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Documents regarding Israel Bresler, born in Kalisz, Poland and Mirla Laja Bresler-Ber, born in Golin, Poland, residents of Jarny, France, and documents regarding the guardianship of their orphaned children resident in Israel, 1942-1965 - Red Cross letter sent from Geneva, Switzerland to Israel Bresler in Feytiat, France, 12 November 1942; lack of information regarding his wife; - Request form submitted by Ruehla Nowodworska, the guardian of the Bresler orphans in Jarny, France, 23 December 1953; "Status of Deportee" given for Israel Bresler, who was deported from Drancy, 15 May 1944; - Certification...

File Number : 538

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation

Language : French

Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Personal documentation of the Graf family, 1923-1945

Personal documentation of the Graf family, 1923-1945 - Notebook containing documentation regarding Henri Graf, born on 30 November 1927, and his experiences during the Holocaust; internment in Buchenwald, Auschwitz, Strasbourg [camp?] and Drancy camp; letter sent by Henri Graf in Germany to his parents and to Ilia in France, 10 May 1945; - Telegram sent by Ita from Wroclaw to Léon Graf with the message that she and the children are alive together with the brother, Hersz Laib, 1945; - Postcard with the photograph of David Edelstadt printed on it together with his famous poem, "In Kampf" ("In Battle");...

File Number : 2115

Language : French, German, Yiddish

Death certificate of Josef Szpic, born in Krzepice, Poland, 1902, perished in Auschwitz, 22 July 1942

Death certificate of Josef Szpic, born in Krzepice, Poland, 1902, perished in Auschwitz, 22 July 1942 Death certificate issued in Auschwitz, 25 July 1942; Father: Salomon Szpic; mother: Pesa (Wechsler) Szpic; wife: Ruchla (Zeliszewski) Szpic; Josef Szpic: Arrest in Paris, 1941; deportation to the Pithiviers camp; transfer to Auschwitz; Ruchla (Zeliszewski) Szpic: Escape with her sister-in-law and her cousin; help from Mr. Bonnin; survival; Children: Bernard Szpic, born in 1932, and Salomon Szpic, born in 1937: Life in Malakoff being hidden by a Christian family; life being hidden by the Falip...

File Number : 1194

Type of Material : Death Certificate

Language : German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Lists of names of deportees and survivors from Vittel camp, 1944

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Lists of Deported Persons and Survivors from the Vittel Camp, 1944 The file includes: - Handwritten note containing comments regarding the lists. - Three lists of names of deportees from the Vittel camp, France, who were sent in two transports to an unknown destination on 18 April 1944, at the end of April 1944, and on 16 May 1944. The first list is organized according to South American countries for which the deportees held citizenship certificates. The other two lists are arranged alphabetically by surname. - List of Jewish detainees who were apparently in Vittel after...

File Number : 58

Type of Material : List of Deportees, Note, List of Jewish Survivors, List of Deportation From France

Language : German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Telegrams regarding rescue attempts, primarily for deportees from Vittel, 1943-1944

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Telegrams Regarding Rescue Attempts, Primarily of the Deported from Vittel, 1943-1944 The documents in this file are numbered in pencil, from 64 to 87. The origin of the numbering is unclear and does not correspond to numbering in other files within the division. In the file: (64) A single index card, apparently from a card file, listing the names: Fraenkel, Uncle Schabse, Abraham Weingort, Rose Weingort, Schaul Weingort; (65) Printout of a telegram from Rachel and Menachem Rottenberg in Manchester to Sternbuch in Montreux, dated 20 September 1944, stating they had...

File Number : 48

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Telegram, Record of Deportees, Postcard, Letter

Language : Polish, French, English, German

List of Jews with various citizenship designated for deportation to the Compiegne camp in France, February 1942

File Number : 196

Type of Material : List of Detainees

Language : German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters concerning rescue efforts, primarily to save detainees in Vittel, 1944

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Correspondence regarding relief and rescue efforts - primarily for detainees of Vittel, dated 1944. Envelopes 800-815, 817-836 Envelope 800: - Telegram content for Shaul Weingort from J. Rosenheim and Fraenkel, New York, 14 January 1944. The Paraguayan government informed the United States government that it does not recognize the validity of passports issued by its representatives without its knowledge. A similar notice was delivered to the Intergovernmental Committee in London and the Spanish government. “Do your utmost to rescue the Kornitzer and Fraenkel...

File Number : 46

Type of Material : Letter, List of Detainees, Telegram, Protocol, Record of Persecuted Persons, Postcard, List of Persecuted Persons, Record of Survivors, Draft

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

List of Eclaireurs Israélites de France (EIF – Jewish Scouts in France) leaders who perished during the Holocaust

List of Eclaireurs Israélites de France (EIF – Jewish Scouts in France) leaders who perished during the Holocaust The undated alphabetical list includes the duties of the leaders and the circumstances of their deaths.

File Number : 134

Type of Material : List of Murdered Persons

Language : French

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Robert Bergida during the Holocaust

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Robert Bergida during the Holocaust Robert Bergida, born in Paris, France, 1928: Deportation to the Munkacevo Ghetto with his mother, May 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Dornhau, near Breslau; liberation in Dornhu by the Red Army. Move to Prague, Munkacz and Budapest in an unsuccessful search for relatives; remains in Prague for a while; move to Germany; arrival in Munich; move to the Wolfratshausen DP camp, November 1945; deaths of both of his parents during the Holocaust.

File Number : 287

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Record of Deportees, Record of Murdered Persons, Record of Survivors

Language : English

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