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Memoirs of Bela Korn, born in 1923, reagrding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and labor camps Parschnitz, Reichenbach and St. Georgenthal

Memoirs of Bela Korn, born in 1923, reagrding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and labor camps Parschnitz, Reichenbach and St. Georgenthal Life in the Lodz Ghetto; death of her mother from starvation, 30 October 1942; deportation to Auschwitz, August 1944; transfer to Reichenbach, Parschnitz and St. Georgenthal labor camps

File Number : 8287

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Reports written by the High Commission that appointed General Antonescu, December 1941, regarding the establishment of the Chisinau Ghetto, its administration and deportation of its residents to Transnistria, July-December 1941

File Number : 304

Type of Material : Study, Official Documentation

Language : English, Romanian

List of Jews from Hungary who perished after the liberation of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camps and were buried in the Wels camp cemetery, 05-07/1945

List of Jews from Hungary who perished after the liberation of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camps and were buried in the Wels camp cemetery, 05-07/1945 The Jews' death was due to weakness and disease during the first weeks following the liberation; reburial was done in orderly cemeteries in Wels and Hoersing, with registration of their names and the number of the grave; most of the people buried here were originally from Hungary. Detailed lists appear in various websites, and include an additional 500 Jews who were buried in the area; following are links to the...

File Number : 1187

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews

Language : German

Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department and other authorities, regarding matters concerning welfare work, social help, and JSS activity reports, 1940-1942 Letters by the JSS organization, written in most cases by Dr. Michael Weichert, to the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, regarding: - Request for permission to buy goods for the manufacture of clothing,...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Letter(s), Copy, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, German

Protocol of the working session of Reich Defence Committee (Reichsverteidigungsausschuss) for Poland held on 2/3/1940 in Warsaw and excerpts from monthly reports by Oberfeldkommandanturen of the Wehrmacht in Poland regarding ghettos, 1941-1942 Protocol of the working session of Reich Defence Committee (Reichsverteidigungsausschuss) for Poland, which took place on 2/3/1940 in Warsaw (pp.4-18) The session dealt with the tasks of Reich Defence Committee, the security situation in the occupied Poland and principles of the Nazi policy towards different groups of its population. It was presided by the...

File Number : 183

Type of Material : Project, Legal Documentation, Discussion, Report, Speech

Language : German

Testimony of Adam Riszard Aptowicz, born in Krakow, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Klaj, Plaszow, Prokocim, Biezanow and Skarzysko-Kamienna

Testimony

Testimony of Adam Riszard Aptowicz, born in Krakow, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Klaj, Plaszow, Prokocim, Biezanow and Skarzysko-Kamienna Life in the Krakow Ghetto including meetings with Dr. Michal Weichert, Chairman of the Jewish Assistance Office (JUS), and obtaining his help; labor as a physician in Klaj including work accidents; transfer of medicines and food to Klaj by Dr. Weichert; deportation to Plaszow; transfer to Prokocim, July 1943; camp life including labor as a physician; epidemic of typhus and shortage of medicine; reduction of patient mortality with help from the...

File Number : 582

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Official documentation regarding cooperation by various Jewish organizations concerning rescue attempts, in particular in Hungary, 1944

Official documentation regarding cooperation by various Jewish organizations concerning rescue attempts, in particular in Hungary, 1944 Page 4: Letter from Chaim Pazner, Geneva, to Zionist organization member Kubo, [most probably A. L. Kubowitzki], partly in code, 07 January 1944, regarding: - Veteran certificates for Isaac-Leon Elbaum and his family; - A veterans list, containing 69 families or individuals, sent by the Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, transmitted by the Foreign Office, London, via the Protecting Power, Bern, to the responsible authorities in Germany; - Registration for the exchange; -...

File Number : 131

Type of Material : Reports, Copy, Official Documentation, Testimony, Letter(s), Telegram, Correspondence

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German, Yiddish

Reports regarding Auschwitz camp, including the medical experiments, the brothel for prisoners, the demolition of three gas chambers, the last execution and the only official wedding of a prisoner held in the camp Reports regarding Auschwitz camp, prepared by Franz Danimann and Kurt Hacker: injections of phenol as a means of medical pseudo-experimentation, torture and execution in the concentration camp; female inmates of Birkenau camp are forced to work as prostitutes for the benefit of male slave laborers; an inmate witnesses the underground extermination facilities before their dismantling; the execution...

File Number : 504

Language : German

Testimony of Ludwik Fleck, born in Lwow, Poland, 1896, regarding his experiences in Lwow, in hiding, and in Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps

Testimony of Ludwik Fleck, born in Lwow, Poland, 1896, regarding his experiences in Lwow, in hiding, and in Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps Eviction with his family from their apartment in Lwow, September 1941; life in a rented room in the home of a Pole, in exchange for 10,000 zlotys; work as a physician in the Jewish hospital, under the administration of Dr. Kurzeck; in hiding with his wife and his 14 year old son while hidden in the home of Kurzeck during the "Aktion", 1942; death of his two sisters and his brothers-in-law; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto; Lwow Ghetto life, including living in one room...

File Number : 430

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Ilse Freund, born in Wroclaw, Poland, 1902, regarding her experiences in Guenselsdorf and Ravensbrueck camps

Testimony of Ilse Freund, born in Wroclaw, Poland, 1902, regarding her experiences in Guenselsdorf and Ravensbrueck camps Transfer to Guenselsdorf camp on travel that lasts for three days, and arrival to the camp, 11 September 1944; immediate transfer of the women without food or rest, after their arrival to the camp, to labor in the moving of telegraph poles and parts of railroad tracks; camp life, including residence in empty barracks with only a small amount of straw on the floor, and with rain and snow entering through large spaces between the barracks' rafters; they eat watery soup and a small amount of...

File Number : 390

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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