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Testimony of Haim Sternbach, born in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, 1938, regarding his experiences in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, in hiding in a monastery in Turkawice, and in Lodz

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Sternbach, born in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, 1938, regarding his experiences in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, in hiding in a monastery in Turkawice, and in Lodz His parents' family names were Bleiberg and Fridman; his father's work as a journalist; his mother's work in a bank; activities [by his parents] in Hashomer Hatzair. His mother's attempt to rescue him [?]; changing of [his father's] family name from Bleiberg to Buzanski; murder of his mother at the railroad station in Warsaw; travel by train to a monastery in Turkawice; hiding of Jewish children in the monastery; receives a Christian...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Articles from various newspapers presenting a critique of books about the Holocaust and the Judenpolitik of the Third Reich

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Articles from various newspapers presenting a critique of books about the Holocaust and the Judenpolitik of the Third Reich There are three volumes in the file: Volume I Articles from various newspapers presenting a critique of Leni Yahil's book, "The Holocaust", and other books on the subject. Volume II Newspaper clippings regarding summaries of discussions on a German broadcasting station, as well as a critique of books about the Holocaust. Volume III Articles and material regarding the Judenpolitik of the Third Reich.

File Number : 23

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Newspaper

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Articles and lectures presented at Hebrew University and University of Wisconsin regarding various subjects in the history of the Jews of Europe

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Articles and lectures presented at Hebrew University and University of Wisconsin regarding various subjects in the history of the Jews of Europe The file is divided into three volumes: Volume I Articles, notes for lectures and lectures regarding Jewish nationalism. Volume II Lesson plans regarding the history of the Holocaust. Volume III Lectures regarding the Jews during the modern period and the time of the Holocaust.

File Number : 16

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

Language : Hebrew, English

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Brem) Erlich, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1935, regarding her experiences as a small child in the Wlodowa Ghetto, a labor camp, using a false identity while living with a non-Jewish family, a monastery in Krakow and other places Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to Wlodowa; absorption of refugees by local Jews; deportation to the Wlodowa Ghetto, 1941; "Aktions", 1942; deportation to a labor camp; camp life including her parents' labor logging trees in a forest; murder of her father; escape; hidden by the camp commander; her mother's labor in the kitchen; labor in the vegetable garden;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zdzislaw Arkuszynski, regarding the mass deportation of the Jewish population from the ghetto in Tomaszow Mazowiecki to the Treblinka extermination camp, and his experience in KL Auschwitz II - Birkenau The testimony is a fragment (pages 19-23) from Zdzislaw Arkuszynski's publication "Right To Life'', published by Bernardinum in 2005. The author, a Pole, worked on the railroad in the summer of 1942, saw a huge convoy of people escorted and loaded to the freight cars; those were the Jews from the ghetto in Tomaszow Mazowiecki deported to Treblinka; he saw his high school classmates in the crowd....

File Number : 6923

Type of Material : Memoirs Literature, Testimony, Book

Language : Polish

Letter from Mieczyslaw Zajac to the Ambassador of Israel in Warsaw, regarding helping Jews in the Krakow ghetto and Plaszow camp

Letter from Mieczyslaw Zajac to the Ambassador of Israel in Warsaw, regarding helping Jews in the Krakow ghetto and Plaszow camp Mieczyslaw Zajac and his family (parents, brothers Antoni and Tadeusz) lived in Krakow during the occupation; was employed in the brickyard, where mainly Jews worked. Mieczyslaw and Antoni were involved in sabotage actions against the Germans; the Zajac family tried to help Jewish prisoners, supplying basic goods and food to the Krakow ghetto; the author expresses regret over the cruel way Ukrainian guards and SS men treated prisoners. Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) platoon...

File Number : 3533

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Witness questioning report of Jakub Wolman by the Commission for the Investigation of German-Nazi Crimes in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) held on April 13-14, 1945 in Krakow

Witness questioning report of Jakub Wolman born in 1914 Poland by the Commission for the Investigation of German-Nazi Crimes in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) held on April 13-14, 1945 in Krakow Jakub Wolman was studying medicine in Czechoslovakia from 1931; was in a forced labor camp in March 1942; transports of Jews from Czechoslovakia began in March of 1942 and in mid-April he was among large number of workers sent to Auschwitz; arrived on April 29, 1942 and was taken to block 18 (Buna block). Wolman recalls the group of Jews from Greece, who were misled about being colonists in Ukraine and signed contracts with...

File Number : 3104

Type of Material : Investigation Report, Protocol, Testimony

Language : Polish

Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw documentation in two volumes, 1948-1952, regarding the fate of Jews from various places in Poland during World War II, and the condition of the Holocaust survivors after the war Volume I: - Statistics regarding the number of Jews in the Busko District before and after the war, compiled 01 November 1948; - Correspondence between the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw and the municipalities of Busko Zdroj, Drugnia, Pinczow, Szydlow, Wislica, Stopnica, Nowy Korczyn, Kurczweki, Kluki, Nowe Miasto, Koluszki and Piotrkow Trybunalski regarding the fate of Jews in those...

File Number : 110

Type of Material : Letter, Statistics

Language : Polish

Newspapers and pamphlets published by the Polish underground regarding the occupation of Poland and annihilation of Jews during World War II

Newspapers and pamphlets published by the Polish underground regarding the occupation of Poland and annihilation of Jews during World War II - Four issues of the "Polish Labor Fights for Freedom, Equality and Independence" newspaper containing articles regarding the executions of Jews and Poles and the annihilation of Jews in death camps; - "Opor zbrojny w ghetcie warszawskim w 1943 roku" (Armed Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943), a book by Tadeusz Pelczynski and Adam Ciolkosz, published in London, 1963; - Appeal by Polish organizations in Britain to English speaking nations requesting help for...

File Number : 62

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Article, Book, Research Article, Newspaper

Language : Polish, English

Composition by Jozef Klimaszewski regarding the fate of the Jews of Lomza, 1900-1950, and his correspondence with Szymon Datner from the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw regarding publishing the [composition as a] book - "Na wspolnej ziemi, pod wspolnym niebem - sprawa zydowska w ziemi lomzynskiej"(On the Common Ground, Under the Common Sky - the Jewish Affair on Lomza's Ground), a manuscript by Jozef Klimaszewski containing information regarding the fate of Jews in the vicinity of Lomza, 1900-1950. Discussed in the essay, among other items: The relations between Poles and Jews before 1918, and during...

File Number : 103

Type of Material : Letter, Research Article

Language : Polish

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