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Testimony of Edith (Geitheim) Katz, born in Krakow, Poland in 1927, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, and in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and other camps

Testimony of Edith (Geitheim) Katz, born in Krakow, Poland in 1927, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, and in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and other camps Deportation of her uncle from Poland to Germany in 1938; transfer of her uncle to Dachau camp; outbreak of the war in September 1939; her father's escape to Lwow; refusal by her mother to join the witness' father; escape of her father back to Krakow; his activities in the Polish underground; death of her father; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; transfer to labor outside the ghetto along with her mother; deportation of her mother and brother...

File Number : 13617

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moses Goldschmidt, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz, Blizyn, Mauthausen, Gunskirchen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moses Goldschmidt, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz, Blizyn, Mauthausen, Gunskirchen and other places Life in Bialystok. Deportation to the Bialystok Ghetto; Bialystok Ghetto life; deportation and arrival to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Blizyn; camp life; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life; transfer to Gusen II; camp life; transfer to Gunskirchen; camp life.

File Number : 13353

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Legal file no.10/51 of Moshe ben Yisrael Putchetz, Assistant Chief of the Jewish police in the ghetto and in the Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski camp, 1942-1944

Legal file no.10/51 of Moshe ben Yisrael Putchetz, Assistant Chief of the Jewish police in the ghetto and in the Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski camp, 1942-1944 Putchetz was accused of rounding up the Jews for deportation to an extermination camp, imprisonment of hundreds of Jews under inhumane conditions, handing over Jews to the Nazis, prevention of escape by the Jews from the camp, refusal to allow Jews to enter the Ghetto, inflicting wounds [on Jews], confiscation of property and stealing and more.

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Letter, Indictment, Sentence

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mary (Wrzos) Seidenwurm, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Radom Ghetto, Majdanek, the Ostrowiec camp and other places

Memoirs of Mary (Wrzos) Seidenwurm, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Radom Ghetto, Majdanek, the Ostrowiec camp and other places Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; murder of her father Abraham Wrzos, her step-mother and her step-sister (Thea?) in Treblinka; loss of her brothers Max and Joachim, and her husband Michael Seidenwurm; life in the Radom Ghetto; life in Majdanek; life in the Ostrowiec camp; acquaintance with Nuchim Ancer, later her husband; life in Auschwitz; life in Bergen-Belsen. Transfer to Sweden; life in Sweden in rehabilitation institutions; reunion...

File Number : 1665

Type of Material : Testimony, Reports, Poems/songs, Memoirs

Language : German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Stanislaw Gombinski [pseudonym: Jan Mawult] regarding the Warsaw Ghetto and the structure and activities of the Judenrat and the Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Police), early 1944

Memoirs of Stanislaw Gombinski [pseudonym: Jan Mawult] regarding the Warsaw Ghetto and the structure and activities of the Judenrat and the Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Police), early 1944 - Part 1 (pp. 2-115): events in the Warsaw Ghetto since its establishment; characteristics of various personalities; life of the ghetto residents in its various aspects; "Aktions"; deportations; - Part 2 (pp. 116-237): memoirs from the period of Gombinski's tenure as the Deputy Commander of the Jewish Police in the Warsaw Ghetto, 30 October 1940-20 January 1943; descriptions of Józef Andrzej Szeryński, Commander of...

File Number : 547

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Samuel Puterman from the Warsaw Ghetto

Memoirs of Samuel Puterman from the Warsaw Ghetto Memoirs of daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto in its various aspects; Jewish and German personalities well-known in the ghetto; "Aktions" and deportations during the ghetto's existence; service in the Jewish Ordnungspolizei (Order Police); implications of his job for his personal life and for his relationships with those around him.

File Number : 545

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Article by Jozef Hofstaetter regarding the ghettos and camps in Krakow, Wieliczka, Stalowa Wola, Bierzanow, Prokocim, Plaszow, Zablocie and Mauthausen

Article by Jozef Hofstaetter regarding the ghettos and camps in Krakow, Wieliczka, Stalowa Wola, Bierzanow, Prokocim, Plaszow, Zablocie and Mauthausen The article is divided into chapters by location: - Krakow: New wave of immigration to the place; transfer to forced labor; abuse of the Jews; imposition of restrictions by the German authorities; Aryanization of Jewish organizations and institutions; appointment of Hans Frank as head of the Generalgouvernement; Judenrat established; activities against the Jews, including a curfew, wearing the yellow star, plunder of property and bank accounts; activities...

File Number : 3937

Type of Material : Article, Letter, Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of an anonymous Jewish woman, regarding her experience in the Warsaw ghetto, hiding on the Aryan side, and involvement in the ghetto resistance movement

Testimony of an anonymous Jewish woman, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto, hiding on the Aryan side, and involvement in the ghetto resistance movement Document entitled "Disclosure". The author found a mention of herself in the newspaper article; she disagrees with part of the facts, and, unwillingly, she speaks out after 50 years; her name remains unknown due to the request for anonymity. The author was in the Warsaw ghetto; she managed to escape to the Aryan side after the loss of mother during the Aktion in July 1942; made friends with the smugglers and started trading food. The woman...

File Number : 3595

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Publication titled "Extermination of the Jews in Lithuania - facts from the years 1941-1945", compiled from various documents, edited by M. Segalson, Tel Aviv, 1959

Publication titled "Extermination of the Jews in Lithuania - facts from the years 1941-1945", compiled from various documents, edited by M. Segalson, Tel Aviv, 1959 This file contains: Publication under the title "Extermination of the Jews in Lithuania - facts from the years 1941-1945", compiled from various documents, inter alia testimonials, witness reports, articles, drawings, photographs, edited by M. Segalson in Tel Aviv; the publication gives a historical summary and description of the persecution, torture and murder of Lithuanian Jewry, carried out by the German occupation forces and their...

File Number : 3362

Type of Material : Document(s), Newspaper Clippings, Reports, Documentary, Photocopy, Memoirs, Drawing, List of Nazi War Criminals, Photograph, Excerpt(s), Testimony, List of Perpetrators

Language : German

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