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Memoirs of Abram Chojna, born in Wlodawa, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Wlodawa Ghetto and as a partisan in the Pinsk area

Memoirs of Abram Chojna, born in Wlodawa, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Wlodawa Ghetto and as a partisan in the Pinsk area Life in the Wlodawa Ghetto; escape from the deportation train; life as a partisan in the Pinsk area. Also in the file: - Invitation to testify at a War Criminal trials in Hamburg, including the names of the criminals,1972; - Confirmations regarding his experiences as a partisan; - Postcard sent from Wlodawa to Chil Helfman in Chelm Lubelski, 31 January 1932; - Exit permit from the Brest region issued by the Soviet authorities including a directive to the...

File Number : 8215

Type of Material : Postcard, Certification, Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish

Correspondence between Paulina Kern and Josef Kermisz, conducted 18 April 1971-05 February 1972, regarding the trials of collaborators with the Germans held in Poland after the war

Correspondence between Paulina Kern and Josef Kermisz, conducted 18 April 1971-05 February 1972, regarding the trials of collaborators with the Germans held in Poland after the war In the correspondence there is a description of trials held following a legal order regarding a death sentence for collaborators with the Germans handed down 31 August 1944; at most of the trials Kern served as a witness, advisor or prosecuting attorney. - Letter dated 06 November 1971 regarding members of the Jewish intelligentsia who collaborated with Germans; in the letter, the actors Dymsza and Malicka and the poet...

File Number : 330

Type of Material : Correspondence, Letter

Language : Polish

Testimony of Abram Lewenbaum, born in Parczew, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Parczew Ghetto and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Abram Lewenbaum, born in Parczew, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Parczew Ghetto and with the partisans German occupation; life in the Parczew Ghetto including murder of Jewish POWs; escape; life in hiding in the forest; joins Soviet partisans; liberation.

File Number : 2080

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 514

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish