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Memoirs of Pesach Fridberg regarding the Jewish partisan group, Kalinin, in Novogrodek, Poland, 1942

Memoirs of Pesach Fridberg regarding the Jewish partisan group, Kalinin, in Novogrodek, Poland, 1942 Organization of Tuvia Bielski's partisan unit following the murders in Novogrodik, 10 July 1942; receiving help from non-Jews; taking revenge against Sheska Marchinveski and the forester Aleksei Pikta, 20 September 1942; Included in the file: Original liberation certificate of Sima Zamoschik from the Kalinin partisan battalion.

File Number : 1245

Type of Material : Survey Report, Original

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Memoirs of Leon Grynblat, born in Stary Orzechow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in hiding in the forest near Stary Orzechow, as a partisan and as a Polish Army soldier

Memoirs of Leon Grynblat, born in Stary Orzechow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in hiding in the forest near Stary Orzechow, as a partisan and as a Polish Army soldier Transfer to the village of Komarowka, 1943; life in the home of a non-Jewish neighbor with connections to the partisans; transfer of letters to the partisans; escape to the forest, May 1942; information regarding the imminent "Aktion" in Stary Orzechow; finding a hiding place for the members of his family; joining the partisan camp with his brother Laibish and his sister Sheindel; hiding the family in the forest until Pesach (April)...

File Number : 8644

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Memoirs of Moshe Kaplan, born in Woronow, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army, the Tannenberg POW camp, the Woronow Ghetto, in hiding in the forest, as a partisan in the Naliboki forests and more Life in Woronow after World War I; death of his father Avraham Kaplan in 1922; attendance at the Tarbut elementary school; displays of antisemitism; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; underground activities and imprisonment of his brother as a member of the Communist Party; death of his mother, 1932; life in an aliya training kibbutz in Bialystok; meeting his future wife, Chaya; release of his...

File Number : 8643

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poems/songs, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew

Letters and postcards sent to David and Gitta (Otensztejn) Rotter in Eretz Israel by relatives in Dubeczno, Riga and Krynki, 1939-1941

Letters and postcards sent to David and Gitta (Otensztejn) Rotter in Eretz Israel by relatives in Dubeczno, Riga and Krynki, 1939-1941 - Letters and postcards sent to Gitta Otensztejn in Eretz Israel by her father Abram Otensztejn and other family members, 1939-1941; - Letter and three postcards sent to David Rotter in Eretz Israel by his brother Zawel in Riga, 1939-1940; - Postcard written by David Rotter to his brother Zawel in Daugavpils; the postcard was not sent; - Letter sent to David Rotter by relatives in Dubeczno, 1939-1941; - Red Cross letter sent by David Rotter in Eretz Israel to his...

File Number : 2129

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, Yiddish

Letter sent by Motel Maks Kan, born in Riga, Latvia, 1914, to his parents, 18/07/1943

Letter sent by Motel Maks Kan, born in Riga, Latvia, 1914, to his parents, 18/07/1943 Motel Kan fought in the Latvian partisans brigade and was killed on 18/10/1943.

File Number : 140

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian