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Testimony of Luna (Kabilio) Kahana, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Sarajevo, Split, Vela Luka, Bari and the United States

Testimony

Testimony of Luna (Kabilio) Kahana, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Sarajevo, Split, Vela Luka, Bari and the United States Life before the war. German occupation, April 1941; move to Split with help from a Moslem friend; move to Vela Luka; life in Vela Luka; relations with the local population; contact with Jewish refugees; move on rafts to Bari, September 1943; life in Saint Croce, June 1944; receives a visa to the United States from the Emergency Refugee Shelter organization; move to the United States on the "Henry Gibbons" ship; life on board the ship along...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Natan Wanderer, born in Bochnia, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Bochnia, Szebnie, Auschwitz, Dachau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Natan Wanderer, born in Bochnia, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Bochnia, Szebnie, Auschwitz, Dachau and other places His immediate family's life; his parents' work; Jewish community; his education; order to hand over valuables. German occupation, 1939; decrees; deportations to Belzec; deportation to a ghetto; ghetto life and labor; arrival to Bochnia of refugees from Krakow; ghetto is turned into a labor camp; his labor as a pharmacist and medical advisor; hides a baby in a bag; liquidation of the ghetto; deportation of Jews to Auschwitz; deportation of his father to Szebnie;...

File Number : 12227

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports written by the Bulgarian Ambassador N. Balabanov in Ankara on the Jewish problem in Bulgaria

Reports written by the Bulgarian Ambassador N. Balabanov in Ankara on the Jewish problem in Bulgaria Reports written by the ambassador in a letter to Benjamin Arditti, 21 October 1960, including information on Balabanov's meetings with Hirshman, representative of the United States President Roosevelt in Ankara, March-August 1944; the meetings focused on the cancellation of anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria and the release of the illegal immigrant ships from Vita and Pirin in Bulgaria that were waiting in the Port of Burgas. The file also includes: Information of the activities of Balabanov in France...

File Number : 268

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian

Memoirs regarding the public activities of Dr. Rosenfeld in order to rescue the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II and afterwards

Memoirs regarding the public activities of Dr. Rosenfeld in order to rescue the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II and afterwards Memoirs of Nisim Halevy, a member of the Consistoire Central regarding the contribution of Dr. Rosenfeld, a member of the full complement of the Consistory from April 1939, which appeared in an article in the "Al Hamishmar" newspaper (undated and missing the edition number), including information regarding Dr. Rosenfeld as a physician and activist in the Ashkenazi community and the Bnai Brith organization.

File Number : 261

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : Bulgarian

Translations to German of reports from Bulgarian newspapers, 1942-1943

Translations to German of reports from Bulgarian newspapers, 1942-1943 Translation of an article on the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO); Translation of the speech of Gabrovski, Minister of the Interior, on the anti-government activities in Bulgaria, 1941-1942; Translation of a broadsheet of the Legion organization, the title bearing Who Will Protect Bulgarian Jewry; The file also includes: Translation of the declaration of war by the United States to Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, 02 June, 1942; Permission to return to Bulgaria issued on the name of Eliezer Dekalo Bohorov by the...

File Number : 192

Type of Material : Article

Language : Bulgarian, German

Documentation regarding the history of the International Zionist movement, 1927-1976

Documentation regarding the history of the International Zionist movement, 1927-1976 - Documents from the World Zionist Conference in London, 1945; - Documents from the 25th Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, 1960-1961; - Correspondence between the Zionist Federation administration and Zionist organizations in Bulgaria and with the Union of Bulgarian Immigrants [in Israel]; - Statistics regarding the organizational situation of the Zionist movement in Bulgaria, from 1927.

File Number : 72

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew, French

Letter sent by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the President of the World Jewish Congress Rabbi Stephen Wise in New York, in which he censures the displays of antisemitism in the United States, 09 February 1944

File Number : 567

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944 Page 3: Telegram from the US Consulate, Jerusalem, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the already implemented deportation of 400,000 Hungarian Jews to Poland; the imminent deportation of the 350,000 remaining Jews and the required measures for intervention, 29 June 1944; Page 4: Telegram from Cordell Hull, State Department, Washington, to the US Consulate General, Istanbul, regarding efforts by the Jewish Agency to rescue 2,600 refugees, 04 July 1944; Pages 5-8: Letters from the US Embassy,...

File Number : 135

Type of Material : Letter(s), Memorandum, Correspondence, Telegram, Official Documentation, Note

Language : English

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944 Pages 4-9: Memorandum of John W. Pehle, War Refugee Board (WRB), to Mr. Stettinius, to be used as a basis for negotiations with the British Government, 10 March 1944; - Seeking cooperation with the British Government in order to rescue Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime, - Emphasis on the sincerity of the agency and discussions regarding relations with the Intergovernmental Committee; - Attitude towards the Eretz Israel issue, no intention of taking a position in support of establishing a Jewish national state...

File Number : 134

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Correspondence, Memorandum, Telegram, Letter(s)

Language : English

Documentation regarding relief and rescue activities during the Holocaust, including reports in the press, journals and books, and correspondence, 1933-1974

Documentation regarding relief and rescue activities during the Holocaust, including reports in the press, journals and books, and correspondence, 1933-1974 Newspaper and Journal Reports regarding the Relief and Rescue Activities of Dr. Pazner, pp. 3-47: Pages 4-5: Newspaper clipping from the "Koenigsberger Zeitung", containing a critique of Prof. Dr. Bruno Rogowsky, longstanding headmaster of the Commercial College in Koenigsberg, his influence on this institution and his liberal and pro-Jewish (judeophile) attitude, mentioning Chaim Pazner, who would even be sent to Russia for studies at the expense of...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Telegram, Official Documentation, Testimony, Article(s), List(s), Excerpt(s), Letter(s)

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

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