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File Number : 8661

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Testimony of Esther Irena Gabrieli, nee Zielke, born in Berlin, Germany in 1921, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam and her hiding in Liege.

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Irena Gabrieli, nee Zielke,born in Berlin, Germany in 1921 Childhood in a well-to-do orthodox family; attending a school of the orthodox community; the family moves to Amsterdam in 1936; attending a Jewish school; German occupation of Holland in May 1940; decrees against Jews; street ban; possession of a radio is prohibited; detention of her father and brother in a prison in Scheveningen and their deportation to Auschwitz; suicide of her mother on the 9th of Av,in July 1942; her escape to Maastricht, to her sister in December 1942; smuggling the border into Belgium with the help of...

File Number : 13500

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal files of Jewish refugees Andre Jean Fernand Dummis and Therese Fleischmann, from France, who illegally crossed the Swiss border near Geneva and were returned across the border by the Swiss authorities, 1943 Included in the file: Arrest report regarding Andre Jean Fernand Dummis, delivered by the Hermance Border Guard post, 25 February 1943; Arrest report regarding Therese Fleischmann, delivered by the Rozon Border Guard post, 24 February 1943; Report from the Hermance Border Guard post regarding French customs officer Jean Costa, [who was] accused of smuggling, 26 February 1943.

File Number : JM/18404

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French

Personal file of Jewish refugee Jacques Voronoff, from France, who illegally crossed the Swiss border near Geneva and was returned across the border by the Swiss authorities, January 1943

Personal file of Jewish refugee Jacques Voronoff, from France, who illegally crossed the Swiss border near Geneva and was returned across the border by the Swiss authorities, January 1943 Included in the file: Arrest report regarding Jacques Voronoff, delivered by the Jussy Border Guard post, 12 January 1943; Arrest report regarding Jacques Voronoff, delivered by the Gendarmerie of Jussy; suspicions regarding smugglers, 12 January 1943; Declaration by Jacques Voronoff delivered to the Geneva Territorial Arrondissement - G.T.A.; Accurate description of his travel from Nice to Geneva, 13 January...

File Number : JM/18404

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French

Personal file of Jewish refugee Helene Wilder, from Poland, who illegally crossed the Swiss border near Geneva, stayed in Switzerland, and in the end was returned over the border by the Swiss authorities, 1942 Included in the file: - Arrest report of Helene Wilder, submitted by the Segenre Border Guard post; accurate description of her travel from Bordes sur Lez to Geneva; mention of a potential smuggler, Louis-Samuel Durrenmatt, 10 November 1942; - Declaration by Helene Wilder to the Arrondissement Territorial de Genève (GTA-Geneva Territorial District); accurate description of her various places of...

File Number : JM/18404

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Testimony of Jozsef Weisz, born in Barabas, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in Barabas, Budapest, Debrecen and Tirgusor

Testimony

Testimony of Jozsef Weisz, born in Barabas, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in Barabas, Budapest, Debrecen and Tirgusor His childhood in an agricultural family; life in the home of his grandfather; attends a Hungarian school and a Jewish high school; displays of antisemitism; meets refugees from Austria, 1938; detention of his father who is accused of treason; release of his father; receives knowledge concerning the fate of Jews in Poland; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions including numerus clausus and the ban of travel on [public] transportation; deportation of refugees; draft to labor camps,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fridrica Frida (Vais) Bacski, born in Satulung, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Satulung, the Satulung Ghetto, Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and a DP camp

Testimony

Testimony of Fridrica Frida (Vais) Bacski, born in Satulung, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Satulung, the Satulung Ghetto, Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and a DP camp Her childhood in a traditional home; antisemitism, 1939. Annexation of Satulung to Hungary, autumn 1940; closure of her family's shop, 1941; German Army occupation of Satulung, March 1944; life under German occupation including the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation to the Satulung Ghetto, early May 1944; transfer to the Baia Mare Ghetto, a regional ghetto, late May 1944; deportation to Auschwitz,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 3540

Language : Hebrew, Dutch

Testimony of Rivka Gal Paz, born in Janisze, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Strasbourg, Terrasson, in a monastery in Grenoble and using a false identity in the Basel area

Testimony

Testimony of Rivka Gal Paz, born in Janisze, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Strasbourg, Terrasson, in a monastery in Grenoble and using a false identity in the Basel area Life before the war; move to Strasbourg. Evacuation to Terrasson, escape to Grenoble with the help of a friend in the Jewish underground; life in Grenoble in the Notre Dame de Sion monastery, receiving false documents through her sister and a member of the underground, Marianne Cohen; changing of her name to Regianne Arnolle, escape to a children's home in the Basel area; return to Grenoble. Move to Nice; aliya training in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Martin Menachem Lifshitz, born in Zambrow, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Makow Ghetto, Mlawa, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Martin Menachem Lifshitz, born in Zambrow, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Makow Ghetto, Mlawa, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places Life in Zambrow before the war; displays of antisemitism; move to Warsaw; life in Warsaw including attending the Tarbut school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; sells leather in the market; Warsaw Ghetto life; escape of his father to the Makow area with help from a Jewish smuggler; escape by using his mother's ring as collateral; meets his mother who was smuggled to Makow; transfer to the Makow Ghetto; hanging of Jews; transfer to Mlawa;...

File Number : 13016

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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