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Booklet published by the Jewish community in Nitra titled, "The Cedars of Lebanon", in memory of the 110, 000 Jews of Slovakia and their rabbis who were murdered, 1942-1945, published, 1960

Booklet published by the Jewish community in Nitra titled, "The Cedars of Lebanon", in memory of the 110,000 Jews of Slovakia and their rabbis who were murdered, 1942-1945, published, 1960 - Editing of the booklet by the Chief Rabbi of Slovakia; - List of the Jewish communities in Slovakia, the number of people who perished in each community; names of the rabbis and dayanim (rabbinical court judges) of each community and their fate; - Partial list of 815 Jews who served the Sixth Labor Battalion; included in the list: family name, first name, date and place of birth; identity number, whether the person...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, Placards, List of Names, Article, Research Article

Language : Slovak, Russian, German

Memoirs, articles, lists and personal documentation regarding VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion), 1939-1980

Memoirs, articles, lists and personal documentation regarding VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion), 1939-1980 - Map marking the location of the camps of the labor battalions; - List of the labor battalions in which Jews served; - Article written by Ladislav Lipscher titled, "Der Sechste Juedische Militaerischer Arbeitsbataillon im Slowakischen Staat" ("The Sixth Jewish Labor Battalion in the Slovak State"), referring to an Army labor battalion; - Invitation to a reunion with members of the battalion in Tel Aviv, 1960; - Memoirs regarding camp life, condition of the food and living quarters,...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Article, List of Names, Research Article, Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, German

Memoirs of Hanoch Heu regarding his experiences in the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion)

Memoirs of Hanoch Heu regarding his experiences in the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion) Drafted into the Sixth Labor Battalion, 03 March 1941; stationed in the Cemerne military camp; transfer to Humenne after a short time; transfer to the Svaty Peter airfield [for] labor in building an access road to the airfield; Transfer to Lab, summer 1942, in order to work in digging a drainage ditch; release [from the battalion?], June 1943; transfer to Kostolna, autumn 1943; transfer to Dubnica for construction works, spring 1944; transfer by his brother, Arie, to Bratislava; receives forged Aryan documents...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mikula Roth regarding the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion)

Memoirs of Mikula Roth regarding the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion) Draft, 03 March 1941; transfer to the military camp in Humenne; transfer to Sanok; transfer to Lwow; joining the Reserve unit from East Slovakia; transfer to Lipowiec, Ukraine; murder of Jews by the Germans in Lipowiec; transfer back to his hometown, Sabinov, until the end of the war; he did encounter any displays of antisemitism.

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Ladislav Teichner regarding life in Cemerne camp of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion), 01 March 1941-June 1943

Memoirs of Ladislav Teichner regarding life in Cemerne camp of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion), 01 March 1941-June 1943 Life in Cemerne camp including living conditions, food, hygiene and places of work; treatment of the Jews by the commanders; transfer of the group to the Novaky civilian camp, June 1943; escape of a number of people from the group and their joining the partisans; remaining of the rest of the group in the camp until the end of the war.

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Hebrew

Memoirs of Meir Porges, a Hashomer Hatzair activist, drafted into the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion) in Podolinec, 12 December 1940

Memoirs of Meir Porges, a Hashomer Hatzair activist, drafted into the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion) in Podolinec, 12 December 1940 Obtaining forged Aryan certificates at the beginning of the transports; disbanding of the Sixth Labor Battalion, 1943; transfer to a civil camp, August 1944; stay in the Banska Bystrica camp; outbreak of the Slovak Uprising; transfer to forced labor in Banska Stiavnica; drafted into the Czech Liberation Army; liberated, May 1945.

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew