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Postcards and a letter sent by Ignacy Zaks, from the Warsaw Ghetto to his family members in Lorba, the Soviet Union, 1941

Postcards and a letter sent by Ignacy Zaks, from the Warsaw Ghetto to his family members in Lorba, the Soviet Union, 1941 Note: Ignacy Zaks was born in Warsaw, Poland, 1905 and Maria (Tyrmond) Zaks was born in Warsaw, 1910; they were married in Warsaw (circa), 1934; they were deported to the Warsaw Ghetto during the war, along with their parents and their daughter Elizabet who was born, 1938; Ignacy Zaks sent letters and a postcard from the Warsaw Ghetto to his siblings who had escaped to the Soviet Union; five postcards and one letter remain, from this correspondence; Elizabet was smuggled to a Christian...

File Number : 2067

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter

Language : Polish

Postcards sent to Nuta Stein in Finland by members of her family and her friends in the Kowno Ghetto, France and the Netherlands, 1942-1943

Postcards sent to Nuta Stein in Finland by members of her family and her friends in the Kowno Ghetto, France and the Netherlands, 1942-1943 - Telegram sent by Luba Grodsenski from Tonneins [France] to her sister, Nuta, in Finland with the information that her husband, Julius Grodsenski, has been taken to an unknown destination, 26 August 1942; - Postcards sent to Nuta Stein in Finland by her sister, Luba Grodsenski from Tonneins (France), 1942; - Postcard sent to Nuta Stein in Finland by her sister, Luba Grodsenski from Casseneuil, 01 September 1942; - Postcard sent from Finland to Luba Grodsenski...

File Number : 2026

Type of Material : Postcard, Telegram, Letter

Language : German

Forged and genuine certificates made out to Rebecca (Karlin) Marmur from Nancy, and a certificate from the POW Association made out to Gerald Marmur, 1941-1945

Forged and genuine certificates made out to Rebecca (Karlin) Marmur from Nancy, and a certificate from the POW Association made out to Gerald Marmur, 1941-1945 - Forged identity card belonging to Rebecca Marmur using the name Renee Marmur, 1944; - Genuine identity card in the name of Rebecca Marmur from her stay in Moulins, 1941; - Identity card stamped with the word "Juif" (Jew) issued in Nancy, 27 January 1943; - Certificate from the Association des Prisonniers de Guerre (POW association) issued to Gerald Marmur in Lyon, 13 August 1945. Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the...

File Number : 533

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French

Note with addresses left by Jeszajahu Mowszowicz, from Lida, wth Poles who hid his daughter Ester, so that they would be able to make contact with his family members in South America and the United States Comments by the submitter of the material: Jeszajahu Mowszowicz and Nehama Mowszowicz lived in Lida; birth of three daughters: Ester, born in 1931, Necha, born in 1933 and Rachel, born in the Lida Ghetto, 1941 or 1942; rescue of the family during the large "Aktion", 01 May 1942; work by the father for the mayor of Lida, and his work at home and on a farm; family's father finds hiding places for the three...

File Number : 1930

Type of Material : Note

Language : English

Letters written by Hinda and Rivka Berenstein in Ylakiai, Lithuania and sent to their sister Ida (Berenstein) Lev in Eretz Israel, 1941

Letters written by Hinda and Rivka Berenstein in Ylakiai, Lithuania and sent to their sister Ida (Berenstein) Lev in Eretz Israel, 1941 - Postcard sent by Hinda Berenstein from Ylakiai to her sister Ida Paper, 24/02/1941; - Postcard sent by Hinda to Ida Lev, 09/05/1941; - Letter by Rivka (Berenstein) Gilene to her sister Ida, 29 September (year, unknown); - Scan of a letter written by Rina Glaz (the daughter of Rivka Gilene) to Yad Vashem's "Righteous Among the Nations" department, 20/11/1996, including information regarding Anele Glavetzkene, who rescued Rina from the ghetto, and was recognized by...

