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Letters and postcards sent by Isak Pappo in Riga to his brother Joseph Pappo in Eretz Israel, 1934-1940, and a letter sent by Joseph Pappo to Rabbi David Echkenazi in Varna in order to establish contact with his family, 1941 - Three postcards from Isak Pappo in Riga to his brother Joseph Pipe Pappo in Eretz Israel, 1936-1939; the first postcard was sent, 27 May 1936; - Five letters from Isak Pappo in Riga to his brother Joseph Pappo in Eretz Israel, 1939-1940; the first letter is dated, 27 November 1934, and the last, 08 May 1940; - Red Cross letter sent by Joseph Pappo to Rabbi David Echkenazi in...

File Number : 2204

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Red Cross Letter, Envelope

Language : Bulgarian, French

Birth certificate for Ina Minna Fridman Fridmanis, born in Riga, Latvia, 1931, issued in Riga, on 12 June 1931, and notes written by her mother Elza (Mer) Fridman while in the Central Prison in Riga

Birth certificate for Ina Minna Fridman Fridmanis, born in Riga, Latvia, 1931, issued in Riga, on 12 June 1931, and notes written by her mother Elza (Mer) Fridman while in the Central Prison in Riga - Birth certificate of Ina Minna Fridman Fridmanis, born in Riga, Latvia, 17 April 1931, issued in Riga, 12 June 1931; - Notes written by Elza (Mer) Fridman in the Central Prison in Riga with information about herself and pleas for help in leaving the prison; Comments by the submitter of the material: Father - Mozus Fridman, born in Riga, 14 March 1905, was an economist, owned his own business and studied...

File Number : 107

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Latvian

Documentation by an unknown Latvian regarding the Jewish community in Jelgava including lists of Jewish residents of Jelgava and the surrounding areas before the outbreak of the war

Documentation by an unknown Latvian regarding the Jewish community in Jelgava including lists of Jewish residents of Jelgava and the surrounding areas before the outbreak of the war Notes: Documentation is partially based on the testimonies of people who witnessed the murder and persecution of the Jews of Jelgava during the war and it includes data from the Jelgava Security Services during the German occupation; Listings of the Jewish residents of Jelgava and the surrounding areas were taken from an address book, 1935, and from telephone directories, late 1930s-early 1940s.

File Number : 108

Type of Material : Documentary, Testimony, List of Jewish Residents

Language : Latvian

Certificate belonging to Boris Segal confirming the untimely termination of his studies in the fifth grade at the Almetyevo School, due to his return to Latvia, 07 May 1945

Certificate belonging to Boris Segal confirming the untimely termination of his studies in the fifth grade at the Almetyevo School, due to his return to Latvia, 07 May 1945 Comments by the person submitting the material: Boris Segal was born in Daugavpils, 31 March 1933; 8 years old at the outbreak of the war; escape with his parents to Preili following air-raids on the strategic railroad station in Daugavpils; life in Daugavpils, until 27 June 1941; increasing fequency of air-raids on Latvia and escape of the family to the East; life on the road for approximately 300 kms, riding on horses bought from a...

File Number : 377

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Russian

Letters and postcards sent by Red Army soldier Saja Etkin to his wife Lyuba Etkin in Khalturin, 1941-1943, and an announcement that Etkin died in battle, 20 March 1943

Letters and postcards sent by Red Army soldier Saja Etkin to his wife Lyuba Etkin in Khalturin, 1941-1943, and an announcement that Etkin died in battle, 20 March 1943 Included in the file: - Two letters sent by Nina Usherenko in Moscow to her friend Lyuba in Khalturin, 22 July 1941 and 29 October 1941; - Letter sent to Lyuba in Riga by the Kushelevich family in Vilna, 28 December 1945; - Confirmation by the Kommissariat (military office) of the Yaroslavl region, regarding the enlistment of Saja Etkin in the Red Army as a volunteer, 21 August 1941; - Work certificate of Saja Etkin, 29 March...

File Number : 1866

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Death Certificate, Letter, Official Documentation, Postcard

Language : Russian, Yiddish, Latvian

Postcards sent by Mina Berzin from Rezekne, Latvia to her daughter Gusta Gelman in Eretz Israel, 1940-1941

Postcards sent by Mina Berzin from Rezekne, Latvia to her daughter Gusta Gelman in Eretz Israel, 1940-1941 Included in the file: Documentation regarding the experiences of Gusta and Yosef Gelman Giladi, written by their daughter Naomi Palmon; Comments by the submitter of the material (Naomi [Giladi] Palmon); Gusta (Berzin) Gelman Giladi and her husband Yosef Gelman Giladi, born in Rezekne, Latvia, made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938. Before their aliya, Gusta's mother Mina Berzin turned to the local rabbi with a request to convince Yosef to not go (their economic situation was very good at the time),...

File Number : 1845

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Mrs. - (Levin) Vakhtel, born in Riga, Latvia, 1915, regarding her experiences in Riga

Memoirs of Mrs. - (Levin) Vakhtel, born in Riga, Latvia, 1915, regarding her experiences in Riga Life before the war; witness attends school until 1932; sewing studies; marriage to Heinrich Vakhtel, 25 December 1938. Outbreak of the war; German occupation; abuse of the Jews by Latvians.

File Number : 8411

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Documentation regarding the bringing to trial of Nazi war criminals responsible for the murder of Jews in the Riga Ghetto and in various places in Latvia, 1945-1949

Documentation regarding the bringing to trial of Nazi war criminals responsible for the murder of Jews in the Riga Ghetto and in various places in Latvia, 1945-1949 Documentation includes: 1) Letter sent by the Committee for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Baltic States to Abraham Sherwood, a British Army soldier; letter regarding his participation in the interrogations work of the committee, 03 August 1949; 2) Memorandum regarding the mass murders implemented in the Riga Ghetto and in areas near the Riga Ghetto during the war, prepared, 09 July 1949; 3) Letter on the subject sent by...

File Number : 103

Type of Material : Correspondence, Official Documentation, List of Nazi War Criminals

Language : English

Letter and postcard sent to Esther Kantorowitz in Haifa, Eretz Israel, by members of her family in Riga, Latvia, 09 January 1938 and 02 April 1941

File Number : 1802

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : German

Personal documentation of Ber Grinman from Liepaja, and Tamara Tabak in Riga both of whom perished in Latvia, 1941-1942

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Russian, Latvian

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