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Memoirs of Vladimir Melomedovski, born in Kamenka, Ukraine, 1932, regarding the evacuation of his family to the Rostov na Donu region and towards Stavropol, escape from the gendarmes in Razvilnoye and life in hiding in the Pavlovskaya district Evacuation to the Stalingrad region; death of his brother, 1941, and death of his mother, 1942; drafting of his father to the Red Army; life with relatives in the Rostov region; transfer of the family (Vladimir, his sister, his aunt and his grandmother) towards Stavropol; arrest by the gendarmes in Razvilnoye; Vladimir's escape; transfer of the rest of the family to...

File Number : 8656

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Letters sent by Robert Lucas Boissevain from Vught and Oranienburg camps to his wife Sonja Tienhoven-Boissevain, 1944, and to his sister Tolly Boissevain-Mesritz, 1945; Russian-Dutch dictionary and exercises written by Lowske Goldberg while hidden by the Boissevain family; Dutch underground placard against anti-Jewish discrimination; documents related to the Goldberg and Boissevain families Letters sent by Robert Lucas Boissevain from the Vught camp and the Oranienburg camp to his wife Sonja Tienhoven-Boissevain in Haarlem, 1944, and to his sister Tolly Boissevain-Mesritz in Geneva, January 1945; a...

File Number : 2233

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Dictionary, Genealogy, Documentary, Letter, Research Article, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Poster, Poems/songs

Language : English, Russian, Dutch, German

Memoirs of Tanya (Shuchmacher) Uzenkel, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1925, regarding her experiences in the ghetto, in a camp, in hiding in Proskurov and in the Stanislavchik Ghetto

Memoirs of Tanya (Shuchmacher) Uzenkel, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1925, regarding her experiences in the ghetto, in a camp, in hiding in Proskurov and in the Stanislavchik Ghetto Life in Proskurov at the time of the outbreak of the war; deportation to the Proskurov Ghetto; deportation to forced labor at the military headquarters in Leznevo; liquidation of the ghetto and murder of the Jews with the exception of the professionally skilled workers (among them, her mother, who was a seamstress); deportation of the family to the local camp; "Aktion" and being hidden with her family in the cellar in the home of...

File Number : 8631

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

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File Number : 8666

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Personal documentation of Avraham and Mirl Heller, 1938-1946

Personal documentation of Avraham and Mirl Heller, 1938-1946 - Diary written by Avraham Heller, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 12 February 1919, written 24 January 1938-30 July 1944; letter written by Avraham to his daughter, Yael, 21 January 1944; description of the war and the disaster that struck the Jews of Europe; copying over of letters in German that were written in 1938; list of members of Kibbutz Sde Eliahu, prepared, June 1944; the final entry, on the 10th anniversary of his aliya to Eretz Israel, written on 30 July 1944; - Letter and telegram sent by Josef Herbstmann from Manchester to...

File Number : 8530

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Diary, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Letter, Personal Documents, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Legal testimonies of Israel Izaak, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1905, regarding war crimes and including mass murders carried out by the Nazis in Tarnow during the war

Legal testimonies of Israel Izaak, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1905, regarding war crimes and including mass murders carried out by the Nazis in Tarnow during the war Life in Tarnow during the Nazi occupation; work as the owner of a drushka (horse-drawn carriage) including taking Gestapo personnel; description of the Gestapo personnel whom he chauffeured; description of Grunow, a Gestapo activist including a description of his crimes including murder; crimes of the various Gestapo people including mentioning them by name with a full description (Rommelman, Kastura, Hufer, Schachner and others); murder of two...

File Number : 8566

Type of Material : Investigation Report, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Letters sent from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella (Garson) Winokur in Eretz Israel, by means of Leontyna Matejko, who hid Bella during the war period, 1957-1968, and official and legal documentation of the couple Szmul and Bella Winokur, from Widze - Letter sent by Leontyna Matejko from Lidzbark Warminski to Bella Winokur Kantorowicz, including the envelope, 10/11/1968; - Court ruling of a lawsuit by Pesia Feldman, from Widze, concerning tax payments, 1922; - Craftsman's work permit, given to Bela Garson in Swieciany, 17/06/1929; - Notarized copy of the craftsman's certificate, in the name of Bejla...

File Number : 2013

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter, Legal Documentation

Language : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Alexander Javor Kahn, born in Rajec, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Nove Mesto, Piestany, in hiding in Bratislava and with the partisans in Pastuchov

Testimony of Alexander Javor Kahn, born in Rajec, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Nove Mesto, Piestany, in hiding in Bratislava and with the partisans in Pastuchov Life before the war; attends an elementary school; life in Zilina including attending high school; attends the agricultural academy; drafted to the Czechoslovakian Army (discharged with the rank of First Lieutenant); life in Male Lednice including work on the family farm; move to Germany, 1926; life in Germany; work on an experimental farm raising domestic animals; visits to experimental farms in Sweden and Denmark; marriage to...

File Number : 8513

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Slovak, Hebrew

Personal documentation belonging to Géza Hajdu from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May 1945

Personal documentation belonging to Géza Hajdu from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May 1945 Also in the file: - A document from the Red Cross (Administration of the camp was passed on to the Red Cross Organization by the Germans before the end of the war) signed by Dr. Leo Baeck; distribution of the document to former Theresienstadt inmates before the (official) liberation; the document asks the former inmates not to leave the camp: "In Theresienstadt, you are safe; the war is not over yet; those who leave Theresienstadt will be exposing themselves to the dangers of the war...", 06 May 1945; - Certificate...

File Number : 469

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Poster

Language : Czech, Russian, German

Part two of the memoirs of Folya Bonfeld, a Holocaust survivor from Uman

Part two of the memoirs of Folya Bonfeld, a Holocaust survivor from Uman In her memoirs, Folya Bonfeld tells about the death of her husband; loss of contact with her children who are [serving] in the Red Army; her life in hiding while hidden by neighbors and friends in Uman; she hides that she is of Jewish origin; her "cover story", that she is a Ukrainian woman and a refugee from Voronezh; she receives forged documents with the name of Olga Mirskaya-Boretskaya; her life and work while using a false name; her return to Uman, following the liberation of the city, 10 April 1944; renewal of contact with her...

File Number : 20

Type of Material : Memoirs, Names of Rescuers

Language : Russian

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