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Certification that Ilse Stern won Third Place in a shorthand competition in Langensalza, 21 April 1932

Certification that Ilse Stern won Third Place in a shorthand competition in Langensalza, 21 April 1932 She succeeded in writing 120 shorthand symbols in one minute; Comments by the submitter of the material: Aliza (Stern) Yaakov was born in Langensalza, 1914; she made aliya to Eretz Israel without her parents, 1936 (they made aliya later); her brother Luther also made aliya to Eretz Israel; Aliza made aliya from the Netherlands, to where she had escaped after she had been detained in Germany and released (she had pretended that she was insane); she worked as a caregiver in a children's home, before she...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 646

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Documents, Certification

results.listIds.lang : German

Survey report written by Joseph Zajdensztadt, regarding the life and experiences of his brother, Jewish painter Pinchas Zajdensztadt, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1894, and a postcard written by the painter

results.listIds.fileNumber : 347

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Certification by UNRRA, regarding the detention of Abram Mairanz Miron in Bergen-Belsen during the war, issued in Munich, 09 October 1945

Certification by UNRRA, regarding the detention of Abram Mairanz Miron in Bergen-Belsen during the war, issued in Munich, 09 October 1945 The file includes: - Postcards and drawings by Abram Mairanz Miron in Germany after the war; some of the postcards and drawings were commissioned by emissaries of the Zionist parties visiting the Foehrenwald DP camp; Comments by the person submitting the material: Abram Mairanz Miron, born in Sierpc, Poland, 1922; attended art school in Warsaw; deported to the Warsaw Ghetto together with his parents, Bela and Binjamin and his sister, Rivka; he survived but his...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 702

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Records, Drawing

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, English

Personal documents of Mihály Miklós and Szerén Szöllösi (Michael and Sara Szöllösi), Holocaust survivors from Budapest

Personal documents of Mihály Miklós and Szerén Szöllösi (Michael and Sara Szöllösi), Holocaust survivors from Budapest Michael Szöllösi was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1905; marriage with Helena Rozenfeld, 1932; life in Rákoscsaba with his wife, including medical studies; death of their daughter shortly after her birth; halt in his studies due to his daughter’s death; art studies; work as a painter and sculptor. [Outbreak of the war]; Vácz camp life including forced labor, November-December 1941; life in a camp in Ukraine including forced labor, December 1941-September 1943; camp life in Ukraine (death...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 697

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Documents, Memoirs, Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, English, German, Hungarian

Photographs of drawings made by Lea Grundig, presented at an exhibition in Warsaw, July 1949

Photographs of drawings made by Lea Grundig, presented at an exhibition in Warsaw, July 1949 - Reproductions of the drawings made by Lea Grundig on the subjects of the Holocaust and the war, 1941-1948; - Clippings from the Polish and Hebrew press regarding the exhibition and the works of Lea Grundig, the artist, a graduate of the Dresden Academy of Art, who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1936, transferred to Vienna, and sent from there to Bratislava. In 1941 she managed to reach Palestine with a group of friends. The news of what was happening in Europe under the Nazi occupation and her acquaintance...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1304

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Drawing, Poster

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Rochel (Farkash) Herskovice, born in Slatinske Doly, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Terezin

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Testimony of Rochel (Farkash) Herskovice, born in Slatinske Doly, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Terezin Zionist, traditional family; aliya training in preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938-1939. German occupation, 1939; ban on employment of Jews; detention by the Gestapo; move to a pioneering women's home in Prague; deportation to Terezin on transport BF 999; confiscation of belongings and valuables; life in an attic in the Hamburger Kasern military camp; labor in a Glimmer factory; visit in camp by the Red Cross; arrival of the Bialystok children; liberation by the Red Army,...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

List of workers in cultural and art institutions from the Bialystok region, 1940

results.listIds.fileNumber : 3070

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : List of Workers in Cultural and Artistic Institutions

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Testimony of Dik Leonard Bendor Boekebinder, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam and using a false identity in a home in Winterswijk

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Testimony of Dik Leonard Bendor Boekebinder, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam and using a false identity in a home in Winterswijk Life before the war. Entrusted to a non-acquaintance, presumably a Dutch underground member, 1942; escape with this man; move by this man to the Bolen family in Winterswijk; life in Winterswijk with a family with many children; life using a non-Jewish false identity; end of the war. Separation from the Dutch family; move by his aunt to a Jewish orphanage in Laren; life in the orphanage; difficulty to return to...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13134

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the Jewish artist, Leonard Jehuda Pinkhof from Den Helder, the Netherlands, 1931-1990

Documentation regarding the Jewish artist, Leonard Jehuda Pinkhof from Den Helder, the Netherlands, 1931-1990 - Biographical information regarding the painter, his wife Betsy (Koekoek) Pinkhof and their four children who perished; - Catalogue from the 1990 exhibition of the works of Leonard Jehuda Pinkhof, the artist, held in his memory in Den Helder, his former place of residence; - Article that appeared in the "NIW" weekly journal of the Jewish community in the Netherlands regarding the exhibition of Pinkhof's works in Israel, 02 January 1987; - Letters sent by Henriette Boas, the journalist to...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 39

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Documents, Exhibition Catalog, Drawing, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Newspaper, Photograph, Poems/songs, Letter

results.listIds.lang : English, Dutch

Testimony of Marila (Shvartz) Birman, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1930, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Boryslaw and a forest

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Testimony of Marila (Shvartz) Birman, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1930, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Boryslaw and a forest Life before the war. Soviet occupation; life under Soviet rule; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions including yellow badge; forced labor in an SS officer's vegetable garden; arrest and flogging of her father; her father's release by a German officer; labor as a nanny; meetings with Bruno Schulz, the artist; deportation to Boryslaw; camp life; finds a bunker in which to hide during deportations; life in hiding with a group of women; informed on by Jews; escape...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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