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Research article written by Lucie Ondrichova regarding Fredy Hirsch, born in Cachy, France, 1916, who was a teacher in Theresienstadt and who was murdered in Auschwitz on 08/03/1944

Research article written by Lucie Ondrichova regarding Fredy Hirsch, born in Cachy, France, 1916, who was a teacher in Theresienstadt and who was murdered in Auschwitz on 08/03/1944 Included in the file: - Newspaper article written by Lucie Ondrichova, regarding Fredy Hirsch; - Article written by Zuzana Ruzickova, regarding Fredy Hirsch.

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Biography, Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Czech

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Edith Dita (Polach) Kraus, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Edith Dita (Polach) Kraus, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps Camp life in Theresienstadt; transfer to Auschwitz; life in Auschwitz; transfer to other camps.

File Number : 13479

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Yahalom (Diamant), born in 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Prague and in Theresienstadt ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Yahalom (Diamant), born in 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Prague and in Theresienstadt ghetto Childhood in Prague; German occupation ensues in 1939; father continues to work in manufacturing with the help of the German factory manager; deportation to Theresienstadt ghetto in 1941; placement in a children's home in the ghetto in 1942; parents work in a ghetto crafts shop, turning put leather accessories for the German Army in 1942; placement in isolation in the hospital hosopital due to typhus and tuberculosis; life in the ghetto, mainly of children, in 1941–1945;...

File Number : 13382

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Villi Unger, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Brno and Prague until 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Villi Unger, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Brno and Prague until 1939 Life before the war; the Jewish community; activities of the witness' father in the Mizrachi movement and the Jewish community; his brother's activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; membership in Maccabi Hatzair; burning of the Great Synagogue on Kristallnacht; his brother's aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938. German occupation; displays of antisemitism; restrictions and decrees; confiscation of family property; witness' Bar-Mitzvah celebration; receipt of a telegram from the Gestapo in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Kurt Tuvia Segal, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaufering and Landsberg

Testimony

Testimony of Kurt Tuvia Segal, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaufering and Landsberg From a well-to-do religious non-Zionist family; life before the war. Deportation of his father to Poland as a Polish citizen, 1938; move to Krakow to his father; illegally crossing the border back to Czechoslovakia; life with his grandparents; death of his grandfather, 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt, 1942; camp life in the attic of the Magdeburg barracks; deportation of his grandmother to Treblinka; help from Fredy Hirsch who was in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Margit Margalit Sonenfeld, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Brno until 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Margit Margalit Sonenfeld, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Brno until 1940 From a Zionist family; life before the war; involvement with sports through her youth movement; meets Fredy Hirsch; attends Jewish schools; religious holidays and life. German occupation; her father's arrest by the Gestapo and release; decrees. Aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1940; end of the war; move to Vienna; reunion with relatives; her mother's suicide; suicides of the relatives from Vienna; return to Israel; studies; life on Kibbutz Hamadia; reunion with her sister who...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Otto Dov Kulka, born in Novy Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and in hiding in the Moravska Ostrava area

Testimony

Testimony of Otto Dov Kulka, born in Novy Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and in hiding in the Moravska Ostrava area Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to Theresienstadt; life in the family camp including help from the Red Cross; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, July 1944; escape to the Moravska Ostrava area; life in hiding; liberation.

File Number : 2896

Type of Material : Photograph, Testimony

Language : German

To be translated

File Number : 2640

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Memoirs of Michael Kraus, born in Náchod, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Terezin Ghetto, in Auschwitz-Birkenau and in other camps, 1942 – 1945

Memoirs of Michael Kraus, born in Náchod, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Terezin Ghetto, in Auschwitz-Birkenau, and in other camps, 1942 – 1945 - Deportation of Michael and his parents from Náchod to Hradec Králové, October 1942; handing over valuables; arrival in the Terezin Ghetto after a few days; his father's work as a physician in the ghetto; Michael's residence in a children's home; secret studies; publication by the children of the Kamarád newspaper; notification of his family''s deportation to an unknown destination, December 1943; arrival in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 17 December 1943; "reception"...

File Number : 2142

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Czech, English

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