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Letter and article written by Moisey Evenson regarding the murder of the Jews of Kislovodsk in a trench near Mineralnye Vody, September 1942

Letter and article written by Moisey Evenson regarding the murder of the Jews of Kislovodsk in a trench near Mineralnye Vody, September 1942 Biography of Moisey Evenson, born in Kovno, 1866; studies at the Reali School in Vilna; dismissal for revolutionary activities; escape to Vienna; work and university studies; return to St. Petersburg, Russia, 1888; exile to Kiev from St. Petersburg with his wife and family; move to Zhitomir; work on a newspaper editorial board; return to Kiev with his family after the death of the editor of the newspaper, 1905; murder of his son during the civil war; move to Baku and...

File Number : 51

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Article

Language : Russian

Last letter written by the grandmother of the submitter of the material, 1943

Last letter written by the grandmother of the submitter of the material, 1943 Comments by the granddaughter, submitter of the material: - The letter was written before the mother of the submitter of the material gave her grandmother sleeping pills in order to avoid her being deported, 24 November 1943.

File Number : 1103

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Testimony of Elza Weinheber, born in Krakow, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in Vienna, Riga and in Kaiserwald, Ponevezh, Siauliai, Stutthof, Baumgarten, Leibitsch and Cieszyny camps

Testimony of Elza Weinheber, born in Krakow, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in Vienna, Riga and in Kaiserwald, Ponevezh, Siauliai, Stutthof, Baumgarten, Leibitsch and Cieszyny camps Life in Vienna before the war, including work in a hat factory owned by her father; move of her parents to Paris, 1939. Forced labor in factories in Vienna until 1941; deportation to Riga in a transport in a passenger train, with food, late 1941; selection by the SS commander at the Riga railroad station; deportation with a group of 140 women to the Riga Ghetto; labor assignments in Riga, for two months; arrival of...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Emanuel Elbinger, born in 1931 in Krakow, Poland, regarding his experiences in Nowe Brzesko ghetto and in hiding in nearby villages

Testimony of Emanuel Elbinger, born in 1931 in Krakow, Poland, regarding his experiences in Nowe Brzesko ghetto and in hiding in nearby villages The Elbinger family (mother, father, daughters Lusia and Pola, and son Emanuel) owned a fabrics shop in Nowe Brzesko. Harassment and persecution of the Jewish population in Nowe Brzesko began after the Germans came; the old men were beaten and abused in the streets; the Elbingers' shop was confiscated, but they managed to give some of the goods and valuables to the Polish friends for safekeeping, in order to provide themselves with necessities for life later. In the...

File Number : 3506

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Tema Rajzla Herz (Fugman), born in 1926 in Radom, Poland, regarding her experience in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp

Testimony of Tema Rajzla Herz (Fugman), born in 1926 in Radom, Poland, regarding her experience in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp With the outbreak of war, Tema escaped with her family to Skarzysko Kamienna; put in the ghetto; transported by Germans to Szydłowiec and then back to Skarzysko Kamienna - to the labor camp, where she worked in the ammunition production at Werk B first; severely beaten by the Germans and transferred to hard work (with picric acid) at Werk C for writing a letter to the family in Radom. Camp life described:...

File Number : 3269

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Zahawa Stock (Jafa Smolarczyk), born in 1925 in Krakow, Poland, regarding her experience in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp

Testimony of Zahawa Stock (Jafa Smolarczyk), born in 1925 in Krakow, Poland, regarding her experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp Zahawa Stock (Sztok), during the war - Jafa Smolarczyk, with her family left Krakow ghetto and went to Szczawnica. The last deportation of the Jews from Szczawnica took place in 1942; most of them were sent to Auschwitz / Oswiecim, while she, her two brothers and group of youngsters from Szczawnica where transferred to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp. There Zahawa and her brother, Aron, worked at...

File Number : 1843

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Eliezer Jurysta, regarding his experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp Werk C, 1943-1944

Testimony of Eliezer Jurysta, regarding his experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp Werk C, 1943-1944 In 1943 Jurista Eliezer from Plaszow came to HASAG factory labor camp in Skarzysko Kamienna, where he was placed in the block Werke C and worked at producing ammunition. Later he was transferred to another, easier job for a bribe. The sanitary conditions were unspeakable, and there was not nearly enough food. Both women and men were in constant contact with chemicals during work, which caused poisoning; those died faster than others. During the the frequent selections the prisoners chosen to die were...

File Number : 1800

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Letter of testimony written by Sigi Ziering to his father regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, the Kaiserwald camp, during the transfer to Liepaja (Latvia), Hamburg and Kiel (Germany) and his emigration to Sweden, 1941-1945 - Deportation from Kassel, Germany, to Riga, Latvia, 09-12 December 1941; forced march to the Riga Ghetto; selection for transfer to the Salaspils camp; murder of 29,000 Latvian Jews, 07-09 December 1941; - Arrival of a total of 11,000 Jews from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia; selections and transfer of the strongest men to Salaspils; - Selection of approximately...

File Number : 225

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs

Language : German

Documentation of the ChGK (Chrezvychaynaya Gosudarstvennaya Komissiya - State Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes and Collaborators in the Soviet Union ), regarding the murder of Jews and POWs in Vinnitsa and the Vinnitsa region, 1944 Document of the ChGK, and documentation regarding the murder of Jews and POWs in Vinnitsa and the Vinnitsa region, 18/05/1944; Statistical data arranged by districts of the Vinnitsa region; information regarding the mass murder of the Vinnitsa Jews, including dates, methods and places of the murder; the number of people murdered and those deported...

File Number : 554

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Official Documentation

Language : Russian, Ukrainian

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File Number : 1214

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Names

Language : Russian

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