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Correspondence of Hugo and Rudolf Meisl in England with their parents Paul and Erna Meisl in Brno, 1939-1941; correspondence of Paul Meisl regarding the immigration of his sons to England with the Kindertransport; death declaration issued by the court in Brno in 1947 confirming that Paul and Erna Meisl were deported to Theresienstadt and from there to Piaski in 1942 Postcards and letters: - Letter sent to England, 16 May 1939, by Pavel Meisl in Brno requesting that a home be found for his sons, Hugo Meisl, born 09 October 1928, and Rudolf Meisl, born 09 February 1930; - Letters sent to Paul Meisl in...

File Number : 2209

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Letter, Death Certificate

Language : Czech, English, German

Red Cross letter sent by Therese Kantor from Prague to her daughter Ilse Kantor in Eretz Israel, 21 April 1941

Red Cross letter sent by Therese Kantor from Prague to her daughter Ilse Kantor in Eretz Israel, 21 April 1941 Expresiions of joy at receiving a sign of life from her daughter Ilse; notifying regarding the health of relatives; Comments by the submitter of the material: Therese (Berg) Kantor, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1878; had three children; Friedrich Torberg, who received a certificate to the United States on account of his being a writer, and he returned to Austria following the war; Sidi Kantor was deported to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz together with her mother where they both perished; Ilse...

File Number : 1862

Type of Material : Record of Deportees, Red Cross Letter, Record of Persecuted Persons, Record of Murdered Persons

Language : German

Testimony of Edith (Borger) Beer, born in 1929 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences in Zábřeh and her transfer to Britain in Operation Kindertransport in 1939

Testimony of Edith (Borger) Beer, born in 1929 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences in Zábřeh and her transfer to Britain in Operation Kindertransport in 1939 Offspring of a traditional family; childhood before the war in Zábřeh; living with grandmother, who owns a grocery store; Germany occupies the area; routine life; witness and brother enrolled in Operation Kindertransport by aunt in Prague; witness parts with mother; travels by train; taken to England in 1939; lives with an adoptive family near Essex from 1941 on; then sent to another village; bombardments in the Blitz; placid life with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters and postcards to Avraham Heinrich Weiss-Ziv, born in Malacky, Czechoslovakia in 1915, and to his wife Miriam (Feiner) Weiss, born in Berlin, Germany in 1921, sent during 1938-1961

Letters and postcards to Avraham Heinrich Weiss-Ziv, born in Malacky, Czechoslovakia in 1915, and to his wife Miriam (Feiner) Weiss, born in Berlin, Germany in 1921, sent during 1938-1961 Letters and postcards sent from Malacky and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia by the parents of Avraham Zvi Weiss and his wife Berta (Vizer) and four brothers and sisters and their family members. All of the senders of the correspondence perished, except for one sister Ilona who survived and remained in Bratislava after the war; letters and postcards from their sister Henrietta Henny, who emigrated to the United States to New York...

File Number : 3661

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, English, German