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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 : Drawing, Personal Records, Memoirs, Memoir Book

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Letters written by Regine Leuchter from Drancy camp to a woman friend in Murat, including a note thrown by Regine from a car when she was detained, and a letter from the woman who collected the note, June-July 1943 - Note written by Regine Leuchter to her friend Alice Ferrieres in Murat, which she threw from a car while being detained in Clermont Ferrand, June 1943; - Letter sent to Alice Ferrieres by the woman who picked up the note, with a description of the circumstances of Regine Leuchter's detention; - Three letters sent by Regine Leuchter to Alice Ferrieres from Drancy camp, June-July...

File Number : 1964

Type of Material : Letter, Note

Language : French

Classical poetry written from memory, by Hanna (Weil) Paltiel, late 1944-early 1945 in a labor camp in Germany, in honor of the birthday of her husband, Avraham Pimentel in November, 1944

Classical poetry written from memory, by Hanna (Weil) Paltiel, late 1944-early 1945 in a labor camp in Germany, in honor of the birthday of her husband, Avraham Pimentel in November, 1944 Life of her husband Avraham Pimentel in a sub-camp of Gross Rosen; writing down poems with a pencil in the evenings over a few months, by Hanna (Weil) Paltiel; collection of poems delivered to her husband through a female friend; "book" kept by Avraham Pimentel until the end of the war; the verse "Restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old" (Lamentations 5: 21) appears on the title...

File Number : 629

Type of Material : Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew, Dutch, German

Letter sent by Jolanda (Schlezinger) Deutsch in Budapest to her husband Andor Deutsch, 1944 and letters written in Bergen-Belsen camp to her brother-in-law Vilmos Gaspar, March 1945

Letter sent by Jolanda (Schlezinger) Deutsch in Budapest to her husband Andor Deutsch, 1944 and letters written in Bergen-Belsen camp to her brother-in-law Vilmos Gaspar, March 1945 - Letters written by Jolanda (Schlezinger) Deutsch in Bergen-Belsen camp to her brother-in-law Vilmos Gaspar, who also was in Bergen-Belsen camp (on one of the letters the date 23 March appears); transfer of the letters by a POW, in exchange for food; - Letter written by Jolanda (Schlezinger) Deutsch in Budapest, to her husband Andor Deutsch in a labor camp, 05 July 1944; - Continuation of the letter, 16 October...

File Number : 1929

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hungarian

Documents of the Fejgelson family, 1938-1941

Documents of the Fejgelson family, 1938-1941 Letters and postcards sent to Mina Gurnicki in Mandatory Palestine from her mother, Ester Fejgelson and her sister, Chwola Fejgelson, in Vilna, 1939-1941; - Letter sent by Chwola Fejgelson in Vilna to Mina Gurnicki in Mandatory Palestine, 02 September 1945; - Postcard sent by Judel Fejgelson to his sister Ester Fejgelson in Vilna, 09 October 1938; - Last letter sent by Judel Fejgelson to his sister Ester; transfer of the letter by hand via the camp fence; - Birth certificate of Judel Koton (husband of Chwola Fejgelson), issued in Vilna, 05 September...

File Number : 1819

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Legal Documentation, Postcard

Language : Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish

Correspondence between Elia Kohn, born in the Netherlands, and Fanny Tzimet, born in the Netherlands, in Bergen-Belsen, and correspondence between Eldad Kohn and his wife Leni (Lisauer) Kohn, 1933-1950 Elia and Fanny (Tzimet) Kohn: Life in Vught; deportation to Westerbork; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; Bergen-Belsen camp life including the correspondence; transfer to Trebnitz camp; Trebnitz camp life, until the liberation; 1) Correspondence between Elia Kohn and Fanny Tzimet in Bergen-Belsen; smuggle of the letters from the camp, apparently by members of the aliya training group with whom they stayed in...

File Number : 1748

Type of Material : Propaganda, Postcard, Official Documentation, Red Cross Letter, Notepad, Vouchers, Maps, Letter, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, English, Dutch, German

Letters Franka Baral received from Hungary in 1943, her family in Plaszow and from Bronka Porwitowa, a Polish woman who smuggled the letters out

Letters Franka Baral received from Hungary in 1943, her family in Plaszow and from Bronka Porwitowa, a Polish woman who smuggled the letters out Life in the Lwow Ghetto until March 1943; escape of Franka to Hungary via Bochnia; obtains forged documents; life in Hungary using a false identity as a Christian; liberation; murder of her family from Plaszow during the war. The file also includes Franka's memoirs on her escape from Hungary together with her three children in 1943 and her experiences in Dunamocs, Nyiregyhaza and Budapest using a false identity; summary of the video interwiew by Franka's...

File Number : 1717

Type of Material : Testimony, Genealogy, Memoirs, Letter, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Documentation regarding the Gutman family including letters sent to Anna Priebe in Schneidemuehl by her half-Jewish niece Ursula Gutman in the Bialystok Ghetto, via Friedl Wieser, a German soldier who came to her rescue, transit visas and travel tickets in Anna's name and more, 1939-1943 - Letters sent to Anna Priebe in Schneidemuehl by her half-Jewish niece, Ursula Gutman in the Bialystok Ghetto, via Friedl Wieser, a German soldier who came to her rescue, 1941-1943; - Documents regarding the delivery of belongings to Poland following the deportation of the Gutman family from Schneidemuehl, 1939; -...

File Number : 1669

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

Language : Polish, German

Letter sent by the Kovalski family in the Warsaw Ghetto to their cousin [?] in New York with the help of a woman in Berlin, 22 March 1941

Letter sent by the Kovalski family in the Warsaw Ghetto to their cousin [?] in New York with the help of a woman in Berlin, 22 March 1941 Comments by Zeev Kovalski, the submitter of the material: The letter was sent from the Warsaw Ghetto to a woman in Germany for fear that the letter would not be sent directly to New York from the ghetto, and this woman sent the letter to the address listed; Excerpt from the letter, as translated by Zeev Kovalski, "Our dear cousin, I write you requesting and pleading to help our brother whom we haven't seen in two years already. We are extremely anxious as to his fate...

File Number : 1645

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Testimony of Dvora (Moskovitz) Berger, born in Peneszlek, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in Mezosas, the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hessisch Lichtenau and on a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Dvora (Moskovitz) Berger, born in Peneszlek, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in Mezosas, the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hessisch Lichtenau and on a death march Her childhood with her parents; move to Mezosas; displays of antisemitism in the school; acts of harassment. German Army occupation [of Mezosas], 1944; life under German occupation including the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; restrictions on travel, ban on the possession of a radio, and demand to hand over valuables; attitude of the local population; in hiding while hidden by a Hungarian neighbor; deportation to the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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