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Testimony of Yishayahu Charles Klein, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Yishayahu Charles Klein, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Mauthausen Childhood; move to Belgium due to economic difficulties. Persecution of the Belgian Jews; deportation to France; return to Belgium; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; forced labor; death march to Mauthausen; liberation by the US Army. Aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana (Zukerman) Schneider, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences in Brussels, in hiding in La Roue and using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Zukerman) Schneider, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences in Brussels, in hiding in La Roue and using a false identity Her family was originally from Lodz, Poland. German occupation; insistent pleading by her mother to the family, to escape to Switzerland; capture of the witness' father and his friends, August 1942; receives postcards from her father, from Mechelen camp; decision to go in hiding; family's daughters and a male cousin are entrusted to a family in La Roue; life using a false non-Jewish identity; cooperation by nuns; her mother's work in the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Postcard written by Tauba Amzel in Malines camp to her sons Charles and Joseph, 30/07/1943

Postcard written by Tauba Amzel in Malines camp to her sons Charles and Joseph, 30/07/1943 Tauba wrote the postcard one day before her deportation along with her husband Mordechai Amzel; Included in the file: - Copy of the passport of Charles Shmuel Amzel; - Permit, in the name of Mordka Amsel; - Marriage certificate of Mordka Amsel and Tauba Leja Gorenkring.

File Number : 1024

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter

Language : French

Anonymous letter sent to Marie Pinkert in Brussels including threats, and other documents, 1942-1943

Anonymous letter sent to Marie Pinkert in Brussels including threats, and other documents, 1942-1943 Included in the file: - Yad Vashem Page of Testimony submitted in memory of Henri Pinkert; - Confirmation of receipt of a food parcel; - Confirmation of Pinkert's stay in Malines/ Mechelen camp, 23/08/1942-26/06/1943.

File Number : 1012

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Identity Card, Official Documentation

Language : French

Correspondence of the Belgian Jewish Committee in London regarding the search for relatives, 1944-1945

Correspondence of the Belgian Jewish Committee in London regarding the search for relatives, 1944-1945 - Replies by the Committee regarding searches for relatives and their location when the fate was unknown or the place of deportation and transport number was known; The Committee was helped in its search for relatives by the following organizations: - The Jewish Search Centre, London - The Refugee Children's Movement, London - Le Comite de Defense des Juifs, Brussels - Antwerpsch Comite ter Verdediging Van de Joodse Belangen - Aide aux Israelites, Victimes de la Guerre, Brussels; The...

File Number : 8

Type of Material : List of Names, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, Dutch

Letter sent by Avraham Malous from Birkenau to his wife Sarah Malous in Antwerp, 22 November 1942

Letter sent by Avraham Malous from Birkenau to his wife Sarah Malous in Antwerp, 22 November 1942 Also in the file: - Document regarding the fate of the members of the Malous-Zyguel family; - Note sent to Henny's parents, 22 February 1941.

File Number : 1023

Type of Material : Letter

Language : French, German

Documentation belonging to the Gross family and the Bermann family, 1936-1949

Documentation belonging to the Gross family and the Bermann family, 1936-1949 - Letters sent by Jacob and Mina Gross from Germany to their children in Eretz Israel, 1936-1938; escape of Jacob and Mina Gross from Germany after Kristallnacht; deportation of Jacob and Mina Gross from Belgium to Auschwitz, 1943; - Letters sent to members of the Bermann family in Cuba by relatives; emigration of the couple to Cuba, 1941.

File Number : 805

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German