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Testimony of Zechrya Zoltan Simon, born in Valea Lui Mihai, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in a Hungarian labor battalion, Slovakia and Sopron

Testimony

Testimony of Zechrya Zoltan Simon, born in Valea Lui Mihai, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in a Hungarian labor battalion, Slovakia and Sopron Life before the war; community life; learns in a public school, "heder" and various yeshivas. Outbreak of the war; drafted into pre-army military training; displays of antisemitism; arrival of refugees from Poland; re-annexation to Hungary; drafted into a labor battalion, 1942; transfer to the Carpathian Mountains; life in the Carpathian Mountains including forced labor; transfer to Slovakia; transfer to Sopron; life in Sopron including typhus; liberation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yzchak Altwer, born in Mindszent, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Szeged ghetto, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Melk, and Mauthausen camps, and on the death march

Testimony

Testimony of Yzchak Altwer, born in Mindszent, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Szeged ghetto, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Melk, and Mauthausen camps, and on the death march The immediate family; his father's livelihood; studies at school; their way of life and holidays at home; the Jewish community; neighborly relations; relatives who perished; anti-Jewish legislation; the yellow badge; the closing of his father’s factory. The entry of the Germans into Hungary; turning the schools into hospitals; deportation to the ghetto; living conditions in the ghetto; the agreeable attitude of the commander;...

File Number : 11385

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944 Pages 4-9: Memorandum of John W. Pehle, War Refugee Board (WRB), to Mr. Stettinius, to be used as a basis for negotiations with the British Government, 10 March 1944; - Seeking cooperation with the British Government in order to rescue Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime, - Emphasis on the sincerity of the agency and discussions regarding relations with the Intergovernmental Committee; - Attitude towards the Eretz Israel issue, no intention of taking a position in support of establishing a Jewish national state...

File Number : 134

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Correspondence, Memorandum, Telegram, Letter(s)

Language : English