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Testimony of Rachel Yehudit (Liser) Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Yehudit (Liser) Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Budapest Life before the war. German occupation, 1944; life in the Budapest Ghetto including living in a protected house and the deportation of her mother; liberation by the Red Army. Move to Pecs; move to Gmund Am Tegernsee; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel from Marseilles on the ship, "Exodus"; deportation to France; deportation to Hamburg; transfer to Emden-Papendorf; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters written by the Holocuast survivor A. Gutman, from Linz DP camp, to the Forverts editorial board in New York and to Henri Turk, director of the editorial branch in Baltimore, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust, 02 July 1947 Gutman's experiences as a youth from Brisk in a yeshiva and the Warsaw Ghetto including participation in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising together with Mordecai Anielewicz; combat with the Polish underground using an Aryan identity; promoted to Major; life in a DP camp in Linz.

File Number : 4.7

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

Personal documents of Aba-Jankiel Manelewicz, 1939-1988

Personal documents of Aba-Jankiel Manelewicz, 1939-1988 - Confirmation regarding the arrival of Cela Moszkowic at the Munich DP camp issued at the camp, 11 September 1946; - Birth certificate of Aba-Jankiel Manelewicz, born in Radoszyce, 1918, issued at the Radoszyce Town Hall, 09 March 1948 (two copies); - Confirmation of the employment of Aba Jankiel Manelewicz for eight years as a worker, issued by the Przedborz municipality, 17 June 1939; - Identity card of Elsa Torner, born in Hohensalza, 1921, a resident of Palmnicken, issued in Palmnicken, 03 April 1945; - Confirmation of the employment of...

File Number : 1058.1

Type of Material : Certification, Work Permit, Personal Documents, Identity Card

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Testimony of Yeti (Karpel) Glaubakh, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Bucovina

Testimony

Testimony of Yeti (Karpel) Glaubakh, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Bucovina Life before the war. German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; ghetto life, 1941-1942; marriage to an older Jewish soldier to save her life; life with her mother-in-law; her husband's capture by the Germans; release; caring for her husband and his mother; life in Bucovina until 1946. Aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus, 1949; caring for her husband and his mother until their final days.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

אוסף מכתבים שקיבלה Rajchman Rosalia ב-Oberaltstadt מבני משפחתה ומחברים מ-Bendsburg ומ-Sosnowiec

File Number : 6173

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : Polish, German

O.36 - David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany

O.36 - David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany This record group is a collection of testimonies recorded by David Boder, a Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in DP camps in Europe in 1946. The collection is comprised of testimonies of Jews and non-Jews, recorded in various languages and translated into English. The testimonies focus on the events in the lives of the survivors during the war in the ghettos and camps, while serving in the military, in hiding and in children's homes. The testimonies also contain information regarding the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress

O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress Included in the Record Group: A. Collection of anti-Jewish legislation enacted in various countries, organized in files according to the countries. Sometimes the law is quoted as it was published in the law books of that particular country, and sometimes there are surveys regarding the law or newspaper clippings with a description of the law. B. Correspondence between the World Jewish Congress (including with the United Nations) regarding anti-Jewish legislation such as laws regarding emigration, the status of refugees and...

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Survey Report, Laws and Decrees, Official Documentation

Language : Italian, Serbian, English, Romanian, Russian, German, Hungarian

M.9 - Simon Wiesenthal Collection, Archive of the Juedische Historische Dokumentation (Center for Jewish Documentation), Linz, 1938-1951

M.9 - Simon Wiesenthal Collection, Archive of the Juedische Historische Dokumentation (Center for Jewish Documentation), Linz, 1938-1951 The Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz was established in 1947 by Simon Wiesenthal, an engineer from Buczacz, Poland. After his liberation from Mauthausen camp in Austria, Wiesenthal worked toward locating and arresting war criminals. He was also the moving force behind the Association of Former Inmates of Concentration Camps in Austria, and among the founders of the International Organization of Former Inmates of Nazi Camps. As the chairman of the Jewish...

Type of Material : List of Nazi War Criminals, Names of Perpetrators, Testimony, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Survey Report, Legal Documentation

Language : German

M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection - DP life in the camps, 1945-1948

M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection -Displaced persons life in the camps, 1945-1948 In this Collection there is documentation regarding the lives of the displaced persons (DPs) in the camps. It contains thousands of placards from the camps, mainly concerning cultural and artistic matters, religious life, sport, elections and political parties. Additionally, there are announcements , principally issued by administrative departments in the Eschwefe DP camp and the Feldafing DP camp. There are letters or surveys on subjects related to daily life in the DP camps in a few individual files.

Type of Material : Announcement, Report, Official Documentation, Brochure, Drawing, Newspaper, Poster

Language : Yiddish

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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