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Reconstructed map of Ricka, Czechoslovakia, [drawn] by Mordechai Martin Vizer

Reconstructed map of Ricka, Czechoslovakia, [drawn] by Mordechai Martin Vizer Comments by the submitter of the material: Mordechai Martin Vizer was born in Ricka, Czechoslovakia, August 1925; move of the family to Volove, late 1920s; learns in a yeshiva in Kosice Mesto; his father had a business producing alcoholic beverages. Deportation of the family to Auschwitz, 1944; labor there in a coal mine; on a death march; liberation by the Red Army, apparently. Return of Vizer to Volove and reunion there with his brother and his sister; move to Belgium, life in Belgium until 1949; aliya to Israel, 1949.

File Number : 338

Type of Material : Map

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Memoirs of Esther (Schechter) Vardi, born in Técső, Czechoslovakia, 12 June 1922, regarding her experiences and those of her family during the Holocaust, and the memoirs of Chava Rozenberg regarding the experiences of Chanan Vardi-Rozenberg and the life of the Rozenberg family in Berlin, until 1939

Memoirs of Esther (Schechter) Vardi, born in Técső, Czechoslovakia, 12 June 1922, regarding her experiences and those of her family during the Holocaust, and memoirs of Chava Rozenberg regarding the experiences of Chanan Vardi-Rozenberg and the life of the Rozenberg family in Berlin, until 1939 Memoirs of Esther (Schechter) Vardi: Life of the family in Técső before the war. Leaving home, 03 March 1944; joining Hashomer Hatzair; underground activity as a courier; delivery of forged identity cards from Budapest to various towns; detention; deportation to Auschwitz; on a death march to Bergen-Belsen,...

File Number : 8595

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Chaim Reichert, born in Golina, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Jordanow, in hiding in a forest, in prison in Krakow, in Rensdorf and Auschwitz camps, and in other places

Memoirs of Chaim Reichert, born in Golina, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Jordanow, in hiding in a forest, in prison in Krakow, in Rensdorf and Auschwitz camps, and in other places Life in Golina during German Army air-raids on the municipality building; escape to Sompolno with his family; life in Sompolno; German Army occupation; imposition of restrictions on the Jews; confiscation of the kerosene and gasoline store owned by Chaim Reichert; receives information regarding the murder of his family members in Golina; eviction of the family from their apartment; concentration in the center of the...

File Number : 8570

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoires of Ire Ora (Minc) Orenbach, born in Lodz, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences during the war and after her liberation from Bergen-Belsen, and poems she wrote in Germany and Eretz Israel

Memoirs of Ire Ora (Minc) Orenbach, born in Lodz, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences during the war and after her liberation from Bergen-Belsen, and poems she wrote in Germany and Eretz Israel The memoirs were written down in a notebook given to her by her liberators, US Army soldiers; they include poems written by Ire Minc (in Polish and in Yiddish) both in Frankfurt en route to Eretz Israel and after her aliya to Eretz Israel, 14 October-03 November 1947. Poems such as "Litzmanstad ghetto" (Lodz Ghetto) or "Polska bez Zydow" (Poland Without Jews) were written about the events of the Holocaust. -...

File Number : 8564

Type of Material : Certification, Poems/songs, Memoirs

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Personal documents regarding Suchowola, Poland

Personal documents regarding Suchowola, Poland - Memoirs of the brothers Berl and Motel Zale, regarding their experiences in the Kolbasin Ghetto, Suchowola Ghetto, Grodno Ghetto, Auschwitz and on a death march to Bergen-Belsen, as told in the book ,"Thus We Survived", about Suchowola; - "Holidays in My Father's House", an essay by Hadassah (Hevin) Goldberg Gil-Bar; - Letter written by Ely Gil-Bar, regarding his roots trip to Suchowola with his brother and son, 1998; - "Image of the Town", an essay by Avraham Shapira, regarding Suchowola; - "The Community and its Workers", an essay by Chana...

File Number : 8577

Type of Material : Testimony, Maps, Article

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Fani Sholomon, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen Life in Munkacs during the re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; deportation of people with Czechoslovakian citizenship; imposition of evening curfew on the Jews; prohibition on Jews managing businesses, from 1940; continuing running her father's business by means of bribery; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto, April 1944; transfer together with the Jews to a brick factory, 17 May 1944; deportation by train to Auschwitz; life on the train; hearing the...

File Number : 8500

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Zeev Steinfeld, born in Krakow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, Szebnie and Auschwitz

Memoirs of Zeev Steinfeld, born in Krakow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, Szebnie and Auschwitz Deportation from the Bochnia Ghetto [to Szebnie], September 1943; life in Szebnie; [deportation to Auschwitz, 1943;] life in Auschwitz, from 1943; life using the false identity of Wolf Lehr; transfer by death march, 18 January 1945; transfer by train; escape.

File Number : 8037

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Alexsander Fried, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Baia Mare, the Baia Mare Ghetto, Birkenau, Auschwitz, Dachau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Alexsander Fried, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Baia Mare, the Baia Mare Ghetto, Birkenau, Auschwitz, Dachau and other places His childhood in Baia Mare. Entry of the Hungarian Army into Baia Mare, 1940; draft [of men] to labor; German Army occupation of Baia Mare, March 1944; life under German occupation including decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto; life in a brick factory, 1944; deportation to Birkenau, approximately one month later; life in Birkenau; transfer to Auschwitz, one month later; camp life including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Erica Kelerman née Shvartz, born in 1927 in Vranov, Slovakia, about her experiences in Vranov, Budapest, the Berehovo ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Erica Kelerman née Schwarz, born in 1927 in Vranov, Slovakia, about her experiences in Vranov, Budapest, the Berehovo ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, etc. Childhood in Vranov, Slovakia; father dies in 1935; the Slovakian regime promulgates anti-Jewish decrees and laws from 1939 on; escape with mother and brother to Budapest in 1943; hiding by means of forged papers; hideout is discovered; arrest in Budapest; released by paying a bribe; escaping with mother to Berehovo in 1943; deportation to ghetto in a brick factory in Berehovo with the onset of the German occupation in 1944; sent to Auschwitz;...

File Number : 13388

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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