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Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998

Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998 - Three letters written by Rina Bar-Niv to her daughters, April and May 1977, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, establishment of the Konsky Ghetto, 1940, and ghetto life including leaving the ghetto in secret in order to find food for the family; - Memoirs written by the daughters, Miki and Irit, 1986-1988: Deportation by the Germans to a labor camp in Wannweil near Stuttgart using the false identity of Kazimiera Swierczynska; Work for UNRRA following liberation in Team 589 in Reutlingen, as a secretary...

File Number : 1241

Type of Material : Letter, Administrative Documentation, Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Letter sent by Sara Zubrickas in the Pithiviers camp to her sister Dora (Zubrickas) Tannenbaum in Paris, 22 October 1941, and documentation regarding their brother Maurice Zubrickas who was in the Stalag II A POW camp during the war Documentation regarding Maurice Zubrickas (original): - Reply letter from the Central Agency for Prisoners of War in Geneva to Ms. Wieviorka in Paris according to which Maurice Zubrickas was in the Stalag II A POW camp in Germany, September 1940; - Participation card in the population census issued to Maurice Zubrickas, 06 May 1945; - Booklet granting benefits in receiving...

File Number : 2238

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

Language : Hebrew, French, Yiddish

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 : Drawing, Letter of Testimony, Identity Card

Language : French

Letters to Albert Weinstein, born in Germany, while in Morocco, from his mother Ida Weinstein in Leipzig, 1940-1941, his sister Susi in London, 14 September 1943, and his cousins in the United States, 1945 Letters and postcards: - Letters from his cousins Richard and Helen in the United States to Albert Weinstein in Morocco, January-April 1945; - Postcard from his mother Ida Weinstein in Germany to Albert Weinstein (known as Alli) in France, 17 April 1940; - Two letters to Albert Weinstein in Morocco from his mother Ida Weinstein in Leipzig through the Red Cross, April 1941 and September 1941;...

File Number : 1959

Type of Material : Letter, Red Cross Letter, Personal Documents, Postcard, Death Certificate, Documentary

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Forged and genuine certificates made out to Rebecca (Karlin) Marmur from Nancy, and a certificate from the POW Association made out to Gerald Marmur, 1941-1945

Forged and genuine certificates made out to Rebecca (Karlin) Marmur from Nancy, and a certificate from the POW Association made out to Gerald Marmur, 1941-1945 - Forged identity card belonging to Rebecca Marmur using the name Renee Marmur, 1944; - Genuine identity card in the name of Rebecca Marmur from her stay in Moulins, 1941; - Identity card stamped with the word "Juif" (Jew) issued in Nancy, 27 January 1943; - Certificate from the Association des Prisonniers de Guerre (POW association) issued to Gerald Marmur in Lyon, 13 August 1945. Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the...

File Number : 533

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French

Postcards containing information regarding the whereabouts of Salomon Jassy, born in Strasbourg, France, 1936, retained by his mother, Eidela Jassy, until after the war and documentation regarding the experiences of the Jassy family members - Postcards containing information regarding the whereabouts of Salomon Jassy retained by his mother, Eidela Jassy, until after the war including: 1) Postcard from Simone Coque Stolze in Rodez to Eidela Jassy in Terrasson, 10 October 1944; son [Salomon] was hidden by Simone Coque Stolze in a monastery near Rodez; 2) Postcard from Simone Coque Stolze, 11 October...

File Number : 1944

Type of Material : Postcard, Newspaper Clippings, Personal Records, List of Children

Language : French, German

Postcards sent by Leon Marcel Blum in Oflag XVII A and Offizierlager X C POW camps in Lubeck to Charles and Sophie Heinrich in Bischwiller (Bischweiler) in the Bas Rhin region, 1941-1944

Postcards sent by Leon Marcel Blum in Oflag XVII A and Offizierlager X C POW camps in Lubeck to Charles and Sophie Heinrich in Bischwiller (Bischweiler) in the Bas Rhin region, 1941-1944 Comments by the submitter of the material (Marianne Duvernoy): Leon Marcel Blum was born in Bischwiller, 05/07/1907; his father Albert Blum owned a textile factory; his mother Emma Simo was from Germany (her parents were Karl and Sophie Simo); Leon had one brother, Claude, born in 1908; Albert Blum was the head of the community in Bischwiller, and he established the city's electricity infrastructures. He was chosen...

File Number : 1911

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : French, German

Correspondence between Chlawna Kagan in Pithiviers and his wife Dora Tchor in Paris, including personal documents of the Tchor family and Chlawna Kagan, 1941-1942

Correspondence between Chlawna Kagan in Pithiviers and his wife Dora Tchor in Paris, including personal documents of the Tchor family and Chlawna Kagan, 1941-1942 - Letter sent by Chlawna Kagan to his wife Dora Tchor, 05 September 1932; - Letters sent by Chlawna Kagan to his wife during his service in the French Army, 1940 (most of the letters are translated to Hebrew); - Letters sent to Dora Tchor and Chlawna Kagan by family members and friends, including from Warsaw, 1930s-early 1940s; - Greeting cards for Rosh Hashana [with inscriptions], sent by Tchor family members; Personal documents of the...

File Number : 1883

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Postcard, Letter, Vouchers

Language : Polish, French, Russian, Yiddish

Testimony of Chana Shlomo Hazan, born in 1937 in La Soukra, Tunisia, about the war years in Tunisia

Testimony

Testimony of Chana Shlomo Hazan, born in 1937 in La Soukra, Tunisia, about the war years in Tunisia Family life in La Soukra; father's connections with the French forces in Tunis; good relations with the population; German forces arrive; Allied bombardments; the French advise the witness's father to go into hiding; family moves to a farm out of town; father poses as a retired French officer; hosting German officers at home; father does haulage tasks for the Free French forces in 1942–1945; family hides at home; listening to Voice of the Free French broadcasts; Germans search for British soldiers; British...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation and letters of Wolf Fajwel Zylbersztejn, born in Garwolin, Poland, 1909, and his wife Bajla Furman Zylbersztejn, born in Warsaw, 1932 - 1943

Personal documentation and letters of Wolf Fajwel Zylbersztejn, born in Garwolin, Poland, 1909, and his wife Bajla Furman Zylbersztejn, born in Warsaw, 1932 - 1943 Immigration of the Zylbersztejn couple to Paris, 1930; birth of his son Jean, 1932; birth of their son Andre, 1938; birth of their daughter Therese Nicole, 1940; draft of Wolf to the French Army; transfer of Wolf to Pithiviers camp, 1941; deportation of Wolf to Auschwitz on transport 6; death of Wolf in Auschwitz, 15 January 1943; survival of Bajla in Paris; transfer of the sons to a children's house in Paris; in hiding of the sons in Nogent...

File Number : 1829

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Polish, French

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