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Memoirs of Mina Kaplan, born in Uniejow, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Malchow and Ravensbrueck camps and poems she wrote in Sweden after the war

Memoirs of Mina Kaplan, born in Uniejow, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Malchow and Ravensbrueck camps and poems she wrote in Sweden after the war Writing of the poems in Polish, Yiddish and German; one of the poems written in German under the title, "Ewakuacja" regarding the deportation from Auschwitz to Malchow and Ravensbrueck camps; Comments by the submitter of the material: Mina Rivka (Kaplan) Bahagon survived thanks to her rescue by the Swedish Count, Folke Bernadotte; towards the end of the war she was transferred to Goeteborg; after three years she returned to Lodz where...

File Number : 7458

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poems/songs, Diary

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Testimony of Jouly (Meier) Nachmias, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Jouly (Meier) Nachmias, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places Life in Ioannina before the war. Italian occupation, 1940; hunger, 1941-1942; arrival of refugees to Ioannina from the area of the German occupation; escape of the refugees to the mountains; surrender of Italy to the Allied forces, September 1943; German occupation; addition of the letter "J" to the identity card; robbery of property; brutal behavior by Germans; transfer of the Jews to the city square, 25 March 1944; Greeks inform on the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Announcement regarding a lecture by Mrs. Leuchter, posted by the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) in Munich

File Number : 1342

Type of Material : Invitation

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters

Placard calling on all the women in the DP camp to participate in the struggle to earn an independent State, posted by the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) in Stuttgart

File Number : 1313

Type of Material : Poster

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters

[Announcement regarding] a dance evening; the proceeds will be directed to the Defense Effort, posted by the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO)

File Number : 1025

Type of Material : Invitation

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters

Testimony of Frida (Morpurgo) Colbi, born in Senigallia, Italy, 1915, regarding her experiences in Rome and in hiding in a monastery in Velletri

Testimony

Testimony of Frida (Morpurgo) Colbi, born in Senigallia, Italy, 1915, regarding her experiences in Rome and in hiding in a monastery in Velletri Publication of racial laws, 1938; medical studies at the University of Rome; difficulties in getting work in state hospitals; work in a tuberculosis hospital in Venice without being included on the list of physicians; activities in Delasem, Jewish women's relief organization for refugees from German occupied territories; list of Delasem members; return to Rome, 1943; efforts to find shelter for her family; life in hiding in a monastery in Velletri; rescue of other...

File Number : 3164

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian, Hebrew

Report submitted by Kolo Pan, the voluntary women's association that served under the Central Committee for Aid to Warsaw Jews, for 01 February 1938-01 February 1939

Report submitted by Kolo Pan, the voluntary women's association that served under the Central Committee for Aid to Warsaw Jews, for 01 February 1938-01 February 1939 Topics mentioned in the report: Administration members; details regarding aid extended to needy Jews; care for Jewish families and children; statistics regarding the income and expenditures of the association; a list of house committees working in cooperation with the association. There are two newspaper clippings regarding the association's activities attached to the report.

File Number : 116

Type of Material : List, Reports, Newspaper, Article

Language : Polish

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war In the file: Pp. 1-3: Affidavit of Fritz Kahn regarding activities of pro-Nazi Germans in the United States during the 1930s (presented during the Nuremberg Trials, January 1948); P. 4: Response of the Reichsstatthalter in Hessen to a claim for compensation by a Swiss citizen, July 1941; Pp. 5-8: A letter from President Roosevelt to the AJC (American Jewish Congress) and its President, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, regarding the American government's position against antisemitism, March 1944; Pp. 9-15:...

File Number : 161

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, German

Testimony of Theodor Hatalgi regarding the experiences of his mother Felicia Sheinberg in Zbaszyn and the Warsaw Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Theodor Hatalgi regarding the experiences of his mother Felicia Sheinberg in Zbaszyn and the Warsaw Ghetto Witness is a student at the University of Warsaw; activities of his mother, Felicia, with the central committee for the relief of Jewa in Warsaw in establishing house committees, 1937-1939; activities of his mother in Zbaszyn helping refugees from Germany, 1938. German occupation; life in the Warsaw Ghetto ; the Jewish judge Topolska and her help in the organization's activities; activities of his mother organizing soup kitchens and helping an orphanage run by Janusz Korczak.

File Number : 3206

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eugenia (Friedlender) Cyns, born in Lad Nad Warta, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Venusberg and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Eugenia (Friedlender) Cyns, born in Lad Nad Warta, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Venusberg and Mauthausen Extermination of the Lad Nad Warta community; extermination of the Jaroszyn community; extermination of the Slupca community; extermination of the Zagorow community; extermination of the Olesnica community; deportation to Plaszow; transfer to Auschwitz; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; transfer to Venusberg; transfer to Mauthausen.

File Number : 3406

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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