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Documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Georgensgmuend including the sale of Jewish property, liquidation of the old Jewish cemetery and more, 1925-1967

Documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Georgensgmuend including the sale of Jewish property, liquidation of the old Jewish cemetery and more, 1925-1967 Page 2: Letter from the Buergermeister (mayor) of Georgensgmuend to four Jews notifying them that they may no longer live in Georgensgmuend and therefore they must negotiate with an official legal representative regarding the sale of their property; there is punishment for negotiation with any other body; on the letter there are signatures of the addressees confirming receipt of the letter, 29 November 1938; Page 3: Letter from the...

File Number : 402

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

Literary description written by Schalom Ben-Chorin (Fritz Rosenthal), the journalist and religious scholar, regarding his detention, imprisonment and release by the Gestapo at the Ettstarasse prison in Munich, April and November 1933 Arrest of Shalom Ben-Chorin in the home of his mother (Marie Rosenthal) in Munich by the Gestapo; confiscation of a literary manuscript and Hoelderlin's Hyperion; humiliation and a harsh beating leading to fracture of his nasal bone; two separate detentions in the Munich Ettstrasse police prison, one for two days, in April 1933, and one for six days, in November 1933; detailed...

File Number : 109

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Vilmos Lőwi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1895, regarding his experiences in the Budakalász detention camp and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mühldorf and Mühldorf Waldlager camps

Testimony of Vilmos Lőwi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1895, regarding his experiences in the Budakalász detention camp and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mühldorf and Mühldorf Waldlager camps Labor in an ammunitions factory in Csepel; confiscation of documents, money and a ring by the police officers, 30 June 1944; deportation to the Andrássy laktanya (military camp) in Budapest; transfer to the Budakalász detention camp; being subjected to beatings on the way by the gendarmes; camp life for a few days; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life on the way in freight cars for four days; suffering from thirst; arrival in...

File Number : 1952

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Pál Neudorfer, born in Vágszered, Hungary, 1903, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in various locations in Hungary and in the Transylvania area and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Pál Neudorfer, born in Vágszered, Hungary, 1903, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in various locations in Hungary and in the Transylvania area and in Bergen-Belsen Life in Rákosszentmihály including the revocation of his business license on account of anti-Jewish legislation, 1939; work in Budapest for an unnamed company; deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Komárom, 1940; life there; labor in constructing railroad tracks; transfer to forced labor in a labor battalion in Fülek, 1943; life there including labor in a factory; transfer to forced labor in a labor...

File Number : 1866

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Móric Harpuder, born in Munkács, Hungary, 1891, regarding his experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jaworzno and Sachsenhausen camps

Testimony of Móric Harpuder, born in Munkács, Hungary, 1891, regarding his experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jaworzno and Sachsenhausen camps Confiscation of documents and a house under his ownership, by the Gestapo, 02 April 1944; deportation to the Munkács Ghetto; life in the ghetto; physical torture by members of the Gestapo and a policeman; complaints of inmates regarding the activity of Munkács resident, Segelstein, a Judenrat member; abuses committed by the policeman Zöldy [his first name is not known], 18 May 1944; being put on freight cars, 20 May 1944; deportation to...

File Number : 1853

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Joint testimony of sisters Rózsi Weinberger, born in 1927, and Margit Weinberger, born in Csepe, Czechoslovakia in 1925, regarding their experiences in the Nagyszőllős Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen and other camps Deportation to the Nagyszőllős Ghetto after Pesach 5704 [April 1944]; theft of Jewish property; Nagyszőllős Ghetto life for five weeks; transfer of their father for interrogation on suspicion of Communist activities, after being informed on by Notary József Jarusil; torture by the Hungarian Gendarmerie, including the shaving of hair, throwing a stone on the head, and...

File Number : 1359

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs, letters and other documents related to Dr. Ernst Grumach and members of his extended family

Memoirs, letters and other documents related to Dr. Ernst Grumach and members of his extended family - letter from Ernst Grumach sent to Mr. Wiener on 29 November 1945, with his memoirs of his experiences as a cataloger of confiscated libraries as part of forced labor in 1941-1945 (copy); - notebook with the memoirs of Rika (Mendelsohn) Grumach, born in Allenstein in 1865, written in April 1940; - "Emanzipation - eine alte Dame blickt zurück": the memoirs of Edith (Sternberg) Reifenberg, born in Poznań in 1902, regarding her experiences in Germany, South Africa and England; - Biography of Edith...

File Number : 11690

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Certification, Postcard, Memoirs, Letter

Language : English, German

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File Number : 3085

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 3019

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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