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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 : Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Confirmation regarding the decision of the Court of Law in Pultusk to officially recognize the death of Srul Chaim Gut, and a birth certificate in the name of Srul Chaim Gut, issued in Przasnysz, 05/11/1949 - Confirmation regarding the decision of the Court of Law in Pultusk, 09/05/1946, to officially recognize the death of Srul Chaim Gut; confirmation issued, 28/07/1950; - Birth certificate in the name of Srul Chaim Gut, born in Jastrzebiec, Poland, 04/01/1911; certificate issued in Przasnysz, 05/11/1949 . Notes by Eliezer Gut, the submitter of the material: The family of Srul Chaim Gut resided in...

File Number : 1474

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish

Personal documents of Shlomo Pirkies, born in Dubno, Poland; documents dated, 1943-1947, including a diary written by Pirkies as a Polish refugee in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Austria, 1946-1947

Personal documents of Shlomo Pirkies, born in Dubno, Poland; documents dated, 1943-1947, including a diary written by Pirkies as a Polish refugee in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Austria, 1946-1947 - Booklet from the welfare office in Kalinino, in the name of Shlomo Pirka and written in Georgian; booklet issued, 05 May 1943; - Authorization regarding the acceptance of Shlomo Pirka for work in a peat factory in Kalinino, 18 May 1943; - Stipend booklet in the name of Shlomo Pirka, born in 1908, issued in Kalinino, 17 August 1943; - Authorization that Shlomo Pirka is a teacher of foreign languages,...

File Number : 8624

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Diary, Letter, Postcard, Poems/songs, Telegram, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, English, Russian, German, Yiddish, Georgian

Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011

Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011 Included in the file: - Biography of his grandmother Anna Brem, written by Yitzchak Gordon, 27 May 1989; - Copy of an article in an American newspaper about the Brem family when they received US citizenship, with mention of Paul Brem's work as a maintenance man and plumber at "Forest Park"; - Letter of testimony by Ellen Grosbard Brem regarding her parents' life during the war, dated, 04 April 2011 and an additional letter of testimony, dated, 02 May 2011; Note: Anna Brem, born 20 October 1924, was the daughter of Yitzhak Yaacov and Erlanki [?],...

File Number : 8581

Type of Material : Biography, Article, Letter of Testimony

Language : English

Transcripts of testimonies of Jews from Poland who fought in the Polish Army and in the Red Army during the war

Transcripts of testimonies of Jews from Poland who fought in the Polish Army and in the Red Army during the war - Testimony of Szymon Bilgoraj, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1916, regarding his experiences as a soldier in the Polish Army fighting in Ukraine, Germany and Poland; - Testimony of Wiktor Margulis, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences as a soldier in the Polish Army, the Soviet Union and the Red Army; - Testimony of Eugeniusz Gerszon Landsberg, born in Poland, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Zbaraz Ghetto, in hiding and as a soldier in the Polish Army in Oder Neisse...

File Number : 8579

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Letter and postcard sent by Nusen Jarzynek in Stolin to his sister Chana in Eretz Israel, 30 January and 20 April 1940, and personal documentation from when he served in Anders Army, 1940-1942;

Letter and postcard sent by Nusen Jarzynek in Stolin to his sister Chana in Eretz Israel, 30 January and 20 April 1940, and personal documentation from when he served in Anders Army, 1940-1942; - Military payment booklet from Anders Army, showing his induction date, issued 30 January 1942; - Military service booklet, issued 07 December 1942; - Military ID card from Anders Arm, issued in Kermine, 13 July 1942. Comments by the submitter of the material: - Natan Yarkoni (Nusen Jarzynek) born in Sochaczew, Poland, 1916; - Move of family to Lodz; - Military service in the Polish Army before the...

File Number : 1925

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Personal Records

Language : Polish, English, Russian, Yiddish

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, Personal Records, Postcard

Language : Polish, Yiddish

List of Jewish Red Army and Polish Army soldiers who were activists in the Jewish underground and inmates in concentration camps who made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war

File Number : 664

Type of Material : List of Jewish Soldiers, List of Jewish Survivors

Language : Polish

Rulings by Courts of Law in various places in Poland declaring, among other matters, the Jewish victims of the Holocaust as being officially dead, and lists of Jews who died while fighting the Nazis during their service in the Polish Army or in various uprisings during the Holocaust

File Number : 1349

Type of Material : List of Jewish Soldiers, List of Survivors, List of Murdered Persons, Death Certificate

Language : Polish

Personal documentation: A notebook written in Yiddish during the war by Eliezer Shapiro who fought with the partisans in Belorussian forests

Personal documentation: A notebook written in Yiddish during the war by Eliezer Shapiro who fought with the partisans in Belorussian forests The notebook contains training material for the fighters, a mission command from command headquarters, 25 October 1943, certificates indicating his membership in the partisans battallion and documents from his stay in Eretz Israel; Included in the file: Newspaper clippings, photographs of certificates and medals of recognition, and a slideshow of all the documents and the Hebrew translation of some of these documents.

File Number : 364

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Certification, Order, Instruction, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Yiddish

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