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Diary written by Szymon Schwarzbach during his stay in Warsaw while using a false identity, 16 May 1942-04 March 1943

Diary written by Szymon Schwarzbach during his stay in Warsaw while using a false identity, 16 May 1942-04 March 1943 - The diary includes, in part, the writer's thoughts concerning the ideas of the Greek philosopher Epictetus; the last entry in the diary apparently was written a short while before Szymon's detention; after his detention, the diary remained at home and Yehudit took it with herself. Comments by the submitter of the material: Szymon Schwarzbach was born in Skala, circa 1912; he married Yehudit (nee Edelman), who was born in Skala, 1918; he studied history in Warsaw and his wife worked as...

File Number : 8586

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Polish, German

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 : Personal Records, Letter, Postcard

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Memoirs of Sonia (Katzman) Vinogradov, born in Brody, Poland, 1922, and her husband Zalman Vinogradov, born in Lida, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Brody Ghetto, while in hiding in a forest and in Jaroslaw, and his experiences in Lida, Vilna and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 Experiences of Sonia (Katzman) Vinogradov: Brody Ghetto life; escape with the help of forged documents; life in hiding in a forest; life in hiding in Jaroslaw; liberation. Experiences of Zalman Vinogradov: escape from the NKVD to an aliya training farm in Vilna; his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941; life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 8308

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Documents from the process in Regional Courts (Landesgericht) in Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna against members of the HSSPF Lublin: Documentation of the trial, volume 28; Testimonies by Austrian and German perpetrators and Jewish survivors, 1960 - 1962 Testimony (05/09/1960) of Eugen Schweizer, born 1908; member of the NSDAP since 1933; police inspector with administrative tasks; transferred to Warsaw in 01/1940, ranked as SS-Obersturmfuehrer (first lieutenant); at the office of the KdS (commander of the security police) until 12/1944, detached to the RSHA (Reich Main Security Office) in Berlin in 01/1945;...

File Number : 85

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Mordechai Eichel Alon, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, on the Aryan side and in hiding places

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Eichel Alon, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, on the Aryan side and in hiding places From a secular family with five children; his father owns a tannery and shoemaking workshop. Encouragement of the oldest son to escape to Tashkent early in the occupation; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; loss of their livelihood; typhus and hiding his parents' illness; mortality from starvation; responsibility for supporting the family falls on the three young children; work selling cigarettes; smuggling food into the ghetto; arrest by Polish and German...

File Number : 12787

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Henka (Grosfeld) Grinbaum, born in Krakow, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Treblinka, Auschwitz and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Henka (Grosfeld) Grinbaum, born in Krakow, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Treblinka, Auschwitz and a death march From a well-to-do family; relations with the local population; learns in a Beit Yaakov school; youth movement activities. German occupation, September 1939; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life including labor in a bakery shop; deportation to Treblinka, June 1942; transfer to Auschwitz, January 1943; camp life including hauling rocks and sorting clothes; death march to Germany; liberation. Life in a DP camp including meeting...

File Number : 12792

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mira (Ikovitz) Polak Kalenberg, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Srodula Ghetto and in hiding in Warsaw

Testimony

Testimony of Mira (Ikovitz) Polak Kalenberg, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Srodula Ghetto and in hiding in Warsaw From a financially secure family; life before the war; move to Bielsko. German occupation, 1939; return to Sosnowiec; deportation to the Srodula Ghetto, 1943; ghetto life including the hanging of three Jews; deportation of her parents to forced labor; "Aktions" in the ghetto; her uncle's activities in the Polish underground; transfer to Warsaw with her mother, with help from a German Army officer; life in hiding; escape to a church; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 47, 09/08/1941 Part 1 - Political events: Increased activity of Communist partisan groups in Serbia apparently in preparation for an armed uprising; transfer of armored forces to Serbia [in preparation for the uprising]; planning an extensive "Aktion" (Grossaktion) in the Kosmaj district, near Belgrade, where there is considerable Communist activity; conducting an operation in search for Soviet...

File Number : 163.47

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 35, 27/07/1941 Part 1 - Political Events: Finding forged Reichskleiderkarte (Reich clothing vouchers) dispersed by enemy aircraft in the Saarbruecken, Darmstadt and Kiel areas; high motivation to fight Germany among the Communists in Bruen, Frankfurt, [including] the establishment of groups of saboteurs and partisan groups, and plans to distribute anti-German placards among the local population;...

File Number : 163.35

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 31, 23/07/1941 Section 1 - Political events: Return of Ukrainians and Soviets from Poland to the eastern areas of Poland that were occupied by the Soviet Union despite the prohibition; underground activities in Serbia; Kamenica and near Sopot during which members of the Serbian gendarmerie were killed or taken captive; finding explosives, arms and Communist propaganda material in Serbia and...

File Number : 163.31

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

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