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Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998

Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998 - Three letters written by Rina Bar-Niv to her daughters, April and May 1977, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, establishment of the Konsky Ghetto, 1940, and ghetto life including leaving the ghetto in secret in order to find food for the family; - Memoirs written by the daughters, Miki and Irit, 1986-1988: Deportation by the Germans to a labor camp in Wannweil near Stuttgart using the false identity of Kazimiera Swierczynska; Work for UNRRA following liberation in Team 589 in Reutlingen, as a secretary...

File Number : 1241

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Administrative Documentation, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Documentation regarding the membership of Maurice Moshe Gryman, born in Przytyk, Poland, 1919, in the French underground during World War II, 1945-1962

Documentation regarding the membership of Maurice Moshe Gryman, born in Przytyk, Poland, 1919, in the French underground during World War II, 1945-1962 - Political Deportee's card issued by the Office of Veteran Soldiers and War Victims Affairs in France, April 1954; - Combatant's card and Underground Volunteer Combatant's card issued to Maurice Gryman by the National Office of Veteran Soldiers and War Victims in Grenoble, 1956; - Card issued by the Office for Prisoners', Deportees' and Refugees' Affairs attesting to Gryman's return to his native country within the Displaced Person's framework; -...

File Number : 761

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation

Language : French, German

Testimony of Chaim Hauszman Nave, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in Budapest

Testimony of Chaim Hauszman Nave, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in Budapest Life in Budapest in the home of an assimilated family; German occupation, 1944; deportation from their home; separation from his mother; life in hiding in Budapest until the liberation in 1945; He joins a group of children who were gathered by the JDC organization and by members of the Gordonia movement; they set sail for Eretz Israel on the "Knesset Yisrael" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel in 1947; service in the Israel Air Force, IAF; receipt of the Mofet...

File Number : 13579

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Postcards from Dina Melker in Odessa to her husband Isak Buchmil, at the war front in Stalingrad, October-November 1941

Postcards from Dina Melker in Odessa to her husband Isak Buchmil at the war front in Stalingrad, October-November 1941 Also in the file: - Certificate that Isak Buchmil was awarded a medal for his participation in the defence of Stalingrad, 22 December 1942; - Three certificates that Isak Buchmil was awarded medals of honor for his participation in World War II, 1946, 1948, 1985; - Certificate that Maria Edelman, Isak Buchmil's second wife, was awarded a medal. Comment by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Isak Buchmil, born in Ukraine, 1908: - Marriage to Dina Melker;...

File Number : 1939

Type of Material : Personal Records, Postcard

Language : Russian

Documentation regarding Frieda and Karl Stiefel, and their daughter Lieselotte and her husband Robert Bach

Documentation regarding Frieda and Karl Stiefel, and their daughter Lieselotte and her husband Robert Bach Letters sent by Frieda Stiefel from Hildburghausen and Frankfurt, to her daughter Lieselotte Bach in Mandatory Palestine, 1939-1942; The file includes: Farewell letter written by Frieda Stiefel to her daughter, before her deportation to Poland, 24 March 1942; letter with a description of Frieda Stiefel’s fate, from the German husband of Frieda's woman friend who was also murdered, written in 1946; correspondence between Lieselotte and Frieda, by means of the Red Cross organization, 1940-1942;...

File Number : 1768

Type of Material : Memoirs, Official Documentation, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Genealogy, Death Certificate, Personal Records, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, English, German