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Testimony of Moshe Klagsbald, born in Trzebinia, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Trzebinia Ghetto, in Markstaedt, Gogolin, Ebensee and the Jewish Brigade in Italy following liberation

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Bronia (Bratt) Landau, born in Kromolow, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Sagan and Gruenberg labor camps, on a death march to Helmbrechts, escape from the death march in Wildenau and wanderings until the liberation Deportation of male Jews to labor camps, including her brothers and her father; 1940-1941; return of her father, taking leave of her family and deportation to Sosnowiec, 10 February 1942; volunteering for labor and transfer together with 100 women to Sagan camp in Germany; transfer to Gruenberg camp, after seven months; camp life for approximately three years; labor in...

File Number : 8625

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German

Memoir book belonging to Friedl Gutman, with farewells, dedications and poems written to her by inmates who were in detention with her in Gross Sarne camp, 1942-1943, in Gross Masselwitz camp, August-September 1943, and in Freiburg camp, May 1944 The memoir book was created in Gross Sarne, 1942; it was made of tin and decorated with a Jewish star and a title relating to its place of creation: "RAB Lager Gross Sarne, 1942"; one of the dedications was written by her brother Emanuel, 19 March 1942; the inscriptions from Gross Sarne camp were written, 13 March 1942-02 March 1943; the inscriptions from Gross...

File Number : 1206

Type of Material : Personal Records, Drawing, Memoirs, Memoir Book

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Postcards written by Sara Halberstadt in Siedlce to her sister Salka Sluszny in Paris, 1941-1942, postcards sent by Herszek Sluszny from Drancy to his family in Paris, 1942, and personal documents of Benyamin and Sara Halberstadt, from the war and postwar period - Postcards sent by Sara (Jontof) Halberstadt, from Siedlce, to her sister Salka Sluszny in Paris, 1941-1942; - Postcards sent by Herszek Sluszny from Drancy, to his wife Salka and his son Michel in Paris, 1942; - Essay, "A letter to my mother", written by Michel Sluszny (the son of Herszek and Salka Sluszny) during his studies in school in...

File Number : 2094

Type of Material : School Project, Postcard, Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, French, English, German

Survivors' certificates issued to two sisters, Gabrielle Davidovits, born in Maramaressziget, Hungary, and Judit (Davidovits) Deutsch, born in Maramaressziget, Hungary, by the mayor of Waldenburg, 21 May 1945 The certificates certify that during the war the sisters were deported to Auschwitz, from there they were transferred by the SS to Waldenburg, 13 April 1945, and they were liberated in Waldenburg by the US Army. Birth dates: Judit (Davidovits) Deutsch, 17 June 1906; Gabrielle Davidovits, 26 August 1909. Note: Bela Deutsch, husband of Judit (Davidovits) Deutsch, and their son, Laszlo, perished...

File Number : 723

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Memoirs of Yshai Tartakovski, born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier in Dnepropetrovsk, the Mogilev area, in hiding in Igren, in captivity in Traidersdorf and more Life in Dnepropetrovsk including being drafted into the Red Army, 1940; transfer to Moscow, October 1940; transfer to a military village in the Kalinin area; transfer to Vyshny Volochyok; transfer to Pukhovichi; outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany and transfer with the headquarters staff to a forest; transfer in the direction of the front on foot; execution of a captured German...

File Number : 8565

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Leibovitz family members from Certez, Czechoslovakia, regarding their experiences during the Holocaust; memoirs written, 2011

Memoirs of Leibovitz family members from Certez, Czechoslovakia, regarding their experiences during the Holocaust; memoirs written, 2011 Testimony of Sara Sari Valenta, taken in Brussels, 04 June 2011: German Army occupation of Certez, 1944; separation between the men, and the women and children; deportation of the men to Mauthausen; deportation of the women and children to Auschwitz; selection in Auschwitz; sending of the young children in their family to the gas chambers, including Etio, Ebi and Simon; murder of their father Levi Ludvig Leibovitz, in unknown circumstances; Sari and her sister Yuli are...

File Number : 8545

Type of Material : Memoirs, Documentary

Language : Hebrew

Work documents issued in the name of Sofia Stefanska given to Sofia Horowitz-Gold when she was in Prenzlau using the false identity of a Polish forced laborer, 1942-1944

Work documents issued in the name of Sofia Stefanska given to Sofia Horowitz-Gold when she was in Prenzlau using the false identity of a Polish forced laborer, 1942-1944 - Work document of a foreign citizen issued in the name of Sofia Stefanska, born in Warsaw, Poland, 07 September 1919, issued in Prenzlau; according to the document, she was employed in Prenzlau as a forced laborer, 14 October 1942-13 January 1944; - Work card intended for Polish workers in the name of Sofia Stefanska, issued in Prenzlau, 10 October 1942; Also in the file: The birth certificate of Liliana Stefanska (the daughter of...

File Number : 633

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Work Permit

Language : German

Postcards sent by the parents of Genia Zajonc in Bendsburg to their daughter in Gellenau labor camp, 1943

Postcards sent by the parents of Genia Zajonc in Bendsburg to their daughter in Gellenau labor camp, 1943 - Postcard sent by Sala Lewkowicz to Genia Zajonc in Gellenau labor camp, 10 April 1943; postcards sent by Majloch Israel Zajonc to Genia Zajonc in Gellenau labor camp; Note: Genia Zajonc was born in Bendzin, 23 December 1927; she was deported to Gellenau labor camp, 1942; when she was liberated at Bergen-Belsen camp she weighed 28 kilograms, and she was then hospitalized in the American hospital for several months; she attempted to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Lohamei Hagetaot" ship, but at...

File Number : 1996

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : German

Documents of Halina Ruth Cypel, including a forged identity card with a false name used during her life on the Aryan side of Warsaw, a postcard written by Jan Jakimin in Poland, 1944, received during her stay as a Polish forced laborer in Germany, 1944, and letters received in the United States after the war - Postcard sent by Jan Jakimin from Poland to Halina Stefanska (Halina Ruth Cypel's false name) in Berlin, 18 December 1944; - Halina Ruth Cypel's forged identity card with false name Halina Stefanska, used during her life on the Aryan side of Warsaw, issued in Warsaw, 07 June 1943; - Letters sent...

File Number : 1947

Type of Material : Letter, Declaration, Postcard, Personal Records, Names

Language : Polish, English, German

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