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Testimony of Bruno Skuteli, born in 1919 in Leczyca, Poland, about his experiences in Lwów and with the Polish Battalion (in the Red Army) in the vicinity of Radomsko, Częstochowa, and Podhale; etc. Parents, Henryk and Leokadia Gotman née Moszkowicz, move to Łódź in 1921; attending the Jewish high school in Częstochowa; joining the Communist youth movement in 1935; illegal residency; activity in the Zukunft Jewish youth movement; war breaks out and the witness escapes to Lwów; life in Ukraine under Soviet rule until October 1941; sattempt to volunteer for Anders’ army but fails on account of his Jewishness;...

File Number : 3685

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 3267

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : Polish

Letter from Communist Party activists on the Central Committee of Polish Jews to the Central Committee of the Communist Party, dated 15 May 1945; report dated 25 April 1949

Letter from Communist Party activists on the Central Committee of Polish Jews to the Central Committee of the Communist Party, dated 15 May 1945; report dated 25 April 1949 In their letter, the Communist activists on the Central Committee of Polish Jews complain that there are no clear guidelines from the Party regarding the wave of Jews returning to Poland after the war. The writers also offer suggestions on how to cope with the influence of the Zionists on the Jews. Also in the file: A report by Jewish activists in the Polish Communist Party regarding the organizing of Jewish committees to deal with...

File Number : 43

Type of Material : Reports, Letter

Language : Polish

Correspondence of the Poalei Zion Party administration in Warsaw with Party branches in Poland and other countries, with other Zionist organizations and the World Jewish Congress (WJC), winter 1947-1948 Letters and reports regarding their activities sent to the administration in Warsaw by the local branches in various cities. The reports include information regarding cultural activities, changes of personnel and organizational matters, aliya arrangements and relief campaigns for the Yishuv (Jewish population of Israel prior to establishment of the State) and the Haganah Organization. The documentation is...

File Number : 525

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Documentation regarding the Umwandererzentralstelle (UWZ) in Lodz and Poznan, and public announcements by the German authorities in the Warsaw district, 1939-1945, and documentation regarding Josef Hoch, a former member of the Judenrat in Lemberg, dated, 1950 Included in the file: Letter by the Department for War Crimes in Munich, addressed to the Polish Military Mission, concerning investigations against Josef Hoch, a former member of the Judenrat (Jewish council) in Lemberg (Lwow), for collaboration with the Nazi German authorities and complicity in war crimes; Hoch was assumed to be residing in Israel...

File Number : 59

Type of Material : Personal Documents, List of Clerks, Administrative Documentation, Correspondence, List of Names, Announcement, Lists, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, German