File Number : 1897

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish

Last postcard sent by Betka Guttmann from Kosice to her daughter Gabriela Ella Schwarcz, 1944, actual and false documents of Gabriela and Ernest Schwarcz, and memoirs of Lea (Guttmann) Schwarcz, born in Bardejov, Slovakia, 1914, regarding her experiences during the war Included in the file: - Postcard sent to Gabriela Ella Guttmann in Kosice, 04/02/1935; - Last postcard sent by Betka Guttmann to her daughter Ella Schwarcz, 22/05/1944; the postcard was sent from Kosice to Secovce and was received by Ella only at the end of the war (it was written in German and is translated to Hebrew); - Wedding...

File Number : 1893

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, German

Property declarations presented by Erich and Rega Moses, residents of Vinkovci, Croatia, to the representatives of the Croatian government, 30 June 1941

Property declarations presented by Erich and Rega Moses, residents of Vinkovci, Croatia, to representatives of the Croatian government, 30 June 1941 Also in the file: History of the family of Gavriela (Weiss) Moses (the wife of Ran Moses, who submitted the material) born in Braila, Romania; her father was Samuel Weiss, and her mother was Maria (Solomon) Weiss. Notes from Ran Moses who submitted the material: Erich Moses was born in Nova Raca, Croatia, 1899. He was an agronomist by profession, and worked for a private company; he was also a major in the Croatian Army. He was murdered in the...

File Number : 211

Type of Material : Declaration

Language : Hebrew, Croatian

Postcards sent by Arnold and Ester Sieradzki in Praszka to their son Wladyslaw in Bialystok, 1939-1940

Postcards sent by Arnold and Ester Sieradzki in Praszka to their son Wladyslaw in Bialystok, 1939-1940 Included in the file: Telegram sent by Wladyslaw Wladek Sieradzki to his parents in Praszka, announcing that he passed his examination successfully, 1930; Comments by the submitter of the material (Doron Sieradzki Sheratzki): Arnold and Ester Sieradzki resided in Praszka along with their daughter Zosia, at the outbreak of the war. Their son Wladek worked in a hospital in another place at the same time, and he succeeded in escaping to Bialystok. Their son sent a man to the German occupied area in...

File Number : 1843

Type of Material : Postcard, Telegram

Language : Polish

Letter written by Dalia Kornblit, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1938, while in hiding on the Aryan side in Warsaw, and sent to her mother Anna Kornblit who was staying in another hiding place in 1943

Letter written by Dalia Kornblit, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1938, while in hiding on the Aryan side in Warsaw, and sent to her mother Anna Kornblit who was staying in another hiding place in 1943 Translation of the letter: On one side: "Give me a kiss. I want you to be healthy and happy" On the other side: "I am sitting on a small armchair and am building a circus on the table" Signed: "Danusa" (Dalia's false name); Written on the envelope: "dla Jadwisi" (a nickname for "Jadwiga", her mother's false name); Comments by the submitter of the material (Dalia [Kornblit] Gavriel): The letter was written...

File Number : 1840

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

Letters sent by Irma Redlinger and her husband Josef Schmelz from Bratislava to her brother Heinrich Redlinger and to her children Alex and Judith in Brussels, 1939 - 1941, including letters Heinrich Redlinger received from his brother Eugen Jeno and his wife Pirosch in Bratislava, 1938 Experiences of Heinrich Redlinger: born in Velke Topolcany, Slovakia, 1894, move to Brussels, 1928; deportation to Dossin Caserne, August 1942; deportation to Auschwitz. Experiences of Irma Redlinger and Josef Schmelz: escape of the children Ruth, Judith and Alex to their uncle Heinrich Redlinger in Brussels, 1939; Judith...

File Number : 1827

Type of Material : Letter, Documentary, Postcard

Language : English, German - Hebrew Characters, German

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