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Testimony of Raja (Berkman) Beit Iosef in a letter sent from Sweden to her cousin (her mother's first cousin) Shlomo Frank in Eretz Israel regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kailis and Stutthof and the circumstances surrounding the murders of her family and Shlomo's family, 22 August 1946 Occupation of Vilna and murder of Jews; deportation of the surviving family members to the Vilna Ghetto; transfer of the family members to Ponary and their murder; escape from death in Ponary and return to the ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; transfer to a concentration camp in Riga; escape from the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8634

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Genealogy, Letter of Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Postcard sent by Abram Piaseczny from Dereczyn, Poland, to his son Chaim in Tel Aviv, 27 January 1941

Postcard sent by Abram Piaseczny from Dereczyn, Poland, to his son Chaim in Tel Aviv, 27 January 1941 Family's life including the detention of their son Moshe Hersh and his exile to Siberia for five years of forced labor; Abram Piaseczny: Membership in the Ostroleka community council, 1932-1935; serves as the council's chairman; escape with his wife Faige and their family members to Lomza, which was under Soviet occupation, 1939; arrival of the family to Dereczyn; German Army occupation of Dereczyn; murder of the Dereczyn Jews in a forest, by the Germans, including Piaseczny family members; escape of...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2105

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Postcard

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

Letters sent from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella (Garson) Winokur in Eretz Israel, by means of Leontyna Matejko, who hid Bella during the war period, 1957-1968, and official and legal documentation of the couple Szmul and Bella Winokur, from Widze - Letter sent by Leontyna Matejko from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella Winokur Kantorowicz, including the envelope, 10/11/1968; - Court ruling of a lawsuit by Pesia Feldman, from Widze, concerning tax payments, 1922; - Craftsman's work permit, given to Bela Garson in Swieciany, 17/06/1929; - Notarized copy of the craftsman's certificate, in the name of Bejla...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2013

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Letter, Legal Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Polish

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp Life before the war; attends the Hebrew high school. German occupation; yellow badge; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto; transfer of her father and other Jews to the Great Synagogue; abuse of the Jews by Hungarian soldiers; liquidation of the ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz by death march; camp life; murder of her father, grandfather and grandmother; life in Birkenau in the Gypsy camp; transfer of the Gypsies to the gas...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8517

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 3634

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Investigation Report

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Notarized testimony and two letters from 1944 and 1946 regarding the murder of members of the Leykikh family in Novaya Ushitsa, 1942, and documents confirming the deportation of other family members to Kustanay - Letter sent by Anna Ostap, a former neighbor in Novaya Ushitsa to Kustanay, containing notification regarding the murder of the Leykikh family and the destruction of their home, 1946; - Letter sent by Iosif Tzegelskiy, a former neighbor in Breilovka (Novaya Ushitsa district) to Kustanay, containing notification regarding the murder of the members of the Leykikh family who remained behind in...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1923

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Certification, Letter of Testimony, Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Russian, Ukrainian

Letters sent to Pesa (Shnitman) Bruk, including notification that her brother Aizik Shnitman died in battle at the front and regarding the experiences of Pesa's sister Riva Shnitman while in the partisans, and personal documentation regarding service by her husband David Bruk as a Red Army soldier and by Matvey Antonovskiy as a partisan; documents dated, 1943-1970 - Letter sent to Pesa (Shnitman) Bruk by Aleksandr Yeryomin, a friend of her sister Riva, 10/01/1944; the letter tells about the fate of Riva Shnitman, born in 1924, during the war: Murder of the Jews in Rodnya by the Germans, 03/1944; escape of...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1906

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Postcard, Personal Records, Letter of Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Memoirs of Dov Shtatfeld Nir, born in Tarnogrod, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Przemyslany Ghetto, the Kurowice camp, the Jaktorow camp and in the forests

Memoirs of Dov Shtatfeld Nir, born in Tarnogrod, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Przemyslany Ghetto, the Kurowice camp, the Jaktorow camp and in the forests Life in Vinniki under the Soviet regime; German occupation; life in the Przemyslany Ghetto; deportation to the Kurowice camp and the Jaktorow camp; escape from murder together with his father; life in the forests in Poland.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8331

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Letter from Rozia Draznin to her brother, Yakub Gerber, in Boryslaw, 29 December 1944

Letter from Rozia Draznin to her brother, Yakub Gerber, in Boryslaw, 29 December 1944 Included in the file: - Translation of the letter to Hebrew and background information provided by Victor Gerber, submitter of the material; Comments by the person submitting the material: Rozia Draznin and Jakub Gerber were the sole survivors of their family. The letter contains the experiences of Rozia and the fate of her family in Hubicze and Boryslaw during the Nazi occupation, before their transfer to Belzec camp where they perished.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1754

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Memoirs of Sara Shapira, born in 1926, regarding her experiences in Blizyn, Auschwitz camp and Theresienstadt

Memoirs of Sara Shapira, born in 1926, regarding her experiences in Blizyn, Auschwitz camp and Theresienstadt Forced labor in Blizyn, Poland; transfer to Auschwitz camp; selection by Mengele, and her rescue by girlfriends who pulled her through the window; arrival to Theresienstadt on the death train; liberation on 05/05/1945.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 7165

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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