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Personal documentation belonging to William Wolfgang Brickman, born in the United States, 1913, a US soldier who spied in Germany

Personal documentation belonging to William Wolfgang Brickman, born in the United States, 1913, a US soldier who spied in Germany - Letter sent by William (Zeev) Wolfgang Brickman from Fürth-Unterfürberg, Germany, to Dr. Ernest O. Melby, Dean of the New York University School of Education requesting the renewal of his appointment as an Instructor in the Department of History of Education at the University, 04 February 1946; - Certificate confirming the completion of a course in the United States Military Intelligence Training Center awarded to William Wolfgang Brickman, 03 March 1945; - United States...

File Number : 1002

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Lists of Jewish inmates in the Compiegne camp, France, who are unfit for work, January 1942

File Number : 197

Type of Material : List of Detainees

Language : German

List of inmates in Auschwitz who underwent physical examinations for the detection of Streptococcus, 10/07/1944

File Number : 430

Type of Material : Lists

Language : German

Announcement regarding an examination to be held among the residents of the Landsberg DP camp by order of the army

File Number : 409

Type of Material : Announcement

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters

Testimony of Dr Siegmund E. Hadda, born in Cosel, Germany, 1882, former Medical Director of the Jewish Hospital in Breslau, regarding the history of the Jewish Hospital in Breslau, the years under the Nazi regime, and operating and living conditions for Jews until the deportation of the last Jews from Breslau to Theresienstadt, June 1943 Dr Siegmund E. Hadda was the last Medical Director of the Jewish Hospital in Breslau. - Deportation of the last officials of the Jewish community of Breslau to Theresienstadt (18 people, including their spouses and children), 16 June 1943, marking the end of the German...

File Number : 259

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Paulina Trocki, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1905, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bendorf

Testimony of Dr. Paulina Trocki, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1905, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bendorf - Life in Belgium from 1923; - Deportation from Mechelen-Malines to Auschwitz, 31 July 1944; - Deportation to the Bendorf camp near Magdeburg; labor as a physician; forced labor until 10 April 1945; - Deportation to Neuengamme with 300 sick women among the 3,000 inmates; care for the sick; trip lasting 12 days to four different camps in the vicinity of Hamburg; description of the difficult living conditions during the journey; disease, hunger, thirst, personal strife...

File Number : 167

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, French

Testimony of Dr Paulina Trocki, born on December 28, 1905 in Kishinev, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bendorf

Testimony of Dr. Paulina Trocki, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1905, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bendorf - Life in Belgium from 1923; training as a dentist and as a physician; - Deportation from Mechelen/ Malines to Auschwitz, July 1944; arrested and released by the Gestapo several times; life in Auschwitz until December 1944; - Labor as a physician in a women's block in Birkenau; labor as a pneumothorax specialist; - Improvement of conditions for children from September or October 1944, murder of fewer children; fewer murders of children on their arrival at Auschwitz;...

File Number : 166

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Ernő Klein, born in Perkáta, Hungary in 1902, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Jászberény, in the Hatvan Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Auschwitz camps He presents himself to the authorities for forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Jászberény on 12/06/1944; after the transfer, with 300-400 forced laborers, he undergoes a medical examination (at his request) in Hatvan; detention at the railroad station by gendarmes and SS soldiers; he receives beatings with a rifle butt and other [instruments?]; deportation to the Hatvan Ghetto, including...

File Number : 2874

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Éva Storch, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Parschnitz and Zittau camps

Testimony of Éva Storch, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Parschnitz and Zittau camps Life in the Munkács Ghetto; receiving food from acquaintances; rape and sexual abuse of women by German and Hungarian soldiers; transfer to a brick factory, the second ghetto, after four weeks; torture of the men by Swabian SS soldiers (svábok/Ungarndeutsch-Hungarians of German descent) including their being forced to exercise and beating them; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train; life on the way in a train car together with 75-80...

File Number : 2818

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Károly Moskovits, born in Szeklence, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Szeklence Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald

Testimony of Károly Moskovits, born in Szeklence, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Szeklence Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald Deportation to the Szeklence Ghetto by gendarmes, April 1944; ghetto life for four weeks; sleeping in attics of houses; labor in construction; being subjected to torture by gendarmes; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life on the road in a freight car for three days; water drinking supply depleted after a number of hours; mortality on the way; arrival in the camp, 10 May 1944; selection by Dr. Josef Mengele; transfer to a shower; cropping of hair...

File Number : 2789

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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