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results.listIds.fileNumber : 3681

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, List of Partisans, Statistical Report, Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Testimony of Reuven Roman Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Lwow, the Lwow Ghetto, Warsaw and other places

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Testimony of Reuven Roman Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Lwow, the Lwow Ghetto, Warsaw and other places His childhood in a well-to-do Bundist family in Krakow. His family's escape to a village near Warsaw, 31 August 1939; his family's escape to the East in the direction of Lwow with the Red Army occupation, October 1939; life in Lwow including displays of antisemitism by Poles and Ukrainians; German Army occupation of Lwow, 30 June 1941; Petliura events (riots against the Lwow Jews) for three days, August 1941 [should be: 25-27 July 1941]; arrival of relatives...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Suzana Zipora (Hertz) Porn, born in Mokrin, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Zenta, Seona, Budapest, Seged, Baja, Auschwitz and Zittau

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Testimony of Suzana Zipora (Hertz) Porn, born in Mokrin, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Zenta, Seona, Budapest, Seged, Baja, Auschwitz and Zittau Life before the war; move to Zenta; attends a Serbian school; relations with the non-Jewish population; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Outbreak of the war, 1939; decrees including the yellow badge; displays of antisemitism in school; escape of her father to Hungary and his detention; expulsion from school; deportation to Seona; transfer to Budapest, 1944; transfer to Seged via Zittau; transfer to Baja; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

An anonymous testimony of a woman, from Sosnowiec, Poland, age 38, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto

An anonymous testimony of a woman, from Sosnowiec, Poland, age 38, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto Life in Sosnowiec during the German occupation; kidnapping of Jews for forced labor; Judenrat activities; Jewish Police activities; murder of Jews by hanging; songs that were sung in the ghetto; experiences of Jewish forced laborers who returned from Germany; deportation of children to forced labor; deportation, early August, 1942. The testimony was recorded during the war.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 26

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Witness questioning report of Jakub Wolman by the Commission for the Investigation of German-Nazi Crimes in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) held on April 13-14, 1945 in Krakow

Witness questioning report of Jakub Wolman born in 1914 Poland by the Commission for the Investigation of German-Nazi Crimes in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) held on April 13-14, 1945 in Krakow Jakub Wolman was studying medicine in Czechoslovakia from 1931; was in a forced labor camp in March 1942; transports of Jews from Czechoslovakia began in March of 1942 and in mid-April he was among large number of workers sent to Auschwitz; arrived on April 29, 1942 and was taken to block 18 (Buna block). Wolman recalls the group of Jews from Greece, who were misled about being colonists in Ukraine and signed contracts with...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 3104

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Protocol, Investigation Report, Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Memoirs written by Israel Orzech, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust period in the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula Ghetto and in camps

Memoirs written by Israel Orzech, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust period in the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula Ghetto and in camps Sosnowiec Ghetto life and living conditions, until the liquidation of the ghetto in 1943; transfer of the remainder of the Jews to the Srodula Ghetto; attempts by the Jews to find a hiding place; abuse of Jews who possessed a traditional appearance; holding of prayers by the underground; kidnappings of people to forced labor; draft to Arbeits Einsatz; public hangings; "Aktion" in August 1942; participation of the Jewish police in the "Aktion" and in other "Aktions";...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2368

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Report on the investigation of Nazi crimes in the ghetto in Zdunska Wola in 1940-1945

Report on the investigation of Nazi crimes in the ghetto in Zdunska Wola in 1940-1945 The Jewish population of Zdunska Wola was about 10,000 in 1939. The ghetto was created in 1940; displaced Jewish population of the surrounding towns Majczewice, Kalisz, Sieradz, Pabianice (about 12,000) was also relocated to Zdunska Wola. Oskar Verhoff (Ferhoff) held the office of mayor until 1943; then the mayor was Alais Versen [M. Cyganski, "The Sieradz Poviat During the Nazi Occupation of 1939-1945" in the "Yearbook of People XIV", 1970]. Leo Stalinski was the head of the secret police in 1941-1944; was particularly...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1926

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Article, Report

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Testimony of Ziuta Hartman (nee Rotenberg), regarding her experience in Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek concentration camp, Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp Ziuta Hartman (in the camp Rotenberg) was sent to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp from Majdanek in the summer of 1943; was put in the Werk C block and worked at munition production. The supervising foremen were Germans and Poles, their attitude towards the prisoners was individual. Polish foreman Kowalik offered Ziuta Hartman to participate in a sabotage act of stealing the ammunition for...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1851

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Testimony of Anna Warmund, born in 1923 in Piotrkow Trybunalski Poland, regarding her experience in Piotrkow Trybunalski ghetto, Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp.

Testimony of Anna Warmund, born in 1923 in Piotrkow Trybunalski Poland, regarding her experiences in Piotrkow Trybunalski ghetto, Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and the journey to Leipzig The ghetto in Piotrkow Trybunalski was created in October 1939, and by 1942, after the deportations to Treblinka, only a few hundred Jews remained in the ghetto. In March 1943 Anna Warmund was transferred to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp, where she worked at ammunition production in Werk A block under the supervision of a German named Bosch and his deputies Schwinger and Kloht (or Roht). in the camp: terrible...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1840

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Testimony of Eda Jakubowicz (Yavin, Lewin), born in 1923 in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experience in Majdanek concentration camp, Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp

Testimony of Eda Jakubowicz (Yavin, Lewin), born in 1923 in Warsaw, Poland, regarding her experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp, Leipzig camp and the death march Eda Jakubowicz Yavin (Edzia Lewin, during the war) between 1940 till 1943 was in the Warszawa Ghetto. Then from April 1943 was in Majdanek concentration camp till the June 1943, when she, her mother and sister Pola were transferred to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp. Eda worked at ammunition production in Werk C block under the supervision of a German named Schmitz. On September 16, 1943 18 people were injured in workshop accident; Pola...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1838

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Polish

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