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Documentation regarding the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the War Refugee Board (WRB), 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the War Refugee Board (WRB), 1944 Pages 22, 24 (?): Incomplete dispatch (No. 7454) from the US Legation, Bern, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the proposed program of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the relief of Jewish refugees and other persecuted groups in enemy territory, 02 March 1944; Page 2: Enclosure No. 1 to dispatch No. 7454 from the US Legation, Bern, to the President of the ICRC, Geneva, regarding the provision of food and medicines for Jews and other...

File Number : 93

Type of Material : Financial Accounts, Official Documentation, Telegram, Correspondence, Memorandum, Note, Letter(s)

Language : French, English

Memoirs of Arie Eliash, born in Negresti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences in Negresti, the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz, Buchenwald and other places

Memoirs of Arie Eliash, born in Negresti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences in Negresti, the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz, Buchenwald and other places Life with his parents in Negresti; traditional family; good financial situation; attends a local school and a Jewish school; life under fascist Romanian rule including incitements. Hungarian occupation; harassment of the Jews; visit of an emissary from Poland to the synagogue; information regarding the murder of the Jews of Poland from the emissary; German occupation; refusal to escape to a hiding place in the forest; nationalization of...

File Number : 8242

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Vitzrabin, born in Lipcani Targ, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lipcani Targ and Tulchin

Testimony

Testimony of Reuven Vitzrabin, born in Lipcani Targ, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lipcani Targ and Tulchin Childhood in a traditional family; obtaining a certificate for legal aliya to Eretz Israel; attempt by his mother to prevent his aliya to Eretz Israel. Restrictions on the Jews; information received regarding life of the Jews under German occupation; Red Army occupation [of Lipcani Targ]; releasing Communists from prisons; deportation of the wealthy to Siberia, 1939; life under Romanian rule, 1941; escape of Jews out of fear of retaliation; burning of [Lipcani Targ] by the Red Army;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Metuka Zysl (Turkeltaub) Berkovitz, born in Oradea, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Krottingen, Stutthof, Krakow and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Metuka Zysl (Turkeltaub) Berkovitz, born in Oradea, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Krottingen, Stutthof, Krakow and other places Her parents' home; her father serves as a rabbi. Hungarian Army occupation of Oradea, 1940; life under Hungarian rule including hunger and the allocation of food; German Army occupation of Oradea, March 1944; Oradea Ghetto life including the establishment of a soup kitchen; transfer of Jews to the Dreher beer factory for interrogation; preparations for deportation; illness; deportation by train to Auschwitz, May 1944;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Amalia Mali (Khaimov) Alcalay, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1928, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Khaskovo

Testimony

Testimony of Amalia Mali (Khaimov) Alcalay, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1928, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Khaskovo Her childhood in a secular family that observed Jewish tradition. Life under fascist rule including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees and bans, 1941; draft of her father to labor; transfer to Khaskovo, 1942; life in her uncle's home; Communist activities; help to political prisoners; liberation by the Red Army, 09 September 1944. Aliya to Israel, 1948; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of Communist inmates from a prison in Grodno, 08/01/1938

File Number : 3236

Type of Material : List of Communist Prisoners

Language : Polish

Testimony of Albert Avraham Meshulam, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor camps in Bulgaria

Testimony

Testimony of Albert Avraham Meshulam, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor camps in Bulgaria Childhood in a secular yet somewhat traditional family, actively involved in Jewish and Christian community life. Anti-Jewish decrees, 1940; yellow badge; detention as a result of leaving Sofia; draft into Army labor force, 1941; labor paving roads; digging and building bridges in the Sestrimo camp, April 1941-November 1941 and in the Marikostino camp, February 1942-November 1942; life in Lovech, April 1944-July 1944; deportation of his parents from Sofia and staying with them while...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shulamit Shlima (Markovitz) Barkan, born in Stefanesti, Romania, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Stefanesti and Botosani

Testimony

Testimony of Shulamit Shlima (Markovitz) Barkan, born in Stefanesti, Romania, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Stefanesti and Botosani Childhood in a religious Zionist family. Burning of Jewish homes, summer 1941; deportation to Botosani; yellow badge; difficulty in obtaining food; school attendance; clandestine activity in a Hashomer Hatzair group; displays of antisemitism; keeping the Jewish traditions; air-raids, Pesach (April) 1944; liberation by the Red Army. Detention of her father for Zionist activity; 29 November 1948 [1947?]; aliya to Israel, 1951.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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