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Testimony of Maria (Steiner) Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1934, regarding her experiences in Budapest, in a protected house and on a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Maria (Steiner) Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1934, regarding her experiences in Budapest, in a protected house and on a death march From a traditional Neolog Zionist family; education in a Hebrew school; Hanoar Hatzioni activities. Outbreak of the war; drafting of her father and brother to forced labor; deportation of her father to Auschwitz and his murder; her brother's escape from labor camps and from detention by the Gestapo; German occupation, March 1944; restrictions on Jews; murder of Jews; brutal treatment by the Hungarian gendarmes; attitude of the Hungarian population; Allied...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

[Announcement regarding] the last date for registration of children for elementary school and nursery school, posted by the administration

File Number : 1096

Type of Material : Announcement

Language : Yiddish

Announcement from the Jewish Committee in Munich Culture Office regarding the opening of a series of lectures at the continuing education programs for teachers at the Folk University in Munich

File Number : 419

Type of Material : Announcement

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters

Diary written by Esther Lore Cohn, born in Germany, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Jewish children's home in Munich and in Milbertshofen camp, 1939-1942

Diary written by Esther Lore Cohn, born in Germany, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Jewish children's home in Munich and in Milbertshofen camp, 1939-1942 Background regarding the author of the diary, Esther Cohn: Life in the Jewish children's home on no. 7 "Antonienstrasse" Street in Munich, 1939-1942; closure of the children's home by the Germans, June 1942; deportation of the school's [female] principal and several children who remained in the home, including Esther, to Milbertshofen transit camp; transfer to Theresienstadt; deportation of Esther to Auschwitz on one of the last transports from...

File Number : 1666

Type of Material : Diary, Record of Deportees, Record of Persecuted Persons, Record of Murdered Persons

Language : German

Memoirs of Marianne Buchwalter, about her experiences as a girl in Berlin and her escape to the United States

Memoirs of Marianne Buchwalter, about her experiences as a girl in Berlin and her escape to the United States Information about the history of the family; information about the Jews; life of the extended family in Berlin; important figures in her childhood; the Nazi Party rises to power; changes in daily life; encountering Jewish children at a summer camp in 1948; the family’s relations with non-Jews; Kristallnacht; escaping with the family to the United States.

File Number : 4027

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

An article by Joseph Walk regarding the closing of the Wolzig Jewish educational institution in Germany in 1933

File Number : 222

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : German

Testimony of Jacob Katzenstein, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1884, regarding his life

Testimony of Jacob Katzenstein, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1884, regarding his life Testimony of Jacob Katzenstein, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1884, regarding his life, his family, the Talmud Torah school in Hamburg at which he taught, thoughts, a poem and personal documents. In the file: - A short biography (p. 4); - A history of the Talmud Torah School in Hamburg with references to school council protocols (p. 4); - Information regarding Dr Arthur Spier in Hamburg; Dr. Arthur Spier later became the father of day schools in the United States; - Life in the Fuhlsbuettel prison; the...

File Number : 281

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Danish

Report prepared by Rabbi Dr. Fritz Winter, born in Koenigsberg, Germany, 1914, regarding his studies and Ph.D. in Berlin and Wuerzburg, 1933-1936

Report prepared by Rabbi Dr. Fritz Winter, born in Koenigsberg, Germany, 1914, regarding his studies and Ph.D. in Berlin and Wuerzburg, 1933-1936 In the file: - Covering note prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding a report by Rabbi Dr. Fritz Winter concerning his studies and Ph.D. in Berlin and Wuerzburg, 1933-1936 (p. 2), July 1958; - Report prepared by Rabbi Dr. Fritz Winter regarding his studies and Ph.D. in Berlin and Wuerzburg, 1933-1936" (pp. 3-6), 19 June 1958; - Addendum to his report prepared by Dr. Winter, 19 June 1958, with background information regarding his family and himself,...

File Number : 224

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony, Letter(s)

Language : Hebrew, German

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Documentation from the Amt Illingen (Regional Authority of Illingen)

Type of Material : Laws and Decrees, Survey Report, Statistical Data, Orders, Official Documentation

Language : German

Otto Ewert: Erich Stern and educational psychology in the times of National Socialism

Otto Ewert: Erich Stern and educational psychology in the times of National Socialism. Erich Stern (1889 - 1959) was a German psychiatrist, psychologist and pedagogue. 1933 Erich Stern was dismissed because of his Jewish descent and emigrated to Paris, where he worked as assistant étranger at the Clinique de Neuro-Psychiatrie Infantile of the Sorbonne until 1940. He survived the German occupation in southern France and joined the Résistance in 1940. From 1950 to 1955 he worked at the Faculté Médécine of the Sorbonne. The file also contains two short documents on Nazi educational politics.

File Number : 277

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : German

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