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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

[Announcement of a] conference in memory of the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on the fifth anniversary of the struggle, with the participation of the school children, posted by the Culture Office

File Number : 807

Type of Material : Announcement

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Salomea Hanel, born in Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Ustrzyki Dolne, Zaslaw, Sobibor, and while using a false identity in Krakow

Testimony of Salomea Hanel, born in Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Ustrzyki Dolne, Zaslaw, Sobibor, and while using a false identity in Krakow Move from Ustrzyki Dolne to Drohobycz, five weeks before the outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; taking of Jews to forced labor while abusing them, immediately following the occupation of Drohobycz; return home, two weeks later; forced labor and the theft of property; "Aktion" against Communists, late April 1942; murder of families whose relatives worked in service to the Soviets before the war;...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 4824

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Jan Jablonski, regarding the activities of the Jewish Communists underground in the Warsaw Ghetto

Testimony of Jan Jablonski, regarding the activities of the Jewish Communists underground in the Warsaw Ghetto Making of contact by a veteran Communist with underground movements on the Aryan side before the sealing of the Warsaw Ghetto. Establishment of a branch of the "Association of Friends of the Soviet Union" in cooperation with Communists in the Warsaw Ghetto, whose main task was to listen to the radio and distribute the underground press. Later on an organization was established, named "Patish u'Magal" ("Hammer and Sickle"), which numbered between 600-700 members, most of them workers and veteran...

File Number : 674

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Survey-reports, protocols and letters of the Rada Pomocy Zydom-Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) to the Polish Government-in-Exile Legation, 28 December 1942-23 December 1944

Survey-reports, protocols and letters of the Rada Pomocy Zydom-Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) to the Polish Government-in-Exile Legation, 28 December 1942-23 December 1944 - Reports and letters from Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) that were transferred to the representative of the Polish Government-in-Exile indicating the shortage in the budget for relief activities for the Jews; - Exploitation of the tragic condition of the Jews by the Poles; - Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and deportation of the Jews to Treblinka; description of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; - Escape of Jews to the...

File Number : 83

Type of Material : Letter, Survey Report, Protocol

Language : Polish

The first proclamation published by the Antifascist Block in the "Der Ruf" (The Call) newspaper in Poland, 15 May 1942

The first proclamation published by the Antifascist Block in the "Der Ruf" (The Call) newspaper in Poland, 15 May 1942 Proclamation in Polish calling on Jews to join the fighters against the Germans in the occupied countries in order to prevent mass murder of Jews in various cities of occupied Poland.

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Poster

Language : Polish

Photo column of "Shaviv, " the Hebrew-language journal of the General Zionist youth movement, published in the underground in the Warsaw ghetto and republished by Hanoar Hazioni in Tel Aviv in 1964

Photo column of "Shaviv," the Hebrew-language journal of the General Zionist youth movement, published in the underground in the Warsaw ghetto and republished by Hanoar Hazioni in Tel Aviv in 1964. Added to the original journal is a brief introduction from the High Secretariat of Hanoar Hazioni. "Shaviv," published in the Warsaw ghetto, reflected the stance of Hanoar Hazioni on matters of society, culture, education, and the connection with Eretz Israel and the Hebrew language. The authors, all writing anonymously, also discuss the need to set an example and show what actions are needed to preserve the...

File Number : 524

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Hebrew

Letters sent from Bedzin and Krakow in July 1943, including reports regarding Jews in Poland who are still alive; confirmation of the receipt of money, signed by Frumka Plotnicka, Cwi Brandes, Israel Kosuch, Szlama Lerner and Hersch Springer - Letter written by Frumka Plotnicka, Cwi Brandes, Israel Kosuch (Azriel/Jozef Kozuch), Szlama Lerner and Hersch Springer, sent from Bedzin to their friends Weniah, Mendl, Seev and others by means of a messenger on 17/07/1943. In the document, they mention the stages of the deportation of Jews from Poland and the extermination of the Jews: first, from the Lodz and Poznan...

File Number : 490

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Survey reports submitted by the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee) in Poland and the Council for Assistance to Jews of the Polish-Government-in-Exile Legation, December 1942-24 May 1944 English translation of the report sent by the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee) to A. Reiss, I. Schwarzbart and A. Tartakower in London, 24 May 1944. In the report there is an overview of the unrelenting persecution of Jews hiding on the Aryan side after the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, executions of Jewish scientists and intellectuals due to betrayal, including the...

File Number : 203

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Polish, English

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