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Personal documentation of Straus and Kontess family members, from Bratislava, 1916-1938

Personal documentation of Straus and Kontess family members, from Bratislava, 1916-1938 The file includes the following documents: Documents of the Straus family: - Medical documents of Priska Straus, born in Presov, Slovakia, 25 June 1915, issued in Piestany, 04 May 1939; - Medical documents of Samuel Frantisek Straus, born in Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, 13 November 1870, issued in Piestany, 04 May 1939; - Medical documents of Paulina Straus, born in Jelsava, Slovakia, 03 May 1879, issued in Piestany, 04 May 1939; - Medical certificates of Siegfrid Steiner and Olga (Straus) Steiner,...

File Number : 137

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Slovak, Spanish, German, Hungarian

Confirmation that Benzion Akerman, born in Stratyn, Poland, 1898, was registered as a Polish citizen at the Chile legation in Bucharest, 27 July 1942

Confirmation that Benzion Akerman, born in Stratyn, Poland, 1898, was registered as a Polish citizen at the Chile legation in Bucharest, 27 July 1942 - Includes a Hebrew translation.

File Number : 315

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : Romanian

Personal documentation of David Wertman, born in Radom, Poland, 1915, who emigrated to Brazil, 1936, including postcards he received from a friend in Warsaw, 1948

Personal documentation of David Wertman, born in Radom, Poland, 1915, who emigrated to Brazil, 1936, including postcards he received from a friend in Warsaw, 1948 - Character reference certificate for David Wertman, issued by the Polish police in Kozienice for the Brazilian Embassy, 20 June 1936; - Immunization and wellness certificate for David Wertman, issued in Warsaw for the Brazilian Embassy, 29 September 1936; - Temporary Brazilian identity card for David Wertman issued by the Brazilian Embassy in Warsaw, 30 September 1936; - Polish passport for David Wertman, issued in Kozienice for the trip...

File Number : 1171

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Passport, Postcard

Language : Polish, Portuguese

Testimony of Alex Yishayahu Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Josfavo and Salgotarjan

Testimony

Testimony of Alex Yishayahu Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Josfavo and Salgotarjan From an Orthodox family; membership in Hanoar Hatzioni. Restrictions on Jews; Aryanization; drafting of his father to forced labor; German occupation, 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; yellow badge; marking of Jewish houses; draft notice to forced labor, May 1944; deportation by train to the concentration point at Josfavo on the Czechoslovakian border; transfer to Salgotarjan, June 1944; attitude of the Hungarian gendarmes; confiscation of Jewish property; transfer to Hatvan by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950

Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950 Official documentation of the Commissie-Clevering committee, established by the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands in 1946 for the purpose of examining the attitude of the embassies toward Dutch citizens who escaped to Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and other countries during the war period: Included in the collection: Testimonies of: A. Cohen E. Elzas L. Flesseman M.H. Gans A.J. Goedkoop E.H. van Hasselt M.H.J. Hedeman-Joosten J.M. Kijzer J....

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French, Dutch, German

Collection of the Netherlands Civil Representation in Belgium, 1940-1945

Collection of the Netherlands Civil Representation in Belgium, 1940-1945 Following the departure of the Dutch diplomats from the Nederlands Consulaat te Brussel (Netherlands Consulate in Brussels) in Belgium in 1940, the Dutch government established the Bureau ter Behartiging van de Belangen van Nederlanders (Bureau for the Coordination of Civilian Affairs of Dutch citizens in Belgium), which was active during 1940-1945; Included in the collection: Official documentation, including anti-Jewish orders and decrees, 1940-1945.

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

Testimony of Yael Edit (Quitt) Gerber, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in Budapest and under Swedish protection with help from Raoul Wallenberg

Testimony

Testimony of Yael Edit (Quitt) Gerber, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in Budapest and under Swedish protection with help from Raoul Wallenberg Life before the war; restrictions on the Jews including ban on studies; ban on attending theatre or opera performances; ban on hiring non-Jewish domestic help; escape of Jewish families from Poland and Slovakia to Budapest, 1939-1942; conversion of relatives and acceptance into high school with her sister, 1939; dismissal of her father, 1942. German occupation, March 1944; restrictions on Jews including night curfew, confiscation of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bar Levav Meiri, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Szolnok, Kispest and Debrecen

Testimony

Testimony of Bar Levav Meiri, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Szolnok, Kispest and Debrecen Traditional, Zionist family; his father is the clerk in a slaughterhouse; attends a Jewish school; Jewish studies; activities in Beitar youth movement; move to Kispest. Restrictions and abuse of Jews; obtains forged documents; drafted to Szolnok labor camp; camp life and labor laying railroad tracks, 1944; sabotage while at labor to the railway engine; return to Kispest; rise of the Arrow Cross to power; murder in the streets; move to Debrecen; obtains forged documents; receives...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of the anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1941-1944

Documentation of the anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1941-1944 - Instructions from the National Bank to the Vidin branch regarding the documents needed for emigration, confirmation of name change and documents regarding property belonging to the forbidden Zionist organizations; - Eviction order for a house and for a search for an apartment in the area intended for Jews in Sofia; - Circular issued by the Commissariat for the Jewish Affairs (KEV) regarding the preparation of a deportation list of prominent Jews from Yambol, 22 February 1943; - The KEV decision to increase the allocation for the...

File Number : 42

Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, Telegram, Official Documentation, Certification, Document

Language : Bulgarian, German

Testimony of Yehuda Shaul Frenkel, born in Budapest, 1930, regarding his experiences in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Shaul Frenkel, born in Budapest, 1930, regarding his experiences in Budapest Family life in Budapest and Brasso; his father is active in the Mizrachi; his mother is the chairwoman of Hamizrachi women; witness is an active member of Bnei Akiva; learns in the Torat Emet Yeshiva. His family helps refugees in transit from Poland and Slovakia to escape on the Orient Express and helps with certificates; witness relinquishes his place on the escape route in favor of a cousin who is a refugee from Slovakia, 1942; entry of the Germans into Hungary; concentration of the movement's emissaries in...

File Number : 7833

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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