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Testimony of Rina (Hartzberg) Sharon, born in Breslau, Germany, 1936, regarding her experiences in Breslau and in the Shanghai Ghetto

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Testimony of Rina (Hartzberg) Sharon, born in Breslau, Germany, 1936, regarding her experiences in Breslau and in the Shanghai Ghetto Life before the war; from a well-to-do, Zionist, Orthodox family; Kristallnacht, November 1938; detention of her father; release of her father and an order for her father to leave Germany; escape to Shanghai together with her family; life in Shanghai; deportation to the Shanghai Ghetto, 1942; ghetto life; lack of a livelihood; illness and hospitalization of her mother; receiving assistance from the JDC soup kitchen; activity of a Jewish hospital; activity of the Beit...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13170

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Yisrael Walter Harling Hadar, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding his experiences in Vienna and making aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

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Testimony of Yisrael Walter Harling Hadar, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding his experiences in Vienna and making aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 Life before the war; attends a Jewish kindergarten; learns Hebrew; activities in Maccabi Youth and Hanoar Hatzioni. Kristallnacht including burning of synagogues, 1938; life in Vienna including closure of Jewish businesses; establishment of a soup kitchen by the Jewish community; activities of his father in a World War I veteran organization; agricultural training; preparations for aliya with Youth Aliya; aliya onboard the ship "Galilah", 1939....

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Letter written by Mr. Blumenfruchte on behalf of Miriam Mindel (Birnbach) Popper, born in Szczuczyn, Poland, 30 September 1939

Letter written by Mr. Blumenfruchte on behalf of Miriam Mindel (Birnbach) Popper, born in Szczuczyn, Poland, 30 September 1939 The names of the girl's parents, Moshe and Golda (Brand) Birnbach, who were murdered, are included in the letter together with a request to transfer the girl to the Belzer Rebbe and raise her as a Jewess; also mentioned in the letter are the names of the contact persons, Shlomo Greiver from Bochnia and Bina Kerver who traveled to Kežmarok. Entrusting Miriam and her nephew Meir Brand from the ghetto to a non-Jewish family in Bochnia by a relative who wrote down the children's...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1139

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including the German occupation; joins Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); member of the Bund party; help to needy Jews; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Romainville; life in Romainville; death, 12 December 1942. In the file: - Summary of her personal information.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 116

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Personal Documents

results.listIds.lang : French

Correspondence by representatives of the Jewish welfare organizations and committees in Radomysl Wielki, Poland with the administration of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (Jewish Social Self-Help organization - ZSS) in Krakow, 25/08/1940-30/04/1942 - Correspondence with the Radomysl Wielki Judenrat, regarding welfare associations that were active before the outbreak of war: the Talmud Torah Association, a Jewish charity organization named for Rywka and Dwojra Weinberger, the National Jewish Library, and the Gemiluth Hasidim organization; - List of Jewish entrepreneurs in the Radomysl Wielki community; -...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1006

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter(s), List of Jewish Community Members, List of Jews, Documentation, Correspondence, Telegram, Administrative Documentation, Postcard

results.listIds.lang : Polish, German

Documentation of the Krakow Jewish community pertaining to activities of the community welfare system and its budget, January-April 1940

Documentation of the Krakow Jewish community pertaining to activities of the community welfare system and its budget, January-April 1940 - Monthly budget proposals submitted by the Krakow Jewish community for January-March 1940 (in German, pp. 22-23, 26-30); Income sections, including community taxes, burial fees from the Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society), payment for use of hospitals and bathhouses, and contributions for the poor; Expenses section, including the Rabbinate, the Office, the bathhouse, the Chevra Kadisha, the hospital and clinics, soup kitchens, allotments to the poor, pensions for community...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 310

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Reports, Report

results.listIds.lang : Polish, German

Report regarding the activities of the Jewish community in Krakow, September 1939-September 1940

Report regarding the activities of the Jewish community in Krakow, September 1939-September 1940 In the report there are details of the activities of the community in various areas.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 312

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Reports

results.listIds.lang : German

Testimony of Rózsi Friedmann, born in Ungvár, Hungary in 1931, regarding her experiences in the Ungvár Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof and Bromberg camps

Testimony of Rózsi Friedmann, born in Ungvár, Hungary in 1931, regarding her experiences in the Ungvár Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof and Bromberg camps German occupation, March 1944; detention of her father on the street, after he is informed on and accused of being sympathetic to Communism; transfer of her father to the counter-espionage [headquarters/ center]; her father receives severe beatings and is deported to the Ungvár Ghetto; her deportation to the Ungvár Ghetto by gendarmes in April 1944; Ungvár Ghetto life; labor in the municipality and labor sorting belongings that were confiscated...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 658

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hungarian

Letter of testimony of Bruno Solms regarding the last days of Stettin, 1937-1945

Letter of testimony of Bruno Solms regarding the last days of Stettin, 1937-1945 Marriage to a non-Jewish woman; privileges given to those married to Aryans; at least six forced changes of residence from 1937; deportation of the witness' daughter, Kaethe, to Riga, 1941, probably because she was Geltungsjude (regarded as Jewish); construction of bunkers and shelters at the Jewish cemetery, 1943; yellow badge; air raids, artillery attacks and the approach of the Red Army, March 1945; no gas, water and electricity; soup kitchens; difficulties of food supply; invasion of the Red Army, 26 April 1945; robbery and...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 312

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Testimony

results.listIds.lang : German

Testimony of Dr. Leo Landau, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in Vienna

Testimony of Dr. Leo Landau, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in Vienna - Jewish political parties; separation of the Polish Jews from the Hungarian majority, 1890; anti-Zionist attitude among the Polish Jewish community; election of Dr. Landau to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien(IKG-Vienna Jewish Community) board, 1928; struggles of Dr. Joseph Loewenherz in his capacity as the Amtsdirektor (Office Director); organization of the Jewish community in Vienna and its different departments; help and relief for refugees from Germany, 1933-1938; - SA visit to the synagogue, summons...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 244

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Photograph, Testimony, Letter(s), Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, German

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