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Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939

Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939 Life in Vienna between World War I and World War II; displays of antisemitism in schools, activities of the Schutzbund Federation (Republican Protection Association) of the Social Democrats party and of the Heimwehr (Home Guard) of the Christian Socialists party; murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolfuss, 1935; election of Kurt von Schuschnigg as the prime minister; Anschluss, and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich; persecution of the Jews; entry of Hitler into...

File Number : 254

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Rozie (Vagner) Neumann, born in Stryj, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Vienna, on the Kindertransport and in Britain; a postcard sent from Belgium to her future husband Shlomo (Sali) Neumann in Scotland, 1939 regarding his relatives in Krakow, and a Red Cross letter sent by Shlomo's father from Krakow Memoirs of Rozie (Shoshana) (Vagner) Neumann: Childhood in a hasidic family in Stryj, 1926; immigration to Vienna, 1926; annexation of Austria to Germany, 1938; pressure from the authorities on her family because they do not have Austrian citizenship. Forced labor cleaning streets in...

File Number : 8640

Type of Material : Postcard, List of Murdered Jews, Red Cross Letter, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Documentation regarding Ernest Kopstein and his family members, including a letter written by Poli Kopstein in Vienna to his son Ernie in France, documentation regarding the experiences of Ernest Kopstein during the war written by his niece, genealogy of the family and more, 1941-2010 Letters: - Letter from Poli Leopold Kopstein in Vienna to his son Ernie Ernest Kopstein in the Chateau de Magiller, France (in German), 20 April 1941; - Letter from US Army Sergeant Emil Wetzler (nephew of Poli Kopstein), stationed in Czechoslovakia, to his uncle Ede in the United States (in English), 08 July...

File Number : 2213

Type of Material : Genealogy, Letter, Documentary, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : Hebrew, English, 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, 1942-1948 The file contains mainly personal letters of request for support from victims during the war and from survivors after the war. Letters from survivors include names of missing family members. Letters from survivors in: - Israel: p. 5, - Southern Rhodesia, pp.6-10, - Germany: pp. 11-12, pp. 15-18, pp. 23-38, pp. 60-69, pp. 71-76, pp. 163-190, p. 261, pp. 266-273, pp.405-428, p. 446,...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Postcard, List, Letter

Language : French, German

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel regarding the support for persecuted Jews: Personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp, 1940–1945 Names of Jewish Vitctims: - Berthold Daube und Frieda Daube, Freiburg & Amsterdam and names of other victims, 04/07/1940 – 13/11/1943, pp. 147-248 - Dr. Egmond Woititz, Paris & Camp de la Viscox Tarn, France and Rosa Woititz (mother), Berlin, 01/02/1940 – 29/03/1943, pp. 259-316 & 469 - Willy Wolf, Arnhen and names of other Jewish victims, 10/12/1940...

File Number : 3.2

Type of Material : Postcard, Document, Letter

Language : French, German

Correspondence of Benny Kaufmann from Basel, Switzeralnd, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Austria and Western Europe. Personal letters of requests for support and lists for payment orders, 1939-1940

Correspondence of Benno Kaufmann from Basel, Switzerland, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Austria and Western Europe: Personal letters of request for support and lists of payment orders, 1939-1940. Names of Jewish Victims: - Simon Israel Ceiger, Vienna, 27/06/1939 - 04/07/1939 -, pp. 245-250 - Family Deutsch, Vienna, 15/05/1939 - 01/08/1939 pp. 303-315 - Salomon Eisenberg & Chaja Lea Eisenberg, Vienna, 20/09/1939 - 5/07/1940, pp. 452-459, - Julius Hecht, M.Gladbach, 03/12/1939 - 13/09/1940, pp. 818-829 - Bruno Hechtenthal, Milano & Vienna, 07/02/1939 – 06/09/1939, pp. 833-858 -...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, List of Names

Language : German

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel regarding the support for persecuted Jews: Personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp, 1939 –1945 Following people are mentioned: - Lola Jablonsky and Alice Kaufmann in Gurs concentration camp, 24/08/1941, p.535, 10/01/1941, p. 2, 16/12/1940, p. 367 - Alfred Cahn and his wife in Gurs concentration camp or Grenade (Haute Garonne), 03/03/1941 – 17/07/1941 p. 4-9 - Emma Goldschmidt, Gurs concentration camp, 23/10/1942, p. 109; 19/10/1942, p. 111 -...

File Number : 3.1

Type of Material : Document, Postcard, Letter

Language : French, German

Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Letters of petition regarding Jewish detainees from Vienna, 1938-1943

Letters of petition regarding Jewish detainees from Vienna, 1938-1943 Page 2: Letter from Richard Gross to Engel, Department Chief of the Vienna Jewish Community, with a petition that the Vienna Jewish Community intercede with the Vienna Gestapo to free his brother Attorney Dr. Leo Gross from detention, dated 08 June 1938; placement of the Vienna law-office of Leo Gross under Aryan administration; arrest and detention of Leo Gross, 15 March 1938; Pages 3-4: Letter from Luisa Reichmann in Ravensbrueck to Dr. Josef Loewenherz, director of the Vienna Jewish Community, with a petition for help in...

File Number : 296

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter(s)

Language : German

Two official letters received by Aranka Kövesdi from her place of work in Vienna, notifying her of her dismissal because she is Jewish, May-July 1938

Two official letters received by Aranka Kovesdi from her place of work in Vienna, notifying her of her dismissal for being Jewish, May-July 1938 Comments from the submitters of the material: Aranka Kovesdi, born in Hungary, 1911; residence at the age of 27 with her family in Vienna; her work in the Markus Weiss fashion house; intensification of the Nazi influence in Austria; written notice that due to her being Jewish, she must leave her employment (the dismissal letter, written 16 May 1938, says, "in order to Aryanize the business"); her escape to London before the Anschluss; adoption as a daughter by a...

File Number : 245

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : German

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