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Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel, Switzerland, regarding support to Jewish refugees from Germany: Personal letters of request for support, 1938-1940 The file contains personal letters of request for support from victims (the names are scanned in alphabetical order). Jewish victims from: - Vienna, pp. 2-54, 68-71, 79-88, 90-92,94-95, 97-98, 102-105, 109-142, 145-152, 156-168, 181-214, 220–224, 228-242, 254-282, 292-293, 312-313, 326-332, 335-349, 378-380, 387-388, 391-393, 407-414, 431-452, 458-461, 462-483, 511-531, 542-561, 562-572,...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Newspaper, Postcard, Letter, List

Language : German

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel, Switzerland, regarding support to Jewish refugees from Germany: Personal letters of request for support, 1935-1948 The file contains mainly personal letters of request for support from victims before and during the war and from survivors after the war. Letters from survivors include names of missing family members. Letters from survivors in: - Germany, pp. 4-10 - Vienna, p. 47 - Liechtenstein, pp. 605-608 - Survivors from all over the world: pp. 223 – 228, 230-233, 249 – 258, 330, 396-409, 411, 494-510,...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Postcard, List, Letter, Telegram, Document, Newspaper

Language : Hebrew, French, German, Hungarian

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest From a well-to-do family; attends a Tarbut school; Bnei Akiva and Bnei Yehuda activities. Outbreak of the war; occupation by the Red Army; limitations on Jewish property; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Ludwipol Ghetto; Judenrat; preparation of a hiding place in a cellar; "Aktion"; liquidation of the ghetto; murder of his father and mother; escape to a forest and preparation of a bunker (for approximately 11 people) in the forest; obtaining food from villagers...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leon Harari, born in Warszawa, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Warszawa before the war and about Janusz Korczak's orphanage

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Harari, born in Warszawa, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Warszawa before the war and about Janusz Korczak's orphanage Family background; studies in a Jewish school; studies at a Polish gymnasium; anti-Semitism in the streets; work in a children's newspaper arranged by Janusz Korczak; the newspaper system; Janusz Korczak; Korczak's orphanage; participation in the Hashomer Hatzair movement and joint social and sporting activities with the Korczak orphanage; parades of a Jewish nature on the streets of Warszawa; closure of the newspaper, 01/09/1939; the legacy of Korczak's vision...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew