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Testimony of Regev Yisrael Gerber, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding the Garan camp, Slovakia.

Testimony

Childhood in Mukacevo; Hebrew school founded and managed by his father; life under Hungarian ruling in 1938; they received a deportation order according to which the whole family was to leave Hungary within 30 days because they didn't have a Hungarian nationality; at the same time his father got a recruitment order for the labor service within the Hungarian army in 1940;his father's service in the labour service during 9 months; return of his father and deportation of the family to the Garan detention camp, Slovakia in 1941; ( because they didn't have a Hungarian nationality); stay in the camp for a few months;...

File Number : 13774

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent from Gurs by German volunteers in the International Brigades who were imprisoned in the camp after their escape from Spain to France, 02 August 1939

Letter sent from Gurs by German volunteers in the International Brigades who were imprisoned in the camp after their escape from Spain to France, 02 August 1939 Letter was written apparently by a group of German volunteers who fought on the side of the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939; escape of the volunteers to France, later on; they were imprisoned in various camps in the area of the Pyrenees Mountains; in the letter, they express thanks for the receipt of money and for its distribution among eight soldiers [prisoners]; they complain about the severe conditions in camp, in...

File Number : 1836

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Personal documentation regarding the activities and life of David Kaelter, until 1970

Personal documentation regarding the activities and life of David Kaelter, until 1970 In the file (page numbers correspond to the those in the scanned material): Pages 2-3: - Excerpted pages from an interview with David Kaelter, includes his experiences and those of his familys in Danzig; Pages 4-10: - Summary of the activities of the "Association of Jewish Youth in Danzig" during its 19 year existance; Pages 11-13: - Summary of the activities of the "Association of Jewish Youth in Danzig" including its unique character, 1970; Pages 14-31: - "The Jewish School in Koenigsberg: Its Conception...

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Interview(s), Memoirs, Report

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Inga (Weissler) Sinigaelia, born in Danzig, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences in Danzig, Beuthen, Cardiff and London

Testimony

Testimony of Inga (Weissler) Sinigaelia, born in Danzig, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences in Danzig, Beuthen, Cardiff and London Her father's position as a physician; receives information concerning the murder of her father in Danzig by the Germans, 1933; her mother's remarriage; move to Beuthen with her mother, 1934; emigration to Cardiff, England with help from the Jewish community, 1936; help to Jewish refugees, 1936-1939. Outbreak of the war; air-raids on Cardiff, 1939-1940; move with other children to a village for two weeks. Life in London after the war; travels to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Meir Werner, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity and in Braunschweig

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Werner, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity and in Braunschweig His childhood in a traditional, Zionist family including attending a Tarbut school; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; antisemitism; opening of Catholic food shops as competition with the Jewish shops; receives knowledge from the newspapers, "Heynt" ("Today"), regarding the fate of the Jews in the German Reich, 1937; meets refugees following Kristallnacht, 1938. Outbreak of the war, 1939; attitude of the German soldiers toward the Jews; deportation to the...

File Number : 13206

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nechemia Adlerman, born in Irena, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Irena, Poniatowa, Klemensow, Majdanek, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Nechemia Adlerman, born in Irena, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Irena, Poniatowa, Klemensow, Majdanek, Auschwitz and other places German Army occupation of Irena, 1939; forced labor with his sister unloading coal wagons at the railroad station; draft of his father into the Polish Army; his father is taken captive; his father's return, 1940; labor in a labor camp near the railroad station; deportation of his parents and two of his sisters to extermination camps, 1942; transfer to Poniatowa camp with his sister, 1942; transfer to Klemensow camp in the Zamosc district, 1943; camp life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Cederbaum, born in Radom, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Pionki camp and additional camps

Testimony

Testimony of Eva Cederbaum, born in Radom, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Pionki camp and additional camps Aliya to Israel, 1984.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Esther Erzsebet (Weiss) Cohen, born in Sajovamos, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Upjest, in Auschwitz, Venusberg and Ravensbrueck camps, and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Erzsebet (Weiss) Cohen, born in Sajovamos, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Upjest, in Auschwitz, Venusberg and Ravensbrueck camps, and in other places Life before the war; move to Upjest with her family; life in Upjest. Transfer of her brother and brother-in-law to the war front in Ukraine, 1942; confiscation of her family's shop, and the loss of their livelihood, 1943; confiscation of private property; German occupation, 1944; volunteers for labor for the German Army; labor in a factory producing bandages, and life as if in a camp; deportation of her parents and sisters to...

File Number : 13298

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Pantfil, born in Rypin, Poland 1924, regarding his experiences in Rypin, the Mlawa Ghetto; Buna-Monowitz, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Pantfil, born in Rypin, Poland 1924, regarding his experiences in Rypin, the Mlawa Ghetto; Buna-Monowitz, Mauthausen and other places Life in Rypin. German occupation, 1939; deportation with his mother in the direction of the Soviet border; life in Miedzyrzec with refugees; escape to Rypin; deportation to the Mlawa Ghetto; ghetto life; his mother's death; selling of cigarettes by his younger brother; deportation of his grandfather and younger siblings; deportation to Auschwitz, early 1942; life in Buna-Monowitz; logging in the forests; murder of those who find the work difficult;...

File Number : 13144

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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