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Letter written by Hirsch Alfred Buchfuehrer from Dukla sent via the Red Cross to his son Heinz Buchfuehrer in Tel Aviv, 15 June 1942

File Number : 1718

Type of Material : Red Cross Letter

Language : German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Diana Bach, born in Lublin, Poland, in 1934, regarding her experiences in the ghettos of Lublin and Majdan Tatarski, in Majdanek camp, in Warsaw and Krakow.

Testimony of Diana Bach, born in Lublin,Poland,in 1934, regarding her experiences in the ghettos of Lublin and Majdan Tatarski, in Majdanek camp, in Warsaw and Krakow. Family life in Lublin before war; German occupation,September 1939; murder of her father together with other Jews from the Jewish intelligentsia,November 1940; deportation to the Lublin ghetto; "Aktions",March and April 1942; deportation with last Jews to ghetto of Majdan Tatarski; selection; deportation to Majdanek; harsh scenes in camp; liberation from camp 4 days later thanks to her mother's working in the community for the Red Cross...

File Number : 14374

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of the German rule in Grodno, 1941-1942

Documentation of the German rule in Grodno, 1941-1942 The Collection includes an appeal by the Jewish community to the municipal administration asking to install a sewer system in the main synagogue; an appeal by the person in charge of the Polish cemetery to the municipal administration regarding the payment of salaries to Jewish workers; permit granted by the mayor of Grodno to have a worker enter the ghetto for repair work; correspondence of the municipal administration with the Municipal Governor (Stadtkommissar-City Commissioner) regarding the confiscation of the Jewish bathhouse and its proper use;...

Type of Material : List of Craftspeople, Appeal to the Authorities, List of Workers, Instruction, List of Forced Laborers, Correspondence, Questionnaire, Approval, List of Jewish Residents, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, German

Red Cross letters sent by Abram S. Meller and Mojsze Karlsbrun in Warsaw to Chaim Brun in Melbourne, 1941-1942

Red Cross letters sent by Abram S. Meller and Mojsze Karlsbrun in Warsaw to Chaim Brun in Melbourne, 1941-1942 Red Cross letters sent by Abram S. Meller and Mojsze Karlsbrun in Warsaw to Chaim Brun in Melbourne, 1941-1942 (in Polish, along with a translation into English), among them: - Red Cross letter sent by Abram S. Meller in Warsaw to his son-in-law Chaim Brun in Melbourne, the letter is stamped "08 December 1941"; - Red Cross letters sent by Mojsze Karlsbrun in Warsaw to his son Chaim Brun in Melbourne, 02 March 1941and 05 January 1942; - Letter from the Australian Red Cross in Melbourne to...

File Number : 3469

Type of Material : Red Cross Letter

Language : Polish, English, German

Memoirs of Emilia Dabrowska, born in Jagielnica, 1922, regarding her experiences in Jagielnica during the war and afterwards, and her help to Jews, 1941-1944, along with an introduction written by her nephew Ian Pienkowski - Memoirs of Emilia Dabrowska regarding her experiences in Jagielnica, 1939-1945,, and her help to Jews, 1941-1944 (written 1995-1998), along with an introduction written by her nephew Ian Pienkowski (written 2001-2007): Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; draft of her brother Stanislaw Dabrowski into the Polish Army; his capture by the German Army; his release from captivity, 18...

File Number : 9510

Type of Material : הקדמה, Memoirs

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Szymon Mappa regarding his experiences in the Warsaw and Majdanek Ghettos and his aliya to Israel, with documentation regarding Szymon Mappa and his wife, an Auschwitz survivor

Memoirs of Szymon Mappa regarding his experiences in the Warsaw and Majdanek Ghettos and his aliya to Israel, with documentation regarding Szymon Mappa and his wife, an Auschwitz survivor - memoirs of Szymon Mappa, born in Warsaw on 23 May 1924, regarding his experiences in the Holocaust (taken from a letter he wrote in Holon on 4 April 2008 to Yad Vashem regarding recognition as a Holocaust survivor): Residence in Warsaw; deportation of Szymon and his family to the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940; deportation of his family and relatives from the Warsaw Ghetto to various camps in 1942, all of whom perished; Szymon’s...

File Number : 9392

Type of Material : Memoirs, Identity Card, Certification, Letter, Invitation

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Letter sent by Gitla Feld, from Kopyczynce, to her son, Mozes Feld, via the Red Cross, 1942, and documentation regarding the experiences of the Feld family during the war

Letter sent by Gitla Feld, from Kopyczynce, to her son, Mozes Feld, via the Red Cross, 1942, and documentation regarding the experiences of the Feld family during the war Last letter sent by Gitla Gittel Feld from Kopyczynce, Poland, to Mr. Olsberg in Sunderland, England, for her son, Mozes Moishe Feld, via the Red Cross, 26 April 1942; Documentation regarding Charles Yechezkel Feld, Gitla Feld's son: - Newspaper clipping from the ''Connecticut Jewish Ledger" published in the Connecticut region, 04 June 1999, with an article by Debbie Levinson titled, "The Four Miracles of Cantor Charles Feld",...

File Number : 3153

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Red Cross Letter, Article, Documentary, Names, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, German