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Testimony of Nissim Reuven, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936

Testimony

Testimony of Nissim Reuven, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936 Life in a well-to-do family; celebrating the religious holidays and the Christian holidays. Deportation of the family to a village that was like a concentration camp, May 1943; obligation to wear a button with a Star of David; deportation to the Pleven labor camp with other Jews, after approximately three months; liberation. Return to a Jewish school, while the parents are taken to work or to the partisans, after the war joining a youth movement and aliya of the family to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Mitrani, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Mitrani, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen Life before the war; attends a state school. Deportation of his mother to forced labor, 1941; German occupation, March 1941; passing of the Law for the Protection of the Nation; yellow badge; deportation of Jews from Turkey and Macedonia to Treblinka; deportation order for Sofia Jewry; establishment of protest movements; deportation with the family on a train to Shumen; life in Shumen; attends a Jewish school; deportation of youth to forced labor; correspondence with his father; liberation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Itzko Maestro, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Makarska, Split, Vela Luka, other places and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Itzko Maestro, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Makarska, Split, Vela Luka, other places and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944 Life before the war; Zionist family; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; aliya training. Outbreak of the war, Pesach, April 1941; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; evades deportation to camps; escape to Makarska using forged documents; life in Makarska under Italian occupation; escape to Split; transfer to Vela Luka by the Italian Army, 1941; life in Vela Luka including list of names of Jews...

Type of Material : List of Survivors, Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joel Brand regarding his experiences during the war, 11 June 1944

Testimony of Joel Brand regarding his experiences during the war, 11 June 1944 The testimony was taken by Moshe Sharett in Aleppo, Syria.

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Documents, articles, newspaper clippings and notes regarding the deportation of Jews from various countries to concentration and extermination camps, forced labor; the Jews of Italy and Hungary including Joel Brand's mission; the Theresienstadt Ghetto; the Jewish Agency; rescue of Jews and other topics The file is divided into 10 volumes: Volume I Documents, articles, excerpts from research books, notes regarding deportations and transports to extermination camps, mainly Auschwitz; regarding the Theresienstadt Ghetto; the Jews of Greece; forced labor and Righteous Among the...

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Newspaper, Protocol, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Testimony of Dov Kesner, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Viseul de Sus and Hungarian labor battalions in Poland and the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Kesner, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Viseul de Sus and Hungarian labor battalions in Poland and the Soviet Union Life before the war; his father was a combat soldier in World War I; Jewish community. Draft to Hungarian Army labor battalions; forced labor; attitude of his commanders; deportation of his mother to Auschwitz; witness' transfer to Poland; life in various labor camps in Poland; lack of ability to keep the religious commandments; transfer on foot to the area of the Soviet Union; life in various camps; liberation, September 1944. Move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvie Warszawski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Oswiecim, Annaberg, Klettendorf, Groeditz and other places

Testimony of Zvie Warszawski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Oswiecim, Annaberg, Klettendorf, Groeditz and other places Religious, traditional, lower middle-class family; his father is a tailor; move to Oswiecim, 1933. German occupation; forced labor paving roads in Oswiecim, September 1939-November 1940; separation from his parents; deportation to labor camps near Gross-Rosen from November 1940; transfer to Annaberg; camp life and labor paving roads; transfer to Gross-Sarne; camp life and labor paving roads; transfer to Klettendorf; camp life and labor loading...

Language : Hebrew

Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943

Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: Deportation of Jews to labor camps and rescue of many from the Warsaw Ghetto; Frank's speech regarding the Germans in Warsaw and blaming the Jews for the war; signs of resistance to the Nazi government by farmers not reporting for work; attacks on Gestapo personnel; Volksdeutsche in areas of Poland annexed to the Reich: Germany: The suffering of the German people while at war; opposition to granting an exemption from anti-Jewish legislation to Jews married...

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

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), Note, Telegram, Memorandum, Official Documentation, Correspondence

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

Language : English

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