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Testimony of Benjamin Kolton, born in Lodz, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army, forced labor, in hiding with Poles and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Benjamin Kolton, born in Lodz, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army, at forced labor, in hiding with Poles and Auschwitz Outbreak of the war; escape to Warsaw; volunteers for the Polish Army; surrender of Poland; release from the Army; detention by the Germans and escape; deportation to a labor camp, early 1941; escape; labor for the Germans building fortifications and manufacturing ladders; wanderings east; in hiding with Polish farmers; labor for the Germans building an airfield; labor cleaning shells in an ammunitions factory, autumn 1943; approach of the Soviet front;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Eliahu Erich Heymann, born in Breslau, 1926, regarding his experiences in aliya training, Berlin, Buna-Monowitz camp and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Erich Heymann, born in Breslau, 1926, regarding his experiences in aliya training, Berlin, Buna-Monowitz camp and a death march His immediate family; the Jewish community; school; displays of antisemitism; membership in a youth movement. Community activities after Kristallnacht; restrictions on Jews; confiscation of property; leaves home, 1940; aliya training: daily life and various jobs; closure of the aliya training sites by the Gestapo; Zionist activities; move to Berlin, April 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; camp registration process; transfer to Buna-Monowitz camp; forced labor;...

File Number : 12062

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Berlin Jews to extermination camps: Statements by former employees of the of the RSHA "Jewish Department" (Judenreferat) and of Gestapo offices in Berlin, Cologne and Duesseldorf, especially regarding the extent of knowledge of Gestapo employees regarding the fate of the deported Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967-1968

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the of the RSHA "Jewish Department" (Judenreferat) - RSHA IV B 4 and of Gestapo offices in Berlin, Cologne and Duesseldorf, especially regarding the extent of knowledge of Gestapoleitstelle former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967 - 1968 Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Berlin Jews to...

File Number : 40

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Examination of witnesses regarding the activity of the Gestapo "Jewish department" - RSHA IV-B-4; Testimonies regarding Auschwitz from previous West German trials, 1952 - 1967

Examination of witnesses regarding the activity of the Gestapo "Jewish department" - RSHA IV-B-4; Testimonies regarding Auschwitz from previous West German trials, 1952 - 1967 Note: This file includes material of the proceedings against other Nazi criminals in the years since 1952, especially in the periode since 1959ff, as well as the proceedings against "former employees of RSHA IV-B-4 ("Judenreferat") for assistance of murder", 1967. -- The central question of the pre-trial hearings of former RSHA IV-B-4-employees concerned the extent of knowledge on the systematic murder of the Jews. The file includes...

File Number : 39

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony

Language : German

Testimonies by the Jewish Auschwitz survivors Otto Wolken and Hans-Peter Messerschmidt; Petition to the court by Bovensiepen's lawyer for his release, 1945, 1968

Testimonies by the Jewish Auschwitz survivors Otto Wolken and Hans-Peter Messerschmidt; Petition to the court by Bovensiepen's lawyer for his release, 1945, 1968 The file includes i.A.: - Petition (dated on 04/03/1945) of Dr Otto Wolken, a Jewish physican and Auschwitz survivor, to the "international public" in order to accuse Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and all other Nazi criminals of systematical murdering of "millions of Jews", detailed information on Auschwitz: pp 1-6 - Testimony of -above mentionend- Dr Otto Wolken in front of a Polish commision: Wolken, an Austrian social-democrate, was arrested...

File Number : 36

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Jews to extermination camps: Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) in Berlin and in other German cities, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) in Berlin and in other German cities, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of Gestapoleitstelle former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testim Note: This file includes also documents of the proceedings against "former employees of the RSHA for murder", 1965. The recording of these documents here was in order to substantiate...

File Number : 34

Type of Material : Document(s), Testimony

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle; Testimonies by survivors from Berlin, 1967 The file includes i.A.: - Pre-trial hearings of following former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle as witnesses: Dr. Emil Freise (pp 1-3), Heinz Kelbsch, Johanna Heym (pp. 97-111), Heinrich Rothmann (pp. 129-136), Maria Bek (nee Höpfner) (pp. 157-162). Considerable: statement of Johanna Heym, who worked as secretary for Dobberke (pp 105-111; compare also the...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Document(s), Testimony

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Public prosecutor's office updated summary of the investigation material regarding the deportation of Jews from Berlin and the role played by the Berlin Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office), 01/12/1966 On the 01/12/1966 the public prosecutor's office submitted a documentation, which based on the then knowlegde of the pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office), the testimonies of Jewish survivors from Berlin and research on this...

File Number : 26

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle Berlin and Jewish victims concerning arrests and deportations of Jews to the camps, 1966. The file contains interrogations of former employees and Jewish victims, and general information concerning transports from Berlin and internment camps in Berlin. The file includes i. A.: - Pre-trial hearings of the following former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office): Gerhard Schmidt, Walther Gohlke, Walter Rueger and Alfred Wilhelm, who were accused of being...

File Number : 19

Type of Material : Record of Survivors, Record of Deportees, Names of Perpetrators, Official Documentation, Legal Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Investigation Report

Language : German

Testimony of Itzhak Bracha, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna and Gleiwitz camps and the death march to Buchenwald

Testimony

Testimony of Itzhak Bracha, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna and Gleiwitz camps and the death march to Buchenwald His father's death; helps to support the family. Outbreak of the war; bartering in order to support the family; deportation to the Baron Hirsch Ghetto on Pesach 1943; the behavior of the Wehrmacht and the Jewish collaborators; Rabbi Koretz; deportation to Auschwitz in cattle cars, 1943; en route; the entry into the camp; the tattooing of number 150929; forced labor next to the crematorium in Birkenau; working in Kommando...

File Number : 11760

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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