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Documentation regarding Hans Paul Weiner, born in Trautenau, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel and service in PAL-Company 608

Documentation regarding Hans Paul Weiner, born in Trautenau, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel and service in PAL-Company 608 - Excerpts from the British Army historical documentation collection, regarding PAL-Company 608, dated, 31 March 1941-17 January 1944; - Photographs and newspaper clippings from "The Palestine Post", 20 May-09 June 1941; - Memoirs of Hans Paul Weiner; Childhood in Trautenau; Escape by his family from a pail [?] to a pogrom; [move?] to Prague, September 1938; attempts to receive an emigration visa in preparation for aliya; illegal aliya from...

File Number : 389

Type of Material : Survey Report, Newspaper Clippings, Telegram, Official Documentation, Diary

Language : English, German

Testimony of Solomon Raymond Angel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1930, regarding his experiences in hiding in Athens using a false identity until the liberation by the British Army

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Birth certificate of Joseph Kurt Kerpen, born in Vienna, Austria, 1918, a Heimatscheine (Residence Certificate) from 1935; a British Army Soldier's Service and Pay Book and an additional document from 1947 - Joseph Kurt Kerpen, the father of Jichak Kerpen who submitted the material, made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1938; he enlisted in the British Army in 1939, and was discharged in 1946; he served as a driver of trucks and tankers in the Royal Engineer Corps during the war years. - Letter sent by Kurt Kerpen from Eretz Israel (73 Herzl Street, Petach Tikwah) to Siegfried Israel and Frieda Kerpen in Vienna,...

File Number : 246

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Postcards sent to Szajndla Wajnberg in Faulbrueck camp by her brother Israel and her sister Chana Miedz in Sosnowiec in 1943 and two letters sent by her sister Rachela in Neusalz camp in 1943

Postcards sent to Szajndla Wajnberg in Faulbrueck camp by her brother Israel and her sister Chana Miedz in Sosnowiec in 1943 and two letters sent by her sister Rachela in Neusalz camp in 1943 The parents Yitzhak Wajnberg and Malka Horowitz perished during the Holocaust; the sisters Ruchama Weinberg and Chana Miedz with her husband perished during the Holocaust; the brother Shaul Weinberg perished during the Holocaust; The file also includes: Postcard sent by Tilde Baum from Strzemieszyce where her parents were before their deportation to Auschwitz, 18 May 1943; Memoirs of Rachela Wajnberg Londner...

File Number : 1824

Type of Material : Memoirs, Postcard, Letter

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, German

Testimony

Testimony of Stefania (Jamberger) Hirsch, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Simleul Silvaniei, the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ploen and other places Her childhood in Simleul Silvaniei with her family; attends an Orthodox religious school. Hungarian Army occupation of Simleul Silvaniei, 1940; life under Hungarian occupation including antisemitic legislation, the confiscation of her family's business and the deportation of men to forced labor; increase in the displays of antisemitism among the population in the area; German Army occupation of Simleul...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony

Testimony of Nelly Simone (Goldberger) Gordon, born in Oradea, (Hungary) Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, as a forced laborer in various camps and on a death march Childhood in a religious family in Oradea Mare; displays of antisemitism in kindergarten. Deportation to the Oradea Ghetto, 1940; hiding of valuables by her father who underwent torture; deportation to Auschwitz, spring 1944; transfer to Block 32 with her sister; transfer of 300 young women to Lager B and then to Weisswasser to labor in the Siemens factory; labor in an office due to her command of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Pavlina (Farnblum) Berger, born in Kerecse, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Christianstadt and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Pavlina (Farnblum) Berger, born in Kerecse, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Christianstadt and Bergen-Belsen Life in Kerecse before the war. Deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto; Mukacevo Ghetto life until June 1943; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1943; transfer to Christianstadt labor camp, December 1943; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, 21 January 1945; liberation by the British Army, May 1945. Return home, March 1946; aliya to Israel, 1973.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Marjem Miriam Eva Sprei, born in Polgar, Hungary, 1925, regarding her experiences in Polgar, the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Marjem Miriam Eva Sprei, born in Polgar, Hungary, 1925, regarding her experiences in Polgar, the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and other places Life before the war. German occupation, spring 1944; deportation of the Jews to the synagogue; transfer to the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including separation of the children from their parents; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; transfer to Magdeburg; camp life including labor in the Polte Munitionfabrik ammunitions factory; death march to Malchow; liberation by the British Army; re-occupation by the German Army;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehudit Steinberg, born in Rejowiec, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Rejowiec Ghetto, Majdanek, Skarzysko Kamienna, Czestochowa and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit Steinberg, born in Rejowiec, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Rejowiec Ghetto, Majdanek, Skarzysko Kamienna, Czestochowa and other camps Religious family with many children. German occupation, 1940; decrees; draft of Jews to forced labor; deportation to the Rejowiec Ghetto, Pesach 1942; ghetto life including labor outside the ghetto; deportation to Majdanek, May 1943; transfer to Skarzysko Kamienna; camp life and labor producing bullets for rifles; transfer to Czestochowa; transfer to Ravensburg, January 1945; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by the British...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Peled, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Birkenau, Bunzlau and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Peled, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Birkenau, Bunzlau and Bergen-Belsen From a traditional family; learns in a "heder", yeshiva and public school; family move to Uzhorod, 1938.German occupation; move for work in Budapest, 1943; return to Uzhorod, 1943; murder of his mother; move to Mukacevo; deportation to Birkenau, June 1944; separation from his father and brother; murder of his father and brother; transfer to Bunzlau; camp life including labor cleaning pots; death march to Bergen-Belsen, early 1945; liberation. Return to Mukacevo; reunion...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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