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Testimony of Uri Shani, born in Munich, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in Dachau, a Nazi's farm, Vienna and Romania until 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Uri Shani, born in Munich, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in Dachau, a Nazi's farm, Vienna and Romania until 1940 Life as an orphan in a children's home; detention in Dachau after vom Rath's murder in Paris, 1938; release as a minor; placed by the Jewish community in a Nazi's farm; work with a group of Jewish children on the farm; move to Vienna; move to Romania. Aliya to Eretz Israel onboard a ship with Aliyah Bet, 1940; detention in Atlit camp.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Moritz Gelbaum, born in Quakenbrueck, Germany, 1917, regarding his experiences in Hannover, Linden and Eretz Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Moritz Gelbaum, born in Quakenbrueck, Germany, 1917, regarding his experiences in Hannover, Linden and Eretz Israel Life in Germany; his family's move to Hannover, 1919; his family's move to Linden, 1923; work as a counselor in Maccabi Hatzair; his father's activities in the Zionist movement. Departure from the Humboldschule school in Hannover, 1933; emigration of his brother and several family members to Eretz Israel; work in construction; serves as a supervisor (Meister) in Bauinnung, the German building workers union; witness is the sole Jew in the union; participation in mass...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings regarding the trial of Wolfgang Diewerge, advisor on Jewish affairs in Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry, held in Essen, 1965-1966

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings regarding the trial of Wolfgang Diewerge, advisor on Jewish affairs in Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry, held in Essen, 1965-1966 In the file: Newspaper clippings and articles regarding events following the murder of the German diplomat, Ernst von Rath, by Herschel Grynszpan, a young Jew, and the part that Diewerge played in the Kristallnacht events, which followed in the wake of the murder, and the incitement of antisemitism among the German population; - Survey by Lucien Steinberg, "German Documents Regarding the Grynszpan Affair", which appeared in "Le...

File Number : 188

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Research Article

Language : French, German

Testimony of Yitzkhak Fritz Klein Kali, born in Mainz, 1918, regarding his and his family's experiences in Mainz and Frankfurt am Main until his aliya to Eretz Israel via Italy, 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzkhak Fritz Klein Kali, born in Mainz, 1918, regarding his and his family's experiences in Mainz and Frankfurt am Main until his aliya to Eretz Israel via Italy, 1939 His family's life and roots in Mainz; religious customs and traditional prayers; displays of antisemitism; Nazi rise to power and witness' escape to relatives in Strasbourg, 04 April 1933; deportation from France, 1935; joins aliya training with Bachad in Frankfurt am Main, 1938; visit of the Fuehrer during Sukkot 5799/1938; capture of Polish Jews in schools and their deportation to Poland, October 1938; influence of the murder...

File Number : 9146

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the rescue of Danish Jewry

Documentation regarding the rescue of Danish Jewry - Program booklet for the opening of an exhibition regarding the rescue of Danish Jewry in 1943, which took place at the "Temple Sinai" synagogue in Toronto, Canada, October 2003; speech given at the ceremony by Jon Josef Haas, who was born in Esbønderup, Denmark, 1943; - Newspaper articles published in "The Canadian Jewish News", 30 October 2003; - Article by Ron Csillag, regarding the rescue of the Jews of Denmark; - Article by Israel Kopyto and Adam Fuerstenberg, including research regarding the murder by Hershel Grynszpan of Ernst vom Rath, of...

File Number : 107

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : English