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Letters written by Aenne Meininger in Luxembourg, in France and in a camp in France, and sent to her children and friends in Bulgaria and Eretz Israel during 1939-1942; letters sent by Hilde Garti from Bulgaria in 1937 Letters and postcards written by Aenne Meininger in Luxembourg, in Marseille, Annecy and La Ciotat, France and in a camp in France during 1939-1942: -- To Paula and Hanna; -- To her son Franz Meininger and his family members in Eretz Israel; -- To her daughter Hilde Garti and her granddaughters Renée Reutsche Garti and Eugénie Jenny Garti in Stara Zagora and Vetren near Kazanlik,...

File Number : 2178

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Documentary

Language : Hebrew, French, German

Testimony [in a letter] regarding the experiences of Rene Carasso Bensoussan and his family members, from Thessaloniki, 1941-1945

Testimony [in a letter] regarding the experiences of Rene Carasso Bensoussan and his family members, from Thessaloniki, 1941-1945 German Army occupation of Thessaloniki, 09 April 1941; dismissals at his place of work; escape to Athens with his wife Aline and their daughter Flora; detention; deportation to Chaidari; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, 02 April 1944; liberation from camp by the US Army in the Magdeburg area, 13 April 1945. Move via DP camps in Charleroi, Courbevoie and Namur; move via Paris to Marseilles; move via Bari; arrival to Greece, 04 September 1945; Note: Included with the testimony is...

File Number : 8611

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : French

Aryanization of Jewish banks - Materials from the Wirtschaftsgruppe Privates Bankgewerbe (Business Groups Private Banking)

File Number : 381

Letter of testimony by Antonia Reiser, born in Czechoslovakia, 1904, to the administrator of the old age home of the Association of Olim from Central Europe, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, and Auschwitz, 1987 Life before the war in Germany; work of her father as secretary in a courthouse; dismissal of her husband from his job, 1933; move of her husband to Prague on account of his dismissal; Antonia follows her husband to Prague; deportation to Theresienstadt together with her husband, 27 November 1941; life in Auschwitz, from October 1944; end of the war. Life in Prague; life in...

File Number : 8535

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : German

Letter written by Yakov Zirnovski, born in Vilkomir, Lithuania, 1907, in Vilna, to his sister Batsheva in Eretz Israel, 25 January 1945, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and his escape from the ghetto, in summer 1943 Work at the University in Vilna; German occupation of Vilna; dismissal of Jews from their jobs; legislation of anti-Jewish laws; murder of Jews in Ponary under the guise of forced labor; rescue from deportation on account of his not being at home; in hiding in a friend's cellar; return to his home, early September 1941; deportation to the small ghetto, where there were 8,000 Jews...

File Number : 8532

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Personal documentation belonging to Samuel Feuerstein from Botosani and his family from World War II and the post-war period, 09 Ooctober 1940-02 December 1982

Personal documentation belonging to Samuel Feuerstein from Botosani and his family from World War II and the post-war period, 09 Ooctober 1940-02 December 1982 The documentation includes: - Order to report for forced labor issued to Samuel Faerstein [sic] by the Botosani municipality; - Dismissal letter sent to Ester Goldstein (wife of Samuel Faerstein) following the governmental decision regarding dismissal of all the Jews, issued in Botosani, 09 October 1940; - Notification sent to Haim Feuerstein regarding the transfer of his son, Samuel Feuerstein, to detention, 10 September 1943; - Document...

File Number : 323

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Romanian

Two official letters received by Aranka Kövesdi from her place of work in Vienna, notifying her of her dismissal because she is Jewish, May-July 1938

Two official letters received by Aranka Kovesdi from her place of work in Vienna, notifying her of her dismissal for being Jewish, May-July 1938 Comments from the submitters of the material: Aranka Kovesdi, born in Hungary, 1911; residence at the age of 27 with her family in Vienna; her work in the Markus Weiss fashion house; intensification of the Nazi influence in Austria; written notice that due to her being Jewish, she must leave her employment (the dismissal letter, written 16 May 1938, says, "in order to Aryanize the business"); her escape to London before the Anschluss; adoption as a daughter by a...

File Number : 245

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : German

Letter from K. Aleksandrov regarding the mass dismissals of Jewish lecturers from the Yaroslavl Institute of Education, the article in the "Literaturnaya gazeta" on that subject, and a request that Ehrenburg react to the violation of the law at this college

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

Two official letters sent to Jewish concert conductor Erich Teich from Hamburg, in reply to his complaints regarding his dismissal from work, 1933

Two official letters sent to Jewish concert conductor Erich Teich from Hamburg, in reply to his complaints regarding his dismissal from work, 1933 One letter from the Gau Hamburg party leadership refers him to the Verband der deutschen Theaterangestellten (Association of German Theater Employees), 02/10/1933; the second letter, from the same organization, informs that they cannot include him in their services in light of the existing regulations; if the situation will change, they will inform them [the letter is partially unclear, and the date is likewise illegible].

File Number : 481

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation

Language : German

Personal documentation of Elias Aizic Rohrlich, born in Dohoroi, Romania, 1927, March 1941-February 1950

Personal documentation of Elias Aizic Rohrlich, born in Dohoroi, Romania, 1927, March 1941-February 1950 - Certificate of citizenship issued to Leizer Rorlih, 07 March 1941; - Certificate of citizenship issued to Elias Aizic Rorlih, 19 February 1942; - Receipt for payment of registration fee at the Liceul Teoretic Evreesc (Jewish Academic High School) for Elias Rohrlich in Dorohoi, 28 May 1943; - Letter from the Governor of Dorohoi to Sura Kailer Rohrlich authorizing her exemption from the yellow badge, 12 June 1943; the exemption was approved after a meeting with the governor; - Instructions...

File Number : 314

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Certification, Official Documentation

Language : Romanian, German

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