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Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943 Family background. Enlistment of his father to the labor battalions and his work in a forced labor camp, 1942; deportation of his aunt, uncle and their two children from Bratislava, and their arrival in the hometown of witness ,Papa, 1943; attaching the witness and his brother to the certificate with the uncles; approval of aliya to Eretz Israel with consultation and recommendation of Rabbi Meltz in Budapest; crossing to Budapest and departing by train, evening of Yom Kippur 1943; travel to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), regarding work with Jewish youth and in small communities, 02/02-29/11/1932

Documentation of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), regarding work with Jewish youth and in small communities, 02/02-29/11/1932 Letter sent to Dr. Auerbach in Wuerzburg, regarding small communities in Unterfranken, 24/05/1932; helplessness, opposite the developing Nazi movement; request to supply support to the community by means of the transmission of information (pp. 2190-2191).

File Number : JM/28887

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

[Internal] correspondence of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), regarding participation by the association in a conference in Berlin dedicated to the design of community activities, 09/02-03/03/1937

File Number : JM/28887

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Mordekhai Teitelbaum born in 1927 in Ostrołęka, Poland, about his experiences in Ostrołęka, escape to the Soviet Union, to Lomzha, and evacuation to Gryazi and the Kemerovo area

Testimony

Childhood in Ostrołęka; community life; attending synagogue on Sabbaths; attending a Jewish elementary school; father dies in 1935; war with Germany breaks out in September 1939; family escapes to Ostrów Mazowiecka; lives in a synagogue; German occupation ensues; German soldiers enter town; curfew; order to leave town and live elsewhere; back to Ostrołęka; escaping to the east; slipping into Belorussia, Soviet Union; reaching Lomzha; living in a synagogue; receiving Soviet citizenship; transport by rail to Russia via Belostok; reaching Gryazi; mother works in a factory; witness attends a Russian elementary...

File Number : 13379

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Vita Henig Kozlowski, born in Przytyk, Poland, 1911, regarding her aliya to Israel in 1936

Testimony

Testimony of Vita Henig Kozlowski, born in Przytyk, Poland, 1911, regarding her aliya to Israel in 1936 Family background, religious family; great anti-Semitism on the part of the Poles; studies in a Polish school; community life; memories of the First World War; marriage, 1935; her husband's desire to make an aliya to Eretz Israel; obtaining a certificate of aliya; anger on the part of her father over the witness to make aliya to Eretz Yisrael; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1936; a pogrom in Przytyk by Poles and the murder of two Jews, 1936; receiving letters from her mother; the difficult situation in Poland;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Murawinski, born in Pogost, Poland, regarding the experiences of the Murawinski family in Pogost and Sarny before the war and in 1941

Type of Material : Secondary Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Benjamin Dror Friedman Yano, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in Budapest with the outbreak of war, escape to Romania and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Benjamin Dror Friedman Yano, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in Budapest with the outbreak of war, escape to Romania and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944 Family background; Satmar community; his father runs an alcohol factory; father service during World War I at the front; life before the war; studies in general schools. Shift to Hungarian rule, 1941; Antisemitic remarks; worsening treatment of Jews; limiting the number of Jewish students in schools; prohibition of business by Jews; move to Budapest, 1941; receiving a notice from his parents in Romania that they are...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence regarding the Gemilat Chesed association in the communities of Horodenka and Obertyn in the Stanislawow region, 1938-1939

Correspondence regarding the Gemilat Chesed association in the communities of Horodenka and Obertyn in the Stanislawow region, 1938-1939 The Gemilat Chesed association is a social welfare organization dealing with help to needy and poor people in the communities; correspondence regarding the elections for the Gemilat Chesed committee in the two communities, the association's regulations, and permits from the authorities in the Stanislawow region; list of members of the elected committee, 11/07/1939 [the list on p. 60 of microfilm JM.17289].

File Number : JM/17289

Type of Material : Lists

Language : Polish

Testimony of Azriel Emil Baer, born in Halberstadt, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Halberstadt, in Hamburg and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Azriel Emil Baer, born in Halberstadt, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Halberstadt, in Hamburg and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 Information regarding his family's history in Germany, starting from the 17th century; Orthodox, religious family; activities in the Agudat Israel organization; Kristallnacht; deportation of Jews who were born in Poland; detention of Jews; imposition of monetary fines on the Jews; activities in the Youth Aliyah organization; life in aliya training in Hamburg; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939. Life in Jerusalem.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hana (Cohen) Chacham Horesh, born in Galati, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Galati, the Cernauti Ghetto, Yampol and the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Hana (Cohen) Chacham Horesh, born in Galati, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Galati, the Cernauti Ghetto, Yampol and the Bershad Ghetto Life in Galati. Attempt to illegally cross the border into the Soviet occupied zone, 1940; escape to Cernauti with her family; life in Cernauti including deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, 1941; life in Yampol; transfer on foot to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer on foot to Marculesti; transfer on foot to the Bershad Ghetto including a robbery attempt by Ukrainians; Bershad Ghetto life; capture of her father outside the borders of the ghetto;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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