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Memoirs of Chaim Reichert, born in Golina, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Jordanow, in hiding in a forest, in prison in Krakow, in Rensdorf and Auschwitz camps, and in other places

Memoirs of Chaim Reichert, born in Golina, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Jordanow, in hiding in a forest, in prison in Krakow, in Rensdorf and Auschwitz camps, and in other places Life in Golina during German Army air-raids on the municipality building; escape to Sompolno with his family; life in Sompolno; German Army occupation; imposition of restrictions on the Jews; confiscation of the kerosene and gasoline store owned by Chaim Reichert; receives information regarding the murder of his family members in Golina; eviction of the family from their apartment; concentration in the center of the...

File Number : 8570

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Letter from Kiev dated 13 February 1944, regarding the betrayal of Samuil Nirenberg's parents by the neighbors and their murder in Babiy Yar on 29 September 1941

Letter from Kiev dated 13 February 1944, regarding the betrayal of Samuil Nirenberg's parents by the neighbors and their murder in Babiy Yar on 29 September 1941 The letter includes information regarding the rounding up of the Jews on 29 September 1941 (there is no additional information regarding the members of the Nirenberg family).

File Number : 5870

Type of Material : Letter, Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Armin Penczyna, reporting the kidnapping on 31/12/1944 of his brother Jozef Penczyna, who was in hiding while using the false name of Wladyslaw Raczkowski, while hidden by the Pietrzak family in the village of Lyczanka in the Myslenice district, and who was handed over to the Germans Two men named Jedrzej Lepka and Henryk Bajda arrived to the home of Pietrzak Franciszek on 31/12/1944 and demanded that he hand over to them the Jew, Jozef Penczyna. Despite the opposition of Pietrzak Franciszek and his wife's declaration that Penczyna was not at all a Jew, they took him to an unknown place. Lepka...

File Number : 5796

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Nasam Rotker, born in Rejowiec, Poland in 1914, regarding his experiences in Chelm, in Asbest, in the Red Army in Rostov, serving with the partisans and more

Memoirs of Nasam Rotker, born in Rejowiec, Poland in 1914, regarding his experiences in Chelm, in Asbest, in the Red Army in Rostov, serving with the partisans and more Life with his family in Rejowiec; move to Chelm; marriage in spring 1939; German occupation in September 1939; escape to Kovel; escape to Asbest; life in Asbest; escape to Rostov; conscription into the Red Army in 1941; transfer to the front and taken captive; transfer to a POW camp; murder of Jews and Communists; transfer with the prisoners to another camp; escape on the way to the camp; joining the partisans; activities of the partisans;...

File Number : 5795

Type of Material : Approval, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Russian

Memoirs of Sergey Rozenberg, born in Yanov, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Yanov Ghetto, in Ostrovok and in various villages

Memoirs of Sergey Rozenberg, born in Yanov, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Yanov Ghetto, in Ostrovok and in various villages Life in Yanov during the German occupation on 23 June 1941; the murder of Jews and the theft of property by the Germans and local residents; mass murder of Jews on 20 July 1941; anti-Jewish legislation; "Aktion" in August 1941 in which his father was murdered; confiscation of Jewish property; establishment of a ghetto; life in the ghetto; transfer to forced labor; escape from the ghetto; life in the home of the Bozhko family in Ostrovok; escape back to the ghetto, after...

File Number : 4921

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Letter of testimony of Elizaveta (Brodski) Tychina regarding the fate of her brother Peretz Brodski, born in Kremenchug, Ukraine, 1902

Letter of testimony of Elizaveta (Brodski) Tychina regarding the fate of her brother Peretz Brodski, born in Kremenchug, Ukraine, 1902 Hiding of Peretz Brodski by friends in Kiev; betrayal of Peretz Brodski to the Germans; execution of Peretz Brodski in Kiev, winter 1941-1942.

File Number : 3998

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Oscar Miller, born in Lwow, regarding his experiences in Lwow under the Soviet authorities and under the German authorities, in the Janowska labor camp, the Lwow Ghetto, and Bergen-Belsen Soviet occupation of Lwow, 1939; eviction of his family from their home; good ties with the Polish population; Soviet retreat and German occupation, 1941; displays of antisemitism on the part of Poles and Ukrainians; murder of the Polish and Jewish intelligentsia by the Germans; murder of the sick and elderly in Piaski, 1942; deportation of women and children to the Belzec camp by the Germans; murder of babies...

File Number : 3640

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Diary of B. Rudnitzkiy from Gomel, regarding his experiences in the Red Army in the Sumy region, in the Zhitomir region, in Poland, in Czechoslovakia, and more

Diary of B. Rudnitzkiy from Gomel, regarding his experiences in the Red Army in the Sumy region, in the Zhitomir region, in Poland, in Czechoslovakia, and more Conscription into the Red Army as a political commissar in June 1941; outbreak of war on 22 June 1941; life in the army and participation in battles in Sumy province in 1941; search for his family members during his service, whom he had lost contact with after the outbreak of the war; receiving the Order of the Red Star decoration on 12 September 1942; receiving letters from family members in October 1942; combat injury and death of his friend...

File Number : 3039

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Russian

Documentation of the Romanian government in Bucovina regarding turning over foreign Jews to the German authorities, 28 August 1941

Documentation of the Romanian government in Bucovina regarding turning over foreign Jews to the German authorities, 28 August 1941 Directives issued by General I. C. Dragalina regarding Jews from Poland living in Romania.

File Number : JM/11349

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Romanian

Memoirs of Boris Furmanov, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine in 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Zhmerinka Ghetto

Memoirs of Boris Furmanov, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine in 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Zhmerinka Ghetto Life in Zhmerinka during the occupation in November 1941; life under the Romanian authorities; establishment of a ghetto; life in the ghetto; transfer to forced labor; cruelty of the Romanians; escape of Jews from the Brailov Ghetto to the Zhmerinka Ghetto in 1942; murder of his father following an unsuccessful attempt to bring his family members from Brailov into the ghetto; handing over refugees from Brailov to the Germans; life after the war; move to Chernovtsy.

File Number : 4491

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

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