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Testimony of Chana (Orenstein) Leser, born in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding her experiences in Vinkovci and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Orenstein) Leser, born in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding her experiences in Vinkovci and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 From a Zionist family; witness' father is an aliya-to-Eretz-Israel activist; Jewish National Fund, JNF, and United Israel Appeal, UIA, activities in Vinkovci; activities of emissaries from Eretz Israel; Hashomer Hatzair activities; training for growing fish in ponds in Bijeljina; visit to Eretz Israel as a tourist, 1940. Remains in Eretz Israel; aliya of her mother and sister; information about her father's death.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the pardoning of David Frankfurter, 1935-1948

Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the pardoning of David Frankfurter, 1935-1948 - Articles regarding German propaganda in Switzerland [run by] Wilhelm Gustloff and other emissaries from Germany after Gustloff's death including the sympathetic attitude of the Swiss authorities to the propaganda and to Germany (pp. 1-11), 1935; - Articles rediscussing these subjects (pp. 19, 21-25, 30-33, 90), 1944-1945; - Favoritism towards Germany shown by the Swiss authorities as expressed by non-transmission of information regarding Germans who were made to stand...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Article, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Italian, French, German

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1945-1977

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1945-1977 In the file there are five newspaper articles regarding the David Frankfurter Trial; the original foreign language (not Hebrew) title is appropriate for the first document only; Pages 1-4: "Politische Justiz (Political Trial)", article by Prof. Friedrich Grimm, published in the nationalist German newspaper, "Deutsche National- und Soldatenzeitung"; representation of Wilhelm Gustloff's widow in the civil law suit at the Frankfurter Trial by Grimm, 22 December 1967; Pages 5-6: "Der Fall Wilhelm...

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Film, Photograph, Article, Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

Correspondence of the Prediger (preacher), Josef Messinger, from Berne regarding David Frankfurter, 1936-1942

Correspondence of the Prediger (preacher), Josef Messinger, from Berne regarding David Frankfurter, 1936-1942 The letters are arranged chronologically. Page 1: Letter from the preacher, Josef Messinger, from Berne to Rabbi Frankfurter, the Chief Rabbi of Vinkovci, Yugoslavia, the father of David Frankfurter; report regarding David Frankfurter's actions, 05 February 1936; Pages 2-3: Letter from Alfons Frankfurter, brother of David Frankfurter, in Subotica to Josef Messinger regarding the legal defense for David Frankfurter, 14 February 1936; Pages 4-12: Letters from David Frankfurter in Chur to...

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of David Ladislav Sporer, born in Subotica, 1919, regarding his experiences in Novi Sad, Budapest and joining the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of David Ladislav Sporer, born in Subotica, 1919, regarding his experiences in Novi Sad, Budapest and joining the partisans Testimony about his immediate family; his parents' livelihood; home lifestyle; Shabbat and religious holidays; attends school; the Jewish community; youth movement activities; Jewish studies. Entry of the Hungarians into the area; attitude of the Hungarians to the Jews; murder of Jews in the river; massacre of Novi Sad's Jews; move to Budapest; his brother falls captive; drafted to labor battalions; his father is taken hostage; public hanging of Jews in the city center;...

File Number : 11990

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Schwarz, born in Nuernberg, 1926, regarding his experiences in Nuernberg on Kristallnacht, his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939, and his activities in Europe within the context of Aliya Bet, 1946 Life in a well-to-do, religious Jewish home; his father, a merchant of wine-making equipment, is also involved in community life; displays of antisemitism following the rise of the Nazis; his father is murdered, 1937 (at the time, they received a report that he had died from a stroke; it was clarified later that he had been murdered by the Nazis); Nazis breaking into their home on Kristallnacht and...

File Number : 11731

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Discussions regarding ways of effecting the release of David Frankfurter from detention and [submitting] the request for a pardon for him, 1945

Discussions regarding ways of effecting the release of David Frankfurter from detention and [submitting] the request for a pardon for him, 1945 In the file there is material regarding the possibility of releasing David Frankfurter following his December 1936 Graubuenden Canton Court conviction for the murder of the Swiss Nazi leader Wilhelm Gustloff and his being sentenced to 18 years in prison and expulsion from Switzerland on completion of his term. Frankfurter appointed Attorney Dr. Georges Brunschvig from Berne to his defense; he was also represented by his Vormund (guardian), Attorney P....

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Documents and excerpts from books regarding the David Frankfurter Trial, mainly regarding German-Swiss relations throughout the Nazi period in Germany, 1933-1991

Documents and excerpts from books regarding the David Frankfurter Trial, mainly regarding German-Swiss relations throughout the Nazi period in Germany, 1933-1991 Most of the documents are regarding German-Swiss relations during the Nazi period, and mainly regarding the German undermining of the Swiss rule; documentation of the Jewish resistance (pp. 1-33, 258-275); the origins of the Frankfurter family and their fate (pp. 211-216, 219-229); the fate of David Frankfurter after his conviction (pp. 255, 257). Pages 1-2: Title page and short summary regarding the "Stand Und Problematik Der Erforschung Des...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Research Literature, Official Documentation, Article, Letter, Book, Film, Research Article

Language : Italian, French, English, German

Documents regarding the David Frankfurter Trial including two speeches by the civil prosecution at the trial, the verdict and a psychological evaluation regarding Frankfurter, 1936-1944

Documents regarding the David Frankfurter Trial including two speeches by the civil prosecution at the trial, the verdict and a psychological evaluation regarding Frankfurter, 1936-1944 Pages 2-64: Speech made by Dr. Ursprung, the attorney who represented Wilhelm Gustloff's widow in the civil prosecution of David Frankfurter, 10 December 1936; Pages 65-86: Schlusswort Der Deutschen Prozessvertretung (Summation of the German Legal Representation) made by Prof. Grimm on behalf of Wilhelm Gustloff's widow, the plaintiff in the civil prosecution, 12 December 1936; Pages 87-136: Verdict handed down at...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Newspaper, Sentence, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation, Medical Documentation, Speech

Language : German

Protocol of the David Frankfurter Trial held in the Graubunden Canton Courthouse in Chur, 9-10 December 1936

Protocol of the David Frankfurter Trial held in the Graubunden Canton Courthouse in Chur, 9-10 December 1936 Pages 2-3: Table of Contents including details of the protocols for the four days of court sessions; on the third and fourth days, which are missing from the file, the defense speech was heard, and at the end of the last day, the plea of another lawyer for the civil suit was heard, as well as final arguments of the prosecution, the defense and the defendant; the numbers of the pages that appear in the Table of Contents are not the same as the numbers of the pages in the file; Pages 4-26: Speech...

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Protocol, Medical Documentation, Legal Documentation

Language : German

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