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File Number : 8663

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Diary written by an American Jewish student, Irving Bluestone, during a bicycle trip in Austria, Switzerland and France, spring 1938

Diary written by an American Jewish student, Irving Bluestone, during a bicycle trip in Austria, Switzerland and France, spring 1938 Life as a student in Bern, Switzerland, including the Anschluss events, 1938; description of the atmosphere in the places he visited, including Vienna, Linz and Innsbrueck; description of Hitler's visit in Vienna, 15 March 1938; [description of the visit of the] new German Minister of the Interior in Linz, 05 March 1938.

File Number : 8615

Type of Material : Diary

Language : English

Letter sent by L. Foerder from Jerusalem to Dr. F. Brodnitz in New York, regarding the possibility of publishing his diary in the United States, July 1946

Letter sent by L. Foerder from Jerusalem to Dr. F. Brodnitz in New York, regarding the possibility of publishing his diary in the United States, July 1946 - Foerder started to write his diary in Eretz Israel, August 1939; included is a chapter of the diary, from June 1941; - The letter includes a comment about the attack by Irgun members on the King David Hotel, 22 July 1946; - The diary includes references to the mood in Eretz Israel, in particular among the immigrants from Germany due to the danger of a German invasion, and the problems involved in the Bericha organization, after the end of the...

File Number : 2305

Type of Material : Diary, Letter

Language : German

Diaries written by Avraham Lipkonsky Aviel, born in Dugalishok, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in a Youth Aliyah institution in Salvino, Italy and in Cyprus and Eretz Israel, 1946-1948

Diaries written by Avraham Lipkonsky Aviel, born in Dugalishok, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in a Youth Aliyah institution in Salvino, Italy and in Cyprus and Eretz Israel, 1946-1948 - Diaries (three sections) written by Avraham Lipkonsky Aviel in Cyprus and in Eretz Israel, 1946-1948 (pp. 2-92); - Correspondence between members of Kvutzat [Kibbutz] Hanita, 16 November 1946-24 November 1948 (pp. 93-129); - Articles written by Avraham Lipkonsky (in Hebrew), Gershon Klein (Yiddish), Zvi Kanner (Yiddish), and A. Liberman (Hebrew) (pp. 130-134); - Letters written by Reuven Donat, 19 November...

File Number : 731

Type of Material : Diary, Testimony, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Diary by Edit (Fried) Kohlmann, born in Abaújszántó, Hungary, 1926, and letters of the Kohlmann family, 1943-1945

Diary by Edit (Fried) Kohlmann, born in Abaújszántó, Hungary, 1926, and letters of the Kohlmann family, 1943-1945 - Diary written by Edit (Fried) Kohlmann regarding her experiences in Hungary following liberation; commencing to write the diary, 12 December 1947; writing regarding her wish to make aliya to Israel, 27 September 1948; writing regarding her work for a British family, 15 February 1949; her return home following liberation; travel to Buchberg and Garmisch, 21 May 1945; travel to Munich, Pilzen, Prague, Pozsony; arrival in Hungary; - Letter of the Kohlmann family, undated and with no place...

File Number : 8547

Type of Material : Letter, Diary

Language : Hungarian

כרמי שרהTestimony of Sara Arzbet Karmi née Yakubovitz, born in 1926 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, about her experiences in the Mateszalka ghetto, Auschwitz, the Teplice camp, and Theresienstadt

German occupation ensues in 1944; deported to the Mateszalka ghetto in 1944; deported to Auschwitz in 1944; taken to the Teplice camp in 1944; works at an armaments and aircraft manufacturing plant; sent to Theresienstadt in 1945; liberated by Red Army forces in 1945; back to Nyiregyhaza; moves to Budapest and joins an Agudath Israel "kibbutz" in 1946; moves (illegally) to Zagreb; waits approx. two months in 1946; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Knesset Israel under Aliya Bet auspices; deported to the "winter camp" in Cyprus in 1946; marries in 1947; immigrates to Eretz Israel in 1947; adjusts to...

File Number : 13513

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

File Number : 13491

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

The final entries in a diary kept in Brussels and Tel Aviv, May and December 1945

The final entries in a diary kept in Brussels and Tel Aviv, May and December 1945 Notes from Marta Lomas who submitted the material: David Horvitz, a resident of Lodz, was married to Yehudit; they had three children: Rivka-Rachel; Chaya; and Abraham-Shlomo. In the summer of 1939, David planned a visit to Antwerp with his family, but his son was sick, and needed an operation. Yehudit and the children remained in Lodz, and David went to Antwerp intending to make the preparations for his family's arrival. At that very time, the Germans invaded Poland, and David's family was caught there. David joined a unit of...

File Number : 8316

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Yiddish

Diary belonging to Batia Mendel, born in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland, 1919, written during World War II in Tomaszow, Rawa Ruska and Siberia

File Number : 8271

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Polish

Letters sent by Alexander Neumann from Bomst to his family members, 1938-1939, and Red Cross letters sent between Alexander Neumann and his son-in-law Erich Gruen in Brazil, 1942

Letters sent by Alexander Neumann from Bomst to his family members, 1938-1939, and Red Cross letters sent between Alexander Neumann and his son-in-law Erich Gruen in Brazil, 1942 Included in the file: - Death certificate of Alexander Neumann's wife Martha, 28 March 1942; - Confirmation regarding the death of Alexander Neumann, issued in Theresienstadt, 24 March 1943; - Letters from the Tax Authority, regarding a special tax imposed on the Jews of Berlin, 1939; - Diary written by Alexander Neumann in Theresienstadt, 19 October 1942-22 February 1943; - Two letters written by his friend in camp...

File Number : 1744

Type of Material : Certification, Letter, Death Certificate, Red Cross Letter, Official Documentation

Language : German

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