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Research project written by Bella Haber, born in Horodenka, Poland, 1899, in the Chemistry Department of the University of Lwow, 1925-1926

Research project written by Bella Haber, born in Horodenka, Poland, 1899, in the Chemistry Department of the University of Lwow, 1925-1926 The research study was edited and republished by her daughter, Lili Chuwis-Thau, Haifa, 2008; - Attached is a review of Bella Haber's experiences: Childhood in Horodenka; childhood in Kolomea; studies at the University of Lwow; marriage; hiding of her daughter from the Germans during a large "Aktion", August 1942; capture by the Germans during an "Aktion"; death of Bella.

File Number : 1225

Type of Material : Memoirs, Research Article

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Documentation containing the memoirs of Jerzy Georges Tran, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, who emigrated to Belgium together with his family, 1927, and a survey report and articles written by Tran regarding the Holocaust and antisemitism, 1941-1998 - Memoirs of Jerzy Georges Tran: Sharp criticism of the Association des Juifs de Belgique (AJB - Jewish Belgian Association); the demeaning treatment Tran received from Fanny Albert, the secretary, and later the wife of Freddy Blum, one of the heads of the AJB; the Tran family being hidden by Jeanne Ruppol (later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations) in...

File Number : 153

Type of Material : Memoirs, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : French

Documentation regarding the fate of Jacqui Israel Offen, born in Antwerp, 1939, and members of his family during the Holocaust and following it, 1941-1981

Documentation regarding the fate of Jacqui Israel Offen, born in Antwerp, 1939, and members of his family during the Holocaust and following it, 1941-1981 Memoirs of Jacqui: Deportation of the family from Antwerp to Limburg, 1941; detention of his father, Moshe, born in Tarnow, 1893, and of his elder sister, Maly Malka, born in Berlin, 1924; deportation of his father and sister to Dossin camp in Malines and from there to Auschwitz, where they perished; escape of his mother Mina and the four remaining children to Namur; in hiding of the family in the St. Jean de Dieu monastery with the help of Abbe Andre; in...

File Number : 152

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Dutch, German

Memoirs of Roza (Bondareva) Edelshtein, born in Raygorod, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Raygorod Ghetto and in Bratslav and Pechera camps

Memoirs of Roza (Bondareva) Edelshtein, born in Raygorod, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Raygorod Ghetto and in Bratslav and Pechera camps Life in Raygorod during the German occupation; abuse of her father by Ukrainian gendarmes; hidden in the home of the parents of a wounded Red Army soldier; deportation to the Raygorod Ghetto, 1941; Raygorod Ghetto life; separation from her parents; murder of her parents, 27 June 1942; Bratslav camp life including implementation of forced labor; transfer to Pechera camp, autumn 1942; liberation by the Red Army, 17 March 1944. Return to Raygorod.

File Number : 8381

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Ouri Isidor Buchman, born in Etterbeek, Belgium, 19 January 1931, regarding his experiences in Anderlecht, Saint Gilles, and while hidden and rescued by the Molitor family

Memoirs of Ouri Isidor Buchman, born in Etterbeek, Belgium, 19 January 1931, regarding his experiences in Anderlecht, Saint Gilles, and while hidden and rescued by the Molitor family His family's escape to Gourdan-Polignan, May 1940; his family's return to Belgium, several months later. Note: Ouri Buchman has submitted a request to Yad Vashem to recognize the Molitor family as Righteous Among the Nations and a file has been opened on the subject.

File Number : 8282

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Testimony of Sara Sonja (Verdooner) Goldwein, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1935, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam, in hiding, in hiding in Nieuw Vennep and in Laren

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Sonja (Verdooner) Goldwein, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1935, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam, in hiding, in hiding in Nieuw Vennep and in Laren Her childhood in a secular family of musicians including attending a public school; her father's work, apparently in the Joodse Raad offices. Decision by her parents to move to a hiding place in the home of a family, early 1943; move to a hiding place with a family; life in hiding including taking care of the 4 year old son of the family that was hiding her, for six months; move to a village, Nieuw Vennep; in hiding while hidden...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Shulamit Simone (Musler) Shamir, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, the Rivesaltes camp, in hiding in Saint Ceres, in La Voivre and other places Life before the war; daughter of immigrants from Poland; her parents do not have Belgian citizenship. Outbreak of the war; escape to France on the last train; life in the Brins camp; transfer to the Rivesaltes camp; life in long barracks; sleeping on the floor; meeting Gypsies; deportation of her father to Drancy and apparently his further deportation to Poland; transfer to Saint Cere with her family;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tamar Sara Chonowitz Appleboim, born in Vilna, Poland, 1941, regarding her experiences as a baby in the Vilna Ghetto and in the home of a non-Jewish family

Testimony

Testimony of Tamar Sara (Chonowitz) Appleboim, born in Vilna, Poland, 1941, regarding her experiences as a baby in the Vilna Ghetto and in the home of a non-Jewish family Life in Vilna during the occupation, 1941; loss of contact with her father in Leningrad; deportation with her mother and baby female cousin to the Vilna Ghetto; the witness and her cousin are entrusted to Elena Stephanova Gregorieva; information regarding the fact that her mother has found a hiding place in an attic for the duration of the war; her aunt joins the partisans in the Vilna forests; life with the non-Jewish family, 1942-1945;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Knopf, born in St Briac Sur Mer, France, 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in St Briac Sur Mer, in hiding in the Indre Et Loire district and the Isere district

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Knopf, born in St Briac Sur Mer, France, 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in St Briac Sur Mer, in hiding in the Indre Et Loire district and the Isere district Life before the war; from a family that had immigrated to France from Poland; his father is a tailor. Escape to a village in the Indre Et Loire district with help from a friendly neighbor, 1941; life being hidden in Indre Et Loire by Marcelle Blain, later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations; escape to the Isere district with his family, summer 1943; life in the Isere district including help from the mayor along...

File Number : 12764

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony

Testimony of Nechama Nadzhia (Kutner) Iakhimovitz, born in Kozminek, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto, the Koluszki Ghetto; using a false identity in Czestochowa and other places Life before the war; death of her mother and move to Konstantinow. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation by foot to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including refusal of the father to shave his beard; escape with her father to Glowno; life in Glowno; transfer to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; escape to the Aryan side; life outside the ghetto including labor in the vegetable garden...

File Number : 13024

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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