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Religious Institutions Notices regarding the opening of a synagogue in Windsheim, Germany, undated. Also in the file: - Prayers, a prayer book, tefillin; - Marriage permits; -"The Redemption of Israel", a pamphlet published by the "Torah V'Avoda" secretariat in Germany (Yiddish); - Letter of apology sent by Dr. Herz, the Mayor of Bad Mergentheim, to the Chief Rabbi of Bad Mergentheim, 04 May 1945, regarding the burning of the synagogue during the time of the Nazis, typewritten, one page.

File Number : 64

Type of Material : Placards

Telegram sent to the German Interior Minister informing him of the destruction of tombstones in the Jewish cemetery in Heusenstam, in the Offenbach A. M. area, 07/051937

File Number : 69

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Icchak Rozenszajn, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1903, regarding his experiences in Ozorkow, the Lodz Ghetto, Koenigs Wusterhausen and Oranienburg

Testimony

Testimony of Icchak Rozenszajn, born in Vilna, Poland, 1903, regarding his experiences in Ozorkow, the Lodz Ghetto, Koenigs Wusterhausen and Oranienburg Witness is a pharmacist; move to Ozorkow; life before the war. German occupation; persecution of Jews including burning of the synagogue; ghetto life; the Judenrat and its institutions; typhus; hanging of Jews on orders from Gunter Fuchs, the head of the Gestapo; transfer to the Lodz Ghetto; "Aktion"; receives information by listening to the underground radio; underground bulletins; privileged groups who remained in the ghetto after its liquidation;...

File Number : 1776

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Joseph Hefner, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences as a young child in Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Hefner, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences as a young child in Bucharest Life before the war. Anti-Jewish decrees including confiscation of property; liberation.

File Number : 1025

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Efraim Singer, born in Dej, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in labor battalions, the Dej Ghetto, Kaufering and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Efraim Singer, born in Dej, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in labor battalions, the Dej Ghetto, Kaufering and a death march Community life in Dej before the war. Riots against the Jews, July 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; relations with the local population; draft to the labor battalions; murder of Jews by Hungarians and Germans; Zionist youth movements; restrictions on the Jews' mobility, April 1944; deportation to the Dej Ghetto; confiscation of property; war criminals and collaborators; desecration of the synagogue; selection and murder; deportation to Kaufering; Jewish...

File Number : 1756

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Romanian

Testimony of Abraham Iacobovici, born in Pascani, Romania, 1905, regarding his experiences in Pascani, Manzar and Alexandria

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Iacobovici, born in Pascani, Romania, 1905, regarding his experiences in Pascani, Manzar and Alexandria Life before the war. Deportation to a labor battalion; transfer to Manzar within the labor battalion; life in Manzar as part of the labor battalion including abuse by the Romanian commander; transfer to Alexandria within the labor battalion; life in Alexandria.

File Number : 1446

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Romanian, German

Testimony of Max Meier Fekler, born in Boian, Romania, 1892, regarding his experiences in Cernauti and Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Max Meier Fekler, born in Boian, Romania, 1892, regarding his experiences in Cernauti and Transnistria Life in Boian; deportation to Transnistria; municipal orchestra plays music during the deportation; government office handling of robbed Jewish possessions; desecration of ritual objects.

File Number : 1438

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Mendel Itzicovici, born in Frumusica, Romania, 1907, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Transnistria, Palade, Macin, Buzan and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Mendel Itzicovici, born in Frumusica, Romania, 1907, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Transnistria, Palade, Macin, Buzan and other places Life before the war; increase in antisemitism. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation; riots; drafted to forced labor; transfer to Transnistria; transfer to Palade; transfer to Macin; transfer to Iglita; transfer to Buzan; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1951.

File Number : 2453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French, Romanian

Testimony of Nehama Natansohn, born in Falticeni, Romania, 1909, regarding her experiences in Falticeni

Testimony

Testimony of Nehama Natansohn, born in Falticeni, Romania, 1909, regarding her experiences in Falticeni Life before the war. Meets deportees from the area; destruction of the synagogue; deportation of physicians to Transnistria; end of the war. Life in Romania.

File Number : 1422

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French, Romanian

Joint testimony of Dawid Kielmanowski, born in Plonsk, Poland, 1916, and Sara Kielmanowski, born in Glinojeck, Poland, 1923, regarding their experiences in Plonsk and Auschwitz

Testimony

Joint testimony of Dawid Kielmanowski, born in Plonsk, Poland, 1916, and Sara Kielmanowski, born in Glinojeck, Poland, 1923, regarding their experiences in Plonsk and Auschwitz Dawid Kielmanowski Life with his sister and her family in Warsaw. Outbreak of the war; trading food with local farmers; "Aktions" to capture youths and send them to labor in camps near Lublin, August-September 1940; Germans search for him; escape to Plonsk; arrival of thousands of Jewish refugees to Plonsk; life in Plonsk; attitude of the Germans to Jews; establishment of the Judenrat, 1940; establishment of the Plonsk Ghetto, May...

File Number : 1572

Type of Material : Names, Testimony

Language : Polish

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