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Testimony of Maksymilian Raucher, born in Buczacz, Poland, 1909, regarding the murder of Mordechai Gebirtig and Abraham Neuman in the Krakow Ghetto and the murder of Jews in the Julag and Wola Duchacka camps Helps supply bread to Mordechai Gebirtig, a poet, and Abraham Neuman, a painter, in the Krakow Ghetto; murder of the two artists by members of the Sonderdienst (Special Service) during the deportation from the Krakow Ghetto, June 1942; murder of individual Jews and groups, including women, by Mueller and additional Germans, in the Julag camp and the Wola Duchacka labor camp.

File Number : 448

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Exchange of letters dated 1941 between singer-actress Diana Blumenfeld and poet M. Gebirtig (original)

Exchange of letters dated 1941 between singer-actress Diana Blumenfeld and poet M. Gebirtig (original) Correspondence dated 1941 between singer-actress Diana Blumenfeld and Mordehai Gebirtig. Mordehai Gebirtig thanks Diana Blumenfeld for her successful performance in the Warsaw Ghetto and for singing his songs, including the famous song Our Town is Burning.

File Number : 551

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Jakob Halpern, born in Lwow, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk and Obersulz

Testimony

Testimony of Jakob Halpern, born in Lwow, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk and Obersulz Graduate of a music academy; work as a violinist in the Lwow Opera Orchestra; life in Krakow before the outbreak of the war. German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; ghetto life including solo performances as part of the Judenrat cultural activities; acquaintance with the poet Mordecai Gebirtig; performances in the Jewish cafe with the Jewish collaborator Ferster; deportation to Plaszow; camp life including playing for the camp commander Amon Goeth;...

File Number : 691

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, Yiddish