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Letters sent by Leo Billet, a Jewish soldier in the US Army, from Germany and later on from Britain, to his sister in Tirat Zvi, Eretz Israel, 1944-1945

Letters sent by Leo Billet, a Jewish soldier in the US Army, from Germany and later on from Britain, to his sister in Tirat Zvi, Eretz Israel, 1944-1945 - Two letters sent by Leo Billet from Germany, 13 January 1944 and 28 January 1944; his aunt, Rachel, and his grandmother were found alive during a visit to Paris; murder of his uncle, Josef, deportation of his two daughters to Lublin; - Letter sent by Leo Billet from Germany, 01 April 1944; participation in the battles in Metz, the Netherlands, Aachen, the Ruhr area and more; - Letter sent by Leo Billet from an Army Hospital in Britain, leg injury;...

File Number : 2169

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, German

Personal documentation: announcement that Berko Zilber, born in Hrubieszow, Poland, 1916, a Red Army soldier, fell in battle on 07 July 1943

Personal documentation: announcement that Berko Zilber, born in Hrubieszow, Poland, 1916, a Red Army soldier, fell in battle on 07 July 1943 Move of Berko Zilber with his wife Sara (Kanor) Zilber and two children, Margalit born in 1937 and Zvi born in 1939, to Kostroma under Soviet occupation after the division of Poland in 1939; draft to the Red Army, 1941; mortally wounded in combat in Leningrad, 07 July 1943; died from wounds in hospital after two days; The file also includes: Announcement that Berko Zilber died in battle on 07 July 1943; Letter sent to Sara Zilber by a battalion member on 10 August...

File Number : 1390

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Death Certificate, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Russian

Memoirs of David Viktor Schwarcz, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion, in the Kosice Ghetto, Hangony, Zdenová, in the Red Army in Dargov, and in other places Life in Kosice including the termination of studies, 1942; life in Budapest including work; deportation to a labor battalion, October 1943; transfer to the Kosice Ghetto in the context of the labor battalion; Kosice Ghetto life including forced labor; transfer to Hangony with a labor battalion; transfer to a labor battalion in Zdenová; transfer to Rimaszombat with a labor battalion; transfer to Leventetelep...

File Number : 8382

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Jakob Szafran, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in hiding in a forest in the Wilejka area and as a partisan in the Molodeczno area

Memoirs of Jakob Szafran, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in hiding in a forest in the Wilejka area and as a partisan in the Molodeczno area Life in hiding in a forest in the Wilejka area; life as a partisan; combat in the Molodeczno area, 1942-1944.

File Number : 8345

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Personal documentation of Chana (Epel) Frenkel, born in Skuodas, Lithuania, 1921, regarding her service in the British Army, 1942-1945

Personal documentation of Chana (Epel) Frenkel, born in Skuodas, Lithuania, 1921, regarding her service in the British Army, 1942-1945 During Chana's service in the British Army she fought against the Nazis; the documentation includes her military service booklet and her Mandatory Palestine citizenship card, from 1943 and more.

File Number : 102

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, English

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzchak Shmartz Yeshayahu, born in Limanowa, Poland, 1923, regarding his escape to Lwow, deportation to a camp with other Polish refugees to a camp near Ufa, and recruitment to the Polish battalion during the war Childhood in a Hasidic family in reasonable financial condition; his family's livelihood from a lumberyard; family life; studies in a Polish school; studies in the "Room" in parallel with studies in school; Jewish holidays and Sabbaths. The outbreak of war, 1939; escape of the witness to Lwow; refusal to obtain Soviet citizenship; deportation of Polish refugees to a camp near Ufa;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Isaac S. Morhaime, born in Seattle, United States, 1918, regarding his fighting against the Nazis as a soldier in the US Army

Memoirs of Isaac S. Morhaime, born in Seattle, United States, 1918, regarding his fighting against the Nazis as a soldier in the US Army The battles Morhaime participated in as a soldier in the US army, including participation in the occupation of Mannheim and the liberation of Dachau.

File Number : 8198

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Two letters written by Avraham Rizberg, commander of a battalion in the Red Army, to his family in Lokhvitsa describing the battles for the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto which he participated in, 20-26 January 1945

Two letters written by Avraham Rizberg, battalion commander in the Red Army, to his family in Lokhvitsa describing the battles for the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto in which he participated, 20 January and 26 January 1945

File Number : 1524

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

Testimony of Leonid Vaserman, born in Ocnita Gara, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier serving at the eastern front

Testimony

Testimony of Leonid Vaserman, born in Ocnita Gara, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier serving at the eastern front Combat as a Red Army soldier at the eastern front, 1941-June 1944. Aliya to Israel, 1992.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Chanan Braver, born in Grodno, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Grodno, Bialystok, with the partisans in a forest and as a soldier in the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Chanan Braver, born in Grodno, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Grodno, Bialystok, with the partisans in a forest and as a soldier in the Red Army Life before the war; attends a Tarbut school and a Polish school; his father's move to South America; learns the welding trade. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; life in Grodno including work as a welder; German occupation, 1941; escape to the Soviet Union with a friend; return to Grodno; life using the false identity of a non-Jew; meeting with family members; obtains an apartment from his sister's teacher; deportation to the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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