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Memoirs of Leon Grynblat, born in Stary Orzechow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in hiding in the forest near Stary Orzechow, as a partisan and as a Polish Army soldier

Memoirs of Leon Grynblat, born in Stary Orzechow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in hiding in the forest near Stary Orzechow, as a partisan and as a Polish Army soldier Transfer to the village of Komarowka, 1943; life in the home of a non-Jewish neighbor with connections to the partisans; transfer of letters to the partisans; escape to the forest, May 1942; information regarding the imminent "Aktion" in Stary Orzechow; finding a hiding place for the members of his family; joining the partisan camp with his brother Laibish and his sister Sheindel; hiding the family in the forest until Pesach (April)...

File Number : 8644

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places Life before the war; her parents are Viktor Porges, born in Horazdovice and Anna (Bondy), born in Horovice. German occupation; ban on owning animals by Jews; payment of a bribe to a veterinarian for certifying the euthanization of her dog; termination of studies by Jewish students, including high school studies; yellow badge; deportations to Lodz and Theresienstadt, 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt with her family, July 1942; life in camp in...

File Number : 8521

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Survey reports, prepared in 1942, regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in Brest, Kalinkovichi and Pogost in 1941

Survey reports, prepared in 1942, regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in Brest, Kalinkovichi and Pogost in 1941 Survey reports regarding the murder of Jews in Kalinkovichi in 1941; acts of looting of Jewish property and decree imposed on the Jews in Pogost regarding wearing a yellow badge, 1941; acts of looting of Jewish property, rape and murder of Jews in Brest, 1941; decree imposed on the Jews in Brest regarding wearing a yellow badge, 1941; murder of Brest Jews, summer 1941; Oppression and murder of the local population in Brest, 1941; List of partisans from the brigade under the command of...

File Number : 3705

Type of Material : Survey Report, List of Partisans, Official Documentation, List of Residents

Language : Russian

Survey reports and investigation reports, prepared during July 1942-March 1943, regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in the Polesie region in 1941

Survey reports and investigation reports, prepared during July 1942-March 1943, regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in the Polesie region in 1941 Acts of abuse on Jews in Brest, 1941; murder of Brest Jews, 1941; forced labor; establishment of the Brest Ghetto, December 1941; acts of looting of Jewish property; murder of Brest Jews during 22-29 June 1941; murder of Jews at the railroad station in Kosovo in late July 1941; murder of Gorodishche Jews by local residents in late June-early July 1941; rape of Jewish women in Brest, June-July 1941; acts of looting of Jewish property, June-July 1941; order...

File Number : 3689

Type of Material : List of Residents, List of Partisans, List of Underground Members, Survey Report, List of Communists, Official Documentation, Names, Investigation Report

Language : Russian

Reports regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in Minsk, in Brest and in the Polesye region during June-August 1941

Reports regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in Minsk, in Brest and in the Polesye region during June-August 1941 Establishment of a camp in Minsk for local residents, POWs and Jews, July 1941; rape of Jewish women; murder of Jewish men, and acts of looting of Jewish property in Brest, June 1941; decree imposed on the Jews of Brest regarding wearing a yellow badge, June-August 1941; murder of Jews in Brest, July-August 1941; murder of Jews in Pinsk and Luninets, August 1941; Oppression and murder of the local population and Soviet POWs in Brest and in the Minsk, Smolensk and Tula regions,...

File Number : 3683

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation, Names, List of Residents

Language : Russian

Reports of partisans and members of the Communist Party, regarding the murder and oppression of Jews in Belorussia in 1941, sent to the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia in January 1942 Survey reports regarding the murder of Tonezh Jews and acts of looting of Jewish property by a local gang, 1941; murder of Jews in Lelchitsy, 1941; murder of Petrikov Jews, 1941; murder of Jews in Lelchitsy, 04 September 1941, including Jews who escaped from the Turov district; rape of Jewish women; murder of Jews in Glushkovichi and in villages in the Glushkovichi vicinity, 1941; murder of Jews in...

File Number : 3680

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Names, List of Partisans, List of Residents

Language : Russian

Reports regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in Belorussia during 1941-1943

Reports regarding the murder and persecution of Jews in Belorussia during 1941-1943 Survey reports regarding the burning of Jewish homes in Brest during 1941-1943; murder of Jews in Shchedrin, 1941-1943; murder of Jewish men in Pogost, 1941-1943; murder of Jews in Logishin, 1941-1943; murder of Jews in Moshchianaki, 1941-1943; establishment of the Gomel Ghetto and decree imposed on the Jews regarding wearing a yellow badge, 1941-1943; murder of Pinsk Jews and acts of looting of Jewish property, 1941-1943; murder of Lelchitsy Jews, 1941-1943; murder of Minsk Jews on 21 July 1941; murder and rape of Lelchitsy...

File Number : 3679

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Names, Lists, Survey Report

Language : Russian

Testimony of Koka Kohen Tishler, born in 1931 in Darabani, Romania, about deportation to the Vinoj camp in Transnistria

Offspring of a well-to-do and educated family; German occupation ensues in 1941; community deported from place to place; men and women separated; deported with mother to Targu-Jui, Lugoj, and Dorohoi; father seized and taken away for forced labor; deported to Transnistria; forced to march from Mogilev to Vinoj via Luchinets; mother beaten; mother dies; father escapes from labor camp; back to Romania in 1944; activity in a Zionist training program; immigration to Israel in 1950; adjustment to life in Israel

File Number : 13489

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Solomon, born in Podul Iloaiei, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Podul Iloaiei, Iasi, Botosani and Braila

Testimony

Testimony of David Solomon, born in Podul Iloaiei, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Podul Iloaiei, Iasi, Botosani and Braila His childhood in a traditional home including attending a Romanian Jewish school. Romania joins the war against the Soviet Union, June 1941; worsening of the anti-Jewish persecution; decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; forced labor; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue as hostages after the pogrom in Iasi; arrival of the railroad cars from the pogrom; description of the pogrom by the survivors; deportation to forced labor in Iasi, November 1941; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Martha Breslauer Shmutz, born in 1931 in Budapest, about life in hiding in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Eva Martha Breslauer Shmutz, born in 1931 in Budapest, about life in hiding in Budapest Childhood in an affluent Orthodox home; begins studies at a Jewish school in 1937; the Belzer Rebbe lives with the family for six weeks while escaping from Poland in 1942; Germans enter on March 19, 1944; yellow star; studies terminated on April 6, 1944; digging a bunker under father's metal factory; family moves to a marked house in Budapest; moves into the bunker along with some thirty people on June 24, 1944; building concierge provides them with food for payment; liberation by Red Army forces in 1945;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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