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Personal documentation of Szeiman family members, including work permits, an application for unemployment benefits, a certificate confirming the employment of Mendel Szeiman as a policeman, and other documents, 1946-1949 - Identity cards of Majer Shejman, born in 1942, and Izchak Sheimann, born in 1943, issued in Wels DP camp, 30 October 1946; - Certificate confirming that Mendel Szeiman completed a Police training course in Ebelsberg DP camp, held, 07-12 March 1948; - Certificate confirming the employment of Mendel Scheinmann, born in Tomasow (apparently Tomaszow Lubelski), 25 December 1912, as a...

File Number : 754

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Testimony of Rivka Reuveni, born in Checiny, Poland, about her life in the ghetto and in the Częstochowa, Skarzysko, and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her 'aliya after the liberation

Testimony of Rivka Reuveni, born in Checiny, Poland, about her life in the ghetto and in the Częstochowa, Skarzysko, and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her 'aliya after the liberation. Rivka Reuveni lived in Checiny, Poland, with her parents and her four sisters. When the ghetto there was established, her aunt's family joined them. Rivka was sent to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp at the age of twelve. She fell ill with typhus and due to denunciation was sent to a death camp. With the help of a Jewish doctor, she recovered and returned to work. As the Red Army approached, she was sent to a labor camp in...

File Number : 1238

Type of Material : Testimony, Manuscript

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, in Slobodka, in the Slobodka Ghetto, in Augsburg and in Stutthof

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, in Slobodka, in the Slobodka Ghetto, in Augsburg and in Stutthof Death of his mother when he was 8 years old; studies in a "heder" in Tels; family life; treatment by the local population; sympathy for the Communist Party; escape of his brother Chaim to the Soviet Union; detention of his brother Chaim in a camp for several years; emigration of his sister to Rhodesia; move to Slobodka due to his marriage to Masha Mishkovski, 1935; birth of his son, Yakov, 1937; death of his father, February 1939; work as a...

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : English

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in hiding in the Slobodka Ghetto, in the Stutthof area and in the Augsburg camp

Testimony of Sam Katz, born in Tels, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in hiding in the Slobodka Ghetto; the Stutthof area and the Augsburg camp Life before the war; death of his mother when he was 8 years old; learns in a "heder"; affinity towards the Communist movement; escape of his brother Chaim to the Soviet Union; deportation of his brother to a camp; move to Slobodka following his marriage to Masha Mishkovski, 1935; life in Slobodka; birth of his son, Yakov, 1937, death of his father, February, 1939. The Soviet occupation; labor as a watchmaker; his appointment as a Commisar; fleeing of the Red...

File Number : 8505

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : English

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp

Testimony of Shaul Ziman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Plonsk Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and the Ebensee camp German occupation of Poland; air-raids; occupation of Warsaw; displays of antisemitism [and anti-Jewish regulations] by the Germans; establishment of the ghetto; administration by the Judenrat; smuggling of food into the ghetto by the children; Jewish policemen; leave-taking from his parents and escape from the ghetto; wanderings from village to village using a false identity (Stanislaw Vishnewski); work for a Polish farmer; arrival at the...

File Number : 8470

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marissa Masha (Ginsburg) Gleichgevicht regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity on the Aryan side and more

Testimony of Marissa Masha (Ginsburg) Gleichgevicht regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity on the Aryan side and more Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; her husband's work in the local hospital, which was having difficulties; leaving the Warsaw Ghetto with her little son; transfer to the Otwock Ghetto; escape from the Otwock Ghetto just before an "Aktion"; transfer to Swider and from there to Miedzylesie; remaining in hiding in Miedzylesie for ten days; arrival in Wilga; being hidden by local farmers for a payment; escape back to Warsaw lest she be informed on; life on the Aryan side...

File Number : 8465

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Pinkhas Tzimerman, born in Trzebinia, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences in the Trzebinia Ghetto, Chrzanow Ghetto, Dachau and Markstaedt camps, and in other places

Memoirs of Pinkhas Tzimerman, born in Trzebinia, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences in the Trzebinia Ghetto, Chrzanow Ghetto, Dachau and Markstaedt camps, and in other places Life before the war; witness learns in a Talmud Torah; studies in a vocational-commercial school. German occupation, 1939; deportation to the Trzebinia Ghetto; deportation of young Jews including his brother Beniamin to forced labor in Germany; cooperation regarding the deportation of the young Jews, by the Judenrat and the Jewish police; labor in a carpentry workshop; finds a hiding place during an "Aktion", 01 June 1942;...

File Number : 8455

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Diary written by Brendla (Fiszbajn) Siekierka, from Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland, while in hiding in an attic in Cisie, June-July 1944, and in Lodz, February-March 1949

Diary written by Brendla (Fiszbajn) Siekierka, from Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland, while in hiding in an attic in Cisie, June-July 1944, and in Lodz, February-March 1949 Establishment of the Minsk Mazowiecki Ghetto; draft of people to forced labor; acts of abuse by the Germans and the Jewish police; escape from the Minsk Mazowiecki Ghetto; attempts to find a hiding place in a forest and in the surrounding area; wanderings in the nearby villages; attitude of the local population; move to Cisie; life in hiding with her husband and two children, who were born in 1933 and 1938, while hidden in the attic of a cowshed...

File Number : 8394

Type of Material : Diary, Memoirs

Language : Polish

Letter of testimony of Yuliya Pilvinskaya regarding the experiences of her husband's family in Kaunas and Perloja, 1941-1944

Letter of testimony of Yuliya Pilvinskaya regarding the experiences of her husband's family in Kaunas and Perloja, 1941-1944 Air-raids on Kaunas, 22 June 1941; escape of Red Army forces from Kaunas during the early days of the war; shooting by local residents at the escaping soldiers; murder of the members of the Pilvinski family in Perloja, 1941; murder of a brother [?] of Pilvinski in the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, 1941; pogrom in the Viliampol neighborhood in Kaunas; murder of the neighborhood rabbi; murder of Jewish men in the bus park in Kaunas; murder of women in the Ninth Fort in Kaunas; humiliating orders...

File Number : 8385

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps

Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps Life before the war; his father owned a factory; witness attends the Polish school. Unsuccessful attempt to escape to the Soviet Union; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1942; labor in a metalworking workshop; unsuccessful attempt to obtain forged documents; deportation to Plaszow camp; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; meetings with Dr. Mengele; transfer to Ebensee camp; liberation by the US Army. Move to...

File Number : 8372

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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