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Testimony of Rivka van Coevorden née van Amstel, born in 1924 in Coevorden, Netherlands, about her experiences in Amsterdam and in hiding in the Netherlands during the war

Testimony

Life before the war; offspring of a family that had lived in the Netherlands since 1400; moving to Amsterdam in 1938; war breaks out in 1940; deportation to a labor camp; escape; assigned to farm labor; marries and gives birth to a daughter; hiding in various places; liberation; reunited with daughter; life after the war; immigration to Israel in 1951; adjustment to life in Israel.

File Number : 13536

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the Rosenfeld family, including letters and postcards sent to Alfred Rosenfeld in Bratislava and Eretz Israel by his family in Ivančice, testimonial letters by Otto Rosenfeld and his daughter Helly regarding their experiences during the war, personal documents of the family members and more, 1929-2011 Letters and postcards: - Two postcards sent to Alfred Rosenfeld in Bratislava by his parents and sister Helly Helena in Ivančice, December 1939; - Two letters sent to Alfred Rosenfeld in Eretz Israel by his parents and sister in Ivančice, January 1940; - Postcard sent to Otto...

File Number : 2208

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Passport, Postcard, Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Vouchers, Letter

Language : Czech, English, German

Letter sent by Martha (Echtermeir) Margulis from Leipzig to her friend Lucie Herrmann in Berlin Hermsdorf, 01 April 1936, and a document from the Todt Organization giving permission to the forced laborer, Joseph Margulis, to remain on leave in Leipzig, until 31 July 1945 - Letter sent by Martha (Echtermeir) Margulis from Leipzig to her friend Lucie Herrmann in Berlin Hermsdorf, describing the situation in Germany following the Nuremberg Laws legislation, 01 April 1936; - Document from the Todt Organization granting permission to Joseph Margulis, the forced laborer, to remain on leave in Leipzig due to...

File Number : 2190

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Records, Envelope

Language : German

Two postcards sent by Arthur Cahn from Sachsenhausen camp, Germany, to his wife Gertrud Cahn in Halle, Germany, November-December 1938

Two postcards sent by Arthur Cahn from Sachsenhausen camp, Germany, to his wife Gertrud Cahn in Halle, Germany, November-December 1938 Comments by the submitter of the material: - Gertrud Cahn was living in Halle, Germany. She was German and converted to Judaism on account of her marriage to Arthur Cahn. Arthur was sent to Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg camp and Gertrud remained in Halle, 1938. She tried various ways to have him released until finally one of her relatives, a pilot in the Wehrmacht (German Army), helped take her husband out of the camp, arranged documents for him and flew both of them to...

File Number : 2154

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : German

Letters sent by Jochen Joachim Lesser in Berlin, Amsterdam and Shanghai to his parents and sister in Eretz Israel, letters sent to his family by his German wife in Berlin and more, 1936-1945

Letters sent by Jochen Joachim Lesser in Berlin, Amsterdam and Shanghai to his parents and sister in Eretz Israel, letters sent to his family by his German wife in Berlin and more, 1936-1945 - Letters from Jochen Joachim Lesser in Berlin to his mother Helene Brauer and his sister in Eretz Israel, August-September 1938; - Letters from Jochen Lesser in Amsterdam to his mother and sister in Eretz Israel, October 1938; - Letter from Jochen Lesser aboard the "Aramis" en route to Shanghai to his mother in Eretz Israel, 05 November 1938; - Letters from Jochen Lesser in Shanghai to his mother and sister in...

File Number : 2121

Type of Material : Letter, Red Cross Letter

Language : German

Announcement regarding the death of Rebeka Regina Fuchs in Auschwitz, 25/02/1943, sent to her non-Jewish husband by means of the police headquarters in Vienna

Announcement regarding the death of Rebeka Regina Fuchs in Auschwitz, 25/02/1943, sent to her non-Jewish husband by means of the police headquarters in Vienna - Her date of birth, according to the announcement, was 16.12.1896; Note: Rebeka Regina Fuchs (nee Bergman) was married to a non-Jewish Austrian; they did not have any children; her husband had a daughter from his previous marriage; the announcement was found in his daughter's estate after her death.

File Number : 1464

Type of Material : Death Certificate

Language : German

Personal documents of Isidor Juker, born in Buczkowice, Poland, 08 May 1900; documents are from the period after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and his release from camp

Personal documents of Isidor Juker, born in Buczkowice, Poland, 08 May 1900; documents are from the period after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and his release from camp - Certificate issued in Fulda after the war, attesting that Isidor Juker was an inmate in Gross-Rosen and Bergen-Belsen camps for four years during the German occupation; - Hattenhof resident's card with the name Isidor Juker, issued by the temporary military authority, 19 September 1945; - Certification issued in Hannover, 17 July 1945, that Isidor Juker registered at the committee for former inmates of concentration camps; -...

File Number : 724

Type of Material : Documentary, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Personal documentation of the Philippsborn family, including postcards sent from Monowitz camp and Birkenau to Ruth Neumann in Berlin by her brother Paul Philippsborn and his wife, Annemarie, and more, 1934-1944 Postcards: - Postcard sent to Ruth Neumann in Berlin by Annemarie Philippsborn in Birkenau, 15 June 1943; - Two postcards sent to Ruth Neumann in Berlin by her brother, Paul Philippsborn in Monowitz camp, 15 June 1943 and 30 January 1944; Personal documentation of members of the Philippsborn family: - Medical prescription made out to Rosalie Philippsborn in Berlin, 22 November 1941; -...

File Number : 2012

Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : German

Letters and postcards from family and friends in Berlin, Wiesbaden and Amsterdam to Walter Seew Lilienthal, 1938-1943

Letters and postcards from family and friends in Berlin, Wiesbaden and Amsterdam to Walter Seew Lilienthal, 1938-1943 Walter Seew Lilienthal: - Letters and postcards from family and friends in Berlin, Wiesbaden and Amsterdam from Walter Seew Lilienthal, 1938-1940, including letters in Hebrew from his uncle Saul Lilienthal in Berlin and Amsterdam, 1938-1939; - Letter from Frieda Lilienthal, non-Jewish wife of his uncle Abraham in Berlin Halensee to Walter Lilienthal in Eretz Israel, through the Red Cross, containing the last regards from his mother, Julie Lilienthal, who was deported to Auschwitz 19...

File Number : 1951

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

Language : Hebrew, English, German

To be translated

File Number : 13667

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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