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Documentation regarding the Heymann family, including diaries and a memoir book belonging to Suse Angela Heymann, documents regarding the military service of Meyer Manfred Heymann during World War I, food ration cards, forged documents, and other documents, 1868-1983 Diaries: - Diary of Suse Angela Heymann, written in the Netherlands, 22 January-15 August 1942, and after the war, 1945-1949 (written mainly in German and at the end in Dutch); - Diary written by Suse Angela Heymann toward the end of the war and immediately after the end of the war, including poems written (or copied) by her, a collection...

File Number : 644

Type of Material : Passport, Diary, Memoir Book, Personal Documents, Postcard, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Poems/songs

Language : Dutch, German

Diary of Regina Fleischer from Bochnia written in the Akiva Movement training detachment in Chrzanow and in Eretz Israel, 1933-1937, letters sent to Regina Fleischman by her family in Bosnia and Kamionka, 1940-1941, letter from her husband's mother Mirjam Wierzbolowski from Lukow, 04 March 1940 and personal documentation belonging to Regina and her husband Chono Wierzbolowski Diary: - Diary of Regina Fleischer written in the Akiva Movement training detachment in Chrzanow. The first entry in the diary is from 13 March 1933, the last is from 29 July 1937 (written in Eretz Israel). Letters and...

File Number : 8639

Type of Material : Diary, Personal Documents, Letter, Red Cross Letter, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Excerpt from the diary of Joseph Richter written in Shaidan, Tadzhikistan, April-May 1942, and prewar personal documentation belonging to Helena Balter and her family from Rowne

Excerpt from the diary of Joseph Richter written in Shaidan, Tadzhikistan, April-May 1942, and prewar personal documentation belonging to Helena Balter and her family from Rowne Documentation including: - Excerpt from the diary of Joseph (Zunik) Richter written in Yiddish in Shaidan, Tadzhikistan, April-May 1942 (including a translation into Hebrew by his sister Miriam Yechieli-Richter [the submitter of the material]); -Invitation to the Engagement Ceremony of Zus Richter and Liza Balter held in Rowno, 29 March 1913 (sent to Mr. Balter in Rowno); - Temporary identity card issued 18 December 1919 in...

File Number : 8638

Type of Material : Postcard, Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Diary

Language : Polish, Russian, Yiddish

Diary written by Jakov Glazmann in the Vilna Ghetto and while in hiding in a village in the area of the Vilna Ghetto, 1941-1944, and photographs [apparently, his family members]

Diary written by Jakov Glazmann in the Vilna Ghetto and while in hiding in a village in the area of the Vilna Ghetto, 1941-1944, and photographs [apparently, his family members] Comments by the submitter of the material: Jakov Glazmann was born in 1911 or 1913; he owned a building materials store; Jakov stayed with his wife and daughter (the submitter of the material), who was born in Vilna, 1937, in the Vilna Ghetto for three years; after the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, the family was transferred to a labor camp that was established there; the family evaded an "Aktion" and escaped to a hiding place...

File Number : 8626

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Yiddish

Letters from the Kleczewski and Wolkowicz families in Lodz, the Soviet Union and Antwerp to Josef and Hadasa (Wolkowicz) Kleczewski in Eretz Israel and correspondence of Josef in Tel Aviv and Hadasa in Jerusalem, 1934-1947 - Correspondence between Josku (Josef) Kleczewski in Tel Aviv and his future wife Hadasa Wolkowicz in Jerusalem, 1934-1938; - Letters to Hadasa Wolkowicz and her brother Cwi Ben Jisaschar Wolkowicz in Eretz Israel from their family in Lodz (there are also several letters from Zgierz), 1930s; - Letters to Josef Kleczewski in Eretz Israel from his family in Lodz, 1930s; - Postcards...

File Number : 2124

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Diary, Letter, Poems/songs, Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Diaries kept by Rosy (van Geldere) de Vries while in hiding in Velp, 09 December 1943-11 December 1944

Diaries kept by Rosy (van Geldere) de Vries while in hiding in Velp, 09 December 1943-11 December 1944 Also in the file: - A complete transcript of the diaries; - Edition of the "De Vliegende Hollander" newspaper announcing the surrender of Germany, issued 10 May 1945. Note: Rosy (van Geldere) de Vries was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 03 August 1917; her husband, Sigfrid de Vries was born in Rotterdam, 1915; Rosy, Sigrid and their children were in hiding in Velp; at a certain point of the war, their children were entrusted to other people; when the people hiding the children were captured, the...

File Number : 8590

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Dutch

Diary by Mordechai Motka Gorski Gor, born in Baranowicze, Poland, 1919, written, 01 December 1943-24 August 1945, and his memoirs regarding his experiences in a Soviet labor camp in the Kemerovo area and in Baydayevka Life in a Soviet labor camp in the Kemerovo area, including labor in a coal mine; description of the inmate population and the hierarchy among the inmates; clauses of crimes whose sentence was imprisonment in the camp; methods by which the food, that was sent to the inmates by their families, was stolen from them; inmates with "light" crimes were removed from the camp and sent to the front;...

File Number : 8589

Type of Material : Memoirs, Diary

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Diary written by Szymon Schwarzbach during his stay in Warsaw while using a false identity, 16 May 1942-04 March 1943

Diary written by Szymon Schwarzbach during his stay in Warsaw while using a false identity, 16 May 1942-04 March 1943 - The diary includes, in part, the writer's thoughts concerning the ideas of the Greek philosopher Epictetus; the last entry in the diary apparently was written a short while before Szymon's detention; after his detention, the diary remained at home and Yehudit took it with herself. Comments by the submitter of the material: Szymon Schwarzbach was born in Skala, circa 1912; he married Yehudit (nee Edelman), who was born in Skala, 1918; he studied history in Warsaw and his wife worked as...

File Number : 8586

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Polish, German

Diary of Rozalia (Herman) Revesz, born in Targu Mures, Romania, 1918, regarding her relationship with her husband, the sculptor, Andrei Revesz, and a letter from her brother, Ernst Herman, born in Targu Mures, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the ghetto - Diary kept by Rozalia (Herman) Revesz in Targu Mures and Bucharest, 1937-1940; the first entry is dated 19 March 1937, approximately one year after she met her future husband, Andrei Revesz; the diary contains a description of their relationship, lists of expenses, the names of friends and drawings created by Andrei; the last entry is dated 30...

File Number : 8584

Type of Material : Diary, Letter of Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Diary kept by Rivka Fischer regarding her experiences in the Kirchberg camp and after her liberation in Zenta, 30 January-23 April 1945

Diary kept by Rivka Fischer regarding her experiences in the Kirchberg camp and after her liberation in Zenta, 30 January-23 April 1945 The diary includes two poems in Hungarian and a list of articles of clothing. Notes from Marius Klein, who submitted the material: Rivka Fischer died on 04 August 2007; she entrusted her diary to Marius Klein, her physiotherapist; Marius Klein has no knowledge regarding her experiences and what was written in the diary.

File Number : 8557

Type of Material : Diary, Poems/songs

Language : Hungarian

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