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Certification by the Catholic Church in Trebišov, Czechoslovakia, that Dr. Eugen Hecht, from Trebišov, and his family members are maintaining a Catholic way of life; certificate dated, 13 March 1943 - Certificate issued, in order to prevent the deportation of the Hecht family from Trebišov.

File Number : 139

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Slovak

Testimony of Mathias Katz, born in Bozieni Bals, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in Bozieni Bals and Roman

Testimony

Testimony of Mathias Katz, born in Bozieni Bals, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in Bozieni Bals and Roman His childhood in Bozieni Bals. Deportation of the Jews from Bozieni Bals to Roman, 1941; life in Roman. Preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; illegal aliya attempt with Youth Aliyah via the port of Burgas, Bulgaria; detention in Cyprus; life in Cyprus, for three months; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Berger, born in Hirsava, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Hirsava and in labor battalions in Baia Mare

Testimony

Testimony of David Berger, born in Hirsava, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Hirsava and in labor battalions in Baia Mare Annexation to Hungary, 1940; increasing displays of antisemitism; drafting of his father into the [Hungarian] Army; German occupation, 1944; concentration of the community in preparation for deportation; deportation [of witness] to labor battalions in Baia Mare, Transylvania; hard labor in a quarry; approach of the Red Army and move westward; disease including typhus; murder of the sick; transfer by forced march to Austria; liberation in Linz,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Weinreb Jirmijahu born in Rymanow Poland 1928.

Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of historic events that transpired in Burgas, Varna and Pleven, 1936-1944

Memoirs of historic events that transpired in Burgas, Varna and Pleven, 1936-1944 Memoirs of Jacque Toledo who was the former head of the Jewish community in Varna, his activities and activities of the Jewish community, 1936-1943; Construction of the illegal immigrant ships "Salvador" and "Dorian II, 1939-1941; roles of Dr. Confino Losif, Barlap and Prudkin; camp for the Jews who stayed in Ignatievo; bribes to clerks in Sofia to avoid the use of the ship "Struma: that sunk with Romanian Jews aboard after a year; Memoirs of Avraham Asa who presided as the deputy head of the Jewish community in Burgas on the...

File Number : 259

Type of Material : Survey, List of Deportees, List of Names

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Documentation from the 1950's on persecution against the Jews in Bulgaria during World War II including the events of the 9-10 March 1943

Documentation from the 1950's on persecution against the Jews in Bulgaria during World War II including the events of the 9-10 March 1943 Letters from 1950 sent by Yaku Baruh to Benjamin Arditti and Hayim Keshales on his activities as a Jewish Agency representative in Bulgaria during the war and on his intentions to write a book on the history of Bulgarian Jewry, 1929-1950; the letters are attached to the memoirs of Baruh on the 09 March 1943 where Bulgarian Jewry were rescued; historic review of the years 1941-1944; memoirs of R. Baruh and A. Romano on the events of 10 March 1943 in Plovdiv.

File Number : 258

Type of Material : Memoirs, Letter, Survey

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Testimony of Dr. Josef A. Stark, regarding his experiences as an inmate in Bergen-Belsen and his liberation while on a train transport near Farsleben, 13 April 1945

Testimony of Dr. Josef A. Stark, regarding his experiences as an inmate in Bergen-Belsen and his liberation while on a train transport near Farsleben, 13 April 1945 This file contains: Letter of Dr. Josef A. Stark, providing testimony regarding his experiences as an inmate in Bergen-Belsen, from 1944, transfer from Bergen-Belsen towards the East by train, 06 April 1945, stopping of the train near Farsleben in Saxony, 13 April 1945, followed by his liberation by the US Army, (pp. 2-19), Birth certificate of Dr. Josef A. Stark (in Hungarian), (p. 20), Accompanying letter by Christine Stark (Josef...

File Number : 4338

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German, Hungarian

Testimony of Aleksander Biberstein, regarding his experiences as a physician in the Krakow Ghetto and concentration Camp in Plaszow

Testimony of Aleksander Biberstein, regarding his experiences as a physician in the Krakow Ghetto and concentration Camp in Plaszow Number of Jewish doctors in the Krakow district in 1939 and after the war. The situation of Krakow physicians during the German occupation. An overview of doctors and Jewish hospitals in Krakow. The influx of Jewish refugees from the western Poland caused an increase of the Jewish population in Krakow to 70,000. In the summer of 1940, 35,000 Jews were expelled from Krakow, including 100 physicians. The activity of the Jewish Hospital: at the beginning of the war, it was robbed...

File Number : 1653

Type of Material : Testimony, List of Jewish Physicians

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Nord correspondence regarding the release of Jews in mixed marriages and those with military decorations from the Drancy camp, 1942 The material was created by: UGIF, Zone Nord Group 1 Department 14 Liaison With the German Authorities, Dr. Schendel In the file: UGIF correspondence mostly concerning release of Jews in mixed marriages, those with documents certifying that they "do not belong to the Jewish race" and those with German military decorations from the Drancy camp Also in the file: - Letters received by an...

File Number : 63

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Postcard, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : French, German

Research study about the Jews of Csorna, Hungary, in 1938–1944 by Károly Kovács, 2006

Research study about the Jews of Csorna, Hungary, in 1938–1944 by Károly Kovács, 2006 - census of Hungarian Jewry, carried out by the Central Council of the Jews of Hungary at the behest of the German authorities; - German occupation of Hungary commences on March 19, 1944; - life from the onset of the occupation to the beginning of the deportations on May 15, 1944; - deportation of the Jews of Csorna to the Sopron and Sárvár ghettos on June 20–21, 1944; - racial laws in Hungary from 1938 onward (the first in 1938, the second in 1939, and the third in 1941); - from 1939 to 1944, some 6,000 Jews emigrated...

File Number : 490

Type of Material : Research Paper

Language : Hebrew, German, Hungarian

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