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Testimony of Yisrael Veisvaser, born in 1922 in Krasnystaw, Poland, about the German occupation in September 1939 and his escape to the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Yisrael Veisvaser, born in 1922 in Krasnystaw, Poland, about the German occupation in September 1939 and his escape to the Soviet Union Childhood in a traditional home; attends a cheder and a Polish elementary school; active in the Betar movement; German occupation ensues; Soviet invasion ensues in 1939; witness escapes to Brest and thence to Minsk; back to Brest; on to Ludman; arrested due to Zionist activity; deported to a labor camp in Rom, Soviet Union; transferred to a camp for craftspersons; released in June 1943; reaches Zhitomir and Chełm; discharged from the Polish Army in 1946; moves...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Memoirs of Yaakov Scheffel Palgi, born in Czesniki, Poland, 1906, regarding his experiences and the experiences of his wife Rachel (Herbst) Scheffel, 1906-1947, including their aliya to Eretz Israel, 1934, and the experiences of the Scheffel, Teichman and Herbst family members during the war Life before the war; move to the home of his grandparents, the Teichman couple, in Rohatyn when he was 6 years old; draft of his father Michael into the Polish Army, 1914; escape from the Russian Army along with his mother Esther, four siblings and his uncle Avraham and his family members; return to the family's home;...

File Number : 8628

Type of Material : Letter, Sentence, Memoirs, Will, Death Certificate

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Michal Mishe Rauch née Löwenherz, born in 1926 in Przemyśl, Poland, about her experiences in the Przemyśl ghetto and in hiding on the "Aryan" side in a Ukrainian's home until liberation in 1944

German occupation of Przemyśl in 1939; riots; Soviet occupation ensues in 1939; German occupation ensues in 1941; restrictions on Jews and upturn in antisemitism; deportation to the Przemyśl ghetto with parents; family members receive labor permits; father works in a factory outside the ghetto and witness works with mother on a farm outside the ghetto in 1942; finding a hideout during the second Aktion; witness and parents arrested due to denunciation and taken to a lockup in Przemyśl; they escapes from the lockup and return to the ghetto (part of which has become a labor camp) in 1943; witness and parents...

File Number : 13595

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sonia Engelsberg, born in Torun, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cesky Tesín, in a Polish village near the Dniester river, the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, the prison in Most, Theresienstadt and other places Move to Cesky Tesín, life with her parents and four siblings until 1938. Clash between the Polish Army and the Czechoslovakian Army; the German occupation; anti-Jewish legislation and regulations; draft of Jewish men to forced labor; escape of the family to Torun; annexation of the area to Hungary, 1939; deportation of the Jews without Hungarian citizenship to Poland,...

File Number : 8482

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Czech

Correspondence with Helena (Fridman) Pelerman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1920, with her two sisters Lolu from the Soviet Union and Genie from Denmark, 1944 - 1955

Correspondence with Helena (Fridman) Pelerman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1920, with her two sisters Lolu from the Soviet Union and Genie from Denmark, 1944 - 1955 Helena Fridman: daughter of Yoel and Kayla and sister to Esther who was born in 1914, Lolu was born in 1922, Genia (see the following) was born in 1924 and Eva; draft of Helena to the Polish Army, 1943; service in the Polish Army until 1947; life in Praha; life in Warsaw; aliya to Israel on 29 January 1949; marriage to Zvi Perlman who she met before the war; Zvi's service in the Anders Army including combat in Monte Cassino; Genia Fridman;...

File Number : 1800

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Personal Records

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzchak Shmartz Yeshayahu, born in Limanowa, Poland, 1923, regarding his escape to Lwow, deportation to a camp with other Polish refugees to a camp near Ufa, and recruitment to the Polish battalion during the war Childhood in a Hasidic family in reasonable financial condition; his family's livelihood from a lumberyard; family life; studies in a Polish school; studies in the "Room" in parallel with studies in school; Jewish holidays and Sabbaths. The outbreak of war, 1939; escape of the witness to Lwow; refusal to obtain Soviet citizenship; deportation of Polish refugees to a camp near Ufa;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters sent to Aron Moshe Presman in Buenos Aires by his family in Ostrog, 18 January 1939 and 05 April 1940, and personal documentation of Aron

Letters sent to Aron Moshe Presman in Buenos Aires by his family in Ostrog, 18 January 1939 and 05 April 1940, and personal documentation of Aron Letters sent to Aron Moshe Presman in Buenos Aires, 18 January 1939 and 05 April 1940, from his family in Ostrog; Included in the file: - Draft notice for the Polish Army for Aron Moshe Presman; - Boat ticket to Argentina for Aron Moshe Presman; - Medical certificate for Aron Moshe Presman; -Birth certificate for Aron Moshe Presman, born in Luck, Poland, 1909; - Polish passport for Aron Moshe Presman; - Argentinian identity card for Aron Moshe...

File Number : 1683

Type of Material : Letter, Travel Ticket, Identity Card, Certification, Passport, Personal Documents

Language : Spanish, Polish, Yiddish

Soldier document of Jakub Gni (b. 1907, Wieliczka, Poland)

Soldier document of Jakub Gni (b. 1907, Wieliczka, Poland). According to the information on the card, Jakub Gni, son of Majer, completed his studies at the High School of Commerce in Kraków. He was inducted into the Polish Army and began his service as a signalman on March 7, 1932. In 1933, he transferred from conscript to reserve service in the same capacity. In 1935, 1937, and 1938, he did four months of reserve duty each year. On November 14, 1949, he was transferred to the military committee in Kraków, which found him fit for combat duty. The document was issued on November 14, 1949.

File Number : 1132

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish

Testimony of Eva (Balsam) Zweig, born in Debica, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Debica, Sniatyn, using a false identity and in Krakow

Testimony

Testimony of Eva (Balsam) Zweig, born in Debica, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Debica, Sniatyn, using a false identity and in Krakow German Army occupation of Debica, 1939; deportation of her father to forced labor; confiscation of the home and textile store [of her family], 1941; deportation to the Debica Ghetto; Debica Ghetto life including labor; "Aktions", 1941-1942; transfer of her sister to a Polish acquaintance outside the ghetto; move of her family to outside the ghetto, using forged documents with help from a Polish acquaintance, 1942; life in Sniatyn while using a false identity as a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the Stadler family including letters and postcards, school certificates and a medical document for Anita (Stadler) Shapiro, 1939-1946

Documentation regarding the Stadler family including letters and postcards, school certificates and a medical document for Anita (Stadler) Shapiro, 1939-1946 - Postcards written by Anita (Stadler) Shapiro in Samarkand, to her father, Dr. Karl Stadler, serving as a physician in the Polish Army; - Postcards received by Anita (Stadler) Shapiro from her female friends in Lodz, 1946; - Letter received by Dr. Karl Stadler from his Army friends, 1945; - School diplomas; - Medical document belonging to Anita Shapiro, 21 January 1939; Note: Anita (Stadler) Shapiro was born in Warsaw, September...

File Number : 1542

Type of Material : Personal Records, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish

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