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Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement

Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement Included in the file: - Documents regarding the circumstances of the air[craft] accident in which Dr. Rezek was killed, 1948; Rezek made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war; he enlisted in the Czech unit as an army chaplain; he was active in the rehabilitation of the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia, as the secretary of the Jewish community in Prague.

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Documentary, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : Hebrew, Czech

Issue of the journal "Hagibor Hamaccabi" ("The Maccabi Hero"), published in Czechoslovakia, 07/1932

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Journal

Language : Czech, German

Diary written by Trautl Klein Schallinger, a resident of Brno and member of the table tennis championship team of Czechoslovakia; the diary includes Slovakian newspaper clippings, 1936-1937

Diary written by Trautl Klein Schallinger, a resident of Brno and member of the table tennis championship team of Czechoslovakia; the diary includes Slovakian newspaper clippings, 1936-1937 Included in the file: - Certificate given to Trautl Klein Schallinger, including mention that her husband Jaques Schallinger is a member of the table tennis championship team of the Maccabi organization in Brno; - Certificate given to Trautl Klein Schallinger in Hamburg, confirming her participation in the table tennis competitions in Hamburg, 17/02/1935; Traute Klein was deported to Theresienstadt, 02/12/1941;...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Personal Documents

Language : Czech, German

Film entitled, "Eight Stories That Haven't Changed the World", including the testimony of eight Jews, born in Poland, 1914-1933, and their experiences in Poland before World War II

Film entitled, "Eight Stories That Haven't Changed the World", including the testimony of eight Jews, born in Poland, 1914-1933, and their experiences in Poland before World War II The interviewees are: Dora Tenembaum, Szymon Tenembaum, Halina Elczewska, Feliks Nieznanowski, Krystyna Budnicka, Josef Hen, Jan Rochwerger and Marian Fuks.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, English

Memoirs of Bracha (Grosberger) Socher, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in Budapest, on the Kasztner train, in Bergen-Belsen camp and in Switzerland

Memoirs of Bracha (Grosberger) Socher, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in Budapest, on the Kasztner train, in Bergen-Belsen camp and in Switzerland Life in Budapest, until June 1944. Life on the Kasztner train; Bergen-Belsen camp life; transfer to Switzerland .

File Number : 8234

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzili Gold Dobrin Simon, born in 1925 in Berlin, about life under a false identity in Chambery, Grenoble, and Lyon

Life under Nazi rule in Berlin in 1933; reaching Paris with her family in 1938; German occupation ensues in 1940; escaping and returning to Paris; hiding from deportation by the French police and escaping with family to the Free Zone in southern France in 1942; living in the La Bourboule resort town in 1942; assistance from residents and mayor; moving with a sister to Chambery in 1943 under a false identity with help from the French resistance and the Zionist movement; moving to a farm as part of a Zionist training pogram, Toulouse Lautrec, Grenoble; moving to a pension run by the French resistance in Lyon in...

File Number : 13574

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Leib Vered, born in Roman, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, in detention in Vacaresti; in detention in Zilava and in detention in Fetesti

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Leib Vered, born in Roman, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, in detention in Vacaresti; in detention in Zilava and in detention in Fetesti Family background; family makes aliya to Eretz Israel, 1923; return to Romania due to economic difficulties; move to Bucharest; displays of antisemitism; joining the Maccabi youth movement. Burning of the store and closing of the business, 1940; pogroms; rescue of his family; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; return to Bucharest; detention by Romanian gendarmes; detention for 30 days for lack of possession of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Violet (Reuven) Dowek, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Chirpan and Yambol

Testimony

Testimony of Violet (Reuven) Dowek, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Chirpan and Yambol Childhood as an only child living with her family in a Christian neighborhood; relations with her Bulgarian neighbors. German occupation, 1941; expulsion from her elementary school; yellow badge; deportation to Chirpan, summer 1943; residence in a small shoemaker's shop; labor in picking produce, stringing beads and similar work; supporting the family by selling shirts sewn by her mother; transfer to live with her relatives in Yambol; living with her uncle; return to Sofia at the end...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yakov Schein, born in Sebezi, Latvia, 1917, regarding his experiences in Ponowez, Kaunas, Pinsk, Ufa, the Red Army and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yakov Schein, born in Sebezi, Latvia, 1917, regarding his experiences in Ponowez, Kaunas, Pinsk, Ufa, the Red Army and in other places His childhood in Ponowez; attends a Tarbut school; membership in the Maccabi movement, 1933; increase in antisemitism; move to Kaunas; vocational studies in an ORT school; marriage at the age of 19; move back to Ponowez, 1941. Red Army occupation of Ponowez; move back to Kaunas; escape to Pinsk on a bicycle; move to forests with his wife with help from a young Belorussian man; escape to the Soviet border; meets relatives in Ufa; life in Ufa including work move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jacob Israel Katvan, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, the USSR and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Jakob Israel Katvan, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, the USSR and Tashkent Childhood in an Orthodox family including attending a Jewish school; Maccabi sports activities; displays of antisemitism before the war; cases of provocation and opposition to giving aid to the refugees; prevention of making aliya [to Eretz Israel] by the Vizhnitzer Rebbe. Outbreak of the war; occupation [of Cernauti] by the Red Army; deportation of wealthy people to Siberia; transfer with friends to the Soviet Union and studies at a school for spies; transfer to Tashkent,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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