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Testimony of Feiga Zipora (Gershenfish) Granat, born in Belfort, France, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Belfort and in hiding in the south of France

Testimony

Testimony of Feiga Zipora (Gershenfish) Granat, born in Belfort, France, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Belfort and in hiding in the south of France Life before the war; her family was originally from Poland. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 1940; rumors of the deportation of men; escape of her father and return of her father; unsuccessful escape attempt with the help of a smuggler to the south of France; black market activities to earn a livelihood; freedom of movement for Jews; correspondence with family members in the Warsaw Ghetto; sending of parcels with the help of the Red...

File Number : 13115

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Irene (Samuel) Kligsberg Navon, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, Bayonne, Toulouse, Vichy and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Irene (Samuel) Kligsberg Navon, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, Bayonne, Toulouse, Vichy and other places Life before the war; from a traditional family. German occupation, May 1940; unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into France illegally; escape to the southern Pyrenean mountains due to her uncle's Polish passport; escape to Bayonne, June 1940; life in Bayonne including a request to the Portuguese embassy; help from a taxi driver; hidden by farmers in the mountains; division of France, June 1940; escape to Toulouse; escape to Vichy;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 28, 20 July 1941 Part 1 - Political activities: Distribution of pro-Soviet placards in Polish, in Posen; influences of the war with the Soviet Union on Vichy France and the attitude towards Germany; activity against partisans in the Uzice area, Yugoslavia, following the assassination attempt against the German area commander; Part 2 - Reports of the Einsatzgruppen regarding deployment, [troop]...

File Number : 163.28

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : German

Diaries written by Esther Lucy (Eisenberg) Dobrin, born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Czechoslovakia in 1922, regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel and regarding political events in Europe, 1936-1941 - Two notebooks including diaries by Esther (Eisenberg) Dobrin (her former name - Lucy Eisenbergova), born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Czechoslovakia in 1922, regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel, and regarding political events in Europe, written during 1936-1941; included in the notebooks are notes written in Slovak, German, English, French and Hebrew during 1942-1944; in...

File Number : 10001

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, French, English, German

Diaries kept by Esther Lucy (Eisenberg) Dobrin, born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel, including events that took place in Europe, 1936-1941

Diaries kept by Esther Lucy (Eisenberg) Dobrin, born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel, including events that took place in Europe, 1936-1941 - Diaries written by Esther (Eisenberg) Dobrin (formerly: Lucy Eisenbergova), born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, during the years 1936-1941, among them entries regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel and political events in Europe, including memoirs from 1942-1944. The diaries are written in Slovak, German, English, French and Hebrew; in the second diary there are entries beside greetings from friends...

File Number : 9770

Type of Material : Diary, Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, French, English, German

Various intelligence reports regarding Jews in France, 1935-1937

Various intelligence reports regarding Jews in France, 1935-1937 Surveillance reports regarding a group of Soviet commercial representatives, most of them Jewish, GPU agents, who moved from Germany to France in 1932, and intend to return from France to Germany; the Jews who were in contact with them in Berlin are mentioned (pp. 955-961). Report regarding guidelines from the French Foreign Ministry to the consulates in Germany regarding the policy of granting entry visas to German Jews, 28 January 1938, p. 962. "Franzoesische Kolonien fuer Juden-Umsiedlung?" (French Colonies for the Resettlement of...

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Type of Material : Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : German

"The Jews in San Martin Vesubie and the Dismantling of the Italian 4th Armata", an essay by Alberto Cavaglion regarding the escape of the Jews from south-eastern France to Italy following the armistice between the Italians and the Allies - Experiences of the Jews who arrived in San Martin Vesubie; - Rescue attempts through escape via the mountains with the 4th Armata in its retreat following the armistice between Italy and the Allies after 08 September 1943; - Extraction of the group of Jews that arrived in San Martin Vesubie including mention of the many sources and direct testimonies written on the...

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Survey Report, Letter

Language : Italian

Documents regarding the position of the Vatican towards the Jewish communities in fascist Italy and in France under the Vichy government, 1941-1957

Documents regarding the position of the Vatican towards the Jewish communities in fascist Italy and in France under the Vichy government, 1941-1957 - Copy of a letter written by Leon Berard, the French Ambassador in the Vatican, to Marshal Petain regarding the lack of response of the Vatican to steps taken against the Jews by the Vichy government, 02 September 1941; - The Italian newspaper "Il Giornale d'Italia" containing articles regarding the connection between the Church and the Jews, 26 May 1943; - Correspondence between Weitzsaecker, the German Ambassador in the Vatican, and the Vatican regarding...

File Number : 57

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Italian, Hebrew, French, German

Testimony of Italian Police Chief Guido Lospinoso regarding his activities to prevent deportation of the Jews from Nice, France, 1943

Testimony of Italian Police Chief Guido Lospinoso regarding his activities to prevent deportation of the Jews from Nice, France, 1943 - Receipt of an order from Benito Mussolini to go to Nice in order to keep the Jews away from the French Riviera, 19 March 1943; arrival of Lospinoso in Nice where he set up his office, received soldiers of the 4th Armata in his service and cooperated with Commander Mario Vercellino; receipt of representatives of the Jewish Committee in Nice, among them Angelo Donati, for a discussion, in an attempt to keep the Jews from the coastal area, in accordance with Mussolini's orders;...

File Number : 40

Language : Italian

Official documentation from the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Italian Army regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in the Italian occupied area of France, January-March 1943

Official documentation from the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Italian Army regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in the Italian occupied area of France, January-March 1943 - Letter sent by Benito Mussolini from the Italian Foreign Ministry to Mario Vercellino, the Commander of the 4th Armata of the Italian Army in which he gives a directive according to which the Jewish refugees in the Italian occupied area of France are under the authority of the Italian police only, 03 April 1943; - Circular from the High Command of the Italian Army sent to the Headquarters of the 4th Armata of the Italian...

File Number : 24

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Italian