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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

Personal documentation regarding Itzhak Izak Fruehman (former chairman of the Jewish National Fund in Dembica) and his wife Frida (Laufbahn) Fruehman, 1929-1935

Personal documentation regarding Itzhak Izak Fruehman (former chairman of the Jewish National Fund in Dembica) and his wife Frida (Laufbahn) Fruehman, 1929-1935 Included in the documentation: - Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) of Itzhak Fruehman and Frida Laufbahn (Freidl Laufbahn), signed in Dembica, 21 October 1928; - Congratulations from Sima Shuldenfrei in the name of the national library committee in Dembica on the occasion of the aliya of Itzhak Izak Fruehman to Eretz Israel, 11 March 1935; - Telegrams of congratulations on the occasion of the marriage of Itzhak Izak Fruehman and Frida...

File Number : 1179

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Certificate issued by the Jewish National Fund, JNF office in Germany, for a tree planted in memory of Shlomo Levin

Certificate issued by the Jewish National Fund, JNF office in Germany, for a tree planted in memory of Shlomo Levin His father Uriah was born in 1905; his mother Frida was born in 1910; his brother Reuven was born in 1931; escape by the Levin family to the Soviet border, 21 June 1941; arrival of the family to Uzbekistan, where they stayed until the end of the war; move to Muenchenberg via Lithuania, at the end of the war; aliya to Israel, early 1949; arrival of the parents to Birzai, at the end of the war; photographs are found in Birzai.

File Number : 24

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Hebrew

Notebook of Litzi Weigl, from Prague, Czechoslovakia, who made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Notebook of Litzi Weigl, from Prague, Czechoslovakia, who made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Poems, excerpts from a text regarding the Holocaust, Jewish National Fund (JNF) placard regarding commemoration of the people who perished, photographs, copies of drawings from Theresienstadt, and other material; Comments by the submitter of the material: The notebook was found among the belongings of Litzi Weigl (the mother of Danny Weigl), who made aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Hilda", 1940.

File Number : 440

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Prayer, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Drawing, Photograph, Poster

Language : Czech

Correspondence of Dr. Arie Leo Goldhammer Zahavi from his time in Vienna until his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, and his time in Eretz Israel until his death, 1949; documents related to his activities as one of the Austrian Zionist leaders, condolence letters, eulogies and press clippings in his memory The documentation includes: - Correspondence of Dr. Arie Leo Goldhammer with Zionist and Jewish organizations and institutions from his time in Vienna until 1939; - Correspondence of Dr. Arie Leo Goldhammer Zahavi with Zionist and Jewish organizations and institutions from his time in Eretz Israel until his...

File Number : 242

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Study, Correspondence

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Letters and postcards sent to Yisrael and Rivka (Ciechanowiecki) Katz in Eretz Israel by their family members from Krasne and Bransk, Poland, 1936-1939, a diary written by Yisrael Katz, 1931, and personal documentation of Yisrael Katz Letters, postcards and greeting cards: - Postcards sent to Rivka Katz in Eretz Israel by her mother Chana Kozydowicz in Bransk, 1938-1941; - Letters and postcards sent to Yisrael Katz in Eretz Israel by his brothers Mendel and Yosef Katz in Krasne, 1936-1940; - Letters sent to Rivka Katz in Eretz Israel by her family members in Bransk, 1936-1940; - Letters and...

File Number : 1831

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Obituary, Notebook, Diary, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, Yiddish

Memoirs of Avri Avraham Davidovich Sela, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Presov and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Memoirs of Avri Avraham Davidovich Sela, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Presov and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Life before the war. Life in Presov, 1938-1940. Aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 04 April 1940. The memoirs include excerpts from a letter of testimony written by the witness' sister, Ahuva Davidovich, 1982.

File Number : 8341

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places

Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places Life in Cakovec as a child; antisemitism; activities in the Beitar movement; Escape of Jewish refugees; Hungarian occupation, April 1941; deportation to forced labor in Budapest, July 1943; forced labor in Szolnok starting in March 1944; transfer to Sopron camp and to other camps in Hungary; transfer to Baja camp, October 1944; unsuccessful attempt to escape to the liberated city of Belgrade; meeting with inmates from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian

Documentation regarding the Dereczynski family including letters written by family members, certificates from the Jewish National Fund (JNF) awarded Arie Dereczynski, [an aliya] certificate for Yelka Dereczynski and more, 1933-1941 - Letters written by Yelka Dereczynski in Jeziornica to her brother, Arie Dereczynski in Tel Aviv, 15 December 1039-13 May 1941; - Translation into Hebrew of letters written by Hinda Dereczynski in Slonim, 1937-1938; - Original certificate from the Jewish National Fund (JNF) awarded Arie Dereczynski, 1933; - [Aliya] certificate issued Yelka Dereczynski, 1935; - Letter...

File Number : 1537

Type of Material : Documentary, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, Yiddish

Testimony of Binyamin Mordechai Karinski, born in Ostryna, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Ostryna, Mogilev, Stalingrad, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Binyamin Mordechai Karinski, born in Ostryna, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Ostryna, Mogilev, Stalingrad, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other places His childhood in a traditional family, including attending a Tarbut school and a Polish school; learns metalworking in an ORT school in Grodno. Outbreak of the war; Red Army occupation of Ostryna; deportation of wealthy people to Siberia; German Army occupation of Ostryna, 1941; escape to the Soviet Union; his parents remain in Poland; murder of his parents; march of refugees; arrival to Mogilev; move to Stalingrad; move to Uzbekistan;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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