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Documentation of Yaakov Erner, born in Sosnowicz, Poland, 1917, and his wife Rachel, including the fate of the family, 1943-2005

Documentation of Yaakov Erner, born in Sosnowicz, Poland, 1917, and his wife Rachel, including the fate of the family, 1943-2005 - Letter sent by Yaakov and Rachel Erner from Kibbutz Nir David to Yad Vashem, 20 February 2005, regarding their activities in Bericha in Szczecin; - Article written by Yaakov Erner regarding the significance of Yom Kippur after the loss of his family in the Holocaust, 26 September 2001; - Article titled, "My Brave Sister" written by Yaakov Erner regarding his sister Hanka's act of bravery during the liquidation of the Sosnowicz Ghetto, 10 August 1943; - Excerpts from...

File Number : 1237

Type of Material : Memoirs, Article, Personal Documents, Letter

Testimony of Yitzhak Ignatz Bratt, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zawiercie, Lwow, Voroshilovgrad, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Ignatz Bratt, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zawiercie, Lwow, Voroshilovgrad, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan Life in Zawiercie before the war; traditional, Zionist family. Deportation with men to a factory, 1939; escape to Lwow; life in Lwow including labor in a coal mine; escape to Voroshilovgrad; life in Voroshilovgrad including work as a metal worker; German occupation, 1941; labor loading a factory onto railroad cars; escape with the train in the direction of the east; transfer to forced labor in Uzbekistan; life in Uzbekistan including labor in a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony regarding Luba Mednik and her heroism during the deportation of the Jews from Sirvintai, Lithuania in 1941

File Number : 6251

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent by teachers and students of the Beit Yaakov School to Rabbi Izak Lewin, several hours before their execution

Letter sent by teachers and students of the Beit Yaakov School to Rabbi Izak Lewin, several hours before their execution Letter sent by an unnamed girl in the name of 93 teachers and students of the Beit Yaakov School, several hours before their execution: eviction of the 93 [teachers and] girls from their apartments by Gestapo men; detention in a dark building with supply of water only; attempts by the author to console the young girls in the educational spirit of Sara Szenirer, founder of the Beit Yaakov School; hope to be united with Sara Szenirer. The letter was sent to Rabbi Izak Lewin in New York...

File Number : 456

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Polish

Anonymous testimony regarding the experiences of young Jews in Plaszow camp

Anonymous testimony regarding the experiences of young Jews in Plaszow camp Transport of inmates from the salt mines in Wieliczka to Plaszow camp, in the context of the evacuation of the camps surrounding Plaszow, August 1944; four young Jews hide in the salt mine in Wieliczka during the deportation; discovery of the hiding place by a Polish worker, and the betrayal and handing over of the four young Jews to the Germans; transfer to Plaszow camp, and their punishment by having to stand for 48 hours without food or water; their transfer to Plaszow camp; they have to stand in solitary confinement for another...

File Number : 374

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony (hearsay) of Chaim Broch, born in Lubaczow, Poland, 1906, regarding the act of bravery by a Jewish woman teacher during the deportation of Jews from Zbaraz and the murder of the Jews, as told by Jozef Fuchs Concentration of approximately 1,000 Jews from Zbaraz in the city square, 07 April 1943; call by a woman teacher named Chuwec to go to death with honor, and not to bow one's head before the German criminals who are glorifying themselves with victory over women, elderly people and children; call by the teacher for the inevitable defeat of the Germans during their battle against the Red Army, to...

File Number : 208

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Malka (Finkler) Granatsztajn, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto and Skarzysko Kamienna

Testimony

Testimony of Malka (Finkler) Granatsztajn, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto and Skarzysko Kamienna Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto life including the refusal of her father, a rabbi, to join the Judenrat; release of her father from forced labor by the Germans; Skarzysko Kamienna camp life with her father, including observance of the Sabbath and the religious holidays.

File Number : 3323

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 1395

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Avraham Veisbrot regarding the destruction of the Skalat community titled "Weeping Graves"

Testimony regarding the concentration of Jews from nearby towns in the Skalat camp under the command of Obersturmbannführer Rebel, a war criminal; hope for liberation; Aktionen and deportations; burial of people alive in mass graves; words of teacher Mager Rozia near the graves; Berel Wolowitz and Janka Margalit refused to undress before their death; David Epstein's daughter was pulled from the grave on the third day of the slaughter and lived for another week, during which she recounted the massacre.

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Rabbi Aviezer Burshtein regarding the heroism of a Jew named Melamed during the first Aktion in Bialystok Ghetto

Testimony about an act of heroism and martyrdom of a Jew named Melamed during the first Aktion in the Bialystok Ghetto, 1942; SS officer Kommandant Friedel, a war criminal.

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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