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Memoirs of Eli Lutek Lewin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences while escaping from the Warsaw Ghetto, in Chmielnik and in hiding using a false identity in a village near Rawa Mazowiecka Family history; immigration of his mother Justina's parents to Eretz Israel with their son, Moniek, who was liable for arrest as a Communist, 1932. Outbreak of the war and occupation of Warsaw; escape from the ghetto with his mother, autumn, 1941; move to Chmielnik; life in a rented apartment in Chmielnik; postcard sent by his mother to her sister Bruchtsia in Paris, March 1942; correspondence with his...

File Number : 8647

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Forged identity cards of the sisters Batia and Malka Szusterman from the period of their residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, 1942-1944

Forged identity cards of the sisters Batia and Malka Szusterman from the period of their residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, 1942-1944 - Forged identity card for the name of Barbara (Szustak) Wulczynska, used by Batia Szusterman during her residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, starting August 1942; the certificate records that it was issued in Warsaw, 08 April 1943, and that Barbara was born in Siniawka, 12 May 1906; - Forged identity card for the name of Leokadia Szustak, used by Malka Szusterman, sister of Batia, during her residence on the Aryan side of Warsaw, starting August 1942; the certificate...

File Number : 1210

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish, German

Memoirs of Moshe Kaplan, born in Woronow, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army, the Tannenberg POW camp, the Woronow Ghetto, in hiding in the forest, as a partisan in the Naliboki forests and more Life in Woronow after World War I; death of his father Avraham Kaplan in 1922; attendance at the Tarbut elementary school; displays of antisemitism; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; underground activities and imprisonment of his brother as a member of the Communist Party; death of his mother, 1932; life in an aliya training kibbutz in Bialystok; meeting his future wife, Chaya; release of his...

File Number : 8643

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poems/songs, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana (Britman) Averbukh, born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, 1931, regarding her deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, escape from the ghetto, 1942, and hiding in the village of Osowiec

Testimony

Childhood in Grodzisk Mazowiecki; German occupation, September 1939; abductions for forced labor; confiscation of property; desecration of the synagogue; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; yellow badge; deaths of her parents from starvation; smuggling food; the Jewish police; escape from the Warsaw Ghetto, 1942; wanderings in the surrounding villages; hiding in Osowiec; life in the village; Liberation by the Soviets; life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Dola Ickowitz-Blaiberg, born in Krakow, Poland, 1936; documents dated, 1957-2010

Documentation regarding Dola Ickowitz-Blaiberg, born in Krakow, Poland, 1936; documents dated, 1957-2010 - Correspondence by Dola Ickowitz and notaries Dr. Gluecksmann and Haas in Tel Aviv, with the compensation payment authorities in Saarburg and Mainz, Germany, 1957-2010, regarding Ickowitz' experiences during the war; - Her life as a Christian, while hidden by Aniela Matras in Krakow; move to the Krakow Ghetto, by Matras; Krakow Ghetto life, with two Jewish girls; escape from the ghetto along with 10 children, while under the protection of a youth named Romek; return to Matras; life in hiding [with...

File Number : 538

Type of Material : Correspondence, Personal Records, Survey, Drawing, Photograph, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Letters written by Szajna Cukier in Warsaw, after her return from Pawiak prison, to her daughter Felicja who was hidden by a Polish family, December 1944, and personal documents of Felicja Cukier, from the postwar period - Letters written by Szajna Cukier in Warsaw, after her return from Pawiak prison, to her daughter Felicja, who was staying with a Polish family while being hidden by them, December 1944; her experiences before her detention and imprisonment in Pawiak (seven pages of the letter are missing, in which she relates her experiences in Pawiak and her release from the prison; included is a...

File Number : 2150

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter

Language : Polish

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz Experiences of his grandfather David Brauner and his grandmother Rosalia Rosenfeld; he attends the Hebrew school in Krakow, until the outbreak of the war; [establishment of the Krakow Ghetto]; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; escape, along with his mother; in hiding with his mother on a farm while hidden by a Polish farmer; murder of many of his family members during the "Aktions" in Krakow, 1942; return to the Krakow Ghetto, 15 November 1942; labor on...

File Number : 8603

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Yiddish songs written by Ezriel Kuczynski from Skierniewice, Poland, 1943-1944; personal documentation of the Kuczynski family, 1905-1949

Yiddish poems written by Ezriel Kuczynski from Skierniewice, Poland, 1943-1944; personal documentation of the Kuczynski family, 1905-1949 - Marriage certificate for Ezriel Kuczynski and Dwojra-Gitla Frankensztein issued in Skierniewice, 22 December 1948; - Marriage certificate for Abram Lajzer Kuczynski and Fajga Ruchla Rawicka issued in Skierniewice, 04 June 1947; - Birth certificates for Ezryl Kuczynski, born in Skierniewice, Poland, 24 August 1902, for his parents, Abram Lajzer Kuczynski and Fajga Ruchla (Rawicka) Kuczynski and for other family members, issued in Skierniewice, 1946-1947; -...

File Number : 281

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Poems/songs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Yiddish

Memoirs of Mordechai Pshevorski Ravid, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in the Krakow Ghetto and being hidden by his non-Jewish nanny (who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations) Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life; life in hiding with his cousin Rena; escape to his former nanny, a non-Jewish Polish woman named Helda/Carolina Maciag, 1943; going out to cleaning jobs with the nanny, including the headquarters of the Gestapo in Poland; life in his nanny's house until the end of the war;...

File Number : 8588

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Postcards written by Sara Halberstadt in Siedlce to her sister Salka Sluszny in Paris, 1941-1942, postcards sent by Herszek Sluszny from Drancy to his family in Paris, 1942, and personal documents of Benyamin and Sara Halberstadt, from the war and postwar period - Postcards sent by Sara (Jontof) Halberstadt, from Siedlce, to her sister Salka Sluszny in Paris, 1941-1942; - Postcards sent by Herszek Sluszny from Drancy, to his wife Salka and his son Michel in Paris, 1942; - Essay, "A letter to my mother", written by Michel Sluszny (the son of Herszek and Salka Sluszny) during his studies in school in...

File Number : 2094

Type of Material : School Project, Personal Documents, Postcard, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, French, English, German

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