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Letters sent to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents and other family members in Vienna, Budapest and Great Britain, 1939-1951

Letters sent to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents and other family members in Vienna, Budapest and Great Britain, 1939-1951 - Letters sent to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents in Vienna; coping with hardships and their wish to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939; - Letters sent by his uncle Herman in Vienna, to his nephew Harry (Mordachai) Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel, 1939; - Two letters sent by his uncle Bruno Unger, aunt Mina, and cousins Dorit and Walter in Budapest, to Harry Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel, 1939; - Letters sent by his uncle Bruno and his aunt Mina in Baltimore,...

File Number : 2181

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Postcards sent by relatives and friends in Poland to Leo Handel in New York, United States, 1937-1939

Postcards sent by relatives and friends in Poland to Leo Handel in New York, United States, 1937-1939 - Three postcards sent by Schaje Mendel Burg in Horodenka, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 17 October 1937, 20 February 1939 and 03 April 1939 (in Yiddish); - Two postcards sent by Regina Scharf in Sniatyn, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 08 March 1938 and 11 June 1939 (in German); - Postcard sent by Klara Borel in Podhajce, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 11 June 1939 (in German); Comments by the submitter of the material: Arie Leib Handel was born in Sniatyn, Poland, during the 1860s....

File Number : 2162

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Hebrew, German, Yiddish

Certifications by the Jewish community of Antwerp regarding the fate of Chana Ryfka Szpinner and her son Herbert, who were deported to Malines, 10 October 1942, and booklets with the report cards of Herbert Szpinner and his sister Frieda, from their schools in Antwerp, 1939-1942 - Certification by the Jewish community of Antwerp, dated, 06 February 1959, confirming the confiscation of the Jewish property located at Bleekhofstraat 34 in Antwerp, 19 July 1943; - Certification by the Jewish community of Antwerp, dated, 06 February 1959, confirming that Herbert Spinner, born, 16 January 1931, was deported on...

File Number : 158

Type of Material : Personal Records, Personal Documents

Language : Dutch, German

Passport belonging to Wilhelm Hollander, born in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 1925, issued in Vienna, 07 January 1939

Passport belonging to Wilhelm Hollander, born in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 1925, issued in Vienna, 07 January 1939 Note: Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Hollander lived in Vienna with his parents, Shalom (Siegfried) and Vilma Hollander, and his three siblings, Ze'ev [?], Shaul and Amalia until the Nazi occupation. In 1939 he arrived in Sweden. In 1941 he made aliya to Eretz Israel via the Soviet Union, Turkey and Lebanon. His mother and two siblings perished in the Holocaust. After the war, Ze'ev discovered that his father had been deported to Baku where he died.

File Number : 248

Type of Material : Passport

Language : English, Russian, Swedish, German

Letters sent to Mendel Kindermann and Lea (Neustadtel) Kindermann in Eretz Israel by the Neustaedtel family from Podgorze and Krakow, and by their friend Aron Leiser from Krosno, 1939-1940

Letters sent to Mendel Kindermann and Lea (Neustadtel) Kindermann in Eretz Israel by the Neustaedtel family from Podgorze and Krakow, and by their friend Aron Leiser from Krosno, 1939-1940 - Letter sent to Lea Kindermann in Eretz Israel by her father Berl Neustadtel and by her family members in Podgorze, 18 July 1939; - Red Cross letter sent by Mendel Kindermann to his wife's family (Neustadtel) in Krakow, 29 November 1939, including a reply on the back of the letter dated, 01 April 1940, which was the last sign of life from the family before they perished; - Postcard sent by Aron Leiser from Krosno to...

File Number : 2098

Type of Material : Postcard, Red Cross Letter, Letter

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Correspondence of Franz and Gertrude (Freilich) Beck in Austria and Eretz Israel with family members and friends in Austria, Brno, London and Kezmarok, 1922-1949

Correspondence of Franz and Gertrude (Freilich) Beck in Austria and Eretz Israel with family members and friends in Austria, Brno, London and Kezmarok, 1922-1949 - Postcard sent to Gerti Freilich from the K. Weinberger children's [items?] store in Vienna, 20 September 1922; - Postcards sent to Max and Sofie Freilich and their daughter, Gerti, in Vienna by their family in Kezmarok, Graz, Sauerbrunn and other places in Austria, 1925-1932; - Postcard sent by Rosa Seliger (sister of Sofie Freilich) to her mother in Vienna, 30 August 1929; - Postcard sent from Semmering to Rosa Seilger in Vienna, 27...

File Number : 2061

Type of Material : Letter, Red Cross Letter, Genealogy, Postcard, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, German

Fremdenpass (passport belonging to a stateless person) issued in Vienna, 01 March 1939, to Sumer Shmulewicz, born in Czortkow, Poland, 15 April 1883, in order to enable his aliya to Eretz Israel, and a travel pass for most sections of Eretz Israel issued to him in Tel Aviv, 31 March 1939

File Number : 247

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French, English, German

Letters of petition regarding Jewish detainees from Vienna, 1938-1943

Letters of petition regarding Jewish detainees from Vienna, 1938-1943 Page 2: Letter from Richard Gross to Engel, Department Chief of the Vienna Jewish Community, with a petition that the Vienna Jewish Community intercede with the Vienna Gestapo to free his brother Attorney Dr. Leo Gross from detention, dated 08 June 1938; placement of the Vienna law-office of Leo Gross under Aryan administration; arrest and detention of Leo Gross, 15 March 1938; Pages 3-4: Letter from Luisa Reichmann in Ravensbrueck to Dr. Josef Loewenherz, director of the Vienna Jewish Community, with a petition for help in...

File Number : 296

Type of Material : Letter(s), Official Documentation

Language : German

Letters sent to the Stransky famly in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and in Johannesburg by their family in Budapest and in Bratislava, 1938-1940

Letters sent to the Stransky famly in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and in Johannesburg by their family in Budapest and in Bratislava, 1938-1940 - Last letter sent from Budapest by Alice Stransky to her brother Tivi Stransky in Johannesburg, 1940 (no exact date given); - Letter sent from Budapest by Evelyn Stransky to her son, Paul Stransky, in Johannesburg, 20 December 1939; - Letter and postcard sent from Bratislava to Fruede and to Paul Stransky in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) by Laura Kammermann (sister of Malvine Schwarz, mother of Fruede), 1938-1939; Note: - Alice Stransky was born in Nitra,...

File Number : 1991

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter

Language : English, German

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

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