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Testimony of Shaya Taitz, born in Riga, Latvia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Strasshof, Stutthof, Magdeburg and Altengrabow

Testimony

Testimony of Shaya Taitz, born in Riga, Latvia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Strasshof, Stutthof, Magdeburg and Altengrabow Life before the war; his immediate family; Jewish community; youth movements. Soviet occupation, June 1940; nationalization of property; closure of the Jewish schools in the community; German occupation, July 1941; collaboration by the Latvians with the Germans in the murder of Jews; detention of the witness' father along with other Jews and their murder in the Bikerniki forest; confiscation of property by the Latvians; anti-Jewish decrees including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mikhail Minkovicz, born in Polotsk, Belarus, 1927, regarding his experiences in Polotsk, Borovukha, Osveya, Svolno and the region

Testimony

Testimony of Mikhail Minkovicz, born in Polotsk, Belarus, 1927, regarding his experiences in Polotsk, Borovukha, Osveya, Svolno and the region Testimony of a tradition-keeping family in Polotsk; his parents work in a wine factory; his father's visits to a synagogue; studies in a Russian elementary school; closure of a Jewish school in the city, 1938. The outbreak of war, June 1941; the bombings; family escape to Sukhoy Bor; German occupation of the area; back to Polotsk; arrest of his brother by German soldiers and his murder with other Jews in the Borovukha area; establishment of a ghetto in the city;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Correspondence between the Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe (JSS - Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and the Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge (Population and Welfare) department, the German Red Cross and other institutions regarding welfare allowances, 1939-1944 The Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe (JSS) organization was later known as the Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle (JUS - Jewish Aid Office); File 16 (I): Documents in Polish; File 16 (II): Letters by Dr. Michael Weichert, of the Jewish Social Self-Help (JSS), to the office of the Generalgouvernement, "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge"...

File Number : 16

Type of Material : Lists, Correspondence, Letter(s)

Language : Polish, German

Announcements of the German authorities regarding the closing of Jewish schools, the establishment of ghettos, curfew hours and the death penalty liable for any Jew without an appropriate permit and for any Pole who is found giving shelter or assistance to Jews, 22 November 1939-10 November 1942 - Announcement from Lasch, the Governor of the Radom Region, regarding the closing of all Jewish schools and educational institutions and the confiscation of the structures and assets in their ownership by the German authorities, 22 November 1939; - Announcements from the Governor of the Radom Region itemizing the...

File Number : 430

Type of Material : Placards, Announcement

Language : Polish, German

Testimony of Ester (Vivante) Rafael, born in Corfu, 1929, regarding her experiences in Corfu, Athens and camps

Testimony

Testimony of Ester (Vivante) Rafael, born in Corfu, 1929, regarding her experiences in Corfu, Athens and camps Life in Corfu, 1939-1940. Entry of the Italians; life under Italian rule, 1942-1943; draft of men to military service to fight the Albanians; closure of schools; shelling; daily life during the war; entry of the Germans, 1943; restrictions on Jews; closure of schools; transport of Jews from Corfu to Athens, 1944; deportation of Jews from Corfu to Auschwitz-Birkenau on trains, June 1944; life in Birkenau, Lager A, Block 30, as of June 1944; evacuation on a train, October 1944; deportation to...

File Number : 6979

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from the Vilnius Regional State Archives - Utena Branch, Lithuania, 1944-1952

Documentation from the Vilnius Regional State Archives - Utena Branch, Lithuania, 1944-1952 The records relate to the restitution of Jewish property after World War II. Preservation of documents of regional, state, municipal and non-state institutions and individuals in the Utena, Molėtai, Ignalina, Zarasai and Anykščiai districts, from 1944 until the present. The archives are also involved in the supervision of records management of local public institutions. The Yad Vashem Archives deal with digital archival documentation from the municipality of Utena, regarding the confiscation of Jewish property in...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Legal Documentation, List of Residents, List of Murdered Persons, List of Jews, Death Certificate

Language : Lithuanian, Russian

Documentation from the Marijampolės apskrities archyvas - Kaunas Regional State Archives - Marijampolė Branch, Lithuania, 1945-1954

Documentation from the Marijampolės apskrities archyvas - Kaunas Regional State Archives - Marijampolė Branch, Lithuania, 1945-1954 The Marijampolė County Archives preserve over 242,000 files. They consist of documents created by state institutions that functioned until 1944 and which still function in the greater part of the territory known as Sūduva, i.e. the Marijampolė, Kazlų Rūda and Kalvarija municipalities, and the Vilkaviškis and Šakiai districts.The Archives are also involved in the supervision of the records management of local public institutions. Included are records of county State Notary...

Type of Material : List of Survivors, Official Documentation, Legal Documentation, Protocol

Language : Lithuanian

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Asher Heinz Pergament, born in Berlin, Germany, in 1922 regarding his experiences in Berlin before making aliya to Israel in 1938

Testimony

Testimony of Asher Heinz Pergament, born in Berlin, Germany, in 1922 regarding his experiences in Berlin before making aliya to Israel in 1938 Childhood in Berlin; rise to power of the Nazis in January 1933; move to a Jewish school in 1934; his father's dismissal from his job in 1936; ban against entering public places; ban against gatherings; listening to the radio in secret; closure of the Jewish school; clandestine activity in Habonim; antisemitism on the part of the local population; Kristallnacht in November 1938; aliya to Eretz Israel in mid-November 1938; absorption; receiving news regarding his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fani (Hershkovitz) Nacht, born in Galați, Romania in 1929, regarding her experiences in Galați

Testimony

Testimony of Fani (Hershkovitz) Nacht, born in Galați, Romania in 1929, regarding her experiences in Galați Family life in Galați before the war; anti-Jewish legislation from the late 1930s; expulsion from Romanian schools; antisemitism from the local population; wearing a yellow badge; curfew during some hours of the day; transfer of her brother to forced labor; closure of the Jewish school; use of the school building as a detention center for men; arrest of her father; Zionist activity; liberation by the Red Army in summer 1944; life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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