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Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939

Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939 Life in Vienna between World War I and World War II; displays of antisemitism in schools, activities of the Schutzbund Federation (Republican Protection Association) of the Social Democrats party and of the Heimwehr (Home Guard) of the Christian Socialists party; murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolfuss, 1935; election of Kurt von Schuschnigg as the prime minister; Anschluss, and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich; persecution of the Jews; entry of Hitler into...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 254

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : English

Two memoir books written by Sándor Samuel Prágai Präger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1916, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Vienna, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and more

Two memoir books written by Sándor Samuel Prágai Präger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1916, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Vienna, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and more Information regarding his parents and his sister who were murdered in Auschwitz, August 1941; life before the war; membership in the Social-Democratic Party. Arrest, 15 February 1938; transfer to a jail; deportation (sentenced to deportation and not detention for not having Hungarian citizenship since his parents were originally from Poland); refusal of a Czech officer to allow him entry to Czechoslovakia; transfer to Austria; life in...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8527

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs, Memoir Book, Personal Documents

results.listIds.lang : English, Russian, German, Hungarian

Letters to Albert Weinstein, born in Germany, while in Morocco, from his mother Ida Weinstein in Leipzig, 1940-1941, his sister Susi in London, 14 September 1943, and his cousins in the United States, 1945 Letters and postcards: - Letters from his cousins Richard and Helen in the United States to Albert Weinstein in Morocco, January-April 1945; - Postcard from his mother Ida Weinstein in Germany to Albert Weinstein (known as Alli) in France, 17 April 1940; - Two letters to Albert Weinstein in Morocco from his mother Ida Weinstein in Leipzig through the Red Cross, April 1941 and September 1941;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1959

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter, Red Cross Letter, Death Certificate, Documentary, Postcard, Personal Documents

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, French, English, German

Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement

Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement Included in the file: - Documents regarding the circumstances of the air[craft] accident in which Dr. Rezek was killed, 1948; Rezek made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war; he enlisted in the Czech unit as an army chaplain; he was active in the rehabilitation of the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia, as the secretary of the Jewish community in Prague.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 11

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Documentary, Official Documentation, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Czech

Testimony of Yaakov Hans Schlochoff Shiloach, born in Breslau, Germany, 1925, regarding his experiences in Breslau, Buchenwald and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939

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Testimony of Yaakov Hans Schlochoff Shiloach, born in Breslau, Germany, 1925, regarding his experiences in Breslau, Buchenwald and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939 Childhood and family background; his father's death, 1935; restrictions on the Jews; termination of his mother's work; eviction from their apartment; relocation to a run down section of the city; shortage of food items; attempts to emigrate; receives a certificate to make aliya to Eretz Israel; illness; delays his departure; certificate expires. Kristallnacht, November 1938; detention in Buchenwald for two weeks; obtains a certificate through...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 12576

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Ester Kopelman, born in Radauti, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Vikop Ghetto, Mogilev-Podolski, Shargorod, in prison in Ukraine and other places

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Testimony of Ester Kopelman, born in Radauti, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Vikop Ghetto, Mogilev-Podolski, Shargorod, in prison in Ukraine and other places From a traditional-religious family; move to her grandparents' home in Gura Humorului; attends a Jewish school. Deportation to the Vikop Ghetto, 1941; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; confiscation of possessions; life in Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Shargorod; her brother contracts dysentery; her mother's pregnancy; help from Ukrainians; detention in a Ukrainian prison; release after payment of a ransom; transfer to Cernauti; help from...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Excerpts from deciphered recorded testimonies given by Dr. Ludwig Soswinski and his wife Herta Soswinski in Vienna regarding their experiences and activities in concentration and extermination camps, 1984 Six texts including the deciphering of recorded interviews conducted in Vienna by Hans Schafranek, 1984: - Texts 1-4 (Parts 2-5): Interviews with Herta Soswinski, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, October 1984; - Texts 5-6 (Parts 3-4): Interviews with Dr. Ludwig Soswinski, 23 August, 21 September 1984. Texts 5-6: Experiences of the Austrian Communist and underground activist, Dr. Ludwig Soswinski in Dachau,...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 4049

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Interview(s)

results.listIds.lang : German

Documentation regarding the reorganization of Jewish organizations in Romania and legislation pertaining to the Jews, 1944

Documentation regarding the reorganization of Jewish organizations in Romania and legislation pertaining to the Jews, 1944 Reports (copies) from meetings of the Jewish General Council and the Federatia Uniunilor de Comunitati Evreesti (FUCE - Federation of Jewish Communities Unions), letters regarding the struggle to restore their civil rights to the Jews, letters (copies) from Jewish organizations and activists on this matter. Also in the file: - Membership form for the General Jewish Council (p.159); - Letter sent by Aurelieu Weiss, Dr. Filderman and A. Bercovici to the Central Committee of the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 23

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings

results.listIds.lang : Romanian

Heiner Lichtenstein Collection: Special three-segment broadcast (1985) regarding the Jew Josef Neuberger, who filled a series of functions in the Social-Democratic Party following the war, including publications regarding him from the 1960's

results.listIds.fileNumber : 118

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Newspaper Clippings

results.listIds.lang : German

Testimony of Perez Ferenc Partos, born in Dunafoldvar, Hungary, 1899, regarding his experiences in Budapest and on the Kasztner train

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Testimony of Perez Ferenc Partos, born in Dunafoldvar, Hungary, 1899, regarding his experiences in Budapest and on the Kasztner train Life before the war; Zionist activities in Budapest. German occupation; life in the Budapest Ghetto; transport on the Kasztner train; liberation.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1969

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : German, Hungarian

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