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Letters sent by the Steiner family in Brody to their relatives in the United States before the war

Letters sent by the Steiner family in Brody to their relatives in the United States before the war Original documentation: - Letter sent by Chana (Steiner) Spodek from Brody to her sister in the United States (undated). Photocopy: - Letter in Yiddish sent by Shlomo Yaakov Steiner from Brody to his son Ben Zion Steiner in the United States, 17 August (no year given); - Letter in German sent by Henrich Steiner (brother of Chana [Steiner] Spodek) from Brody to members of his family in the United States (undated). Notes from Zipporah (Spodek) Rom who submitted the material: Yehuda Spodek (born in...

File Number : 2241

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German, Yiddish

Memoirs of Eli Lutek Lewin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences while escaping from the Warsaw Ghetto, in Chmielnik and in hiding using a false identity in a village near Rawa Mazowiecka Family history; immigration of his mother Justina's parents to Eretz Israel with their son, Moniek, who was liable for arrest as a Communist, 1932. Outbreak of the war and occupation of Warsaw; escape from the ghetto with his mother, autumn, 1941; move to Chmielnik; life in a rented apartment in Chmielnik; postcard sent by his mother to her sister Bruchtsia in Paris, March 1942; correspondence with his...

File Number : 8647

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Moshe Kaplan, born in Woronow, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army, the Tannenberg POW camp, the Woronow Ghetto, in hiding in the forest, as a partisan in the Naliboki forests and more Life in Woronow after World War I; death of his father Avraham Kaplan in 1922; attendance at the Tarbut elementary school; displays of antisemitism; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; underground activities and imprisonment of his brother as a member of the Communist Party; death of his mother, 1932; life in an aliya training kibbutz in Bialystok; meeting his future wife, Chaya; release of his...

File Number : 8643

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poems/songs, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Yisrael Klein, born in Radomysl, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Radomysl, in hiding in the forest and being hidden by farmers, in Paleniec, in a commune of Jews hiding in the forests, as Red Army soldier and more Life before the war including the ultra-Orthodox way of life of his family. German occupation, 08 September 1939; hiding with his father in the attic during the concentration of the Jewish men in the municipal market; confinement of the Jews in the church without food or water for several days; murder of many Jews by shooting; transfer of the wounded to German military...

File Number : 8636

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Diary written by Jakov Glazmann in the Vilna Ghetto and while in hiding in a village in the area of the Vilna Ghetto, 1941-1944, and photographs [apparently, his family members]

Diary written by Jakov Glazmann in the Vilna Ghetto and while in hiding in a village in the area of the Vilna Ghetto, 1941-1944, and photographs [apparently, his family members] Comments by the submitter of the material: Jakov Glazmann was born in 1911 or 1913; he owned a building materials store; Jakov stayed with his wife and daughter (the submitter of the material), who was born in Vilna, 1937, in the Vilna Ghetto for three years; after the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, the family was transferred to a labor camp that was established there; the family evaded an "Aktion" and escaped to a hiding place...

File Number : 8626

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Yiddish

Letters written by Szajna Cukier in Warsaw, after her return from Pawiak prison, to her daughter Felicja who was hidden by a Polish family, December 1944, and personal documents of Felicja Cukier, from the postwar period - Letters written by Szajna Cukier in Warsaw, after her return from Pawiak prison, to her daughter Felicja, who was staying with a Polish family while being hidden by them, December 1944; her experiences before her detention and imprisonment in Pawiak (seven pages of the letter are missing, in which she relates her experiences in Pawiak and her release from the prison; included is a...

File Number : 2150

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents

Language : Polish

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz Experiences of his grandfather David Brauner and his grandmother Rosalia Rosenfeld; he attends the Hebrew school in Krakow, until the outbreak of the war; [establishment of the Krakow Ghetto]; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; escape, along with his mother; in hiding with his mother on a farm while hidden by a Polish farmer; murder of many of his family members during the "Aktions" in Krakow, 1942; return to the Krakow Ghetto, 15 November 1942; labor on...

File Number : 8603

Type of Material : Memoirs, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew

Yiddish songs written by Ezriel Kuczynski from Skierniewice, Poland, 1943-1944; personal documentation of the Kuczynski family, 1905-1949

Yiddish poems written by Ezriel Kuczynski from Skierniewice, Poland, 1943-1944; personal documentation of the Kuczynski family, 1905-1949 - Marriage certificate for Ezriel Kuczynski and Dwojra-Gitla Frankensztein issued in Skierniewice, 22 December 1948; - Marriage certificate for Abram Lajzer Kuczynski and Fajga Ruchla Rawicka issued in Skierniewice, 04 June 1947; - Birth certificates for Ezryl Kuczynski, born in Skierniewice, Poland, 24 August 1902, for his parents, Abram Lajzer Kuczynski and Fajga Ruchla (Rawicka) Kuczynski and for other family members, issued in Skierniewice, 1946-1947; -...

File Number : 281

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Personal Documents, Death Certificate

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Yiddish

Memoirs of Zofia Rashbaum Hass, born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and while using a false identity on the Aryan side, including using a forged identity card with the name Bronisława Penkowska Her family's life in Warsaw; marriage of two of her sisters before the war; emigration of her sisters to Belgium. Deportation of her sisters from Belgium to Auschwitz, where they perished; deportation of her brother, mother, and maternal grandfather and grandmother to the Warsaw Ghetto; her mother's work with a Christian woman named Jadwiga Konazewska, 1940-1941, who introduced...

File Number : 8596

Type of Material : Memoirs, Identity Card

Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family

Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri during the war, including life in hiding with her mother and her two siblings in Mieleszki; murder of her mother and one of her siblings by Poles; rescue of Ester and her brother Aryeh by Poles; aliya of Ester and her brother to Eretz Israel within the framework of legal aliya of orphans; holding of a Roots trip to Poland with her children and grandchildren; meeting the daughter of the Poles who saved her.

File Number : 316

Type of Material : Article

Language : Hebrew

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