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Letters and postcards from Else Heynemann in Berlin to her son Hans Joachim Heynemann in Sweden, 1940-1942

Letters and postcards from Else Heynemann in Berlin to her son Hans Joachim Heynemann in Sweden, 1940-1942 - Last letter from Else Heynemann in Berlin, on the eve of her deportation to Poland, with the information that her destination is unknown; with Hebrew translation, 15 January 1942; - Letter from Else Heynemann in Berlin to the Swedish ambassador requesting to travel to Sweden en route to her sister in Chile, 01 December 1941; - Letter from Else Heynemann, apparently censored (the letter was cut up and words crossed out); - Postcards from Else Heynemann, 1940-1941; - Letter from Else's...

File Number : 1926

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Letter

Language : German

Letter from London written by Isaac Harry Brody, a soldier serving in the US Army, to his wife, 06 May 1945

Letter from London written by Isaac Harry Brody, a soldier serving in the US Army, to his wife, 06 May 1945 Letter written following his return from Paris and in it he relates to the handicrafts made by his aunt Rebecca during her stay in a camp in Caen.

File Number : 1476

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Testimony of Edmond Kaiser, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Landsberg camp

Testimony

Testimony of Edmond Kaiser, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Landsberg camp Childhood and family background; move to St. Julien-du-Sault; Catholic school. German occupation; transfer of all the school children to Landsberg; labor engraving; education and daily life in camp; murder of children in retaliation for the killing of a German soldier; liberation by the Allied forces, 1945. Move to Munich; stay in a DP camp run by the JDC and the US Army; return to St. Julien-du-Sault; reunion with his parents; aliya to Israel, 1949; enlists in the IDF; ramifications of...

File Number : 11815

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Armando Formica, regarding his experiences in the US Army in the Normandy area and in Buchenwald

Testimony

Testimony of Armando Formica, regarding his experiences in the US Army in the Normandy area and in Buchenwald Draft into the US Army, 22 July 1942; life in the Third Army of the US Army including the invasion of Normandy; life in the US Army in Germany including the liberation of Buchenwald; capture of the camp commanders.

File Number : 5685

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Carl Caposo Capasso, regarding his experiences in the US Army in the United States, Scotland and Nancy, Munich and Dachau

Testimony

Testimony of Carl Caposo Capasso, regarding his experiences in the US Army in the United States, Scotland and Nancy, Munich and Dachau Life in the US Army in the United States. Transfer with the US Army to Scotland; transfer with the US Army to France; life in the US Army in Nancy; transfer with the US Army to Munich; liberation of Dachau; capture of the camp commander. Receives Medals of Distinction.

File Number : 5684

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English