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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

Testimony of Martin Jakobs, born in 1920 in Amsterdam, about his experiences in Leiden, in hiding in Amsterdam, in France, in a refugee camp near Lausanne, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Martin Jakobs, born in 1920 in Amsterdam, about his experiences in Leiden, in hiding in Amsterdam, in France, in a refugee camp near Lausanne, etc. Childhood in a nonreligious family in Amsterdam; attending a public school; active in a Zionist movement; studying physics at the University of Leiden at age sixteen; war breaks out in 1940; continues to study; Jewish lecturers are fired and leave the university; continues to study in Amsterdam until early 1942; Jews placed under restrictions; Jews are concentrated and the witness goes into hiding; escapes to Belgium with his brother; obtains false...

File Number : 13535

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Birth certificate of Felicja Rosenbluth, born in Krakow, Poland, 1919, and her forged identity card for the name of Felicja Maria Rozanska, issued in Krakow, 23 September 1942

Birth certificate of Felicja Rosenbluth, born in Krakow, Poland, 1919, and her forged identity card for the name of Felicja Maria Rozanska, issued in Krakow, 23 September 1942 - Birth certificate of Felicja Rosenbluth, born in Krakow, 22 July 1919, issued in Krakow, 14 September 1936; her parents: Moses Yuda and Gisela (Deiches) Rosenbluth; - Identity card for the name of Felicja Maria Rozanska (false identity of Felicja Rosenbluth), born in Kalusz, 22 July 1919, issued in Krakow, 23 September 1942; the religion recorded in the certificate is Roman Catholic.

File Number : 1207

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish, German

Documentation regarding the Heymann family, including diaries and a memoir book belonging to Suse Angela Heymann, documents regarding the military service of Meyer Manfred Heymann during World War I, food ration cards, forged documents, and other documents, 1868-1983 Diaries: - Diary of Suse Angela Heymann, written in the Netherlands, 22 January-15 August 1942, and after the war, 1945-1949 (written mainly in German and at the end in Dutch); - Diary written by Suse Angela Heymann toward the end of the war and immediately after the end of the war, including poems written (or copied) by her, a collection...

File Number : 644

Type of Material : Passport, Diary, Memoir Book, Personal Documents, Postcard, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Poems/songs

Language : Dutch, German

Testimony of Arie Svimer, born in Kelca, Czechoslovakia, in 1924, regarding his experiences hiding in Kelca and in the ranks of an underground organization in Budapest

Testimony of Arie Svimer,born in Kelca, Czechoslovakia,in 1924,regarding his experiences in hiding in Kelca and in the ranks of an underground group in Budapest Life in Kelca during re-annexation of the place to Hungary; finding a hiding place in a cowshed with a non-Jewish family; separation from the parents; escape to Budapest; working there as a fur tailor; activity as a messenger in the ranks of an underground group whose activity was forging documents; forging documents; emigration to Israel on board the ship "Knesset Israel" in 1947; detention in Cyprus; Aliya to Israel; absorption and rehabilitation;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from 1940-1944 regarding Dina (Dreyfus) Elzas, born in Westhoffen, France, 1939

Documentation from 1940-1944 regarding Dina (Dreyfus) Elzas, born in Westhoffen, France, 1939 - Birth certificate of Gaby Dreyfus, the mother of Dina (Dreyfus) Elzas, using the false identity of Gaby Robert, issued in Saint Sauveur, 02 February 1944; - Identity card issued to Gaby Dreyfus in Saint Amand, 19 June 1944; - Two notebooks containing directions for emergencies issued by the Haguenau municipality for Mme. Dreyfus and her daughter Daniela Dreyfus; - Letter with memoirs written by the mother, Gaby Dreyfus, to her baby daughter, Dina Daniella regarding their experiences during the Holocaust...

File Number : 554

Type of Material : Identity Card, Letter of Testimony, Drawing

Language : French

Letters by Reichmann family members, and official documentation regarding the family members in various places in France and Switzerland, 1939-1945

Letters by Reichmann family members, and official documentation regarding the family members in various places in France and Switzerland, 1939-1945 - Certificate of an authorized business owner, issued for Saul Reichmann, a foreign national in Lens, 20/08/1939; - Order for arrest, issued by the field headquarters in Biarritz against Saul Reichmann, accused of attempting to illegally cross the border into the French Free Zone, 09/03/1941; - Letter sent by the family's mother Helene Reichmann, from Benejacq, to her brother Leon Mandelbaum, who succeeded in escaping to Switzerland and who was staying in...

File Number : 3877

Type of Material : Postcard, Certification, Letter, Legal Documentation

Language : Italian, French

Certificates of honor awarded to Josef Bodnar for his service an Austro-Hungarian Army officer during World War I, and forged certificate of baptism and certificate of marriage used during Bodnar's escape from Nadworna along with his family, during World War II - Two certificates attesting to the raise in rank of Austro-Hungarian Army soldier Josef Bodnar, issued in Vienna, November-December 1915; - Certificate attesting to the awarding of a medal of honor to Austro-Hungarian Army soldier Josef Bodnar, issued in Vienna, 24 January 1917; - Diploma of Law awarded to Joseph Bodnar in Lwow, 04 August...

File Number : 1203

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Diploma

Language : Latin, German

Personal documentation belonging to Aron Velleman, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 10 April 1907, including a thank you letter from Prince Bernhard, 1945

Personal documentation belonging to Aron Velleman, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 10 April 1907, including a thank you letter from Prince Bernhard, 1945 - Forged identity card in the name of Arie Katwijk prepared for Aron Velleman from Rotterdam, place and date of issue: Tilburg, 07 October 1943; - Forced document in the name of Henriette de With prepared for Henriette Velleman (wife of Aron Velleman) from Rotterdam, place and date of issue: Tilburg, 07 October 1943; -Letter from the Employment Bureau in Rotterdam certifying that Arie Katwijk was examined by a physician and was found to be unfit...

File Number : 144

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Vouchers, Official Documentation, Genealogy

Language : English, Dutch, German

כוכבא אפריםTestimony of Efraim Ernst Bernard Kokhava van Koeverdan, born in 1943 in Amsterdam, about his experiences as an infant with a non-Jewish neighbor in Amsterdam and his return to an uncle after the war

Information about the family; German occupation ensues in May 1940; witness born in August 1943 in Amsterdam and is immediately handed over to a non-Jewish neighbor; parents find a hideout elsewhere in the area; neighbor's husband keeps a detailed diary about the boy's life and development; parents captured due to denunciation and murdered in April 1945; war ends in May 1945; uncle, a survivor, demands custody of the boy; legal struggle ensues; witness returns to his biological family in 1947; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1979; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 13544

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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