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Testimony of Markovitz and Bar Zahava Golda, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, in 1927 regarding the Moskovitz ghetto, Auschwitz camp and Bruntal labor camp

Testimony

Childhood before the war; good relations between the local population and the Jews in Uzhorod; invasion of the Hungarians in 1938; antisemitism; looting and burning of the family property by Hungarian soldiers; yellow badge; confiscation of property by the Germans; deportation to Moskovitz ghetto in 1943; harsh physical and emotional conditions; starvation; smuggling of food; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; selection; separation from the family; forced labor; crematorium; starvation; brutal attitude of the kapo; gypsy inmates; clearing the corpses; roll-calls; help by the Blockalteste to the women inmates of...

File Number : 13769

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechay (Paul Georg) Fleischer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1926 regarding his escape to Budapest, deportation to detention camps, escape from a death march and residing in the Glass House

Testimony

Childhood before the war; Fascist Slovakia, 1938; antisemitic events; Attempts to move to Budapest, Hungary, winter 1942-1943; getting arrested by Hungarian soldiers while escaping; sent back to Slovakia; escape to Hungary with the aid of a smuggler; arrival in Budapest; capture and arrest; decrees and restrictions; transferred to a prison by two Hungarian soldiers; deportation to a brick factory; escape to a marked house; capture and deportation for labor building fortifications and digging anti-tank trenches near Solnok, late October 1944; march towards Austria; escape to the Red Cross house in Budapest...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Research by Ayala Hinda (Cytrynbaum) Gal-Or, regarding the experiences during 1939-1966, of her parents, Tzvi and Jehudit Idel (Milgrom) Cytrynbaum, who were born in Deblin Modrzyce, Poland, 1914

Research by Ayala Hinda (Cytrynbaum) Gal-Or, regarding the experiences during 1939-1966, of her parents, Tzvi and Jehudit Idel (Milgrom) Cytrynbaum, who were born in Deblin Modrzyce, Poland, 1914 Introduction, including her family's background; chapter titled: Historical survey regarding Poland and its Jewish residents; map describing a route used by Jews during their escape from occupied Poland, 1939, including a notation of significant dates; survey regarding the life of Jews in Deblin-Modrzyce before the Holocaust, including photographs; Jehudit's memories of her childhood; survey regarding the events in...

File Number : 1262

Type of Material : Document, Survey Report, Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Testimony of Elhanan Elkhononas Shokhoras Shahar, born in 1929 in Kaunas, Lithuania, about his experiences in the Kaunas ghetto, the Stutthof camp, and Dachau during the war

Life before the war; offspring of a traditional family; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; nationalization of family business; Soviets retreat and German occupation ensues in June 1941; ghetto established and extended family joins witness in one apartment; wearing the yellow star; attending a vocational school; Aktionen; surrender of valuables and books; unsuccessful attempt to smuggle sister to the "Aryan" side; deportation from the ghetto in July 1944; parting from mother and sister in the Stutthof camp; taken to Landsberg (Dachau); life in the camp; hunger; the front closes in and the camp is evacuated on...

File Number : 13603

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Musical score and words to the composition, "Buchenwalder Marsch" ("Buchenwald March"), composed by Hermann Leopoldi, 07 March 1939

Musical score and words to the composition, "Buchenwalder Marsch" ("Buchenwald March"), composed by Hermann Leopoldi, 07 March 1939 Note: Hermann Leopoldi composed the work, "Buchenwald March", after returning from detention, 1939. The file contains the musical score and the words to the music written under the appropriate notes. The work ends with the words, "the day will come and we shall be free". On the sheet music is a dedication to Dr. Gerhardt Wollner, noting the place, Vienna, and the date, 07 March 1939.

File Number : 271

Type of Material : Musical Notes, Poem/song

Language : German

Memoirs of Maria Veronika Grueters, a music teacher in Freiburg who was rescued with help from Christians, and who converted to Christianity after the war and became a Catholic nun, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust and following Included in the file: - Newspaper clippings and various materials, regarding the experiences of Maria Veronika Grueters; - Documentation regarding the production of the opera "Brundibar" in which she was a partner, 1995; - Correspondence with the Erben family, 1988-2004.

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Postcard, Newspaper Clippings, Documentary, Letter, Memoirs

Language : German

"The Ballad of the Last One": Poem by Esther Alt put to music by Ovadia Chamama in memory of Chaim Friedman, born in 1934, the last member of his family, killed in the service of his country, 1954

File Number : 261

Type of Material : Music, Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rozalia (Ionas) Lobel, born in Sacaseni, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sacaseni, the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto and Aushwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Rozalia (Ionas) Lobel, born in Sacaseni, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sacaseni, the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto and Aushwitz Life in Sacaseni with her family including in imposition of [anti-Jewish] restrictions; annexation of Transylvania by Hungary; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions including the nationalization of land owned by her family, travel restrictions and the obligation regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation to the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto; Simleul Silvanei Ghetto life including labor conveying bricks for burning, and experiencing hunger; hanging of her father...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Collection of articles regarding art and medicine in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, including poems written by inmates in the ghetto, undated

Collection of articles regarding art and medicine in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, including poems written by inmates in the ghetto, undated - Article by Vilem Weber, regarding the fate of Jewish poetess Ilse Weber, who was an inmate in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, and perished, 1944. Including in the file are the names of the following poets: Ilse Weber; Kurt Kapper; Arnost Weisz; Alena Synkova; Dagmar Hilarova.

File Number : 467

Type of Material : Poem/song, Article

Language : Czech, German

Testimony of Chaim Heinrich Heinz Kirsch, born in Berlin, Germany, 1923, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Krakow, Bratislava, Rhodes, Ferramonti and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Heinrich Heinz Kirsch, born in Berlin, Germany, 1923, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Krakow, Bratislava, Rhodes, Ferramonti and other places His childhood in Berlin, including attending the Kaiser Strasse school [the street location]; membership in the Bachad movement; move to Krakow. Life in Krakow including antisemitism and decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; escape to Bratislava; sets sail on the "Pencho" ship, and travel for seven months; halt of the ship in Hungary and Yugoslavia due to it being illegal; help from the Jewish community to obtain food in Athens; landing of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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