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Testimony of Naomi Inge (Fridman) Levinsky, born in Berlin, Germany, 1923, regarding her experiences in Berlin and Winkel

Testimony of Naomi Inge (Fridman) Levinsky, born in Berlin, Germany, 1923, regarding her experiences in Berlin and Winkel Rise to power of Nazi Party; life in Berlin, 1933; increasing displays of antisemitism, 1935-1938; Maccabi Hatzair activities; work of her mother in assisting the emigration of Jews; move to studies at a Jewish school, 1934; move to an agricultural farm in Winkel for aliya training, 1938; Kristallnacht, 1938. Registration with Youth Aliyah, 1938; aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, March 1939.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Paula (Formiggini) Nachshoni, born in Modena, Italy, 1921, regarding her experiences in Modena, Milan, in hiding and in Switzerland

Testimony of Paula (Formiggini) Nachshoni, born in Modena, Italy, 1921, regarding her experiences in Modena, Milan, in hiding and in Switzerland Her childhood in an educated, religious family; anti-Jewish legislation, September 1938; termination of studies; transfer to a Jewish school in Milan; decrease of her father's work; deportation of young Jews to labor; arrival of Jewish youth and refugees from Yugoslavia to Villa Emma and Nonantola. German Army occupation [of Italy], September 1943; escape from their home; in hiding in a village including fear of being informed on; illegally crosses the border to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Cahn, born in Fulda, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Fulda and in England

Testimony of Michael Cahn, born in Fulda, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Fulda and in England His childhood in Fulda in a Zionist family; his father serves as the rabbi of the Hesse region. Attack on the witness and his father by the SD; his father's success to get the attackers to flee, 1931; Nazi rise to power, 1933; displays of antisemitism; witness joins the Ezra movement, 1934; giving of an exit permit to Mandatory Palestine to his parents, which is valid for 60 days, in order to advance the emigration of Jews, April 1937; permit given to his parents by the Gestapo to arrive to an Agudat...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Herman Katz, born in Sanok, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Zagreb, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941

Testimony of Zvi Herman Katz, born in Sanok, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Zagreb, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 Life before the war; ultra-Orthodox family; move to Berlin, 1931; life in Berlin including studies; Nazi rise to power, 1933; anti-Jewish restrictions; work in kosher ritual slaughter [of meat], which was illegal. Deportation of his father to Poland, 1938; escape in a group of young people under the protection of Recha Freier (the founder of Youth Aliyah), 1940; illegally crosses the border to Yugoslavia; escape to Zagreb; life in Zagreb...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

"Kennkarte" (identity card) of Recha Sara Freier, issued in Berlin, 17 February 1939

"Kennkarte" (identity card) of Recha Sara Freier, issued in Berlin, 17 February 1939 Identity card of Recha Sara Freier, including her photograph, issued in Berlin, 17 February 1939; the identity card is marked with a large letter "J" (to indicate that she is Jewish).

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Identity Card

Language : German

Testimony of Tzvia (Adler) Nesher, born in Poznan, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Berlin until 1937

Testimony of Tzvia (Adler) Nesher, born in Poznan, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Berlin until 1937 Life in Berlin before the Nazi rise to power in Germany; death of her father, 1928; aliya of her brothers to Eretz Israel; activities in the religious Scouts movement; move to a Jewish school, end of 1933; life in a dormitory outside the city, 1934; failed medical test to make aliya; aliya of her mother to Eretz Israel, 1936; life with no family in Berlin; life on aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel, May 1937.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Wolf Zeev Rebhun, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences at an aliya training facility, in Gehringshof and his escape to Manchester

Testimony of Wolf Zeev Rebhun, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences at an aliya training facility, in Gehringshof and his escape to Manchester Life before the war; attends an Adat Israel school; change in the attitude of the authorities towards the Jews, 1933; holding of the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936; move to Fulda, 1937; life in Fulda; move to an aliya training facility in Gehringshof, May 1938; life at the facility; visit of secret policemen at the facility;. Information from a German policeman regarding imminent deportation to the East and rescue, October 1938; Kristallnacht;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Glaser, born in Berlin, Germany, 1927, regarding his experiences in Berlin until 1940 and Zagreb

Testimony of Zvi Glaser, born in Berlin, Germany, 1927, regarding his experiences in Berlin until 1940 and Zagreb His parents emigrate to Germany, 1920; attends a Jewish school. Deportation of his father to Lublin with the outbreak of the war and his death in Dachau, 1942; deportation of his mother to Auschwitz; obtains an exit visa from Germany, October 1940; leaves Germany legally; joins the Zagreb community illegally; life with Jewish families; exit visa to Turkey, April 1941. Aliya to Eretz Israel via Syria and Lebanon; absorption in an institution in Jerusalem; combat in the War of Independence;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jizchak Wildstein, born in Berlin, 1927, regarding his experiences in Berlin and his aliya to Eretz Israel

Testimony of Jizchak Wildstein, born in Berlin, 1927, regarding his experiences in Berlin and his aliya to Eretz Israel Religious family home, immigrants from Poland; relations between the older Jewish community and the Jewish emigres from the east; Kristallnacht; celebrating his Bar Mitzvah in the shadow of the war after his father was arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp; death of his father after two years; a group of 150 children was organized on the initiative of Recha Freier to leave Germany, September 1940; illegally crosses the border from Austria to Yugoslavia and remaines there for...

File Number : 11878

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Arje Rubens, "So Hat Es Angefangen" ("It All Began This Way") regarding the story of a Jewish family from Berlin, 1933-1945

Memoirs of Arje Rubens, "So Hat Es Angefangen" ("It All Began This Way") regarding the story of a Jewish family from Berlin, 1933-1945 Included in the file: [1-Scanned File; 119 pages in German] [2- Memoirs of Arje (Walter) Rubens, titled "So Hat Es Angefangen" ("It All Began This Way"); written in narrative form, primarily from a collection of letters by his mother in Berlin, his uncle in Vienna and his brother in Prague as well as excerpts from his own diary; memoirs published in 1992; - Summary of family background, parents' family history; - Childhood in Berlin including encounters with...

File Number : 4740

Type of Material : Photograph, Diary, Testimony, Memoirs, Letter(s)

Language : Hebrew, German

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