive of Hanns Albin Rauter, the HSSPF in the Netherlands, 1942-1944 Included in the documents are regulations, statistical data, reports regarding transports of Jews who possess certain rights who left Westerbork camp, and recommendations for the handling of the deportation of the following groups: - Jewish Council personnel and their family members; - Jews living in mixed marriages; - Jews employed by the Wehrmacht; - Jews who converted to Christianity; - Jews who possess...

File Number : ראה קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

Testimony of Irma Irena (Anikst) Dagon, born in Vilna, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in hiding in the ghetto and hidden by a priest in Palevene

Testimony

Testimony of Irma Irena (Anikst) Dagon, born in Vilna, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in hiding in the ghetto and hidden by a priest in Palevene Upper middle-class family. German occupation; destruction of their home during air-raids; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; ghetto life including and labor of her father who is the construction supervisor; deportations from the ghetto; in hiding in the homes of non-Jewish families; liquidation of the ghetto; escape to a priest in Palevene; life in Palevene and evades drunken Poles; liberation. Return to Vilna; move to Lodz; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehudit Avni, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in a protected house, using a false identity in a children's home and in hiding in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit Avni, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in a protected house, using a false identity in a children's home and in hiding in Budapest The only daughter of divorced parents; attends a German kindergarten; childhood with her grandparents; cultural life; attends a the Jewish high school. German occupation; restrictions on movement; termination of studies, March 1944; confiscation of property; move to a protected house with relatives; eviction from the house by members of the Arrow Cross; transfer to a children's home; life using a false identity; deportation of her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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