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[Internal] correspondence of the regional branch of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith) in Upper Silesia, regarding antisemitic attacks and anti-Jewish decrees, 17/07-19/10/1937 - Strict inspections of Jewish businesses that sell alcohol, and the revocation of their licenses, in accordance with the Law of 1923; closure of Jewish pubs and taverns; blaming of Jews for causing inebriation of the German population (pp. 1246-1276, 1297-1303, 1308, 1315-1333, 1345-1349, 1361-1362, 1366, 1374-1386, 1392-1404, 1406-1427, 1551-1554); - Economic boycott of Jewish...

File Number : JM/28889

Type of Material : Newspaper, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : German

Memoirs of Irene (Borchardt) Liron, born in Berlin, Germany, 1929, regarding her experiences in Berlin, while smuggled from Germany in the context of the Kindertransport, and in the Devonshire region

Memoirs of Irene (Borchardt) Liron, born in Berlin, Germany, 1929, regarding her experiences in Berlin, while smuggled from Germany in the context of the Kindertransport, and in the Devonshire region Life before the war; Nazi rise to power; desire to be a member of the Hitler-Jugend movement; Kristallnacht. Smuggled from Germany to England on the Kindertransport, 03 May 1939; correspondence with her mother; attends school in the Devonshire region; witness is declared a "Citizen of a hostile state"; receives orders to present herself at the police station; village life; aliya to Israel, 12 October 1948;...

File Number : 8441

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of Gerda (Beruh) Ilan, born in Vienna, Austria, 1927, regarding her experiences in Vienna during Kristallnacht and emigration to England with the Kindertransport, January 1939, in a hostel in Newport and London Life in Vienna; displays of antisemitism. Anschluss (annexation to Germany), March 1938; arrest of her father on Kristallnacht and her father's release; receipt of an affidavit to emigrate to England together with her sister, Sonia; departure for England with the Kindertransport, January 1939; transfer to Newport by the Jewish Agency; life in a hostel established by the Jewish community...

File Number : 13208

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joel Julius Maringer Lavi, born in Cologne, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences in Cologne, in aliya training in the Berlin area and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935

Testimony

Testimony of Joel Julius Maringer Lavi, born in Cologne, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences in Cologne, in aliya training in the Berlin area and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935 Life before the war; religious Orthodox family; his father is a carpenter; his father is a World War I disabled veteran; witness attends a German school and learns in a "heder"; Zionist activities in the Hanoar Hamizrachi movement; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement. Nazi rise to power, 1933; displays of violence toward Jews; removal of the Jews from the circles of life; concentration of members of the youth...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Henrik Hersh Kaliszer, born in Plock, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Plock, assumes a false identity in Berlin, the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding in a village and in the Armia Ludowa (AL) underground Life before the war; traditional family; attends a Jewish school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape with the family to Warsaw; life in Warsaw; obtains food during air-raids; entrustment to a Christian children's institution by his mother; life in the institution with an assumed non-Jewish Polish identity; drafted to the Hitler-Jugend and transfer to Berlin; release due to...

File Number : 13038

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edit (Presburger) Rozenbush, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bratislava, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lippstadt, Mastholte and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Edit (Presburger) Rozenbush, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bratislava, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lippstadt, Mastholte and other places Life before the war; attends a Jewish school. Anti-Jewish restrictions including yellow badge, 1941; deportation of the witness’ sister; escape to her grandmother's apartment; German occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions including robbery of property; finds a hiding place in the home of a Jewish family using a false identity; name change to Edit Poloni; deportation to Auschwitz, Yom Kippur (27 September) 1944;...

File Number : 12879

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea (Genut) Stern, born in Suceava, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Bug, Shargorod, in forests and Dzhurin

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Genut) Stern, born in Suceava, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Bug, Shargorod, in forests and Dzhurin Life before the war; education; displays of antisemitism including numerus clausus. German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees including yellow badge and deportation to the ghetto; deportation to Atachi; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Bug; transfer to Shargorod; finding a hiding place in forests; transfer to Dzhurin; liberation. Return to Suceava, move to Bucharest; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Pan York"; detention in Cyprus;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Herbert Skurnik, born in Darmstadt, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Darmstadt until 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Herbert Skurnik, born in Darmstadt, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Darmstadt until 1939 His father is an immigrant from Kalisz, Poland; life in Germany before the Nazi rise to power; Jewish community; membership in Bnei Akiva. Nazi rise to power, 1933; displays of antisemitism; beatings by Hitler-Jugend members when he leaves the synagogue; Kristallnacht, November 1938; unsuccessful attempt to rescue a Torah scroll from a burning synagogue; detention of his father in Dachau; his sister meets with the Gestapo commander; release of his father; deportation of his brother to...

File Number : 12890

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Wolf Schwammenthal, born in Berlin, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and as a forced laborer for the Romanian Army

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Wolf Schwammenthal, born in Berlin, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and as a forced laborer for the Romanian Army Life before the Nazi rise to power in Germany; Jewish community; burglary of his father's store; Nazi rise to power; threats against his father. Escape of the family to Czechoslovakia; move to Romania; planned aliya to Eretz Israel; theft of the family certificate; move to Cernauti; murder of Jews; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; his father's work as a furrier; deportation to Romanian Army labor camps; attitude of the Ukrainians towards the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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