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Testimony of Irit Irena (Shmaltzbach) Ben Zvi, born in Pawlosiow, Poland, 1940, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Pawlosiow, in hiding in a monastery and in Krakow

Testimony

Testimony of Irit Irena (Shmaltzbach) Ben Zvi, born in Pawlosiow, Poland, 1940, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Pawlosiow, in hiding in a monastery and in Krakow Well-to-do secular family; her family owns a farm. Outbreak of the war; establishment of a German Army headquarters in the yard of the farm; good attitude of German officers toward her family; offer by an Austrian officer to move her to Austria; appointment of her father as the person responsible for the labor of the Jews in villages in the area; murder of her father; finds a hiding place in the granary of a Polish farmer; life in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Klein, born in Focsani, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Focsani Ghetto and as a forced laborer

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Klein, born in Focsani, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Focsani Ghetto and as a forced laborer Life before the war; Zionist family; attends a public school; displays of antisemitism in school; Zionist youth movement activities; Jewish community; learns Hebrew; his father supports the establishment of a Jewish political party that was elected to the Romanian parliament; work as a reporter for the newspaper, "Techiyatenu". Ban on Zionist activities; pogroms; deportation to the Focsani Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life; food shortage in the ghetto; drafted to forced labor in a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Announcement regarding a gathering on the anniversaries of the deaths of Theodor Herzl and Chaim Nachman Bialik, 20 and 21 Tammuz, posted by the Zionist Federation

File Number : 714

Type of Material : Announcement

Language : Yiddish

Announcement regarding assembly days on the anniversaries of the deaths of Benjamin Zeev (Theodor) Herzl and Chaim Nachman Bialik, 20 and 21 Tammuz, for an artistic program, and a Flower Day for the Keren Kayemet L'Israel (KKL-Jewish National Fund-JNF)

File Number : 439

Type of Material : Invitation

Language : Yiddish

Memoirs of Eliezer Samuil Levy on the Zionist movement in Bulgaria, late 19th century-early 20th century

Memoirs of Eliezer Samuil Levy on the Zionist movement in Bulgaria, late 19th century-early 20th century Interview with Eliezer Samuil Levy, formerly Chilbi Haim Saltiel, 08 August 1948, on Herzl's visit to Bulgaria en route to Istanbul and the development of the Zionist organization in Sofia, early 20th century.

File Number : 236

Type of Material : Memoirs, Interview(s)

Language : Bulgarian

Documentation from 1892-1962 on the activities of Herzl and his visit to Sofia in 1896

Documentation from 1892-1962 on the activities of Herzl and his visit to Sofia in 1896 Letter of Herzl translated to English, 1892; Memoirs of an activist of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) on his first meeting with Herzl in Sofia; Correspondence of Herzl with Zionists in Bulgaria, J. Calev and Dr. Navon, 1895-1897; Newspaper reports on the contacts of Herzl with the Bulgarian Zionist movement; "Maushel", an article written by Herzl; Telegram sent by Herzl on the assembly of the Societe Centrale "Sion" in Vienna, 1896.

File Number : 38

Type of Material : Letter, Diaries and Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian, Ladino / Solitreo, French, English, German, Ladino

Testimony of Itzaack Diamant, born in Iasi, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Itzaack Diamant, born in Iasi, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Iasi From a traditional family; his father owns a shop; attends school. Rise of Antonescu to power, 1940; increase in antisemitism including expulsion from school and closure of the shop; German occupation; pogrom, 1941; in hiding in a warehouse and later with a neighbor; deportation of his father and his death; liberation. Completion of his studies; death of his mother, 1961; aliya to Israel, 1962; life in Israel including marriage, 1964.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Anna (Nusbaum) Fisher, born in Sokolow, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Ukraine and the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Anna (Nusbaum) Fisher, born in Sokolow, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Ukraine and the Soviet Union Life before the war; the Jewish community; neighborly relations; school; her family move to Rzeszow; her father's death; studies in Rzeszow; move to Lwow; life with a female relative; joins Beitar in Lwow; work in a chocolate factory; explosion in the factory; membership in a social-democrat organization; opposition to working in the Red Cross Organization. Soviet occupation; deportation of Jews to Siberia; her brother's work in Ukraine; German occupation; joins her brother in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ester (Gabor) Gai-Herzog, born in Miskolc, 1921, regarding her experiences in Mikolc and in Budapest, and joining the Kasztner train

Testimony

Testimony of Ester (Gabor) Gai-Herzog, born in Miskolc, 1921, regarding her experiences in Mikolc, Budapest and the Kasztner train Her family; her father's military service; move of the family to southern Hungary; studies in school and at home; home life; the Jewish community; her girlfriends in the Scouts movement; joins Hashomer Hatzair; cultural activities in the youth movement; displays of antisemitism; transfer to the Beitar movement; unsuccessful plans to make aliya to Eretz Israel; anti-Jewish decrees; her mother's death, 1942. Self-defense excercises in the underground; draft of young men into...

File Number : 11911

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation belonging to Erna Patak, the founder and leader of WIZO (the Women's International Zionist Organization) in Austria and a member of the circle of friends of Theodor Herzl and Josef and Sophie Loewenherz Personal correspondence of Erna Patak from Theresienstadt [DP camp] and Eretz Israel after her liberation and aliya to Eretz Israel regarding personal and family matters, impressions, Zionist thoughts; description of her final hours in a letter written by her friend to Sophie Loewenherz (p. 89); newspaper articles in her memory.

File Number : 55

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

Language : English, German

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