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Testimony of Meir Bendori, born in Niepolomice, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Niepolomice, the Krakow Ghetto, Mauthausen and Gusen

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Bendori, born in Niepolomice, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Niepolomice, the Krakow Ghetto, Mauthausen and Gusen His childhood in a Zionist, traditional family including attending Hebrew schools; activities in Zionist youth organizations; sports activities; coordination of self-defense against the Endeks; help to Jewish refugees from Germany; Kristallnacht. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; German Army occupation of Niepolomice; life under German occupation including the imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions, acts of physical abuse against Jews and forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yosef Ehrlich, born in Lesko, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Lesko and Kazakhstan

Testimony

Testimony of Yosef Ehrlich, born in Lesko, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Lesko and Kazakhstan Life before the war; displays of antisemitism; getting organized for self-protection. Outbreak of the war; escape to the area occupied by the Soviet Union; life in a synagogue in the Soviet occupied area; detention of his father; deportation to Kazakhstan with his family; life in Kazakhstan including labor logging trees; knowledge of the murder of Jews in Lesko; life in Kazakhstan in a kolkhoz including agricultural labor; draft attempt to a Polish division within the Red Army, 1943; refusal to be...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yeshayahu Shvartz Shachar, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Kosice, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg camp and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Yeshayahu Shvartz Shachar, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Kosice, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg camp and a death march Established family in Czechoslovakia; displays of antisemitism before the war; arrival of refugees from Germany with the Nazi rise to power, 1933; aliya of his eldest brother to Eretz Israel. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; attitude of the Hungarian gendarmes; decrease in the family's assets; termination of his father's work in the lumber business; help of his elder brothers to the family's livelihood; restrictions including the numerous clausus and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Artur Shmilovitz, born in Iasi, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in detention, forced labor and in hiding in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Artur Shmilovitz, born in Iasi, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in detention, forced labor and in hiding in Iasi Merchant family; attends a Romanian school and high school; draft of his father into the Romanian army, 1938; release of his father. Iaso Pogrom, 1941; detention with his father and uncle in the police station; release in exchange for a bribe; capture again; release without his father and uncle; murder of his father and uncle; in hiding in a house; draft to forced labor clearing rubbish; in hiding in a wine cellar; liberation by the Red Army. Joins aliya training of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Melech Segal, born in Lukowe, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Lesko, Lukowe, Zaslawie camp and in hiding in forests

Testimony

Testimony of Melech Segal, born in Lukowe, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Lesko, Lukowe, Zaslawie camp and in hiding in forests Life before the war; displays of antisemitism; education in Lesko; activities in Zionist organizations. German occupation, 1941; deportation to Zaslawie camp; forced labor in a carpentry workshop; public executions carried out by the camp commander; escape from the camp; hidden by a farmer; wanderings in the forest; the Germans murder most of the people in hiding in the forest, April 1943; liberation by the Red Army. Drafted to work by the Soviet authorities;...

File Number : 12631

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Klein, born in Mukacevo, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Fuenfteichen, Gross-Rosen and Dora camps

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Klein, born in Mukacevo, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Fuenfteichen, Gross-Rosen and Dora camps Life before the war; attends a Hebrew school; membership in Hashomer Hatzair movement. Annexation to Hungary, 1938; displays of antisemitsim; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto; transfer to a brick factory; transfer to Auschwitz; transfer to Fuenfteichen; camp life including forced labor in an aircraft factory; visit by the Red Cross to the camp; death march to Gross-Rosen, 1945; transfer to Dora; camp life including forced...

File Number : 12436

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Testimony of Abraham Adolf Kramer, born in Pribeta, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in Nitra, Pribeta and Berlin

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Adolf Kramer, born in Pribeta, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in Nitra, Pribeta and Berlin From a large family; relations with the local population; attends a vocational school in Nitra. German occupation; deportation of his parents, older sister and her children to Auschwitz, 1942; escape to Pribeta; deportation to a labor camp, 1943; transfer to Berlin; camp life including labor in an aircraft replacement parts factory in the Siemensstadt quarter, December 1944; liberation by the US Army. Hospitalization; return to Pribeta; return of some of his possessions;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation on the experiences of Dr. Saul Mezan, 1925-1958

Documentation on the experiences of Dr. Saul Mezan, 1925-1958 Letter from the Central Committee of the Zionist Organization in Bulgaria, 1925, and a letter from S. Mezan's wife, 08 August 1944; Newspaper reports of Benjamin Arditti, M.D. Gaon , Eli Baruh and the experiences of Dr. Mezan as a Zionist, writer and fighter in the underground against the Nazi's.

File Number : 145

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter

Language : Bulgarian

Historical notes of Alfred Solomon De Mayo regarding activities of Bulgarian Jewish organizations that participated in wars in Sofia, 1924-1941

Historical notes of Alfred Solomon De Mayo regarding activities of Bulgarian Jewish organizations that participated in wars in Sofia, 1924-1941 Booklet on the organizations' participants including Avram Tadzher and Saul Mezan on the organization's activities and objectives in combating antisemitism.

File Number : 142

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

Language : Bulgarian

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