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Testimony of Josef Heiman, born in Szolnok, Hungary, 1922, regarding enlistment in labor troops in the Hungarian army, 1942-1945

Testimony of Josef Heiman, born in Szolnok, Hungary, 1922, regarding enlistment in labor battalions in the Hungarian army, 1942-1945 Childhood in a religious family lacking economic means; studies in a Jewish school and then in a general school. Anti-Jewish legislation; restrictions on the employment of Jews in public office; limitation on the number of students in universities (Numerus clausus); conscription into the Hungarian army for labor battalions, 1942; anti-Semitic incidents in the labor battalions; heavy penalties; transfer of the battalion to Austria, 1944; fortification works near...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Prof. David Jakoby Jakobowitz, born in Antwerpen, Belgium, 1928, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Lyon, Geneva, Adliswil and Celerina

Testimony of Prof. David Jakoby Jakobowitz, born in Antwerpen, Belgium, 1928, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Lyon, Geneva, Adliswil and Celerina Childhood in Antwerp; his father is a partner of a diamond company; studies at a Jewish elementary school for boys “Jashobeam”. German occupation, 10.05.1940; escape with his family on a train to France; German occupation; back home to the hometown; studies in a French public high school; yellow badges; restrictions; cancellation of food tickets for Jews; beginning of the deportation of the city's Jews to Poland, autumn of 1942; escape with his family by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter by a non-Jew, Frans Knappe from Bloemendaal, to his family in England, with information regarding the experiences of the Jews in the Netherlands and about the attitude of the authorities toward intermarried Jews; letter written, 27 May 1945 Letter written by a non-Jew, Frans Knappe from Bloemendaal, to his family in England, 27 May 1945; letter of testimony regarding the experiences of the Jews in the Netherlands; testimony by Knappe, who is married to a Jewish woman, regarding the attitude of the Nazi authorities toward Jews married to non-Jews who are of Aryan origin; information regarding the plan...

File Number : 8311

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Emil Friedmann, regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps

Testimony of Emil Friedmann [born in 1914], regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps From an observant family in Gyergyó, Transylvania; his parents were Farkas and Regina (Adler) Friedmann; his siblings were Izidor, Eugénia, Sándor, Artúr, Margit, Ernő, Henrich; his father served in the Hungarian Army during World War I, was wounded in battle, and died of his wounds in 1916, when the witness was two years old; harsh economic conditions; learning at a cheder from a young age; attendance at a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps Born to an observant family in Sarmas (Hungarian: Salamas); her parents were Adolf, born in Bilbor and Eszter (Rubin) Sztrul, born in Salamas; her siblings were Jenő Sztrul and Ernő Sztrul; her other siblings were not mentioned by name; her maternal grandfather was Salamon Rubin whose two sons Adolf and Herman perished in the Holocaust, and whose daughter, the witness' mother, and the two children of his second daughter,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Documentation regarding Shlomo Sally Kan including letters he wrote, a list of those responsible for trucks in Trobitz camp, death certificates and more, 1941-1950

Documentation regarding Shlomo Sally Kan including letters he wrote, a list of those responsible for trucks in Trobitz camp, death certificates and more, 1941-1950 - Letter written by Shlomo Sally Kan from [apparently] Westerbork, 1943; - Letter written by Shlomo Kan in Arnhern to his sister and brother-in-law Riekie and Flip de Groot in Bnei Brak regarding his experiences in Arnhern, Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen and on the Lost Transport, 25 July 1945; - List of those responsible for the trucks used for the evacuation of survivors from Trobitz camp, including the name of Shlomo Kan; - Death...

File Number : 1597

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, Dutch

Testimony of Ada Erika (Brok) Verobel, born in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Galanta, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Allendorf

Testimony of Ada Erika (Brok) Verobel, born in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Galanta, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Allendorf Life before the war; from a religious Orthodox family. Deportation of those without citizenship by Hungarian soldiers, 1940; restrictions on the Jews including termination of studies; yellow badge; confiscation of property; Aryanization of the family shop; curfew; witness' father is drafted into the Hungarian Army; transfer of her father to a camp; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944; camp life; information...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Iafa Sheindl (Maritzer) Argaman, born in Todiresti, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in Suceava and Mogilev-Podolski, and her aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children, 1944 Her childhood before the war. Outbreak of the war; move to Suceava; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; murder of her father; deportation to Transnistria; death of her grandfather and grandmother; escape to Mogilev-Podolski; activities of the JDC organization and the Jewish Agency to organize the children for aliya to Eretz Israel; fostering of the children by families for a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dvora (Keizler) Vilner, born in Rakamaz, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Kaufering and other places

Testimony of Dvora (Keizler) Vilner, born in Rakamaz, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Kaufering and other places Life before the war; difficulties to earn a livelihood; travel to Uruguay; return to Rakamaz; displays of antisemitism on the street and in school; Zionist activities; activities by emissaries from Eretz Israel. Deportation to a ghetto (Nyiregyhaza?); deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Kaufering; liberation by the US Army, 1945. Hospitalization in a sanitarium; reunion with her brother in Budapest; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Menachem Mendel Maringer, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding his experiences while hidden by Catholic families in villages and in a monastery in Belgium

Testimony of Menachem Mendel Maringer, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding his experiences while hidden by Catholic families in villages and in a monastery in Belgium Orthodox, religious family; his family's unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1930s. Outbreak of the war; German occupation of Belgium, 1940; escape to the south of France; life in hiding; return to Belgium; anti-Jewish restrictions; move to a village in Belgium with his sister, with help from the underground; fostered by Catholic families in villages; life in hiding in a monastery; detention of his parents;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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