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Testimony of Menahem Lior, born in Bedzin, Poland in 1928, regarding his experiences during ‎deportation to the Bedzin Ghetto and the work camp in Kamionka; hidden by a Pole; escape to ‎Eretz Israel His childhood in a socialist Zionist home; refugees from Germany; rise of antisemitism; outbreak of ‎war on 1 September 1939; anti-Jewish laws and decrees; restriction of Jewish movement and ‎concentration in one area; youth movements; agricultural farm; Zionist and underground ‎activities; infiltrating into a nearby work camp; work collecting and sorting possessions of the Jews ‎in the ghetto; removing dead...

File Number : 13735

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Ben Monnikendam Hulata, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1925, regarding his experiences in Amsterdam, in hiding in Beltrum, and in hiding in Varsseveld while hidden by the Colenbrander family (Righteous Among the Nations) His childhood in a secular family. German Army occupation of Amsterdam, May 1940; life under German occupation including the revocation of rights; his father's labor sewing boots for the German Army; receipt of a certificate as an essential worker [his father?]; deportation of his brother to Mauthausen; receives notice regarding the death of his brother, September 1941;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth Heilman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Katowice, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula, in hiding and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth Heilman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Katowice, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula, in hiding and in other places Her childhood; move to Katowice, 1929; life in Katowice including attending a school; attends a Polish high school; musical education and activities in Hanoar Hatzioni; displays of antisemitism before the war; help to Jewish refugees before the war; move back to Sosnowiec, 1939. Outbreak of the war; escape in a convoy to Katowice; burning of synagogues; move back to Sosnowiec; life in the Jewish area in Sosnowiec including acts of abuse on Jews and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Benjamin Bernard Lehrmann, born in Breslau, Germany, 1928, regarding his experiences in The Hague, Amsterdam, Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen, Trebitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Benjamin Bernard Lehrmann, born in Breslau, Germany, 1928, regarding his experiences in The Hague, Amsterdam, Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen, Trebitz and other places Move to The Hague, 1932; death of his father; witness and his siblings are placed in dormitories. Separation between the Jewish and the Christian pupils after the German Army occupation of the Netherlands; life under German occupation including decree to wear a yellow badge, detentions and deportations; loss of contact with his mother and siblings; transfer of the [residents of his] dormitory to Amsterdam; deportation order given to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from the trial of Ludwig Hahn, Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) in Warsaw, 1944, on the charge of murder of Jews, held in the Hamburg Regional Court, November 1961-June 1962 Two documents (sent from Poland) from the office of "E.K.-Sicherheitspolizei, Kampfgruppe Reinefarth" [E.K.= Einsatzkommando], written in Warsaw on 21 and 22/08/1944, signed by Timm [SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer (captain)] containing reports on the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising; authenticity of the documents confirmed; Accompanying commentaries from 1961 containing a list of...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Investigation Reports, Testimony, Record of Survivors

Language : German

Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 49; Trial against Dr. Ludwig Hahn, held in the Hamburg Regional Court: Testimonies by perpetrators (including soldiers from Police Battalion 61) and survivors regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, August 1960 - July 1961

Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin: Documentation of the trial, Volume 49; Documentation of the trial against Dr. Ludwig Hahn, held in the Hamburg Regional Court: Testimonies by perpetrators (including soldiers from Police Battalion 61) and survivors regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, August 1960 - July...

File Number : 49

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Official Documentation, Record of Survivors, Names of Perpetrators, Testimony, Investigation Report, Record of Persecuted Persons, Letter(s)

Language : German

Testimony of Avram Langbaum, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zamosc, Lwow, camps in the Soviet Union and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942

Testimony

Testimony of Avram Langbaum, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zamosc, Lwow, camps in the Soviet Union and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942 Life before the war; well-to-do family; displays of antisemitism; numerus clausus; harassment of Jewish businesses by Endeks; receives knowledge regarding the murder of Jews and regarding Kristallnacht. German occupation, 15 September 1939; capture of Jewish and Polish hostages; murder of the hostages; Soviet occupation; German occupation; escape of Communists to the Soviet Union; escape to Lwow with his brothers; life in Lwow including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Collection of W. Drees, a Social Democratic politician in the Netherlands, including documents from 1933-1945

Collection of W. Drees, a Social Democratic politician in the Netherlands, including documents from 1933-1945 W. Drees was born in 1886; he was a member of the Dutch Parliament on behalf of the Social Democratic Workers' Party - SDAP during 1933-1940; he was a hostage in Sint Michielsgestel and Buchenwald camps during 1940-1941; he stood as the head of the Dutch resistance organizations, het Vaderlandsch Comité and Contactcommissie der Illegaliteit, during the occupation period and was a secret member of the College van Vertrouwensmannen organization; he was appointed as the Minister of Welfare in June 1945;...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

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