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Booklet of poems written by Franz Beaufays in Muenster during the period of Nazi rule

Booklet of poems written by Franz Beaufays in Muenster during the period of Nazi rule The poems have an anti-Nazi political slant; distribution of the poems by the author during the night hours, riding on a bicycle and pasting the poems on walls and trees.

File Number : 184

Type of Material : Poems/songs

Language : German

Article for the "Il Partigiano" (The Partisan) newspaper by Matilde Bassani regarding the struggle of members of the Bruno Bouzzi Partisan Brigade to liberate the city of Florence, published in August 1944

File Number : 82

Type of Material : Article

Language : Italian

Testimony of Irena Szajowicz regarding the Janowska camp

Testimony of Irena Szajowicz regarding the Janowska camp History of the Janowka camp: structure; the German officers; attitude towards the inmates; food shortage; the labor; the regimen; activities of the Judenrat on behalf of the camp inmates; activities of the women on behalf of their relatives in the camp; female Jewish inmates; "Aktions"; selections; executions; abuse of the camp inmates; mass executions of inmates and of Jews brought to Janowska as part of their deportations from ghettos or transfers from other camps. The file contains names of German camp commanders and their helpers and names of...

File Number : 546

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony (hearsay) of Chaim Broch, born in Lubaczow, Poland, 1906, regarding the act of bravery by a Jewish woman teacher during the deportation of Jews from Zbaraz and the murder of the Jews, as told by Jozef Fuchs Concentration of approximately 1,000 Jews from Zbaraz in the city square, 07 April 1943; call by a woman teacher named Chuwec to go to death with honor, and not to bow one's head before the German criminals who are glorifying themselves with victory over women, elderly people and children; call by the teacher for the inevitable defeat of the Germans during their battle against the Red Army, to...

File Number : 208

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Letter, without the name of the sender, with a description of the circumstances of the death of Cypora Ber, sent to Baruch Ber in Pabianice, Poland on 01/05/1947

Letter, without the name of the sender, with a description of the circumstances of the death of Cypora Ber, sent to Baruch Ber in Pabianice, Poland on 01/05/1947 Cypora (Fraumsztajn) Ber, the wife of Baruch Ber, lost her daughter during the war, and her son was entrusted to a Polish woman who moved him from Lublin to a "safe place". When Cypora understood that her son also was not alive, she decided that her life no longer had any value. She walked up to a German, slapped him, and was executed. The sender of the letter received her husband's address two years after the war, and wrote about the deep sorrow...

File Number : 5628

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Cisek Mieczyslaw, born in Glogow, Poland, regarding the experiences of the Jews in the Glogow Ghetto and Rzeszow Ghetto, and the murder of the Jews in a forest in the Glogow area in 1942

Memoirs of Cisek Mieczyslaw, born in Glogow, Poland, regarding the experiences of the Jews in the Glogow Ghetto and Rzeszow Ghetto, and the murder of the Jews in a forest in the Glogow area in 1942 Deportation of the Jews to the Glogow Ghetto, when Cisek is 13 years old; demands by the Germans to pay ransom in the form of valuables and money, for the release of the Jews; murders of individual Jews, every few days; Glogow Ghetto life and the Jews' life there, for several months; transfer and deportation of the Jews to the Rzeszow Ghetto in late 1941 or early 1942; escape of Jews to Glogow ever so often,...

File Number : 4262

Type of Material : Memoirs, Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Pesia Lichtfeld, regarding her experiences in Bodaczow, in Szczebrzeszyn, while in hiding in Strzyzow, in Zyrardow, and in other places

Testimony of Pesia Lichtfeld, regarding her experiences in Bodaczow, in Szczebrzeszyn, while in hiding in Strzyzow, in Zyrardow, and in other places Life in Bodaczow at the outbreak of the war; German occupation; labor at an airfield in Klemens; escape to a village; carrying out various labor assignments for farmers; “Aktion” in Szczebrzeszyn; murder of some of the Jews at Szczebrzeszyn, and the transfer of the corpses and the dying persons to the cemetery; murder of her family members; her detention and transfer to Zamosc; transfer to the railroad station with 30 other young women; they are stripped of...

File Number : 5785

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Yisrael Lichtenstein Lior, born in Zambrow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Zambrow Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lagisza and Jaworzno

Testimony

Testimony of Yisrael Lichtenstein Lior, born in Zambrow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Zambrow Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lagisza and Jaworzno His family before the war. Soviet occupation and economic ramifications; German occupation, 1941; decrees on the community; murder of 2,000 men, autumn, 1941; establishment of the Zambrow Ghetto; ghetto life until 1942; deportation to a former military camp until January, 1943; camp life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including an attack on a German by a Jewish female inmate; life in Lagisza; transfer to Jaworzno; death march in the...

File Number : 10305

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff regarding Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945

Manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff regarding Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945 In the file: - Accompanying letter by Edith Wolff regarding the manuscript she and Jizchak Schwersenz prepared concerning Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, pointing out that the manuscript is provisory and not yet meant for public use, but may be used within the Yad Vashem Archives (pp. 2-3), 08 March 1960; - Additional covering report by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding the manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff...

File Number : 327

Type of Material : Manuscript, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

To be translated

File Number : 692

Type of Material : Study

Language : Polish

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