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Testimony of Gustav Piskorz, regarding his experiences in Dortmund, then in the Netherlands and in Westerbork camp, in the Theresienstadt Ghetto and in Auschwitz camp, 1938-1945

Testimony of Gustav Piskorz, regarding his experiences in Dortmund, then in the Netherlands and in Westerbork camp, in Theresienstadt and in Auschwitz camp, 1938-1945 Testimony of Max Gustav Piskorz, regarding the following: - His escape from Dortmund, Germany to the Netherlands after Kristallnacht in 1938; arrival of his wife to the Netherlands; his imprisonment in the Hook van Holland camp as an illegal immigrant. (p. 5) - His transfer to Westerbork camp; brief stay in Friesland with Christian families; return to Westerbork camp; reunion with his wife in Westerbork camp; takeover of Westerbork camp...

File Number : 686

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Testimony of Käthe Breslauer regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, 1942-1945

Testimony of Käthe Breslauer regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, 1942-1945 Kaethe Breslauer reports on her deportation from Berlin in 1942 to Theresienstadt and her life and work there until the liberation by the Russians and the return-journey of the surviving inmates. She describes the following events in detail: - The registration of the author and her sister for the "transfer" into the unknown already in November 1941; almost a year of waiting, during which the sisters received some secret benefits from non-Jews - Transport to a collection camp in Berlin and departure Sept. or Oct....

File Number : 217

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Documentation of the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg (Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg) regarding financial support from the Esra relief organization for Luxembourg Jews deported to the Litzmannstadt [Lodz] Ghetto, Izbica, Warsaw, Krasniczyn and Augustowka (Poland), 1941-1943

File Number : JM/31297-6

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Names

Language : German