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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

Testimony of Rita (Baran) Goland, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding her experiences in Vienna and aliya to Eretz Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Rita (Baran) Goland, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding her experiences in Vienna and aliya to Eretz Israel Life before the war. Anschluss; aliya to Eretz Israel in the context of WIZO (Womens International Zionist Organization). Receives knowledge regarding the murder of her parents in a gas van; visits in Vienna.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

Memoir written by Jerzy Bienkowski, regarding helping the Opas family in the Warsaw ghetto

Memoir written by Jerzy Bienkowski, regarding helping the Opas family in the Warsaw ghetto The family of Jerzy Bienkowski lived in Warsaw during the German occupation. Two Jewish families lived in the same building; Bienkowski family was buying goods un their shops; the relations with them were good and friendly. Mr. Opas ran a grocery store, he had a wife and two children: Hala (19) and Henio (11); Jerzy Bienkowski didn't recall the details about the other family. The regular persecutions of the Jewish population began under the German rule; the Jewish neighbors were locked up in the ghetto. One day Henio...

File Number : 3604

Type of Material : Testimony, Memoirs

Language : Polish

Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) administration in Krakow and Warsaw with Jewish institutions and organizations abroad, 12 February 1940-08 February 1942

Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) administration in Krakow and Warsaw with Jewish institutions and organizations abroad, 12 February 1940-08 February 1942 - Requests sent by institutions and organizations abroad and personal applications to the JDC administration in Krakow to locate the addresses of Jews in Poland; - Applications from organizations abroad and personal applications to the JDC administration in Krakow requesting relief for individuals; - Requests to receive financial assistance from institutions and organizations abroad and confirmation of receipt of aid; -...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Letter, Telegram

Language : Slovak, Polish, French, English, German

Testimony

Testimony of Zeew Willy Ritter, born in Vienna, Austria, 1913, regarding his experiences as Executive Secretary of the Hechalutz Movement in Vienna and regarding the Zionist organizations before annexation to Germany and afterwards The Zionist organizations according to their political affiliation; influence of emissaries from Eretz Israel on various groups within the Zionist movement; activities as Executive Secretary of the Hechalutz movement from 1936; problems of Zionist education; establishment of an urban aliya training facility; movement branches at agricultural training facilities in the vicinity;...

File Number : 3982

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation including letters and telegrams, related to Benzion Benno Fränkel and his wife Paula (Stux) Fränkel, and their experiences in Vienna before and during the war, in the Theresienstadt Ghetto and en route to the United States, 1938-1947 - Letters and telegrams related to the Fränkel family during 1940-1946, including: --- Copies of letters sent by Fred Frankel from Los Angeles to his relatives and friends (to his aunt Lilly on 15/09/1940 and to Clair and Lu on 18/07/1941; the addressees' last names are not indicated) in his efforts to bring his parents to the United States; --- Telegrams...

File Number : 4089

Type of Material : Marriage Certificate, Birth Certificate, Diploma, Personal Documents, הודעה, Identity Card, Telegram, Letter, Memoirs, קבלות, Work Permit, Postcard, Certification, Food Card

Language : Czech, French, English, Russian, German

SD Hauptamt (Head Office) circulars based on the work of the SD regional stations regarding the Jews of Germany and Austria, 1937-1940

SD Hauptamt (Head Office) circulars based on the work of the SD regional stations regarding the Jews of Germany and Austria, 1937-1940 - Directives from the SD Head Office to various SD regional stations to present monthly reports concerning the Jewish Question, 1937; - SD Head Office report regarding the intervention of the American government in internal German matters on behalf of Jewish interests, 1937; - SD Head Office report regarding the discussion with the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Ministry of Economic Affairs) concerning the transfer of foreign currency to Egypt and Palestine for SD...

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Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation regarding the cooperation between II 112, the SD Jewish Department and II B4, the Gestapo Jewish Department, pertaining to the Jews of Germany and Austria, 1935-1938

Documentation regarding the cooperation between II 112, the SD Jewish Department and II B4, the Gestapo Jewish Department, pertaining to the Jews of Germany and Austria, 1935-1938 - List of Jewish organizations in Vienna, Austria, 1941-1943, pp. 2200-2203; - List of propaganda points of the Union Oesterreichischen Juden (Association of the Jews of Austria) in Vienna, pp. 1944-1947; - List of factories and other places in which kosher food and wine are sold, Vienna, pp. 1949-1952; - List of unions, clubs, cultural associations and Jewish learning institutions, Vienna, pp. 1953-1988; -...

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Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the Bikur Cholim Association in Graz from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1923-1938

Documentation of the Bikur Cholim Association in Graz from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1923-1938 The Association was founded in 1923 (a time of intense economic crisis) with the goal of providing assistance to the sick and giving charity to those in need. In the collection there is correspondence of the Association and of its Chairman, Elias Gruenschlag (who was active in the Zionist Movement in Austria as well), among other correspondence, with the Graz community and with Jewish and Zionist organizations in Austria; correspondence regarding matters pertaining to welfare and assistance (including the...

Type of Material : Postcard, Journal, Official Documentation, Protocol, Financial Accounts, Announcement, Circular, Card File

Language : German

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