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Collection of articles written by Dr. Shmuel Stefan Krakowski regarding the Holocaust, published 1966-1968 in the Folks-Sztyme supplement of the Jewish newspaper, "Nasz Glos", published in Warsaw

File Number : 888

Type of Material : Article, Newspaper

Language : Polish

Testimony of Leon Harari, born in Warszawa, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Warszawa before the war and about Janusz Korczak's orphanage

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Harari, born in Warszawa, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Warszawa before the war and about Janusz Korczak's orphanage Family background; studies in a Jewish school; studies at a Polish gymnasium; anti-Semitism in the streets; work in a children's newspaper arranged by Janusz Korczak; the newspaper system; Janusz Korczak; Korczak's orphanage; participation in the Hashomer Hatzair movement and joint social and sporting activities with the Korczak orphanage; parades of a Jewish nature on the streets of Warszawa; closure of the newspaper, 01/09/1939; the legacy of Korczak's vision...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Excerpts of stories, poems, a Bund pamphlet, letters and other materials, April 1945-May 1949

Excerpts of stories, poems, a Bund pamphlet, letters and other materials, April 1945-May 1949 - Newspaper clippings, poems and prose in Polish, published in Poland after the war; - Official documentation regarding the acceptance of Lawyer M. Ettinger to the Bar Association in Krakow; - Letter of request asking to locate a person who served as a Kapo in Blechhammer; - Survey report regarding the associations of owners of small workshops in Krakow; - Excerpts of publications of the Jewish Agency, in newspapers in Lodz.

File Number : 28

Type of Material : Stories, Poem/song, Letter, Survey, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Polish

Various documents pertaining to the Judenrat and daily life in the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1943

Various documents pertaining to the Judenrat and daily life in the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1943 - Overview of the structure of the Judenrat in the Lodz Ghetto and its organization, written by the members of the Statistics Department; - Chronological summary of the process involved in the establishment of the Judenrat departments in Lodz; - Summaries of several editions of the ghetto newspaper which were published 07-28 March 1941; in the summaries there is information regarding contemporary matters from life in the ghetto.

File Number : 219

Type of Material : Document, Survey Report

Language : Polish, German

Issue No. 1 of the "Geta-Zeitung" newspaper from the Lodz Ghetto, 07 March 1941

Issue No. 1 of the "Geta-Zeitung" newspaper from the Lodz Ghetto, 07 March 1941 The Judenrat published the newspaper with permission from the German authorities. The issue dated 07 March 1941 was the first issue of the newspaper, which was published in Yiddish. According to what was written, it was supposed to deal with all aspects of life and activities in the ghetto.

File Number : 259

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Yiddish

Issues of the "Geta Zeitung" newspaper published by the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, March-September 1941

Issues of the "Geta Zeitung" newspaper published by the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, March-September 1941 Issues 1-17 are in the file; there are several copies of most of them. In the newspaper there are official announcements, practical information on sanitation matters and the distribution of food, speeches by the Judenrat Chairman Chaim Rumkowski, and articles in his praise.

File Number : 266

Language : Yiddish

Issues of the newspaper, "Gazeta Zydowska" (in Polish), published under the auspices of the German occupation authorities in the Generalgouvernement and under their censorship, 1940-1941

Issues of the newspaper, "Gazeta Zydowska" (in Polish), published under the auspices of the German occupation authorities in the Generalgouvernement and under their censorship, 1940-1941 The "Gazeta Zydowska" was the legal Jewish newspaper under the German occupation authorities in the Generalgouvernement area. Admittedly, it served as a propaganda vehicle for the Germans, but it also served as a source of information regarding events in various places. In the file there are editions of the newspaper from 1940-1941, and individual issues from 1942.

File Number : 483

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Polish

Correspondence of the Poalei Zion Party administration in Warsaw with Party branches in Poland and other countries, with other Zionist organizations and the World Jewish Congress (WJC), winter 1947-1948 Letters and reports regarding their activities sent to the administration in Warsaw by the local branches in various cities. The reports include information regarding cultural activities, changes of personnel and organizational matters, aliya arrangements and relief campaigns for the Yishuv (Jewish population of Israel prior to establishment of the State) and the Haganah Organization. The documentation is...

File Number : 525

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Documentation regarding the assistance and rescue activities of Jewish physicians during the Holocaust, 1968-1970

Documentation regarding the assistance and rescue activities of Jewish physicians during the Holocaust, 1968-1970 The file includes: - Rough drafts of a plan to produce a book about Jewish physicians during the Holocaust; - Ideas expressed by Rachel Auerbach at the Eighth World Conference of Jewish Physicians in Israel at which the fate of the Jewish physician during the Holocaust, and his/her activities were discussed; - File card containing summarized information of survivors, most of them Jewish physicians who went through the Holocaust in various places including ghettos, concentration camps and...

File Number : 57

Type of Material : Personal Card File, Letter, Article

Language : Hebrew, English, Russian, Yiddish

Reports regarding the tapping and listening on the telephone conversations of the Ghettoverwaltung (German administration) of the Lodz Ghetto, which were connected to the Forschungsstelle A intelligence department, 1939-1945 The item contains two volumes; Volume A: List of names of the officials in the Ghettoverwaltung (German administration) of the Lodz Ghetto and in the Judenrat (page 2); Reported are eavesdropping from the conversations of the following persons or regarding the following subjects: Chairman of the Judenrat, Rumkowski (pp. 3, 19, 29, 63), 13/04-30/06/1944; Deportation of Jews...

File Number : 13

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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