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Testimony of Daniel Herbert Spier, born in Guxhagen, Germany, 1931, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto and in Kaiserwald and Stutthof camps

Testimony

Testimony of Daniel Herbert Spier, born in Guxhagen, Germany, 1931, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto and in Kaiserwald and Stutthof camps Childhood in the village of Guxhagen; life under the Nazi regime and strengthening of antisemitism, 1933; Kristallnacht, 1938; deportation of his father to Buchenwald and his return, in 1938; deportation of the family to the Riga Ghetto, Latvia, 1941; ghetto life and forced labor of his parents; deportation of the family to labor in the Wehrmacht warehouses, in the Riga area, 1942; deportation to the Kaiserwald labor camp, 1943; being separated from his mother;...

File Number : 13386

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Announcements and placards regarding various cultural events held in the Vilna Ghetto, 1941 - 1943

Announcements and placards regarding various cultural events held in the Vilna Ghetto, 1941 - 1943 The various cultural events include: plays, concerts, sport competitions, lectures, and other events; most of the announcements include the names of the artists who implemented the events.

Type of Material : Announcement, Poster

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Testimony of František Bobek regarding his experiences as a Maccabi activist in Brno and Theresienstadt, and information regarding Czechoslovakian soldiers serving in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and in German captivity Leading member of Maccabi Brno until 1940; deportation to Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1942; Maccabi activities in Theresienstadt; participation in organizing the Maccabi resistance movement in the ghetto, cooperation with Freddy Hirsch, the ghetto youth leader; contact with Maccabi activist Steckl in Slovakia; names and information regarding soldiers and officers in the Czechoslovakian Exile...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech

Testimony of Chava Eva (Boehm) Ben Nun, born in Mikolow, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Oswiecim Ghetto, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Annaberg and Peterswaldau

Testimony

Testimony of Chava Eva (Boehm) Ben Nun, born in Mikolow, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Oswiecim Ghetto, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Annaberg and Peterswaldau Life before the war; witness's mother is a widow who owns an electric appliance store; attends a private German school; attends a Polish high school; relations with the local population; move to Radom just before the outbreak of the war, 1939. Return to Mikolow after the German occupation; confiscation of the store; forced labor cleaning streets; deportation to the Oswiecim Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to the Sosnowiec Ghetto; ghetto...

File Number : 3846

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Max Volpert, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1931, regarding his experiences in ghetto Kaunas and in Dachau and Kaufering Lager III camps.

Testimony of Max Volpert, born in Kaunas, Lithuania,in 1931,regarding his experiences in ghetto Kaunas and in Dachau and Kaufering Lager III camps. Family life and childhood in Kaunas before war; Soviet occupation; housing Russian pilots in part of family house; closing down of school and transfer to Soviet school; cessation of father's work as self employed and transfer to working in cooperative; outbreak of war; German occupation; occupancy of family house by German soldiers; cessation of father's work; they hear rumors about murders by Lithuanians; anti Jewish legislation; wearing Jewish star; walking is...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 14387

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew