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Research paper written by the student, Tatyana Nikitina, regarding the diary of Roman Kravchenko from Kremenets, written 1941-1944

Research paper written by the student, Tatyana Nikitina, regarding the diary of Roman Kravchenko from Kremenets, written 1941-1944 Outbreak of the war; life under the German occupation including the wearing of the yellow badge and anti-Jewish legislation; deportation of Jews to the Kremenets Ghetto; closure of the ghetto, 01 March 1942; appointment of a Judenrat; establishment of the Jewish police; ghetto life including forced labor; burning of the synagogue; receiving information regarding the mass murder of Jews in Kiev and Rovno; murder of Jews outside the city near the [?], 10-21 August 1942; robbery [of...

File Number : 8266

Type of Material : Study, Diary

Language : Russian

Letter by the director of the Research Centre in Auschwitz regarding the use of the previously Jewish-owned tannery in Oświęcim for collection and shipment of human hair, 2018

The letter by the director of the Research Centre in Auschwitz Piotr Setkiewicz is the response to the question by Susan Zalcman from the UK regaridng the fate of the tannery in Oświęcim, previously owned by her grandfather. The tannery was turned into a workshop for collection and shipment of hair cut from the murdered prisoners. The workshop was operated by prisoners. After the liberation 7,000 kg of human hair was discovered at the tannery.

File Number : 1615

Language : English

Memoirs of Magda (Klein) Goldner, born in Levice, 1932, regarding the experiences of her family after the occupation of Hungary by the Germans, deportation to the ghetto and to the Auschwitz and Ravensbrueck camps, and more Josef and Rosa (Vintzer) Klein were the parents of Magda (Klein) Goldner; they owned a chocolate factory. Occupation of Hungary by the Nazis, March 1944; deportation of the Jews to the ghetto; evacuation of their apartment in the center of the city, and transfer to the ghetto with other relatives, May 1944; deportation and forced march of the Jews of Levice to a tobacco factory; stay of...

File Number : 9685

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Benjamin Vishnevetzky, born in Ostrog, Poland in 1928, regarding his experiences in Ostrog, Rostov, Baku and Leninabad

Memoirs of Benjamin Vishnevetzky, born in Ostrog, Poland in 1928, regarding his experiences in Ostrog, Rostov, Baku and Leninabad Life before the war; his parents were Pnina Perla (Berger) Vishnevetzky and Avraham Vishnevetzky; his siblings were Motke, Simcha, Yitzhak, Zvia and Moshe; he studies in the Tarbut school; antisemitism; signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov agreement (German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact) on 23/08/1939; Soviet occupation; draft of two of his brothers Simcha and Yitzhak to service in the Red Army; his brothers guard a train that is moving explosive materials during shelling by Wehrmacht...

File Number : 9826

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Yafa Margit Castellina, born in Slovakia, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and Leipzig camps

Memoirs of Yafa Margit Castellina, born in Slovakia, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and Leipzig camps Life before the war; re-annexation of Slovakia to Hungary; life under the Hungarian authorities headed by Miklos Horthy in 1939; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions; escape to Budapest in September 1943; life in Budapest; work in a workshop for art objects; German occupation in March 1944; order to wear a yellow badge; confiscation of her identity card by a Hungarian soldier because she did not wear a yellow badge; she receives a letter from her...

File Number : 9294

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew