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Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places

Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places Life in Cakovec as a child; antisemitism; activities in the Beitar movement; Escape of Jewish refugees; Hungarian occupation, April 1941; deportation to forced labor in Budapest, July 1943; forced labor in Szolnok starting in March 1944; transfer to Sopron camp and to other camps in Hungary; transfer to Baja camp, October 1944; unsuccessful attempt to escape to the liberated city of Belgrade; meeting with inmates from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian

Memoirs of Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding his archival project "Was nicht in den Archiven steht" (What Is Not in the Archives), 1944-1969

Memoirs of Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding his archival project "Was nicht in den Archiven steht" (What Is Not in the Archives), 1944-1969 In the file: - Memoirs of Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding his archival project "Was nicht in den Archiven steht", an undertaking involving the collection of testimonies and documentation concerning the Holocaust; - A history of the project from the initial idea to practical implementation; inclusion of Jewish organizations such as the Gesellschaft fuer Juedische Familienforschung (Historical Genealogical Society); cooperation with the Central Archives in Jerusalem;...

File Number : 323

Type of Material : Reports, Correspondence, Official Documentation, Manuscript, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

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Type of Material : רשימת תיקים, Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : Polish, German

Research article by Theo de Munnik, from the Netherlands, regarding the experiences of Benjamin Yitzhak Roeper, born in Alkmaar, the Netherlands in 1925, and his family members who were murdered in Auschwitz camp, with documentation from 1919-1943 Research article, titled, "Accountability" (“Din Ve-Heshbon”) with an introduction explaining de Munnik's reasons for investigating the experiences of the Roeper family, and in particular their son Benjamin; included in the introduction is information regarding the Stolpersteine installed in memory of Jews from the Netherlands who perished during the Holocaust;...

File Number : 459

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : Dutch, German

Memoirs of Edmond Ambers (b. Mundek Abrahm in Katowice) about moving to France before the war and joining the French resistance, and letters related to a search for information about him

Memoirs of Edmond Ambers (b. Mundek Abrahm in Katowice) about moving to France before the war and joining the French resistance, and letters related to a search for information about him Memoirs of Edmond Ambers (b. Mundek Abrahm): - letter from Shmuel Avrahami, Israel, to Museum of the Jewish Fighter in World War II, Israel, February 1, 2015, with history of his paternal uncle, Edmond Ambers, in the Holocaust, as reported to him by Mundek when Mundek visited his uncle in Paris in 1958; - Mundek moves from Katowice, Poland, to France before World War II to study aircraft engineering; the war breaks out and...

File Number : 10018

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs

Language : French

Protocols from the seminars of the second scientific conference of the Central Jewish Historical Committee held in Lodz, Poland on September 10, 1945 and September 20, 1945.

Minutes from the seminar of the second scientific conference of the Central Jewish Historical Committee held in the city of Lodz on September 10, 1945: The meeting was attended by representatives of the Jewish and regional historical committees from Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Bialystok, Katowice, Czestochowa, and representatives of the Central Jewish Committee, representatives of the Union of Jewish Artists and Writers, and members of the press. Topics discussed at the meeting: Cooperation with international Jewish organizations in the cultural field; The importance of Jewish historiography of the Holocaust;...

File Number : 1690

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Overview documentation from the Central Committee of Polish Jews about the committee's activity and that of the Jewish Historical Committee from 1945 onward

Overview documentation from the Central Committee of Polish Jews about the committee's activity and that of the Jewish Historical Committee from 1945 onward. Two lists from the Central Committee of Polish Jews, including the Jewish population in various districts of Poland after the war. According to the first list, there were 42,662 Jews in Poland as of May 1, 1945. According to the second list (undated), the number was 73,955. The Jewish Historical Committee was established in Lublin in December 1944 by the Central Committee of Polish Jews. Within the framework of its activity, Jewish schools for...

File Number : 1576

Type of Material : List of Jews, Statistical Reports, Survey Report

Language : Polish

Documentation issued in Belgrade in 1941 regarding the release of Alfred Goldstein and the members of his family from the camps and their immigration to Italy; confirmation of employment; information letter regarding the Goldstein family Documentation pertaining to the members of the Goldstein family, their release from a camp and immigration to Italy: - Letters dated 16 and 19 December 1941, written by the General Commander in Serbia in Belgrade to the Einsatzgruppe (Task Force) in Belgrade regarding the release of Alfred Goldstein from a camp and his immigration to Italy with the members of his family;...

File Number : 248

Type of Material : Document, Letter, Certification

Language : Italian, Serbian, German

Documents pertaining to research by Dina Porat in 1978 concerning the activity of the Al-Domi group, which sought to instigate worldwide action in view of the destruction of European Jewry, covering the years 1936–1978 The documents are arranged in four parts. Part 1: original text and specification of sources for a study that Dina Porat, of the Tel Aviv University Department of Jewish History, submitted for the completion of her doctoral degree. The sources include: - letter from members of the provisional committee of the Al-Domi group, Y. Yatziv, Dr. Landau, and Prof. F. Schneerson, to the Rescue...

File Number : 329

Type of Material : Project, Research Article, Article, Letter, Manuscript, Speech, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Correspondence between Dr. Theodor Lavi Löwenstein and consultants on information regarding the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, 1960

Correspondence between Dr. Theodor Lavi Löwenstein and potential collaborators regarding collecting information for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities (volumes regarding Romania), 1960 - Request information about : --- Names of Jewish community leaders; --- Jewish contribution to economic life. Industrial and economic developments during the Antonescu regime and the influence of the antisemitic persecution; --- Political and Zionist activity, Jewish Party; --- Jewish Press; --- Survivors testimonies; --- Jewish Center and the people who worked there; - Note regarding Dr. Theodor Lavi...

File Number : 41

Type of Material : Documentary, Study, Letter(s), Bibliography, Correspondence

Language : Hebrew, Romanian, German

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