Letters sent to Max and Ilse (Goldbach) Frank in Eretz Israel by their parents in Straubing and Marktbreit, 1939-1941, and letters sent from Straubing by Max's father Nathan Frank to Bezalel Kasten in Sweden, 1941
- Letter sent to Max Frank in Eretz Israel by his parents Nathan and Flora Frank in Straubing, 20 July 1939;
- Letters sent to Ilse (Goldbach) Frank in Eretz Israel by her parents Abraham and Klara Goldbach in Marktbreit, 1939-1940;
- Red Cross letter sent by Ilse Frank in Eretz Israel to her father Abraham Israel Goldbach in Marktbreit, 11 April 1941, and her parents' response on the reverse...
Personal documents of Shlomo Pirkies, born in Dubno, Poland; documents dated, 1943-1947, including a diary written by Pirkies as a Polish refugee in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Austria, 1946-1947
- Booklet from the welfare office in Kalinino, in the name of Shlomo Pirka and written in Georgian; booklet issued, 05 May 1943;
- Authorization regarding the acceptance of Shlomo Pirka for work in a peat factory in Kalinino, 18 May 1943;
- Stipend booklet in the name of Shlomo Pirka, born in 1908, issued in Kalinino, 17 August 1943;
- Authorization that Shlomo Pirka is a teacher of foreign languages,...
File Number : 8624
Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Personal Documents, Telegram, Letter, Diary, Poems/songs
Language : Polish, English, Russian, German, Yiddish, Georgian
Personal documents of Josef Aiger and his family members, 1923-1977
Postcards and letters:
- Postcard sent by Breina, from Augostow, to her sister Lea Sherman in Eretz Israel, 20 May 1940;
- Postcard in Russian sent to Annette Marcus in the United States by her sister Rakhil in Augostow, 21 May 1940; included is a translation to Hebrew;
- Postcard sent by Szmul Aiger in Krakow to his brother Josef Aiger in Eretz Israel by means of H. S. Frisch in Bucharest, Romania, 25 December 1939 (including a translation to Hebrew);
- Postcard sent from Fagaras, Romania, by request of his brother Szmul Aiger...
File Number : 2039
Type of Material : Postcard, Memoirs, Personal Documents, Genealogy, Letter
Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish
Memoirs of Zhenya Chernyavskaya, born in Rogozno, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in detention, in the Demidowka Ghetto, in hiding, her wanderings using a false identity, underground activism and more
Family history; parental home in Rogozno; the Soviet occupation; move to Dubno; high school studies; work as a teacher in a village in the Kozin area; pedagogical studies at Rowne.
Outbreak of the war and retreat of the Soviet forces; the German occupation; establishment of Ukrainian auxiliary forces; detention, 26 July 1941; abuse by Ukrainians; release to house arrest and second detention after two...
Documentation of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1941
Included in the collection:
- Personal files of Jewish teachers, prepared by the teachers certification committee of the Jewish education branch of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia;
- Correspondence with the office for Jewish education, and survey reports;
- Budgetary documents of Jewish schools, and reports regarding the schools' budget and the budget for other Jewish education institutions;
- Reports regarding the receipt of salaries by workers in the Jewish educational system in Latvia.
Personal documents of Samuel Hammer and Jeannetta Janina (Berlas) Hammer, including forged documents used during their stay on the Aryan side in Warsaw while using false identities, and other documents, 1934-1947
- Forged identity document with the name Janina (Gradowska) Kowalska, issued in Warsaw, 02 April 1943;
- Forged identity document of Samuel Hammer, with the name Aleksander Lenartowski, issued 03 February 1943 and valid until 15 September 1944;
- Diploma for studies in law, awarded to Jeannetta Hammer by the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwow, 12 November 1934;
- Information sheet of the...
File Number : 1176
Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents
Documentation regarding Jakob Marmorosch and Marjam (Kanner) Marmorosch, 1922-1942
Letters:
- Letters sent from Stanislawow to Marjam Kanner in Kosmacz, Kanczuga and Eretz Israel via Bernard Blaustein, principal of the school in Otynia where she worked, 1937-1939;
- Letters sent to Jakob Marmorosch in Eretz Israel from his mother Brana and his sister Rachel in Kosow;
- Letters sent to Marjam Kanner in Eretz Israel by her parents Shlomo and Zissel Kanner in Kanczuga;
- Letters sent to Marjam Kanner by her friends in Poland (including a letter sent from Otynia by Meir Zinger), 1939;
Personal...
File Number : 1886
Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Documents, Letter
Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German, Yiddish
Letters sent to Rosa (Huino) Levi in Eretz Israel by her mother Mazal Tov Huino and her teacher Moshe Moise Vital in Rodos, Italy, 1939-1940, and by her sister Flora in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1939-1960
Comments by the submitter of the material (Matilda Mazal Levi):
Mazal Tov (Filosof) Huino was born in Rodos, Italy, 13/04/1889; she was deported to Athens and then to Auschwitz, 07/1944, where she perished on 16/08/1944; her husband Yosef Huino died and was buried in Rodos; their daughter Rosa Huino made aliya to Eretz Israel with her brother Avraham as illegal immigrants in 1938; she married Menachem Levi in...
Memoirs of Erich Jacobs, born in Nuttlar, Germany, 1906, regarding his experiences during Kristallnacht in Recklinghausen and his emigration to Cuba, 1941
- The memoirs were originally written in English, and translated into Hebrew by Jethro Jacobs.
- The title of the book in Hebrew is: "Indeed, Miracles Still Happen"
- English: "And This is My Life Story"
- German: "Wunder geschehen noch (Miracles Still Happen)"
Childhood in Nuttlar, teacher training in Berlin; educational work in an orphanage in Frankfurt, in Unna and Recklinghausen; Kristallnacht in Recklinghausen, 1938; move to Cuba via...
File Number : 8325
Type of Material : List of Jewish Survivors, Memoirs, List of Jews, List of Murdered Jews
Personal documentation and official documents belonging to Attorney at Law Filip Czarski Biener and his wife, Sabina (Budzanower) Biener Czarski, 1904-1957
- Booklet from the Bar Association in Wroclaw including a list of lawyers in the Wroclaw Region, as of 01 August 1948;
- List of lawyers in the Wroclaw Region, as of 01 January 1956;
- Legal permit from the Buczacz Regional Court, dated 15 November 1904, regarding the Real Estate Rights of Alter Knobler;
- Copy of the matriculation certificate of Filip Biener, born in Potok Zloty, 1909, from the State Gymnasium in Buczacz, issued 21 May...
File Number : 1151
Type of Material : List of Lawyers, Certification, Official Documentation, Legal Documentation, Personal Documents
