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Documents of Miriam Orzech née Khaimovich, born in 1929 in Baranowicze, Poland (including memoirs, records of events in 1941-1942, certification and circular from the Zetel landsmanshaft, and a Yizkor bulletin relating to the victims of Reisha in the vicinity) - memoirs of Miriam Orzech née Khaimovich: Born on January 14, 1929, in Baranowicze; father: Abraham Khaimovich (born in 1901 in Baranowicze); 40 men from Baranowicze, including her father, were murdered by SS soldiers on September 30, 1941; mother: Rachel Khaimovich and sister, Sophia Khaimovich; escaped to Zdzieciol (Zetel); sent to the Zdzieciol...

File Number : 10502

Type of Material : Circular, Brochure, Sketch, Memoirs, Certification

Language : Hebrew

Documentation used by the Chmielnik landsmanshaft to publish a Yizkor book on the Jews of Chmielnik; draft of article by Joseph Kermish for the book: "Chmielniker idn untern Nazi-rezhim" (The Jews of Chmielnik under Nazi rule), published in Pinkes Kehillot Chmielnik (Records of the Chmielnik communities)

File Number : 59

Language : Yiddish

Assorted writings, testimonies, texts, letters, and photographs, collected by the Podhajce landsmanshaft for the purpose of publishing a Yizkor book about the Jews of Podhajce, Tarnopol District, and the vicinity in Eastern Galicia. Editor: Meir Shimon Geshuri. Published in 1972

File Number : 58

Language : Yiddish

Survey report of the murder of Jews in Kedainiai, personal documentation of the Wolf and Katz families and documentation regarding the history of the Jewish community in Seta from before the war until the period following the war, 1884-1996 - Survey report written by David Wolpe regarding the murder of Jews in Kedainiai, published by the Keidaner Sick Benefit and Benevolent Society in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1996; - Personal documentation of the Wolf family in Seta including documentation regarding the fate of family members during the war, photographs, family tree, a Ketubbah (Jewish marriage...

File Number : 55

Type of Material : Survey Report, Personal Documents, Genealogy, Map, Research Article

Language : Lithuanian, Hebrew, English, Russian

Testimony, letters and speeches by Jacob Dobzinsky, born in Lipno, Poland, 1897, a resident of the United States, regarding the rescue of Jews in Europe and assistance to She'erith Hapletah, 1939-1950 - Eyewitness testimony of Eliasz Auerbach regarding the murder of the Jews of Lipno and Siedlce (with a translation into English), 10 October 1939; - Letter to Jacob Dobzinsky from the American World Jewish Congress in New York regarding rescue of the Jews of Denmark, 24 October 1943; - Letter received from Grodno, Poland, by the United Lipner Relief for Lipno with a call for help, 23 March 1940; -...

File Number : 1264

Type of Material : Speech, Letter

Language : Polish, English, Yiddish