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Testimony of Martin Jakobs, born in 1920 in Amsterdam, about his experiences in Leiden, in hiding in Amsterdam, in France, in a refugee camp near Lausanne, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Martin Jakobs, born in 1920 in Amsterdam, about his experiences in Leiden, in hiding in Amsterdam, in France, in a refugee camp near Lausanne, etc. Childhood in a nonreligious family in Amsterdam; attending a public school; active in a Zionist movement; studying physics at the University of Leiden at age sixteen; war breaks out in 1940; continues to study; Jewish lecturers are fired and leave the university; continues to study in Amsterdam until early 1942; Jews placed under restrictions; Jews are concentrated and the witness goes into hiding; escapes to Belgium with his brother; obtains false...

File Number : 13535

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Toni (Tauba Susskind)Veber, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1927regarding persecution of the Jews of Antwerp and her escape to Switzerland

Testimony

Childhood in Antwerp; arrival of refugees from Germany; German occupation, May 1940; failed escape attempt to England; anti-Jewish legislation; expulsion from school; evening curfew; Aryanization; activity in Bnei Akiva; escape with her brother from Antwerp, 1942; illegally crossing the border into France with forged documents; illegally crossing the border into Switzerland in the Annecy area; capture by Swiss gendarmes and deportation back to France; re-crossing the border into Switzerland; life in a refugee camp near Zurich; assistance from a local nun; end of the war, May 1945; Aliya to Eretz Israel,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) of Israel Aichnold and Hedva Lachowitzki, from Poland, signed in Milan, Italy, 07 August 1946, and Eretz Israel identity card of Hedva Aichnold, issued in Haifa, 17 July 1947 Hedva Fridel Lachowitzki, born in Nieswiesz, Poland, 1919: Her parents were Moshe and Esther Lachowitzki; her brother was Yehuda and her sisters were Batia, Sara and Elisheva; her sisters and brother made aliya to Eretz Israel before the war; her stay on a Hashomer Hatzair aliya training "kibbutz". Inability to make aliya to Eretz Israel due to the German occupation; concentration of the Jews...

File Number : 728

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, English

Personal documentation of Walter Simoni, born in Vienna, Austria, 09 May 1919, including documents relating to Malines, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Golleschau, Mechelen, and Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg camps, where he was an inmate, 1938-1945 - Description of the camps in which Walter Simoni was an inmate, including the dates of his detention in each of the camps, 1938-1945; - Document from the Auschwitz Museum, certifying the transfer of Walter Simoni from Malines camp to Auschwitz, 05 August 1942; labor by Simoni in Kl Au III-Goleszow camp; - List of inmates, including the name of Walter Simoni; the list is...

File Number : 157

Type of Material : Document

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Certificate confirming that Dawid Stawkowki [Stawkowski], born in Plonsk, Poland, 1919, stayed in a DP camp in Italy, issued by the municipality of Castrignano del Capo, Italy, 23 January 1947

Certificate confirming that Dawid Stawkowki [Stawkowski], born in Plonsk, Poland, 1919, stayed in a DP camp in Italy, issued by the municipality of Castrignano del Capo, Italy, 23 January 1947 Deportation of Stawkowski to Auschwitz; transfer to Mauthausen; liberation by the US Army. Move to Italy en route to Eretz Israel; meets his future wife; aliya to Israel with his wife Tula, 1949.

File Number : 720

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Italian

Notebook belonging to Dawid Karu, from Stanislawow, with the words of songs sung by the illegal immigrants on the "Exodus" ship, and the illegal immigrant certificate issued to Dawid Karu, 24 October 1947 - Notebook in which Dawid Karu wrote the words sung by the illegal immigrants on the "Exodus" ship, 1947; - Illegal immigrant certificate from the "Exodus from Europe 5707" ship, issued to Dawid Karu, 24 October 1947; - Immigrant card of Dawid Karu, issued by the Jewish Agency, 16 May 1949; - Experiences of Dawid Karu, as written by his grandson: His family's life in Stanislawow; outbreak of...

File Number : 718

Type of Material : Personal Records, Documentary, Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew, English

Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011

Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011 Included in the file: - Biography of his grandmother Anna Brem, written by Yitzchak Gordon, 27 May 1989; - Copy of an article in an American newspaper about the Brem family when they received US citizenship, with mention of Paul Brem's work as a maintenance man and plumber at "Forest Park"; - Letter of testimony by Ellen Grosbard Brem regarding her parents' life during the war, dated, 04 April 2011 and an additional letter of testimony, dated, 02 May 2011; Note: Anna Brem, born 20 October 1924, was the daughter of Yitzhak Yaacov and Erlanki [?],...

File Number : 8581

Type of Material : Biography, Article, Letter of Testimony

Language : English

Personal file of Jewish refugees Feigi Grumbaum, her sister Farkas and her nephew Samuel, from Czechoslovakia, and Sura Scheina Brafmann, Joachim (last name unknown), from Poland, and Bernard Delci, from France, who secretly crossed the Swiss border near Geneva, stayed in Switzerland, and were returned to the other side of the border by the Swiss authorities, 1943 Arrest report of Feigi Grumbaum, written by the Lezenvre Border Guard, 25 September 1943; arrest report of sisters Feigi and Farkas Grumbaum and their nephew Samuel (last name unknown), written by the Les Cropettes Gendarmerie, 25 September 1943;...

File Number : JM/18404

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French

Personal file of Jewish refugee Georges Borstcher, from France, who secretly crossed the Swiss border near Geneva, stayed in Switzerland, and was returned to the other side of the border by the Swiss authorities, 1943 Arrest report of Jewish refugee Georges Borstcher, written by the Moillesulaz Border Guard, 27 September 1943; arrest report of Georges Borstcher, written by the Chene Bourg Gendarmerie, 27 September 1943; declaration by Georges Borstcher, submitted to the Geneva Region office, 29 September 1943; Included in the file: Censorship Certification of Georges Borstcher, written by the...

File Number : JM/18404

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French

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