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Forged Swiss protective document of Sándor Schwarcz and his wife Regina, from Budapest, 23 October 1944

Forged Swiss protective document of Sándor Schwarcz and his wife Regina, from Budapest, 23 October 1944 Comments by the submitter of the material: Sándor Schwarcz was born in Harsány, Hungary, 1903; His wife, Regina (Spitz) Schwarcz, was born in Hungary, 1908; Their children were Mordechai, born in Budapest, 1933 and Vera Held, born in Budapest, 1940; Sándor purchased a forged document attesting that his family members were included on a collective passport supplied by the Swiss Embassy in Hungary, 1944; thanks to this document, the family was taken to the "International Ghetto" of Budapest, 23...

File Number : 481

Type of Material : Document

Language : German, Hungarian

Memoirs of Shoshana Goldstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Budapest, and on the Kasztner train and in Bergen-Belsen

Memoirs of Shoshana Goldstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Budapest, and on the Kasztner train and in Bergen-Belsen Life in Budapest while using a false identity; life on the Kasztner train; Bergen-Belsen camp life; knowledge regarding the experiences of her family members during the Holocaust; The file includes: - Newspaper article from "Yedioth Ahronoth" about the activities of Hansi Brand along with Dr. Israel (Rezso) Kasztner, on behalf of the rescue of Hungarian Jewry; - Poem "In Memory of Rezso Kasztner", by Avraham Ferenc; - Eulogy...

File Number : 8313

Type of Material : Drawing, Memoirs, Personal Documents, Poem/song, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Postcards and letters sent by Markovits Győző Vilmos, a forced laborer, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1868, to his wife, Markovits (Szász) Borbála and to his daughter, Markovits Zsuzsanna, in Budapest, 16 June-03 November 1944 Birth of the daughter, Zsuzsanna, 1928; transfer to forced labor in labor battalion no. 101/355 in Szony and Komarom; murder of Markovits Győző Vilmos in Bergen-Belsen, 15 December 1944; Included in the file: - Protective papers for the wife, Győzőné, and the daughter, Zsuzsanna, issued by the Swiss Embassy in Budapest, 25 October 1944; - Certificate of Hungarian citizenship issued...

File Number : 1777

Type of Material : Declaration, Letter, Postcard, Document

Language : English, Hungarian

Memoirs of Chaim Ganizi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1934, regarding his experiences in Budapest

Memoirs of Chaim Ganizi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1934, regarding his experiences in Budapest - Life with his family in Budapest until 1944; - Life in the Budapest Ghetto; - Liberation by the Red Army; - Aliyah to Eretz Israel, August 1947.

File Number : 8272

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Jeno Wertheimer and his family including a letter and postcards to his family in Budapest, a death certificate, a widow's benefits certificate for his wife and more, 1942-1947

Documentation regarding Jeno Wertheimer and his family including a letter and postcards to his family in Budapest, a death certificate, a widow's benefits certificate for his wife and more, 1942-1947 - Letter and postcards written by Jeno Wertheimer, a forced laborer in a labor battalion in Hungary, to his family in Budapest, 1942; - Postcard written by a friend of Jeno Wertheimer, noting that Jeno "has not been seen recently", 10 March 1943; - Death certificate for Jeno Wertheimer, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1901, issued by the Red Cross in Hungary; - Death certificate for Jeno Wertheimer,...

File Number : 1644

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Letter, Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Moshe Kandel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Budapest Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Kandel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Budapest Ghetto Life before the war; from a Neolog family; attends Jewish schools; numerus clausus; Deportation of his father to a labor battalion; disappearance of his father; meets refugees from Poland; German occupation, March 1944; imposition of restrictions on Jews including the yellow badge; confiscation of Jewish homes; concentration of Jews in marked houses (with a Star of David); rise to power of the Arrow Cross; murder of Jews in the Danube River; deportation of Jews including his mother to...

File Number : 13234

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sándorné (Ehrendiener) Kovács, born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia, 1890, regarding her experiences in Budapest, 1944-1945

Memoirs of Sándorné (Ehrendiener) Kovács, born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia, 1890, regarding her experiences in Budapest, 1944-1945 Work in the office of her husband, the entrepreneur, in Budapest. Occupation of Hungary, 19 March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation, including the yellow badge, the prohibition against possession of a radio set, shopping at set times, prohibition against frequenting public places, dismissals from work and more; expulsion order from the family apartment; transfer with other Jews to houses in Budapest marked with a Jewish star; occupation by Arrow Cross men of the apartments the Jews...

File Number : 98

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Ábrahám Mozes Grünwald Mór, born in Tapolymogyorós, Hungary, 1885, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Nagykáta, in the Maglód area, Rákoskeresztúr, Budapest and more

Memoirs of Ábrahám Mozes Grünwald Mór, born in Tapolymogyorós, Hungary, 1885, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Nagykáta, in the Maglód area, Rákoskeresztúr, Budapest and more Life in Budapest. Deportation to labor battalions, August 1940; life in a labor battalion, Nagykáta; [apparent release from the labor battalions], German occupation, March 1944; dismissal from work; the family home on Nyár St., number 8, is turned into a marked house; air-raid on the marked house on 92 Király Street and death of all 350 Jews living there; another transfer to a labor battalion together with his...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 1959

Type of Material : Interview(s), Diary, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Czech, Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 1673

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English, Hungarian

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