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German passport of Rosa Danziger, born in Teplitz, Czechoslovakia, 1868, issued by the German Consulate in Jaffa, 27 December 1938

German passport of Rosa Danziger, born in Teplitz, Czechoslovakia, 1868, issued by the German Consulate in Jaffa, 27 December 1938 Comments by the submitter of the material (Tamar Raftuv, Rosa's granddaughter on her father's side): Rosa Danziger was born in Teplitz, 04 June 1868, and died in Eretz Israel, 1942; Tamar (Ellen Danziger) Raftuv was born in Cologne, 1928; her parents were Wili (Wilhelm) Danziger, born in Hannover, 11 January 1903, and Edith (Sara) Zomer, born in Frankfurt am Main, 25 October 1905; Tamar was an only child; the family resided in Frankfurt am Main; they made aliya to Eretz...

File Number : 645

Type of Material : Passport

Language : German

Documentation regarding the Heymann family, including diaries and a memoir book belonging to Suse Angela Heymann, documents regarding the military service of Meyer Manfred Heymann during World War I, food ration cards, forged documents, and other documents, 1868-1983 Diaries: - Diary of Suse Angela Heymann, written in the Netherlands, 22 January-15 August 1942, and after the war, 1945-1949 (written mainly in German and at the end in Dutch); - Diary written by Suse Angela Heymann toward the end of the war and immediately after the end of the war, including poems written (or copied) by her, a collection...

File Number : 644

Type of Material : Passport, Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Poems/songs, Memoir Book, Diary, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard

Language : Dutch, German

Letters and postcards sent to Eduard Sigal by his parents in Brzezany and Vienna, 1941-1942, letters sent to Eduard Sigal by his family and friends from Vienna and England, 1930-1950; personal documentation of Eduard Sigel from the period of time prior to his aliya to Eretz Israel from Vienna, 1938 Letters and postcards: - Postcard sent to Eduard Sigal in Eretz Israel by his father Aron Sigal in Brzezany, 26 February 1941; - Red Cross letter sent by Eduard Segal to his mother Malvine Sigal in Vienna, 06 June 1941, and his mother's response on the reverse side of the letter, 13 May 1942; - Letter sent...

File Number : 2216

Type of Material : Postcard, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Passports belonging to Alfred Olitzki, born in Berlin, and Margarete (Paul) Olitzki, born in Berlin, issued in Berlin, April-June 1936

Passports belonging to Alfred Olitzki, born in Berlin, and Margarete (Paul) Olitzki, born in Berlin, issued in Berlin, April-June 1936 - German passport belonging to Margarete (Paul) Olitzki, born in Berlin, Germany, 08 October 1903, issued in Berlin, 30 April 1936; - German passport belonging to Alfred Olitzki, born in Berlin, Germany, 26 June 1901, issued in Berlin, 10 June 1936. Their son, Kurt Olitzki, was born 23 February 1924. Notes from Frances (Miller) Olitzki, who submitted the material: Alfred and Margarete (Paul) Olitzki escaped to South Africa due to the situation in Germany in 1936;...

File Number : 643

Type of Material : Passport

Language : German

Personal documentation belonging to members of the Mussel family from Zarasai and letters written by Masha Mussel in the Dagestanskaya area, in Italy and Eretz Israel, 1923-1948

Personal documentation belonging to members of the Mussel family from Zarasai and letters written by Masha Mussel in the Dagestanskaya area, in Italy and Eretz Israel, 1923-1948 Documentation including: - Birth certificates of Masha Mussel, born in 1912, and Avraham Mussel, born in 1913, issued by the Jewish Community Committee in Zarasai, 14 January 1923; - Application submitted by Yaakov Mussel to the principal of the High School in Zarasai to accept his daughter Masha in Grade 2, 30 December 1925; - Additional application submitted by Yaakov Mussel to the principal of the High School in Zarasai to...

File Number : 114

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter

Language : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Yiddish

Passport of Josza Kornitzer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1905, issued by the German Reich and stamped with the red letter "J", 22 August 1939

Passport of Josza Kornitzer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1905, issued by the German Reich and stamped with the red letter "J", 22 August 1939 In the passport there is a visa to the United States dated 18 September 1939, and an exit visa from Vienna to Genoa, 07 December 1939.

File Number : 261

Type of Material : Passport

Language : German

Testimony of trudi Volakh Salomons, born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1929, regarding her deportation to Westerbork and other camps.

Testimony

Daughter of an orthodox family; German occupation in 1940; denial of rights; rejection of relatives'offer for asylum in Switzerland; birth of her sister in 1943; her mother had the Swiss nationality; her father was Dutch; refusal of the parents to get divorced and their stay together in Holland; obtaining certificates of aliya to Palestine by her father; obtaining passports of Peru by relatives of her mother who lived in Switzerland; arrival at the train station; deportation to Westerbork in July 1943; stay in Westerbork and protecting from deportation thanks to their certificates and passports of Peru; their...

File Number : 13696

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Polish passport belonging to Gawrjel Lewkowicz, born in Glowno, Poland, 1904, issued in Lodz for the purpose of aliya to Eretz Israel with his family, 02 March 1935

Polish passport belonging to Gawrjel Lewkowicz, born in Glowno, Poland, 1904, issued in Lodz for the purpose of aliya to Eretz Israel with his family, 02 March 1935 Members of the family of Gawrjel Lewkowicz: - His wife, Ester, born in Lodz, Poland, 1903 Their children: - Rachmiel, born 08 March 1924; - Sara Bluma, born 06 August 1928; - Rywka, born 29 May 1930; - Mirjam, born 24 March 1933. Also in the file: - Pictures of the family. Note: Ita, another daughter of Gawrjel and Ester Lewkowicz, died in 1934; Gawrjel and Ester (Sandik) Lewkowicz made aliya with their four children to...

File Number : 1196

Type of Material : Passport

Language : Polish, French

Passport belonging to Wilhelm Hollander, born in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 1925, issued in Vienna, 07 January 1939

Passport belonging to Wilhelm Hollander, born in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 1925, issued in Vienna, 07 January 1939 Note: Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Hollander lived in Vienna with his parents, Shalom (Siegfried) and Vilma Hollander, and his three siblings, Ze'ev [?], Shaul and Amalia until the Nazi occupation. In 1939 he arrived in Sweden. In 1941 he made aliya to Eretz Israel via the Soviet Union, Turkey and Lebanon. His mother and two siblings perished in the Holocaust. After the war, Ze'ev discovered that his father had been deported to Baku where he died.

File Number : 248

Type of Material : Passport

Language : English, Russian, Swedish, German

Fremdenpass (passport belonging to a stateless person) issued in Vienna, 01 March 1939, to Sumer Shmulewicz, born in Czortkow, Poland, 15 April 1883, in order to enable his aliya to Eretz Israel, and a travel pass for most sections of Eretz Israel issued to him in Tel Aviv, 31 March 1939

File Number : 247

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French, English, German

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