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Letters sent by Ignacy (Ignas) Jonisz from the front to his family in Kazakhstan, 1944-1945, and the last of the letters, 27 February 1945

Letters sent by Ignacy (Ignas) Jonisz from the front to his family in Kazakhstan, 1944-1945, and the last of the letters, 27 February 1945 Also in the file: - Letter sent by Noach Cukierman from Uruguay to Sophia (Jonisz) Aptekar in Israel, 01 December1973; - Newspaper clippings from "Di Presse", a Yiddish newspaper printed in Uruguay regarding Mr. Hirsch Baer Jonisz, the grandfather of Sophia Aptekar, 05 August 1975. Notes from Sophia (Jonisz) Aptekar who submitted the material: Sophia (Jonisz) Aptekar was born in 1915. Her parents were Pavel Jonisz, born in Warsaw, and Cherna (Cohen) Jonisz,...

File Number : 2235

Type of Material : Letter, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Documentation regarding Ferdinand Strauss, born in Michelstadt, Germany, in 1902, relating to his time as a refugee in Switzerland and his emigration to the United States, from 1946-1983

Documentation regarding Ferdinand Strauss, born in Michelstadt, Germany, in 1902, relating to his time as a refugee in Switzerland and his emigration to the United States, from 1946-1983 - confirmation from the Federal Office of Justice and Police in Bern, Switzerland, from 15 January 1946, regarding the arrival of Ferdinand Strauss in Switzerland as a refugee on 30 May 1942 and his request to emigrate to the United States; - Strauss's request in New York from the Federal Office of Justice and Police in Switzerland on 10 March 1983 to receive the personal letter that he sent to Kaethe Emig on 05 July...

File Number : 654

Type of Material : Letter, Administrative Documentation

Language : French, English, German

Personal documents of Sigmund Samuil Rohatyn, from Cernauti, Romania, and his family members, from during their residence in Lwow until their aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, and documents of the family of his wife Antoinette (nee Drimmer) - Marriage certificate of Dr. Sigmund Samuil Rohatyn and Antoinette Drimmer, issued in Cernauti, 23 June 1931; - Marriage certificate of Meier Susie Drimer and Judes Lautman (the parents of Antoinette), issued in Czernowitz, 09 August 1904; - Diploma for Law studies awarded to Sigismundum Rohatyn by the University of Krakow, 19 March 1930; - Certificate given by the...

File Number : 1202

Type of Material : Testimony, Diploma, Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Latin, Hebrew, Polish, English, Romanian

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel, Switzerland, regarding support to Jewish refugees from Germany: Personal letters of request for support, 1938-1940 The file contains personal letters of request for support from victims (the names are scanned in alphabetical order). Jewish victims from: - Vienna, pp. 2-54, 68-71, 79-88, 90-92,94-95, 97-98, 102-105, 109-142, 145-152, 156-168, 181-214, 220–224, 228-242, 254-282, 292-293, 312-313, 326-332, 335-349, 378-380, 387-388, 391-393, 407-414, 431-452, 458-461, 462-483, 511-531, 542-561, 562-572,...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Newspaper, List

Language : German

Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) and marriage certificate for Favel Mathias and Ilse (Loebel) Jacobsthal issued by the Jewish community in Shanghai, China, 21 October 1945

Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) and marriage certificate for Favel Mathias and Ilse (Loebel) Jacobsthal issued by the Jewish community in Shanghai, China, 21 November 1945 - Ketubah (in Aramaic); - Marriage certificate for Favel Mathias and Ilse (Loebel) Jacobsthal issued by the Jewish community in Shanghai, 21 November 1945 (in German); - Marriage contract for Favel Mathias and Ilse (Loebel) Jacobsthal signed in Shanghai, 20 November 1945 (in English); - Marriage certificate in Chinese. Information regarding the married couple: Favel Mathias was born in Braila, Romania, 11 September...

File Number : 742

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Chinese, English, German, Aramaic

Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011

Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011 Included in the file: - Biography of his grandmother Anna Brem, written by Yitzchak Gordon, 27 May 1989; - Copy of an article in an American newspaper about the Brem family when they received US citizenship, with mention of Paul Brem's work as a maintenance man and plumber at "Forest Park"; - Letter of testimony by Ellen Grosbard Brem regarding her parents' life during the war, dated, 04 April 2011 and an additional letter of testimony, dated, 02 May 2011; Note: Anna Brem, born 20 October 1924, was the daughter of Yitzhak Yaacov and Erlanki [?],...

File Number : 8581

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Article, Biography

Language : English

Letters sent to Samuel Silber in Siberia by his family in Lwow, 1941

Letters sent to Samuel Silber in Siberia by his family in Lwow, 1941 Included in the file: - Letter sent from Sambor, undated; Note: The family of Samuel Silber resides in Sanniki; escape of Samuel to the Soviet Union during the war; his family perishes in the Holocaust.

File Number : 1994

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Booklet in memory of Max Block, born in Bochum, Germany, 1889; booklet published, 2011

Booklet in memory of Max Block, born in Bochum, Germany, 1889; booklet published, 2011 Booklet includes: - Copy of the birth certificate of Max Block; - Section of the list of Jews who were deported to Theresienstadt, 21 April 1943; - Transport list with the name of Max Block listed as a "laborer"; - Photographs of Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; Note: Max Block was born in Bochum, Germany, 14 December 1889; he was a banker in Bochum; his parents were Bendix and Therese (Mayer) Block; Max Block married Gertrud Hildegar Rosenthal, 31 March 1930 and they resided in Berlin, 1931-1936; they escaped to...

File Number : 313.7

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

Language : German

Letters from Chaim Gutter from Chrzanow to his wife Rachela Gutter in the Arkhangelsk area, 1940-1941

Letters from Chaim Gutter from Chrzanow to his wife Rachela Gutter in the Arkhangelsk area, 1940-1941 Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Chaim and Rachela Gutter: Escape from Chrzanow of Rachel Fleischer Gutter with her daughter Esther born in 1938, to the Soviet Union, 1939; arrival of Rachel and her daughter to Lwow and from there to Uzbekistan; her husband Chaim remains behind in Chrzanow; deportation of Chaim to a concentration camp; death of Chaim on a death march, 1944; return of Rachel and Esther to Chrzanow, 1945; aliya of Rachel and Esther from Marseilles to...

File Number : 1953

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Nelly (Szabo) Ullman, born in Vienna, Austria, 1925, regarding the experiences of her father, Viktor Szabo who was murdered in Zasavica, October 1941, and a summary of the research study she wrote regarding his fate Viktor Szabo was born in Borsa, Romania, 1894; her father's life with his family in Vienna; Deportation of her father to Dachau following Kristallnacht, November 1938; her father's life in Dachau, for five months; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia together with approximately 1,000 Jewish refugees, 1939; arrival in Kladovo; transfer from [Kladovo] to Sabac,...

File Number : 8491

Type of Material : Memoirs, Article, Study

Language : English

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