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Memoirs of a young Jewish woman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Bohusovice, Theresienstadt and Switzerland

Memoirs of a young Jewish woman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Bohusovice, Theresienstadt and Switzerland Life in Berlin, 1939; confiscation of golden articles, radios (on Yom Kippur, 23 September 1939), telephones and bicycles; Aryanization of Jewish property; imposition of night curfew, 20:00-06:00; prohibition on visiting German cultural institutions; incorporation of the names Sara or Israel; violators of these laws are subject to deportation to a concentration camp; list of permissible names for Jewish babies such as: Hindele, Bella, Leib, Shmuel and more; ban on...

File Number : 987

Language : German

Testimony of Moshe Rotem, born in Humenne, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Zilina, Michalovce, Uzhgorod and Kosino

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Rotem, born in Humenne, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Zilina, Michalovce, Uzhgorod and Kosino Life before the war including activities in Hashomer Hatzair. Obtains forged documents as a Christian, 1942; escape to a forest when he receives his deportation order; informed on by a Zilina resident; his capture and arrest; activities of the Jewish community; move to Michalovce; escape to Uzhgorod; escape to his grandfather in Kosino; arrest; release from prison; escape to Budapest; joins a children's list that was organized for aliya; aliya to Eretz Israel, February...

File Number : 7575

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alexandra Henriette Sternberg regarding her experiences at forced labor in Berlin, 1940-1943, and in Theresienstadt, 1943-1945

Testimony of Alexandra Henriette Sternberg regarding her experiences at forced labor in Berlin, 1940-1943, and in Theresienstadt, 1943-1945 Deportation of the witness to forced labor for Siemens, May 1940; living quarters for the Jews in a separate barracks; harsh working conditions, but without abuse; difficulties in making use of food coupons; "Fabrik-Aktion" - deportation of Jews working in factories, 27 February 1943; illness of the witness from catching a cold during the "Aktion" and her rescue from deportation to Auschwitz due to intervention by Dr. Sternberg; hospitalization in the Jewish hospital for...

File Number : 240

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

תיעוד מהארכיון הלאומי של צ'כיה (Národní archiv) בעיר פראג מהשנים 1939-1945

Collection includes selected records from various fonds from the National Archives in Prague. Records generated by German occupational institutions (Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren) and Czech auxiliary agencies dealing with matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures. Includes reports regarding aryanization of Jewish businesses, questionnaires of Jewish properties, lists of Jewish workers, documents regarding situation in Theresienstadt (death statistics), Lety camp, deportation of Jews to Theresienstadt and catalog cards of concentration camp inmates from...

Type of Material : Correspondence, Lists, Official Documentation

Language : Czech, English, German