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Letter from a group of Jews originally from the Baltic States, in London, to the Jewish Historical Documentation Center, Linz, including quotations from the testimony of Raphael Schub against Zarins, the chief of police in Aizpute

File Number : 791

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Memoranda by the International Union of Former Political Prisoners in Linz, including protest against the recognition of White Russians, Latvians and Lithuanians as political refugees, and reports from Paris regarding the revival of fascism in Austria, and other matters Memoranda by the International Union of Former Political Prisoners in Linz, including protests against the recognition of White Russians, Latvians and Lithuanians as political refugees, and against the forgiving attitude of Austria toward war criminals and the restitution of Jewish property; memoranda from Paris regarding the situation of the...

File Number : 72

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, German

Testimony of Marta (Shemesh) Megyeri, born in Szerencs, regarding her experiences in the Satoralyaulyhely Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Torun and Bydgoszcz camps

Testimony

Testimony of Marta (Shemesh) Megyeri, born in Szerencs, regarding her experiences in the Satoralyaulyhely Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Torun and Bydgoszcz camps Her father is a hero in World War I; open, religious-Zionist atmosphere at home; displays of antisemitism in school. Draft of her father to labor battalions and his release with the help of bribery, 1941; deportation of neighbors to Kamenets-Podolski; her parents' disbelief regarding the rumors from Poland, 1942; German occupation of Hungary, 19 March 1944; restrictions on the Jews; concentration of the Jews in a synagogue, April 1944; search...

File Number : 7376

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Inna Michelson, born in Riga, Latvia, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Riga Ghetto and life using a false identity in an orphanage

Testimony

Testimony of Inna Michelson, born in Riga, Latvia, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Riga Ghetto and life using a false identity in an orphanage Life before the war. German occupation, 1941; murder of Jewish youths; displays of antisemitism; deportation to the Riga Ghetto; obtains forged Latvian documents; disappearance of her father and his murder, March 1942; disappearance of her mother in the Gestapo office, 16 October 1942; move to an orphanage; life using a false identity in the orphanage until the end of the war.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Jeshayahu Haran-Horenkrieg, born in Warsaw, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Stolpce Ghetto and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Jeshayahu Haran-Horenkrieg, born in Warsaw, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Stolpce Ghetto and with the partisans His family arrived to Warsaw from Spain at the start of the 19th century; life until September 1939. Escape to Lwow, October 1939; life under Soviet rule and labor laying railroad tracks; his sister Zila was turned in to the Gestapo, 1944; deportation of his parents to Treblinka, 1942; transfer to Stolpce; life in the Stolpce Ghetto, July 1941-December 1942; hunger and forced labor; "Aktions" by Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Latvian collaborators, summer 1942; forced labor in a...

File Number : 6998

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ella (Linde) Aharonov, born in Ogre, Latvia, 1901, regarding her experiences in Liepaja, the Soviet Union, wanderings and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Ella (Linde) Aharonov, born in Ogre, Latvia, 1901, regarding her experiences in Liepaja, the Soviet Union, wanderings and in hiding Life before the war; move to Liepaja. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Societ occupation; German occupation, June 1941; life in hiding with help from the local residents; escape to the Soviet Union; wanderings; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1956.

File Number : 2702

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Joint testimony of sisters Elza Kellner and Erzsébet Kellner, born in Nagyszőllős, Czechoslovakia, in 1928 and 1925, regarding their experiences in the Nagyszőllős Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Riga, Dundanga and other camps Confiscation of property (valuables and other property) in April 1944; detention of their father due to suspicion that he hid property, and his transfer to interrogation; their father is given beatings during the interrogation; release of their father, thanks to the connections of their uncle, who is a physician; deportation to the Nagyszőllős Ghetto after Pesach (April) 1944;...

File Number : 526

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Meita Shamshonovich, born in 1917, regarding her experiences in the Baranowicze Ghetto, Koldyczewo camp and with the Bielski brothers' partisans group

Testimony of Meita Shamshonovich, born in 1917, regarding her experiences in the Baranowicze Ghetto, Koldyczewo camp and with the Bielski brothers' partisans group Baranowicze Ghetto life; first "Aktion", March 1942; collaboration with the Germans by Ukrainians, Latvians and Lithuanians; "Aktion", September 1942; liquidation of the ghetto; labor in a laundry for Sicherheitsdienst (SD) men, until November 1943; deportation to Koldyczewo camp with the Jews; escape from the camp; receives help from farmers in the area; life with the Bielski brothers' partisans group.

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 1161

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 348

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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