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Testimony of David Desider Steinmetz, born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania, about his experiences in Heide, Oostende, Marseille, the Les Milles camp, and other locations

Testimony

Testimony of David Desider Steinmetz, born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania, about his experiences in Heide, Oostende, Marseille, the Les Milles camp, and other locations Life before the war; offspring of a Satmar and Sighet Hasidic family; emigration to Belgium in 1937; life in Antwerp; attending a yeshiva in Heide; German occupation ensues in 1940; escaping to Oostende; bombardment of Dunkirk; escaping to Gravelines in 1940; fleeing back to Antwerp; life under German occupation; escaping to Paris in 1941 after receiving a deportation order in Limbourg; escaping to Marseille (in the Free Zone) in 1941; life...

File Number : 13437

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports and reactions in the world press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1938

Reports and reactions in the world press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1938 Clippings from newspapers from Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Hungary, Argentina, England, the United States including the Yiddish press; in some there cases there are copies of the articles.

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Italian, French, English, German

Letters written to their family members by son Ruwem Frankensztajn and his father Fiszelt Frankensztajn, and to the commander of Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande camps, 1941-1942

Letters written to their family members by son Ruwem Frankensztajn and his father Fiszelt Frankensztajn, and to the commander of Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande camps, 1941-1942 Request by Ruwem Reuven and Fiszelt Fishel for an exit permit, in order to visit his mother/ his wife; Included in the file: Antisemitic newspaper clippings regarding the detention in Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande camps of approximately 5,000 foreign-born Jews who resided in Paris, 05/1941.

File Number : 1016

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter

Language : French

Excerpt from the "Terre Retrouvee" newspaper, with a photocopy of an antisemitic postcard in which a Jewish family is ordered to report to the Freiburg Municipal Crematorium for cremation, 1949

Excerpt from the "Terre Retrouvee" newspaper, with a photocopy of an antisemitic postcard in which a Jewish family is ordered to report to the Freiburg Municipal Crematorium for cremation, 1949 - Excerpt from the "Terre Retrouvee" newspaper, with a photocopy of an antisemitic postcard in German, apparnetly sent by the administration of the Freiburg Municipal Crematorium on the date the stamp was cancelled (which is illegible), November 1949; - The post card was apparently sent to "Familie Weinstock, Juden (The Weinstock Family, Jews)" in Emmendingen and it contains an order to report to the crematorium in...

File Number : 342

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles regarding displays of Neo-Nazism in various countries, which appeared in the press and journals, 1948-1963

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles regarding displays of Neo-Nazism in various countries, which appeared in the press and journals, 1948-1963 In the file, among other things: - Articles in the Swiss newspaper, "Die Tat", 05 July 1962 (p. 6) and 17 February 1948 (p. 10); - Articles in "Neue Zuercher Zeitung", 03 July 1962, regarding a fascist proclamation in Trafalgar Square, London (p. 8) and "An American Nazi in England", 08 August 1962, (p. 30); - Article in "Frankfurter Rundschau", 03 July 1962 (p. 11); - Article in "Droit et Liberte", 01 July 1962, including a report regarding opposition to...

File Number : 218

Type of Material : Article, Newspaper Clippings

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles from newspapers published in Germany, Switzerland, Britain, France and the United States regarding the murder of the Jews of Europe by the Nazis, 1942-1968

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles from newspapers published in Germany, Switzerland, Britain, France and the United States regarding the murder of the Jews of Europe by the Nazis, 1942-1968 In the file: Articles from newspapers published in Germany, Switzerland, Britain, France and the United States regarding the murder of the Jews of Europe by the Nazis; from the articles it is clear that the matter of the annihilation of the Jews was known to the free world. Also in the file: Speeches regarding the Holocaust delivered by Itzhak Gruenbaum, Rabbi Philip Bernstein, Dr. Bernard (Dov) Joseph and Dr....

File Number : 173

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Speech, Booklet(s)

Language : French, English, German

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France) surveys of the French pro-Nazi press regarding events of the war, antisemitic and racist propaganda; proclamation and platform of the Jewish Bnei David movement and more, 1942-1943 In the file: Surveys of the French pro-Nazi press regarding events of the war, antisemitic and racist propaganda (Revue de presse) Also in the file: - "Moine, Pourquoi Pleures-Tu?" (Moine, Why Are You Crying?): proclamation of Bnei David, the Jewish Nationalist party, in Lausanne, 1942; the party platform is attached and a 1941 overview by Claude...

File Number : 132

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Excerpt(s), Manifesto, Survey

Language : German

Newspaper clippings and surveys from the anti-Jewish press in France and North Africa, 1941-1942

Newspaper clippings and surveys from the anti-Jewish press in France and North Africa, 1941-1942 In the file: - Eight volumes of clippings from French anti-Jewish newspapers including excerpts from the North African press.

File Number : 130

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Newspaper

Language : French

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence of Robert Sommer in Haute Loire Departement, Toulouse, Mantauban, and Castres, 1943–1944

Correspondence of Robert Sommer in Haute Loire Departement, Toulouse, Mantauban, and Castres, 1943–1944 Correspondence of Robert Sommer with: - Rabbi René Hirshler in Marseille and Villeneuve-sur-Lot; - Consistoire central des israélites de France [General Consistory of the Israelites in France) in Lyon; - letter from Robert Sommer, February 1944, about the deportation of René Hirschler and his wife to the Drancy camp and the appointment of Rabbi Schilli as Aumônier [Chaplain] general; Information adduced from the correspondence: - Rabbi René Hirschler is Aumônier général des camps d'internement; -...

File Number : 5463

Type of Material : Brochure, Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Poster

Language : French, German

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