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Testimony of Ida (Weinbergen) Marcus, born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 1911, regarding her experiences as a Philips Company worker and laborer, and as a laborer in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Reichenbach Life until 1940; work for the Philips Company. Outbreak of the war, 1940; continuation of her work for Philips until summer 1943; labor for Philips as a camp inmate; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; transfer to Reichenbach about one week later; labor in a Telefunken factory. Aliya to Israel, 1974.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Memoirs regarding the deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto, "Aktions", and the deportation to Treblinka camp

Memoirs regarding the deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto, "Aktions", and the deportation to Treblinka camp Announcement regarding the deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, except for people employed in German factories, hospitals, the Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Police), and in the community, 22 July 1942; obtains work certificates in a German factory for his parents, and receives a certificate as a student employed in a hospital; transfer of the entire family to a place to live in the German factory; deportation of the laborers from the factory to the Umschlagplatz, September 1942; travel in...

File Number : 539

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Berta Lichtig, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Mielec following the German occupation including "Aktions", deportations to labor camps and deportations to extermination

Testimony of Berta Lichtig, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Mielec following the German occupation including "Aktions", deportations to labor camps and deportations to extermination German occupation of Mielec before Rosh Hashana, 10 September 1939; the synagogue is set on fire; closure of the Jews who were in the bathhouse and the poultry slaughterhouse, where they are burned alive; mass escape of Jewish youth and men to the Soviet side, following two days of murder; arrival of Poles who were deported from Poznan (the city and the region), and they take control over the homes of Jews and key...

File Number : 453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Gustaw Ickowicz, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sakrau, Gross Masselwitz, Drengfurt, Gross-Rosen, and other places

Testimony of Gustaw Ickowicz, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sakrau, Gross Masselwitz, Drengfurt, Gross-Rosen, and other places Life in Bielsko in his parents' home with his brother, before the war; work as a clerk; move to Gorno with his family; German occupation; move to Krakow, and life in Krakow, October 1939-August 1940; separation from his family after receiving a job as a teacher in the home of a Jewish family in the Debica vicinity; search for other work, and arrival to a labor camp of Jews in Sakrau, October 1940; camp life, including the administration of the camp...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Anna Fuerst, born in Krakow, Poland, 1903, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto

Testimony of Anna Fuerst, born in Krakow, Poland, 1903, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto Krakow Ghetto life, including labor in the Madritsch factory in Krakow sewing for the Germans, starting, June 1941; labor by the Jews, above the factory's quota, without pay or food, with the thought that they could prevent their deportation [by their labor]; order to present themselves to the authorities at the Arbeitsamt (labor office), October; concentration by the SS of all of the Jews who arrived to the city square, and a selection was made without taking their work permits into account; selection of...

File Number : 304

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony and a report prepared by Berta Lichtig, 05/11/1945, regarding Mielec camp, Pustkow camp, the deportation of the Jews of Borowa and Radomysl Wielki, the "Pohl und Lueckel" company in Biesiadka, and a farm in Berdechowl

Testimony and a report prepared by Berta Lichtig, regarding Mielec camp, Pustkow camp, the deportation of the Jews of Borowa and Radomysl Wielki, the "Pohl und Lueckel" company in Biesiadka, and a farm in Berdechowl - Aircraft factory in Mielec: the aircraft factory in Mielec is turned into a camp following the deportation of the Jews of Mielec, 09 March 1942; deportation of Jews to labor in Mielec camp, from Wielopole, Gorlice, Radomysl, Jodlowa and Mielec; the camp commander is Zimmerman, a Folksdeutscher, from the Gestapo; shooting of sick people on the slightest pretext for any transgression; typhus...

File Number : 162

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Abraham Ochs, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Ochs, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in the Tarnopol Ghetto Life before the war. German occupation; life in the Tarnopol Ghetto; liberation.

File Number : 1017

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Excerpt from a lecture delivered by Dr. Fritz Pick, born in Lissa, Poland, 1887, regarding insider information concerning the Holocaust of the Dutch Jews, January 2, 1945, as recorded and transcribed by Dr. K. J. Ball The lecture delivered by Dr. Pick was based on Jacob Harari’s brochure, “Die Ausrottung der Juden im besetzten Holland. Ein Tatsachenbericht“ (The Annihilation of the Jews in the Occupied Netherlands, A Factual Report), Tel Aviv, Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa, 1944, Or.wrps. 100 pp.; the brochure can be found online as a pdf-document under:...

File Number : 101

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

To be translated

Testimony of Mirka Pizyc on her and her family life in the Warszawa ghetto On April 17-18, 1942 the Gestapo took 50 Jews from their houses in Warszawa ghetto and shot them. Among them were Mgr. Linder, Ing. Newding, Szaro, Blajman, Tekel.On July 20, the Germans launched wave of deportations from the Warszawa Ghetto. Many Jewish intellectuals were arrested including several members of Jewish council. The deportations were in the beginning under control of the Jewish police. The commanders leading the deportation were Lejkin, Erlich and Szerynski. In the end of July 600 children from the ghetto orphanage...

File Number : 1215

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 707

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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