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Testimony of Regina Tova Kaim Davidovitz, born in 1929 in Chust, Czechoslovakia, about her deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau

Testimony

Testimony of Regina Tova Kaim Davidovitz, born in 1929 in Chust, Czechoslovakia, about her deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau Daily life in Chust; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; witness and her two sisters survive; forced labor in a belt factory; death marches to Ravensbrück and thence to a labor camp in Neustadt Glewe; hospitalized in Prague; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1947 aboard the Exodus; deportation; re-immigration to Israel in 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Aliya certificate for Samuel Friedmann, born in Nagytarna, Romania, 02 October 1923, issued in Vienna, 23 March 1949, and a fisherman's certificate from the Agriculture Ministry to Samuel Friedmann, 05 April 1951 - Samuel Friedmann was born in Nagytarna, Romania, 02 October 1923, came on aliya to Israel, 14 April 1949; - Father, Mordechai; - Mother, Hodes. Comments by the submitter of the material: Death of the father of the submitter, Samuel Friedmann, September 1939; move from Transylvania, Romania, to Budapest, Hungary, in order to support his mother, his brothers and his sisters; detention and...

File Number : 739

Type of Material : Documents

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation belonging to Zelmann Baum including a Release Certificate from the Sachsenhausen camp, November 1938 and an exit permit from Germany

Personal documentation belonging to Zelmann Baum including a Release Certificate from the Sachsenhausen camp, November 1938 and an exit permit from Germany - Copy of the Release Certificate issued to Zelmann Baum from the Sachsenhausen camp; Zelmann Baum was an inmate of Sachsenhausen, 10-23 November 1938; - Copy of an exit permit from Germany issued to Zelmann Baum, 1938. Zelmann Baum was born in Klimentow, Poland, 24 December 1899; he lived at No. 3-4 "Wall" Street in Berlin, Germany; he was married to Hulda (Rosner) Baum.

File Number : 632

Type of Material : Certification

Language : German

Temporary Polish identity card of Jakub Lemkowicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1911 and an inmate in Buchenwald; document issued, 1945

Temporary Polish identity card of Jakub Lemkowicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1911 and an inmate in Buchenwald; document issued, 1945 Note: Jakub Lemkowicz was born in Lodz, Poland, 23 August 1911; he resided at Piotrkowska Street, no. 37, Lodz; Lemkowicz was an inmate in Buchenwald camp, Germany, 29 October 1942-11 April 1945; Lemkowicz left Buchenwald after the liberation and returned to Poland via Legnica, 28 August 1945; he carried a permit enabling free use of all means of transportation en route to Radomsko; his travel permit was issued by the "Authority for the return to the homeland" of the Polish...

File Number : 1088

Type of Material : Identity Card, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, German

Certificate confirming that Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Uri de Feauille (?) was Chatan Torah on Simchat Torah in the Bergen-Belsen camp, 11 October 1944

File Number : 626

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Hebrew

Musical score and words to the composition, "Buchenwalder Marsch" ("Buchenwald March"), composed by Hermann Leopoldi, 07 March 1939

Musical score and words to the composition, "Buchenwalder Marsch" ("Buchenwald March"), composed by Hermann Leopoldi, 07 March 1939 Note: Hermann Leopoldi composed the work, "Buchenwald March", after returning from detention, 1939. The file contains the musical score and the words to the music written under the appropriate notes. The work ends with the words, "the day will come and we shall be free". On the sheet music is a dedication to Dr. Gerhardt Wollner, noting the place, Vienna, and the date, 07 March 1939.

File Number : 271

Type of Material : Poem/song, Musical Notes

Language : German

Correspondence between Rudolf Erwin Alexander Schwab and family members who survived the Holocaust, with information regarding the fate of his father, Max Schwab, 1961-1972

Correspondence between Rudolf Erwin Alexander Schwab and family members who survived the Holocaust, with information regarding the fate of his father, Max Schwab, 1961-1972 Page 80: - Letter from Rudolf Schwab to his cousin Edgar Tuteur in New York with the information that Rudolf's father, Max Schwab, perished in the Oranienburg concentration camp 20 years earlier; that the Nazi authorities in Hanau refused at that time to bury the remains (ashes) of his father; and that therefore his father's ashes were buried in Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 1962; Page 87: - Letter from Rudolf Schwab to his aunt Rosa...

File Number : 1589.6

Type of Material : Letter

Language : French, English, German

Letters and poems sent to Anni Binder in Auschwitz camp, and plays written in 1942-1943; documentation related to Anni Binder and Raya Kagan, born in České Budějovice and in Kharkov

Letters and poems sent to Anni Binder in Auschwitz camp, and plays written in 1942-1943; documentation related to Anni Binder and Raya Kagan, born in České Budějovice and in Kharkov Documentation related to Anni Binder, born in České Budějovice in 1912, and related to cultural activities in Auschwitz camp: - Letters, poems and drawings by women inmates in Auschwitz camp and given to Anni Binder in Auschwitz during 1942-1943, and others undated; - Plays and a list of cultural activities held in Auschwitz during 1942-1943; Documentation related to Anni Binder, who was accordingly recognized as a...

File Number : 4971

Type of Material : Letter, Poems/songs, List of Jewish Survivors, Declaration, List of Nazi War Criminals, Reports, Brochure, Testimony, Drawing, Membership Cards, Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings, Article, Play(s), Script(s), Biography

Language : Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Czech, French, English, German, Yiddish

Memoirs of Marcel Szainiak Chagnac, born in Poland in 1922, a resident of Nancy, France, regarding his experiences during the war

File Number : 6626

Type of Material : Telegram, Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : French, German

Memoirs of Jana (Schindler) Sindelarova, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Jana (Schindler) Sindelarova, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Life in Theresienstadt; life in Auschwitz; life in Bergen-Belsen.

File Number : 6504

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

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