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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

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

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 Murdered Persons, Record of Survivors, Record of Deportees

Language : English

12 postcards sent by Henri Kotek from Poitiers, Pithiviers, Drancy and Beaune la Roland camps in France, to his wife in Pau, France, 1942

File Number : 1050

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : French

Letters sent to Maurice Zizak by Marie Bresler and Bella Bresler in Drancy and Pithiviers camps, 09-11/1942

Letters sent to Maurice Zizak by Marie Bresler and Bella Bresler in Drancy and Pithiviers camps, 09-11/1942 Included in the file: - Letter sent by the International Red Cross (CICR) to Mr. Bresler, regarding Bresler's request to locate his wife, 12/11/1942; - Document from the Auschwitz Museum, regarding the death of Mirla Bresler, Bajla Bresler and Abraham Bresler in Auschwitz.

File Number : 1043

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish, French

Letters written by Salomon Brandsdorfer in Drancy camp to his family in La Salesse near Bosmie, France, 1942-1943

Letters written by Salomon Brandsdorfer in Drancy camp to his family in La Salesse near Bosmie, France, 1942-1943 Drancy camp life, including the detention conditions; Included in the file: Confirmation by the Bosmie municipality in the Haute Vienne region, regarding the detention of Brandsdorfer in Annemasse, 31/12/1942, and his deportation to Drancy camp and then to an unknown destination, 12/02/1943.

File Number : 1011

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : French, German

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