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Memoirs of Ladislav Teichner, from Slovakia, regarding his experiences as a Jewish laborer in the Slovakian Army in Cemerne and in Láb camp, 1941-1943

Memoirs of Ladislav Teichner, from Slovakia, regarding his experiences as a Jewish laborer in the Slovakian Army in Cemerne and in Láb camp, 1941-1943 - Draft of approximately 1,200 Jews into the Slovakian Army, 01 March 1941; transfer to labor camp no. 6, battalion no. 21, in Cemerne; camp life in the labor unit including the marking "Robotník Zid" (Jewish laborer); - Life in the labor unit including the relations between the non-Jewish commanders and the Jews; labor and places of labor in Slovakia; - Transfer of the unit from the authority of the Slovakian Ministry of Defense to the Slovakian...

File Number : 8366

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Slovak

Documentation regarding Karol Fleischer including letters he received, an identity card, survivor certificate from the Theresienstadt Ghetto and more, 1942-1945

Documentation regarding Karol Fleischer including letters he received, an identity card, survivor certificate from the Theresienstadt Ghetto and more, 1942-1945 - Letters sent from Budapest and from Firlej to Martin Uher and Karol Fleischer in Bratislava, 1942-1945; - Police permit regarding the stay of Karl Fleisher in Bratislava, 01 September 1942; - Identity card for Karol Fleischer provided him by the Jewish representation in Slovakia, 02 September 1943; - Travel permit to Bratislava for Karl Fleishcher, issued 23 May 1945; - Survivor's certificate from the Theresienstadt Ghetto issued within...

File Number : 1495

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation

Language : Czech, Hungarian

Report on the functioning of the Nováky, Sered, and Vyhne labor camps and Jewish labor centers in Slovakia between January and June 1943

Report on the functioning of the Nováky, Sered, and Vyhne labor camps and Jewish labor centers in Slovakia between January and June 1943 - Report from July 1943 on the management and administrative organization of the Nováky, Sered, and Vyhne labor camps; management of the camps by the Commissioner of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior; cooperation with Ustredna Zidov – UZ; security supervision by the Helinke Guard – HG; - Map of Slovakia with markings of the labor camps and labor centers from July 1943; - Statistical reports on the distribution of Jews in the labor camps, by sex and age, between January...

File Number : 82

Type of Material : Statistical Reports

Language : Slovak

Testimony of Endre Steiner born in Durmaska Staeta, Slovakia, 1908, regarding his experiences in the "Working Group" underground in Slovakia

Testimony of Endre Steiner born in Durmaska Staeta, Slovakia, 1908, regarding his experiences in the "Working Group" underground in Slovakia Architectural studies in Brno; return to Slovakia, 1938. Work as architect for the Ustredna Zidov (UZ - Central Jewish Council of Slovakian Jews) building labor camps in Sered and Novaky; connections with Slovakian officials, use of these connections for the benefit of the "Working Group" underground to which he belonged; among the members of the group were Gisi Fleischmann and Rabbi Weissmandl; efforts of the group to halt the deportation of Slovakian Jewry through...

File Number : 5904

Language : English

Testimony of Dov Juraj Salamon, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Ravensbrueck, Sachsenhausen and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Juraj Salamon, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Ravensbrueck, Sachsenhausen and a death march Life in a middle-class, traditional home, the absence of his father from the house; attends a Neolog school in 1938; his father's work as a junior clerk in the Labor Office in Bratislava, 1940; his father's life in Zilina because of his work; his father's arreston the charge of accepting bribes on 03 December 1942; his father's subsequent death, apparently murdered while in jail; life alone in his parents' apartment as a result of the deportation of...

File Number : 11579

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehoshua Leker, born in Humenne, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Koszeg and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Yehoshua Leker, born in Humenne, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Koszeg and Mauthausen Life before the war. German occupation; labor in an office for Jewish Affairs, 1941; escape to Hungary, late 1941; drafted to labor battalions in Budapest; transfer to Koszeg, 1944; labor as a gravedigger; transfer to Mauthausen on foot, 1945; camp life including typhus; liberation by the Red Army. Medical treatment; return to Budapest; labor as a translator for the Red Army; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Altalena"; enlists in the Alexandroni Brigade and combat in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Klára Lavičková and Alžbeta Rosová, sisters née Brodi, born in Zabokreky, about their experiences in 1939–1945

Memoirs of Klára Lavičková and Alžbeta Rosová, sisters née Brodi, born in Zabokreky, about their experiences in 1939–1945 Memoirs of Klára Lavičková, pp. 2–14: Establishment of independent Slovakia in March 1939; anti-Jewish rules and regulations; Klára is fired from her job with a Jewish-owned company due to the company’s “Aryanization”; working as a seamstress in Bielice; anti-Jewish atmosphere in Zabokreky; young Jews mobilized for service in labor camps under Slovakian Army auspices; Klára deported to the Patronka camp on March 27, 1942, and then, several days later, to Auschwitz; shaving of hair;...

File Number : 3680

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Czech

Testimony of Abonyi regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Auschwitz, Gleiwitz I and Blechhammer, 1944-1945

Testimony of Abonyi regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Auschwitz, Gleiwitz I and Blechhammer, 1944-1945 - Summary of the testimony in English, p. 2; - Letter in German sent by Menhart Grünmann from Banska Bystrica to Bernd A. Drucker in Copenhagen, 24 October 1958, p. 3; - Testimony of Abonyi in German, pp. 4-9: Concentration of 1,600 Bratislava Jews in the UZ (Ustredna Zidov -Jewish Council) building, 29 September 1944; abuse of the Jews by the German police, the Hlinkova Garda and members of the Freiwilliger Deutscher Schutzdienst (German volunteer security service); deportation to Sered;...

File Number : 3110

Type of Material : Testimony, List

Language : Slovak, German

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File Number : 2435

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 2245

Type of Material : Memoirs, Official Documentation, Certification, Newspaper Clippings, Personal Documents

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, Russian, German

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