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Documentation regarding Matvey Likhterman, including confirmation of his service in the Red Army, being wounded at the front, receipt of medical treatment, and other documents, 1959-2010

Documentation regarding Matvey Likhterman, including confirmation of his service in the Red Army, being wounded at the front, receipt of medical treatment, and other documents, 1959-2010 - Confirmation that Matvey Likhterman served in the Red Army, 14 March 1941-19 May 1946, issued by the Military Komisariat in Roslavl, 12 November 1959; - Confirmation that Matvey Likhterman was wounded while serving at the front during the war, 02 August 1941, issued by the Museum of Military Medicine, 16 October 1969; - Confirmation that Red Army soldier Matvey Likhterman received medical treatment, 29 January-07...

File Number : 385

Type of Material : List of Soldiers, Interview(s), Personal Documents

Language : Russian

Letter of testimony written by Yaakov From in a DP camp in Italy to his brother, Shalom From, in Eretz Israel, 14 November 1945, with testimony regarding his experiences in Rutka, a POW hospital in Bialystok, the Lomza Ghetto, the Zambrow camp and more Life in Lomza including air-raids in September 1939; escape to Rutka with his family; life in Rutka during the German occupation; deportation of the Jews (approximately 1,500 people) to a potato field, and their being forced to lie down on the ground; remaining on the ground until 10:00 the following morning; transfer back to Rutka and their concentration in...

File Number : 8614

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documents of the Gesler family, 1941-1990

Personal documents of the Gesler family, 1941-1990 - Letter sent by Iona (Leonia) Gesler to his sister Khaya Gesler in Sukhumi, 04 June 1944; - Postcard sent by Iona Gesler from the front to his daughter Dora in Sukhumi, 24 January 1944; - Notification that Iona Gesler died in battle in the Zborow area, 15 July 1944; notice sent to his sister, 17 July 1944; - Certification attesting that Iona Gesler served as a soldier in the Red Army as of 25 June 1941; document issued, 31 May 1944; - Certification issued by the military office in Abkhazskaya ASSR attesting to the draft of Izrail Berdichevskiy...

File Number : 1984

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Certification, Letter, Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : Russian

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Ocffice) Berlin, Court of honor trial of the Jewish community of Berlin against Rudolf Schwersensky, accused for having been a Gestapo informer, 1950-1957 Testimonies of different witnesses regarding the accusation against Rudolf Schwersensky, Jewish, of having been an informer of the Gestapo, all of them exonerating him from the accusation, describing him as a most helpful person, reporting on the Jews hidden in his house, his arrest, escape and hiding, 27/06/1945-30/11/1950 (pp. 2-7, 11-15, 25-26, 28-29, 56) Testimony respectively affidavit of...

File Number : 135

Type of Material : Correspondence, Reports, Legal Documentation, Testimony, Names, Names of Perpetrators

Language : German

Testimony of Semion Krivosheev, born in Gomel, Belorussia, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Red Army in the Soviet Air Force and as a POW in German captivity

Testimony

Testimony of Semion Krivosheev, born in Gomel, Belorussia, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Red Army in the Soviet Air Force and as a POW in German captivity Draft into the Red Army with the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; training in a short pilot's course in the Red Army Air Force school in Gomel and Novokhopersk; combat in battalion 810 of the 225 aircraft bomber brigade as a machine gunner in IL-2 fighter aircraft; bombs the German forward positions and German airfields; shoots down seven German fighter aircraft; witness is shot down, parachutes to the enemy's...

File Number : 6583

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Chaim Piekarz Ben Tzvi, born in Horodno, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rokitno, in the Red Army, using a false identity, in the German Army in Vitebsk, and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Piekarz Ben Tzvi, born in Horodno, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rokitno, in the Red Army, using a false identity, in the German Army in Vitebsk, and in other places Life before the war; draft into the Red Army. Outbreak of the war; life in the Red Army including transfer to the front in Vitebsk, 1941; taken captive by the German Army; escape to Vidreja; life in Vidreja while using a false identity as a Polish tailor; betrayal to the Germans by a Russian; interrogation and release by the Germans; transfer to a unit to guard the railroad tracks; life in the unit including...

File Number : 3288

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tibor Weinstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences as an Eretz Israel soldier, in German captivity, in Stalag, Landsdorf, and British Intelligence activities

Testimony

Testimony of Tibor Weinstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences as an Eretz Israel soldier, in German captivity, in Stalag, Landsdorf, and British Intelligence activities Life before the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; drafted into the Eretz Israel Army; combat; taken captive by the Germans; transfer to Stalag; deportation to Landsdorf; escape to Budapest; life in Budapest including activities on behalf of British Intelligence; cooperation with Zionist organizations in order to save Jews; liberation.

File Number : 2417

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marian Kopanitzki, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences as a German POW and using a false identity in Dzhankoi

Testimony

Testimony of Marian Kopanitzki, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences as a German POW and using a false identity in Dzhankoi Taken captive by the Germans, 1941; escape with the help of non-Jewish friends; detention by the German police; interrogation and release; life using a false identity in Dzhankoi; murder of Dzhankoi Jews by the Germans; liberation. Life in Lwow and Poland.

File Number : 1676

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Max Bonn regarding his experiences during the war in the Netherlands, Belgium and France

Testimony of Mordechai Max Bonn regarding his experiences during the war in the Netherlands, Belgium and France Included in the file: Testimony of Mordechai Max Bonn, regarding aliya training in the Netherlands, June 1941-September 1942; going into hiding, late 1942; capture of his wife Ru after being informed on, June 1943; release of his wife; illegal border crossing into Belgium, 10 October 1943; later to Paris, France; capture in France and escape from deportation on a transport to Germany; life in hiding in Paris until the liberation, August 1944; Return to the Netherlands, 1946; aliya to Eretz...

File Number : 5103

Type of Material : Names, Testimony, Memoirs, Questionnaire

Language : German

Testimony of Bella (Lehmann) Strauss regarding her deportation from Germany to Estonia, detention in Stutthof, liberation while on a death march, wanderings until succeeding in reaching Belgium, 1942-1945 Included in the file:: Cover letter by Hilde M. Scheraga, Bella Strauss' daughter, regarding her mother's testimony sent in a letter after the war, 11 August 1945, letter from Hilde Scheraga, 25 February 1996, (p. 2); Postwar letter from the survivor Bella (Lehmann) Strauss, including testimony regarding her deportation from Frankfurt am Main to Estonia, September 1942; transfer to Stutthof, summer...

File Number : 4687

Type of Material : Letter(s), Testimony

Language : English, German

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