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Personal documentation of Leni Hoffmann, born in Norderney, Germany, 26 June 1923, and Walter Zuntz, born in Hamburg, Germany, 05 February 1919, 1924-1941

Personal documentation of Leni Hoffmann, born in Norderney, Germany, 26 June 1923, and Walter Zuntz, born in Hamburg, Germany, 05 February 1919, 1924-1941 - Letter sent by Walter Zuntz from Hamburg, Germany to his brother, Guenther, 09 September 1933; - Three letters sent by her father, Fritz Hoffmann and other family members, in Emden, to Leni Hoffmann in Jerusalem, via the Red Cross, 1940-1941; - Two vaccination booklets received by Jolana Lenchen Hoffmann; one from Norderney, 13 June 1924, and one from Aurich, 01 October 1936; - Diploma from the Jewish school in Aurich, issued to Jolana Hoffmann,...

File Number : 2167

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

Language : Hebrew, German

Certificate stating that the farmer Alfred Weiss and his family members are not to be deported from Kamanová due to his being an essential worker for the economy of Slovakia, issued by the Government of Slovakia, 24 July 1942 Document was also issued in a translation to German; Comments by the submitter of the material: Alfred Weiss was born in Kamanová, Slovakia, 20 April 1900; his wife, Vera (Gutman) Weiss, was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1910; she worked as a housewife; two daughters were born: Hella and Zuzana; Alfred studied agriculture in an institution for higher learning, and he worked as a...

File Number : 138

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Slovak, German

Personal documentation belonging to Géza Hajdu from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May 1945

Personal documentation belonging to Géza Hajdu from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May 1945 Also in the file: - A document from the Red Cross (Administration of the camp was passed on to the Red Cross Organization by the Germans before the end of the war) signed by Dr. Leo Baeck; distribution of the document to former Theresienstadt inmates before the (official) liberation; the document asks the former inmates not to leave the camp: "In Theresienstadt, you are safe; the war is not over yet; those who leave Theresienstadt will be exposing themselves to the dangers of the war...", 06 May 1945; - Certificate...

File Number : 469

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Poster

Language : Czech, Russian, German

Testimony of Alon Abi Schwartz, born in Turka, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Turka, a forest, Berkesz, Budapest, Arad and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Alon Abi Schwartz, born in Turka, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Turka, a forest, Berkesz, Budapest, Arad and other places His childhood until September 1939. Life under Soviet rule including hunger, 1939-1940; German Army officers in their home, 1941; escape to a forest near Turka; rescue by Jewish Hungarian forced laborers in Monktabor [?] camp near Sanka, 1942; deportation from the synagogue; rescue in Berkesz; fostered by a family in Budapest, 1943-1944; illegally crosses the border to Arad, June 1944; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet from the port of Constanta, August...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the Goldbach famly including a letter from Jonas Goldbach, a list of Jews from Bonnland that includes Mendel Salomon Goldbach and more, 1817-1897

Documentation regarding the Goldbach famly including a letter from Jonas Goldbach, a list of Jews from Bonnland that includes Mendel Salomon Goldbach and more, 1817-1897 - Postcard written by Jonas Goldbach from Bonnland asking for a supply of work tools for his farm, 14 July 1897; - A list of Jewish residents in Bonnland, with Mendel Salomon Goldbach listed among them, 1817; - Documentation regarding Goldbach family members buried in Pfaffenhausen.

File Number : 1513

Type of Material : List of Residents, Documentary, Postcard

Language : German

Testimony of Adela Udel (Ehrenfeld) Gitli, born in Tamaseni, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Adela Udel (Ehrenfeld) Gitli, born in Tamaseni, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto and Auschwitz Her childhood; good neighborly relations with the Hungarians. Outbreak of the war; annexation to Hungary; termination of her studies; eviction from their home; transfer to Satu Mare; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Satu Mare Ghetto; ghetto life including mutual help; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including forced labor digging anti-tank trenches for approximately eight months; approach of the Red Army; death march; liberation by the US...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Iafa Sheindl (Maritzer) Argaman, born in Todiresti, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in Suceava and Mogilev-Podolski, and her aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children, 1944 Her childhood before the war. Outbreak of the war; move to Suceava; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; murder of her father; deportation to Transnistria; death of her grandfather and grandmother; escape to Mogilev-Podolski; activities of the JDC organization and the Jewish Agency to organize the children for aliya to Eretz Israel; fostering of the children by families for a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Velvo Shimshovitz, born in Bedevla, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Bedevla, the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Velvo Shimshovitz, born in Bedevla, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Bedevla, the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz and other places Life before the war; agricultural family; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions including the robbery of property; termination of studies; deportation of his father to forced labor; escape to Hungary, 1942; escape back to Bedevla; deportation to the Mateszalka Ghetto; Mateszalka Ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; attitude of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Fuks, born in Sandrovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sandrovo, on the border of Poland and in hiding in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Fuks, born in Sandrovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sandrovo, on the border of Poland and in hiding in a forest Life in Sandrovo before the war; Orthodox religious family; outbreak of displays of antisemitism on the non-Jewish holidays. Outbreak of the war, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary; his school is turned into a Hungarian school; draft of young people into the Hungarian Army; draft of his brother and his release; transfer of soldiers to labor battalions on the war front; Aryanization of Jewish businesses; deportation to the Polish border with Jews who are...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Collection of the Rijksbureau voor de Voedselvoorziening (Food Supply Office of the Netherlands), 1940-1945

Collection of the Rijksbureau voor de Voedselvoorziening (Food Supply Office of the Netherlands), 1940-1945 Collection from the Archive of ir. S. L. Louwes, secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and head of the Rijksbureau voor de Voedselvoorziening (Food Supply Office of the Netherlands), 1940-1945; Included in the collection: Official documentation regarding an attempt to transfer the ownership of NV Zendijk Twello; Documents regarding Jewish dairy owners in the Netherlands.

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

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