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

Language : Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish

Decisions by West German courts regarding employees of the Gestapo in Stuttgart and a Jewish collaborator from Berlin, 1956 - 1958; Testimonies by perpetrators and Jewish survivors regarding the Gestapostelle in Dortmund and the "protective custody" in Sachsenhausen, 1965 - 1968 Note: The file does not include material concerning the proceedings against former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle, but of other proceedings against Nazi war criminals since 1956.The recording of the material in this file was done for the purpose of the substantiation of the evidence against former Gestapoleitstelle...

File Number : 46

Type of Material : Testimony, Document(s)

Language : German

Testimonies by survivors from Czechoslovakia who were deported to concentration camps in Estonia, 1969

Testimonies by survivors from Czechoslovakia who were deported to concentration camps in Estonia, 1969 Trial of workers at the Gestapoleitstelle in Berlin, 1964-1965: Pre-trial hearing of former Gestapoleitstelle workers regarding: murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps); murder of witnesses and Jewish victims; general information regarding deportations from Berlin. The file includes testimonies of witnesses from Czechoslovakia who were deported to concentration camps in Estonia; the testimonies were submitted in the Office of the Public Attorney in the regional Court of Law in Kassel. ...

File Number : 218

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Testimonies by Jewish survivors and an employee of the HSSPF Russland-Nord in Riga, 1950 - 1969

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Testimonies by Jewish survivors and an employee of the HSSPF Russland-Nord in Riga, 1950 - 1969 The file contains: - List of survivors of the deportations from Berlin between 1941-1945 (p 2). - List of deported persons of the transport of 02.06.1942 from Berlin, supposed destination: Lublin (p 4-5). - Interrogation of Friederike Cohn (maiden name: Heymann; date of birth: 03.11.1894 in Berlin ) on 11.04.1969. Cohn and her family were deported to the camp Grosse Hamburgerstrasse and later to the camp Schulstrasse. She mentioned...

File Number : 66

Language : German

Trial against former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps); Testimonies, mostly by survivors, regarding deportation of Jews from Germany to Latvia and Estonia and the history of the Riga Ghetto, 1968 - 1969 The file contains in detail: - Interrogation of Brigitte Opfer (maiden name: Kaufmann; date of birth: 27.01.1935 in Berlin) on 11.11.1968. Opfer was deported to the camp Raasiku near Reval in Estonia in 1942, later she was brought to Stutthof, Hamburg-Ochsenzoll and Bergen-Belsen (p 1-2). - Interrogation of Margot Behrens...

File Number : 65

Language : German

Trial against BOVENSIEPEN and other employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Indictment of the state prosecutor

Trial against BOVENSIEPEN and other employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Indictment of the state prosecutor This file contains the last part of the indictment against Bovensiepen and other employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin. It contains various documents presented by the state prosecutor containing information about the deportations to the Riga Ghetto (pp.1-3), executions in Raziku-Jagala near Reval (p.3), the Kowno Ghetto (pp.3-8), the Minsk Ghetto (pp.8-18), The Lodz Ghetto (pp.18-24), a report of Ruth Aldon about a transport from the Lodz Ghetto to Chelmno...

File Number : 57

Type of Material : Investigation Report, List of Murdered Jews, List of Jewish Survivors, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Bella (Lehmann) Strauss regarding her deportation from Germany to Estonia, detention in Stutthof, liberation while on a death march, wanderings until succeeding in reaching Belgium, 1942-1945 Included in the file:: Cover letter by Hilde M. Scheraga, Bella Strauss' daughter, regarding her mother's testimony sent in a letter after the war, 11 August 1945, letter from Hilde Scheraga, 25 February 1996, (p. 2); Postwar letter from the survivor Bella (Lehmann) Strauss, including testimony regarding her deportation from Frankfurt am Main to Estonia, September 1942; transfer to Stutthof, summer...

File Number : 4687

Type of Material : Letter(s), Testimony

Language : English, German

"Chronology": Chronological list compiled by M. Turek regarding the murder of the Jews in the Kaunas Ghetto, 24 June 1941-15 July 1944

"Chronology": Chronological list compiled by M. Turek regarding the murder of the Jews in the Kaunas Ghetto, 24 June 1941-15 July 1944 Occupation of Kaunas by the German Army; life under the German occupation including riots, "Aktions", the murder of Jews and robbery of Jewish property; appointment of the Judenrat; establishment of the Kaunas Ghetto; murder of Jewish members of the intelligentsia; murder of 200 children from the orphanage; burning of the hospital; deportation of Jews to Riga; murder of Jews after the defeat of the German Army in Stalingrad; deportation of Jews to Estonia; "Aktion" directed...

File Number : 221

Type of Material : Document

Language : Yiddish

Chronological list written by M. Turek regarding the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, 24 June 1941-26 June 1944

Chronological list written by M. Turek regarding the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, 24 June 1941-26 June 1944 Establishment of the Vilna Ghetto; appointment of a Judenrat; ghetto life including yellow badge, levying of forced contributions; "Aktions" and murder of Jews; liquidation of Vilna Ghetto Number 2; deportation of Jews to Estonia; discovery of hiding places of Jews; liquidation of the ghetto; liberation of (Vilna) by the Red Army.

File Number : 220

Type of Material : Document

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Yudel Egber, born in Kreizberg, Poland, 1901, regarding his experiences in Riga

Testimony of Yudel Egber, born in Kreizberg, Poland, 1901, regarding his experiences in Riga Occupation of Riga by the German Army, 01 July 1941; escape of Jews from Riga; murder of the escapees by the Latvians; life under the German occupation including anti-Jewish legislation, eviction of Jews from their homes, yellow badge and arrest of Jews; abusive acts and murder of Jews by the Latvian police; desecration of cemeteries; burning of synagogues; establishment of the Riga Ghetto; sealing of the ghetto, 25 October 1941; appointment of a Judenrat; deportation of Jews to forced labor; deportation of Jews to...

File Number : 212

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Yiddish

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