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Memoirs of Benjamin Anolik, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Lagedi, Klooga and Auvere camps, 1943-1944, and lectures and interviews that he held, 1947-2008

Memoirs of Benjamin Anolik, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Lagedi, Klooga and Auvere camps, 1943-1944, and lectures and interviews that he held, 1947-2008 Deportation by train from the Vilna Ghetto; journey by train via Ponary; fear regarding Ponary as a destination; arrival in Auvere; forced labor; transfer on foot to Kivioli camp; transfer to Klooga camp; meets his father; [camp life] including hunger; attempts to obtain bread; acts of abuse against inmates by the SS and falling in love with a girl called Nina; receiving love letters from Nina; farewell from Nina due to her...

File Number : 8477

Type of Material : Documentary, Interview(s), Poems/songs, Lecture, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish

Letters received by Noah Ratner in the Bukovina area from friends and relatives in Vilna with information regarding the experiences of Jews in Vilna during the war, 1945

Letters received by Noah Ratner in the Bukovina area from friends and relatives in Vilna with information regarding the experiences of Jews in Vilna during the war, 1945 Information as to the fate of the following people is provided in the letters: - Rakhil Genzel, born in 1930, Genia Genzel and Rakhil Ratner were deported to Auschwitz and apparently perished there; - Khaya Zinger and her son survived the war; - Khatzkel Dergin perished in a camp in Estonia and his son was transferred to a camp in Germany and survived the war; - Mota Ratner and Isaak Ratner were deported to Klooga camp; Isaak...

File Number : 1450

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 54, 16/08/1941 Part 1 - Political events: Kidnapping of four Schutzpolizei (Schupo-Protective Police) near Sabac, Yugoslavia, by the partisans; discovery of two of the bodies [of the kidnapped men]; expansion of the activity of Communist partisan units; establishment of Jagdkompanien ("game hunt" companies) in fighting the partisans; expansion of the Serbian gendarmerie, by recommendation of the...

File Number : 163.54

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : German

Memoirs of Nina Frank, born in Lithuania, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, and the Stutthof and Brusy camps

Memoirs of Nina Frank, born in Lithuania, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, and the Stutthof and Brusy camps Life in Kaunas at the time of the German occupation; mass murder at the Sixth Fort, the Seventh Fort, and the Ninth Fort; escape attempts during the "Aktions"; deportation to the Stutthof camp; transfer to the Brusy camp; liberation by the Red Army, April 1944.

File Number : 4147

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Secret report prepared by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and Belorussia, 1941

Secret report prepared by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and Belorussia, 1941 Translation to English of the report, which describes the situation of the Jews in the Baltic States and Belorussia before the German occupation and at present, including numerical statistics; the organizations that dealt in the murder of the Jews, including local residents and the Selbstschutz (self-defense) organization; ghettos; Included in the file: Two versions of a map, on which the number of people who were murdered in the various areas is indicated; on one of the maps,...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Map, Statistical Data, Survey Report

Language : English, German

Report by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and in Belorussia, Part III, 1941

Report by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and in Belorussia, Part III, 1941 Status of the Jews in the Baltic States and in Belorussia, before the German occupation; status of the Jews [during the writing of the report], including numerical data; organizations that dealt with the murder of the Jews, including local residents and Selbstschutz self-defense [units]; mention of the ghettos; Comments: - The last page and maps are missing; - Translation to English can be found in file O.18/2; The document is part of the Evidence material at the Nuremberg...

File Number : 126

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Survey Report

Language : German

Collection of documents related to the murder of Jews in Ponary during 1941-1943

Collection of documents related to the murder of Jews in Ponary during 1941-1943 - Testimony of Gorwicz and Ass, in a letter given to an unknown man, en route to Ponary. The writer tells about two groups of Jews numbering 45 and 67 people, who were hiding in a forest. After they were informed on, the Jews were discovered by Germans and Lithuanians, who tortured the Jews for five days and then transferred them to Ponary. The letter is written in Polish and is translated to Russian; - Accompanying letter, written to Yad Vashem by the communications office of the Foreign Ministry on 12/11/1982, including a...

File Number : 459

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Testimony of Motl Kuricki, born in Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto, the Anyksciai Ghetto, the Siauliai Ghetto, Stutthof and Mueldorf

Testimony of Motl Kuricki, born in Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto, the Anyksciai Ghetto, the Siauliai Ghetto, Stutthof and Mueldorf Life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; Jewish youths join the Communist youth; German occupation; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Rokiskis; restrictions on the Jews; arrest of Jews, 28-29 June 1941; transfer of the Jews to a prison and synagogue; murder of Jews by Lithuanian perpetrators; rape of women; yellow badge; abuse of Jews; murder of men, 05 July 1941; escape from the killing pit and hidden in a Lithuanian...

File Number : 116

Type of Material : Testimony, List of Murdered Persons

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Loyba Klar, born in Saukena, Lithuania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Saukenai, Zagare, in hiding, Uzventis, Siauliai and camps in Germany

Testimony of Loyba Klar, born in Saukena, Lithuania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Saukenai, Zagare, in hiding, Uzventis, Siauliai and camps in Germany Life in Saukenai before the war. German occupation, 26 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; looting of Jewish owned property; forced contribution; attacks on the Jews by the Lithuanians Girdravings and the Jocas brothers; murder of Jews; deportation with Jews to Zagare; murder of some of the Jews on the way; murder of the Jews from Vaiguva, Radviliskis, Kursenai and Uzventis; escape and hidden by the farmer Jonas Peleckis; life in hiding with...

File Number : 112

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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File Number : 12722

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English

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