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Testimony of Sela Shtovitska Uri Urlich, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1930 regarding deportation to the Polish border and regarding his leaving nazi Germany in Kindertransport

Testimony

Childhood in Frankfurt an der Oder; life during nazi regime in 1933; arrest of the father accused of communist activity and his deportation to Poland as a Polish subject in 1933; attending the Jewish school Philanthropyn in 1936; moving to the Jewish Children's Home Stiftung in 1936; deportation with the mother from Frankfurt an der Oder to the Polish border in 1938; Kristallnacht riots; his joining a group of children who were sent by Kindertransport sponsored by James and Dorothy Rothschild in 1939; the journey via Hoek van Holland, Holland to London, Britain in 1939; moving to the estate of James Rotschild...

File Number : 13713

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Kurt Stern, born in Chodov, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Chodov, Beroun, the Netherlands, Redgrave and London

Testimony

Testimony of Kurt Stern, born in Chodov, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Chodov, Beroun, the Netherlands, Redgrave and London Life before the war; he and his family move to Munich; Nazi rise to power, 1933; return to Chodov with his family. Occupation of the Sudetenland by the Germans, September 1938; escape to Beroun with his mother and uncle; life in Beroun; his uncle's escape to Great Britain, 1939; German occupation, March 1939; transfer to the Netherlands. Transfer to London as part of a Kindertransport; transfer to a foster family in Redgrave; life in Redgrave; maintains...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Language : English

P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years Rabbi Eli Munk was the son of Rabbi Azriel Munk, the rabbi of the Adass Yisroel community, the separatist Orthodox congregation in Berlin. In 1938, he emigrated to England and established a community of former German Jews in Golders Green, London, serving as its leader. He was active in Jewish affairs and organized, among other projects, camps for Jewish youth. Along with his brother, Rabbi Yechiel Aryeh Munk, he edited the book, "Faithful Testimony", which was...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Letter

Language : German

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

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various materials regarding: the 3rd World Jewish Conference, 1934; the World Jewish Congress, 1936; Jewish Agency reports; periodicals dealing with the 1934 economic boycott against Nazi Germany Pp. 1-50: The 3rd World Jewish Conference (IIIeme Conference Juive Mondiale), held in Geneva, August 1934: text of Conference resolutions on various matters, including on the establishment of a World Jewish Congress and an economic boycott of Nazi Germany; texts of various speeches; Pp. 51-62: A secret report of the Jewish Agency regarding activity of the political department in...

File Number : 152

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Newspaper, Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962 In the file: - Articles regarding the abandoned property in Switzerland published by B. Sagalowitz in the "Israelitisches Wochenblatt" newspaper, September-October 1952; - Drafts of other articles and handwritten notes; - Documentation regarding Swiss government policy regarding the abandoned property, including 1950s debates in the Swiss Parliament regarding compulsory registration by banks and other institutions, and a proposal made by Dr. Harald Huber, MP, 20 March 1957; - Copy of a letter...

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Research Article, Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

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