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Personal documentation belonging to Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas regarding the activities of the Dutch Comite voor Hulp aan Buitenlandsche Kinderen (Committee to Help Children from Abroad) that she established and more, 1938-1940 Official documents and correspondence of Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas regarding the activities of the Dutch Comite voor Hulp aan Buitenlandsche Kinderen that she established and the transfer of Jewish children from Germany and Austria to the Netherlands, 1938-1940; - Memoirs of Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas' rescue attempts before the German occupation and documentation regarding...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Correspondence, Article, Memoirs, Official Documentation

Language : English, Dutch

Memoirs of László Jacob Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1908, and Judith Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1918, regarding their experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland

Memoirs of László Jacob Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1908, and Judith Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1918, regarding their experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland Occupation of Budapest by the German Army; life in Budapest; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on the Kasztner train, July 1944; life in Bergen-Belsen, July-December 1944; transfer to Switzerland; liberation.

File Number : 8222

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Aleksander Ranoschy regarding the experiences of Hans Brandwein and Julek Brand in the Warsaw Ghetto and Hrubieszow

Memoirs of Aleksander Ranoschy regarding the experiences of Hans Brandwein and Julek Brand in the Warsaw Ghetto and Hrubieszow Ranoschy's period of service as the principal of the largest Jewish school in Australia [?]. The periods of service of his friends, Hans Brandwein and Julek Brand, as Beitar leaders in Poland; direct involvement in his friends' activities; living conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto; carrying out the "Hrubieszow Project" by Brandwein and Brand including acquisition of a work permit and transfer of youth from the Warsaw Ghetto to farms in Hrubieszow; entry of Brandwein and Brand into...

File Number : 8200

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Documentation regarding the Gutman family including letters sent to Anna Priebe in Schneidemuehl by her half-Jewish niece Ursula Gutman in the Bialystok Ghetto, via Friedl Wieser, a German soldier who came to her rescue, transit visas and travel tickets in Anna's name and more, 1939-1943 - Letters sent to Anna Priebe in Schneidemuehl by her half-Jewish niece, Ursula Gutman in the Bialystok Ghetto, via Friedl Wieser, a German soldier who came to her rescue, 1941-1943; - Documents regarding the delivery of belongings to Poland following the deportation of the Gutman family from Schneidemuehl, 1939; -...

File Number : 1669

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Letter, Postcard

Language : Polish, German

Documentation regarding Elsa Dannenhirsch who was detained by the Gestapo and murdered, 1942, including a passport, an appeal for her release from detention and an article on the efforts to release her - Passport belonging to Elsa Dannenhirsch, a resident of Tallinn; - Letter to the police from two Estonian friends of Elsa Dannenhirsch appealing for her release on the claim that she is not Jewish and therefore her detention is a mistake; - Newspaper clipping regarding the attempts to rescue Elsa Dannenhirsch from the Gestapo; the article was based on the memories of Aino Villandi, a woman whose aunt,...

File Number : 99

Type of Material : Passport, Article, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : Estonian, Russian

Letters by Hildegard and Siegfried Markus, born in Berlin, written in Rio Tinto and sent to their family members Heinz and Flora Selinger in the United States, 1940, including mention of attempts to rescue family members in Europe and mention of family members who perished Included in the file: - Letter (in Portuguese) written by Samuel Rozenberg, who collected and translated the material; Comments: Hildegard's mother was supposed to receive a visa to emigrate to Brazil, but due to an error of one letter [one character, in writing] the plan did not succeed and she was deported to Theresienstadt,...

File Number : 1501

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Portuguese, German

Note containing an announcement to friends that the writer has been sentenced to death (anonymous)

File Number : 41

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Italian

Testimony of Olga Halle regarding aid and rescue efforts by the International Quaker community in Germany on behalf of Jews and others persecuted by the Nazis, 1934-1945

Testimony of Olga Halle regarding aid and rescue efforts by the International Quaker community in Germany on behalf of Jews and others persecuted by the Nazis, 1934-1945 In the file: - Cover letter from Dr. Ball-Kaduri, addressed to Yad Vashem, regarding the testimony of Olga Halle, 26 March 1972 (p. 2). - Postwar testimony of Olga Halle, formerly a clerk in the International Quakers Office in Berlin, describing her experiences in the Quakers Office at the end of 1940; at that time, she could not help any more persecuted Jews with immigration visas to the United States (p. 3). - Further...

File Number : 328

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

"The Jews in Scandinavia during the Time of the War (Rescue Operations initiated in Sweden)", a lecture delivered by Norbert Masur at the Aliyah Chadasha Club in Tel Aviv, 24 March 1947

"The Jews in Scandinavia during the Time of the War (Rescue Operations initiated in Sweden)", a lecture delivered by Norbert Masur at the Aliyah Chadasha Club in Tel Aviv, 24 March 1947 Abridged and typewritten shorthand notes of a lecture given in German by Norbert Masur at the Aliyah Chadasha Club in Tel Aviv, 24 March 1947. Although the document mentions the name “Robert”, it is evident from the context that the shorthand notes refer to Norbert Masur (1901-1971), born in Friedrichstadt, German and naturalized in Stockholm, who served as the Swedish representative to the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and...

File Number : 99

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Braindel Berlinska regarding her work in the Warsaw area, an attempt to join the partisans, and life on the Aryan side in Warsaw

File Number : 1669

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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