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Memoirs of Felicja (Rosenblueth) Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow and Bruenlitz camps, and her personal documents from before and after the war Memoirs: Completion of medical studies; work in the Jewish hospital in Krakow, 1940; confiscation of Jewish homes and businesses; imposition of restrictions and bans on the Jews of Krakow; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1941; labor as a nurse in the prison; the first transports from the ghetto, June 1942; the large "Aktion", October 1942; liquidation of the ghetto and the...

File Number : 8604

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz

Experiences of Yezhi Brauner (Yonatan Iurek), born in Krakow, Poland, 1926, while hidden by a Polish farmer, and in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow and Bruenlitz Experiences of his grandfather David Brauner and his grandmother Rosalia Rosenfeld; he attends the Hebrew school in Krakow, until the outbreak of the war; [establishment of the Krakow Ghetto]; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; escape, along with his mother; in hiding with his mother on a farm while hidden by a Polish farmer; murder of many of his family members during the "Aktions" in Krakow, 1942; return to the Krakow Ghetto, 15 November 1942; labor on...

File Number : 8603

Type of Material : Memoirs, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie (Label Leon) Sade (Bittersfeld), born in Krakow, Poland in 1928, regarding his ‎experiences in Plaszow and Brunnlitz camps

Testimony of Arie (Label Leon) Sade (Bittersfeld), born in Krakow, Poland in 1928, regarding his ‎experiences in Plaszow and Brunnlitz camps His childhood; his father’s work in Germany; deportation of his father to Dachau, his murder and ‎sending his ashes to the family n Krakow; outbreak of war in 1939; wearing a yellow badge; ‎expulsion to the ghetto; hospitalization and death of his mother; transfer to an orphanage; escape ‎from the orphanage; deportation to Plaszow; murder of Jews by Nazi Commandant Amon Göth; ‎Oskar Schindler; destruction of Plaszow; transfer to Brunnlitz via Gross Rosen; life in...

File Number : 13671

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps

Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps Life before the war; his father owned a factory; witness attends the Polish school. Unsuccessful attempt to escape to the Soviet Union; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1942; labor in a metalworking workshop; unsuccessful attempt to obtain forged documents; deportation to Plaszow camp; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; meetings with Dr. Mengele; transfer to Ebensee camp; liberation by the US Army. Move to...

File Number : 8372

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Kalman Pshevorski, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Krakow Ghetto, Bochnia Ghetto, Plaszow camp, and other places

Memoirs of Kalman Pshevorski, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Krakow Ghetto, Bochnia Ghetto, Plaszow camp, and other places Memoirs of Kalman Pshevorski, regarding his wanderings between the Kosice Ghetto, Krakow Ghetto and the Bochnia Ghetto; escape attempt; rescue from execution; Plaszow camp life including forced labor; labor in the factory of Oskar Schindler and in Gusen II camp; liberation by the Red Army, 05 May 1945. Pshevorski's aliya to Eretz Israel via Italy, 1947; execution of his parents, Arye and Beila Pshevorski, in the Kosice Ghetto. Note: the original memoirs were...

File Number : 8295

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Letter from Oskar Schindler in Regensburg, to Dr. Israel Kasztner in Geneva, regarding the rescue activity he undertook in Krakow, sent, 18 March 1947

Letter from Oskar Schindler in Regensburg, to Dr. Israel Kasztner in Geneva, regarding the rescue activity he undertook in Krakow, sent, 18 March 1947 Included in the file: - Partial translation of the letter into Hebrew.

File Number : 59

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Aviva (Leizon) Nisenbaum, born in Narewka, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow camp, Auschwitz and Bruennlitz camp

Testimony

Testimony of Aviva (Leiaon) Nisenbaum, born in Narewka, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow camp, Auschwitz and Bruennlitz camp Life before the war; transfer to Krakow, 1937; life in the Polish quarter. German occupation; escape of her father and brother in the direction of the Soviet Union; food ration lines; German raid on her home and beating of her brother; detention of her father and his subsequent release; deportation of her eldest brother to the camps; transfer to cleaning streets; deportation to the ghetto; ghetto life; work in a cable factory; her father's work...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Eva (Katz) Lavi, born in Krakow, Poland, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow camp, and in the context of "Schindler's list" in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bruennlitz camps Krakow Ghetto life; deportation to Plaszow, 1943; camp life without leaving the barracks; her mother's labor as a housemaid in the home of the assistant commander of the camp; joined to "Schindler's list"; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, autumn 1944; camp life, with her mother; transfer with a group of inmates to Bruennlitz; camp life without leaving the barracks; liberation, May 1945. Return...

File Number : 13118

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Nahir, born in Krakow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, the Plaszow camp and as part of the Schindler List in the Gross-Rosen camp and the Bruennlitz camp Life before the war; life until 1939. Outbreak of the war; life in Krakow; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to forced labor in Plaszow; liquidation of the ghetto, 1943; transfer to the Plaszow camp; camp life; transfer to Gross- Rosen as part of Schindler's List, 1944; camp life; transfer to Bruennlitz as part of Schindler's List; camp life; receiving assistance from Oskar Schindler...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mimi Reinhard, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 1915, regarding her experiences in Krakow, Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bruennlitz

Testimony

Testimony of Mimi Reinhard, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria,1915, regarding her experiences in Krakow, Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bruennlitz Well-to-do, religious family; witness attends a high school and studies in a university in Vienna; marriage, 1936; move to Krakow; birth of her son, 1939. Outbreak of the war; deportation to a ghetto; ghetto life; escape with her son; life on the Aryan side while using forged documents; detention by Germans due to a conversation she had with a man with Jewish looks; interrogation by the Gestapo; deportation to Plaszow; rescue from a killing pit; physical labor...

File Number : 13123

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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