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Two last letters sent to Mojsze Bielawski in Eretz Israel by his family members in Przedecz, Poland, 1939

Two last letters sent to Mojsze Bielawski in Eretz Israel by his family members in Przedecz, Poland, 1939 In the first letter, dated Kaf-Chet Iyar 5699 [17 May 1939], written in Yiddish, his family members express their fear about what stands to happen to them, and at the same time, they express their worry about what is happening in Eretz Israel, during the riots of 1936-1939; The second letter, written in Yiddish in Latin letters, was written immediately after the German invasion and occupation of Poland, with a request that their family members reply to them only in Polish or German (the letter arrived...

File Number : 1830

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, Yiddish

Postcard sent to Italy from Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany regarding the detention of Jews and their deportation to camps, 20/03/1935

Postcard sent to Italy from Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany regarding the detention of Jews and their deportation to camps, 20/03/1935 Note: The notice was written in English, underneath the stamps [to avoid the censors].

File Number : 1406

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : German

Letters and postcards written by Fritz Laufer from Prague to Adolf Laufer and Rosa Laufer in Theresienstadt, 1943-1945

File Number : 1361

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : German

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, September 1943

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, September 1943 Poland: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto according to a witness; annihilation in Treblinka according to an inmate who escaped to Bratislava; murder of Globocnik by Polish partisans; increase in the size of food rations to citizens of the Generalgouvernement; Germany: Executions of citizens; Goebbels' speech regarding Italy; life in Theresienstadt; Slovakia: Information from coded letters regarding the situation in the...

File Number : 19A

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Red Cross letter sent by Louis Stern from Kiryat Chaim to his mother Julie Stern in Berlin, 06/08/1941, and reply sent by his relative Berta Hess from Berlin, 07/01/1942

Red Cross letter sent by Louis Stern from Kiryat Chaim to his mother Julie Stern in Berlin, 06/08/1941, and reply sent by his relative Berta Hess from Berlin, 07/01/1942 Correspondence by means of British Red Cross letters; reply by Berta from Berlin: death of Louis' mother Julie; deportation of other relatives; announcement written in code that twins [in the family] apparently succeeded in moving to the Netherlands.

File Number : 732

Type of Material : Red Cross Letter

Language : German

Dezsoe Berger: Postcard to Markus Weiss in Asakert, Slovakia

Last postcard sent by Dezsoe Berger to Markus Weiss in Asakert, Slovakia, June 1943 Comment by the submitter of the material (Markus Weiss): Dezsoe Berger was a medical student who perished in Majdanek in 1943. The postcard was his last sign of life. Markus Weiss, who received the postcard, mentions that the postcard contains coded hints regarding Berger's situation and his impending death. Berger writes, among other matters, that Aunt Sali sends Markus regards, but Aunt Sali died before the war, thus hinting that Berger himself expects to die soon.

File Number : 544

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : German

Postcard written by Hinko Hirschler in Jasenovac camp to the Rosenberg family in Zagreb, 28 August 1944

Postcard written by Hinko Hirschler in Jasenovac camp to the Rosenberg family in Zagreb, 28 August 1944 Included in the file: - Cover letter from Fred Harris with background information regarding the postcard and the secret code used by Hinko Hirschler in writing the postcard.

File Number : 516

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, Serbian-Croatian

Letters from Mozes Teitelbaum in Przemysl, Leib Zughaft and and Ire Klughaupt [?] from Rohatyn and Lubraniec to Henia Halberstam, 1938-1947

Letters from Mozes Teitelbaum in Przemysl, Leib Zughaft and and Ire Klughaupt [?] from Rohatyn and Lubraniec to Henia Halberstam, 1938-1947 Included in the file: - A table containing the codes used by the correspondents.

File Number : 480

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

Postcards written by Miklos Todor from a labor camp in Hungary and during his deportation to Minsk to Jeno Todor in Budapest, 1942

Postcards written by Miklos Todor from a labor camp in Hungary and during his deportation to Minsk to Jeno Todor in Budapest, 1942 - Explanation page regarding the fact that in the last postcard, the writer encoded the name "Minsk", the place to which he was being deported; - Photographs of Jeno and Miklos Todor.

File Number : 335

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hungarian

Letters written by Doris (Rauch) Perlhefter in Krivoklat and Revel, and sent to a woman named Maria, 1942-1943

Letters written by Doris (Rauch) Perlhefter in Krivoklat and Revel, and sent to a woman named Maria, 1942-1943 Included in the file: - Typewritten copies of the letters; - Letter written by Doris (Rauch) Perlhefter in Washington, to Esther Aran in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, with an explanation regarding the circumstances concerning the writing of the letters and how the letters were sent, 09 March 1988.

File Number : 238

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, German

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