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Letters and postcards written by Filippo Politi, an Italian soldier, from a POW camp in Germany, the Thorn camp and Targu Mures, and personal documentation belonging to Politi, 1939-1967

Letters and postcards written by Filippo Politi, an Italian soldier, from a POW camp in Germany, the Thorn camp and Targu Mures, and personal documentation belonging to Politi, 1939-1967 Letters and postcards: - Letters and postcards written by Filippo Politi, an Italian soldier, from a POW camp in Germany (M-Stammlager XXA) and the Gemeinschaftslager camp in Thorn to his parents, Giuseppe and Maria Politi in Torino, 1943-1944; - Postcard sent by Filippo Politi to Eugenia Politi in Torino, 20 August 1944; - Letter sent through the Red Cross Organization to Filippo Politi in Targu Mures by his family...

File Number : 2091

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

Language : Italian, German, Hungarian

Diary written by Eliyahu Beserglik from Tarczyn, 29 April-02 June 1933, documenting his journey from Warsaw to Eretz Israel and a letter sent by Moshe Beserglik from Tarczyn to his children in Eretz Israel, 19 February 1941 The Path to Eretz Israel: - Danzig; - Marienberg; - Berlin; conversation with two Jews who spoke about the situation of the Jews in Germany; - Nurenberg; - Augsburg; - Munich; - Milan; impressions of Italy and of the Italians; - Rome; - Brindisi; festive parade by the Fascist Party; Diary, in Yiddish; translation of the diary into Hebrew by his daughter,...

File Number : 8493

Type of Material : Diary, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Diary written by an anonymous monk from a monastery located in the area of Rab camp, regarding events in camp, 09/06/1943-30/12/1943

File Number : 8367

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Croatian

Documentation regarding the smuggle of children to hiding in "Villa Emma" in Nonantola and to Switzerland

Documentation regarding the smuggle of children to hiding in "Villa Emma" in Nonantola and to Switzerland Memoirs of people who stayed as children in hiding in "Villa Emma" in Nonantola, and of Italians who participated in smuggling the children to hiding; the group consisted of Jewish children from various countries who were moved from the north of Yugoslavia to Italy with help from the Delasem organization and the Yugoslavian Red Cross organization, 1942; about the head of the Delasem organization, Lelio Valobra; memoirs of the defeat of Mussolini, the German occupation of Italy and the smuggle of the...

File Number : 8294

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs, Play(s), Script(s), Drawing

Language : Italian

Testimony of Aharon Armando Sermoneta Ben Moshe, born in Rome, Italy, 1929, regarding his experiences in Rome and a monastery

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Armando Sermoneta Ben Moshe, born in Rome, Italy, 1929, regarding his experiences in Rome and a monastery His parents; his father's leanings towards nationalism; death of his mother, 1934; placed in an orphanage; supportive attitude towards the fascist movement; antisemitism; abuses in the orphanage; participation in the choir of the Rome synagogue; removal from the orphanage and life with his father, July 1943. Manhunt for Jews by the Germans; rescue of his father by the concierge, 19 October 1943; disappearance of his aunt; life in the home of a Communist partisan; return to normal...

File Number : 8374

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dana Dona (Konforte) Cohen, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1907, regarding her experiences in Zagreb, Ljubljana, Aprica, Switzerland and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Dana Dona (Konforte) Cohen, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1907, regarding her experiences in Zagreb, Ljubljana, Aprica, Switzerland and other places Life before the war; marriage; move to Zagreb with her husband; life in Zagreb from 1938. Her husband's activities in the Jewish community, the Zionist movement and the absorption of Jewish refugees; German occupation, April 1941; anti-Jewish decrees; deportation of Jews from well-to-do homes to other areas; escape to Ljubljana; life in Ljubljana including receiving help and recognition as political refugees by the Italian authorities; transfer...

File Number : 5766

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara Rothstein, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia, 1913, regarding her experiences in Split, Vela Luka and Campo-Carbonare

Testimony

Testimony of Klara Rothstein, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia, 1913, regarding her experiences in Split, Vela Luka and Campo-Carbonare Life in Tuzla until her marriage. German occupation; hidden by Christians; escape to Split with her family, July 1941; life in Split under Italian occupation; deportation to Vela Luka transit camp; execution of her husband by the Italians; transfer to Bari; life in Bari; transfer to Campo-Carbonare camp, July 1943; attitude of the British to the Jews. Meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; move to Santa Crocce; organising aliya to Eretz Israel; move to a brick factory in Brindisi,...

File Number : 5487

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara Rosenfeld, born in Lvov, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Lvov Ghetto, Janovska camp and Italy

Testimony

Testimony of Klara Rosenfeld, born in Lvov, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Lvov Ghetto, Janowska camp and Italy Works in a kitchen in Italian headquarters in Lvov, located in a palace that belonged to Sheptytsky, the head of the Greek Catholic Church; life in the Janowska camp in Lvov after the Large "Aktion"; witness is taken out of the camp by Italian soldiers; her sister is taken out by an Italian during an "Aktion"; her mother is caught hiding in a bunker and executed; hides between bags of flour during an "Aktion" in Lvov; returns to work in the kitchen; expulsion from the kitchen; receives aid...

File Number : 6208

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zahava Lev, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1934, regarding her experiences during her escape from Yugoslavia to Eretz Israel during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Zahava Lev, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1934, regarding her experiences during her escape from Yugoslavia to Eretz Israel during the war Family of merchants. Hidden by neighbors during the round-up of the Jews; unsuccessful attempt to escape from Zagreb; release with help from a female relative; move to the Italian occupied zone; move to Italy; shortage of money and food; life in a refugee camp for Yugoslavians in Bari, 1943; move to camps in Egypt; receives exit permits to leave camp with help from Egyptian Jews. Move to Eretz Israel; absorption in a kibbutz; joins her mother in Tel Aviv...

File Number : 7082

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Lucy Mandelshtam, born in Vienna, Austria, 1926, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof, near Marienburg, a forest, while using a false identity and in other places Life before the war; relations with the Austrian neighbors. Deportation of her father to Dachau; deportation to Theresienstadt with her mother, 1942; camp life including activities of a group of young people; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944; transfer to Stutthof, August 1944; labor in a village near Marienburg; meets German children; labor in an extension of Stutthof near Elbing; life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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