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Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998

Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998 - Three letters written by Rina Bar-Niv to her daughters, April and May 1977, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, establishment of the Konsky Ghetto, 1940, and ghetto life including leaving the ghetto in secret in order to find food for the family; - Memoirs written by the daughters, Miki and Irit, 1986-1988: Deportation by the Germans to a labor camp in Wannweil near Stuttgart using the false identity of Kazimiera Swierczynska; Work for UNRRA following liberation in Team 589 in Reutlingen, as a secretary...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1241

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Administrative Documentation, Memoirs, Personal Documents, Letter

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidovicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Auschwitz Birkenau, Boizenburg and Ludwigslust camps

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidowicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Boizenburg, Auschwitz Birkenau and Ludwigslust camps Childhood in Baia Mare; re- annexation of the place to Hungary in 1940; transfer of ownership of the father's flour mill to Hungarians in 1941; the rise of antisemitism; interruption of studies; the German occupation in 1944; deportation to the ghetto in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; transfer to Boizenburg; life in the camp; transfer to work in a factory manufacturing tanks and planes; transfer...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Letter by Albert Einstein regarding his view concerning religious faith, sent to chemist Fritz Seifert in Kfar Saba, 1953

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2303

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : German

Report prepared by the Federation of Sefardi Jewry in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, regarding its activities in the Feldafing DP camp, 1947

Report prepared by the Federation of Sefardi Jewry in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, regarding its activities in the Feldafing DP camp, 1947 Included is a detail report regarding the Federation's activities in the areas of culture, help to needy people, emigration and religion.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 107

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : French, German

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 13649

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 13448

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Vita Henig Kozlowski, born in Przytyk, Poland, 1911, regarding her aliya to Israel in 1936

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Testimony of Vita Henig Kozlowski, born in Przytyk, Poland, 1911, regarding her aliya to Israel in 1936 Family background, religious family; great anti-Semitism on the part of the Poles; studies in a Polish school; community life; memories of the First World War; marriage, 1935; her husband's desire to make an aliya to Eretz Israel; obtaining a certificate of aliya; anger on the part of her father over the witness to make aliya to Eretz Yisrael; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1936; a pogrom in Przytyk by Poles and the murder of two Jews, 1936; receiving letters from her mother; the difficult situation in Poland;...

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results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more

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Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more Life before the war, membership in the Hanoar Hazioni youth movement; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; antisemitism in Dorohoi; arrest of rabbi in Mihaileni; synagogue is searched; arrest of brother in 1940; German-Soviet war breaks out; evacuation of Dorohoi in 1940; witness sent to forced labor in Atachi; deportation by ferry to Mogilev Podolski ghetto; life in an open ghetto; given shelter in a synagogue; life in...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13475

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Meir Lipshitz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaufering, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Meir Lipshitz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaufering, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen His childhood in Lodz; displays of antisemitism. German Army occupation of Lodz, September 1939; life under German occupation including acts of abuse on the street, burning of the synagogues, burning of holy books and the confiscation of his family's shop; murder of his grandfather and grandmother on the street; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; activities of the Judenrat; activities of the Jewish police; Lodz Ghetto life including labor distributing...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Dvora (Reiner Raanan) Greenbaum, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1930, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland, Sankt Gallen and Eretz Israel

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Testimony of Esther Dvora (Reiner Raanan) Greenbaum, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1930, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland, Sankt Gallen and Eretz Israel Her childhood in Budapest. German Army occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life under German occupation; joins the Kasztner train; transfer of the Kasztner train people to Bergen-Belsen, June 1944; camp life until December 1944; transfer to Switzerland by the Germans; life in Sankt Gallen, including in the Montreux area, until August 1945. Aliya attempt to Eretz Israel by ship, August 1945; detention in Atlit camp for...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13135

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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