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Testimony of Rivka Reuveni, born in Checiny, Poland, about her life in the ghetto and in the Częstochowa, Skarzysko, and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her 'aliya after the liberation

Testimony of Rivka Reuveni, born in Checiny, Poland, about her life in the ghetto and in the Częstochowa, Skarzysko, and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her 'aliya after the liberation. Rivka Reuveni lived in Checiny, Poland, with her parents and her four sisters. When the ghetto there was established, her aunt's family joined them. Rivka was sent to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp at the age of twelve. She fell ill with typhus and due to denunciation was sent to a death camp. With the help of a Jewish doctor, she recovered and returned to work. As the Red Army approached, she was sent to a labor camp in...

File Number : 1238

Type of Material : Manuscript, Testimony

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel, Switzerland, regarding support to Jewish refugees from Germany: Personal letters of request for support, 1935-1948 The file contains mainly personal letters of request for support from victims before and during the war and from survivors after the war. Letters from survivors include names of missing family members. Letters from survivors in: - Germany, pp. 4-10 - Vienna, p. 47 - Liechtenstein, pp. 605-608 - Survivors from all over the world: pp. 223 – 228, 230-233, 249 – 258, 330, 396-409, 411, 494-510,...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Postcard, List, Letter, Telegram, Document, Newspaper

Language : Hebrew, French, German, Hungarian

Memoirs of Shoshana Zadikov, born on 19/04/1923, regarding her experiences in Skarzysko and Czestochowa camps: "'Watch over Sabina', said Mother"

File Number : 7451

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Pertzov, born in Osowa, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier in Finland, in captivity in Siauliai, combat along with the partisans in Belorussia, the occupation of Warsaw and other places Life before the war; education in Pinsk. Drafted into the Red Army, late 1940; military service in Leningrad; outbreak of the war, 1941; combat in Finland; transfer to a POW camp in Siauliai; transfer to a different POW camp in Siauliai; escape, 10 May 1942; move to Belorussia; meets partisans; life with the partisans, late 1942; move to the supply department, February 1943;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Maryla Reich (Perlberg), born in 1920 in Tarnow, Poland, regarding her experience in Tarnow ghetto, Majdanek and Ravensbrück concentration camps and in Leipzig-Schönefeld labor subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp

Testimony of Maryla Reich (Perlberg), born in 1920 in Tarnow, Poland, regarding her experiences in Tarnow ghetto, Majdanek and Ravensbrück concentration camps and in Leipzig-Schönefeld labor subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp Maryla (Maria) Reich, nee Perlberg, her parents, sister Rut and uncles were in Tarnow ghetto from 1939. During the action on June 6-7, 1942 the whole family hid, thus they stayed in the ghetto. In October 1942 Maryla Reich managed to escape and get to Lwow, where she worked as a servant on false Aryan papers under the name Hanna Skowronska; was arrested by gestapo;...

File Number : 3316

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Gusztav Gross, born in Gyoer, Hungary in 1923, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lieberose, Oranienburg, Gusen II and other camps

Testimony of Gusztav Gross, born in Gyoer, Hungary in 1923, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lieberose, Oranienburg, Gusen II and other camps Transfer to the Gestapo on 23/03/1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in June 1944; selection by Dr. Mengele; selected for labor, and separation from his father, mother and two brothers; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; labor in the area of the crematoria in October 1944; he views the Sonderkommando Uprising; transfer to Lieberose after the uprising; transfer to Falkensee on foot; transfer to Oranienburg camp; transfer to Gusen II camp; liquidation...

File Number : 3630

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Personal documents, an address book and a 1944/1945 calendar belonging to Max Rosin, born on 15/06/1922, from the period of his stay in Flak Kaserne, a camp for survivors who were liberated at Dachau camp - Certificate of a Survivor of the Concentration Camps in Germany during 15/08/1941-02/05/1945; the certificate was issued in the Munich-Freimann DP camp in Germany on 05/08/1945; - D.P. Index Card, issued by the Allied Expeditionary Forces in the name of Faivl Zabar; - Jewish Calendar for Soldiers and Sailors, for the year 1944/1945, belonging to Max Rosin; written on the calendar are exercises for the...

File Number : 143

Type of Material : Survey Report

Testimony of Miklós Feig, born in Ocna Muresului/ Marosújhely, Romania in 1926, regarding his experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Dachau, Rotschweigen and other camps

Testimony of Miklós Feig, born in Ocna Muresului/ Marosújhely, Romania in 1926, regarding his experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Dachau, Rotschweigen and other camps Deportation to the Targu Mures/ Marosvásárhely Ghetto on 05/05/1944; Targu Mures/ Marosvásárhely Ghetto life, for three weeks; supervision over the ghetto by Hauptsturmbahnfuhrer Graf von Sotzky; deportation to Auschwitz camp; transfer to Dachau camp; detention [quarantine?] camp life; transfer to Rotschweigen camp; transfer to München Alach; München Alach camp life; labor in the Flugmotorenfabrik BMW factory; supervision...

File Number : 3632

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Menachem Horowicz, born in Wodzislaw, Poland, 1893, regarding his experiences in Jedrzejow, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Buchenwald, Theresienstadt and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Menachem Horowicz, born in Wodzislaw, Poland, 1893, regarding his experiences in Jedrzejow, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Buchenwald, Theresienstadt and other places Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to Jedrzejow; transfer to Staszow; transfer to Skarzysko-Kamienna; camp life including underground activities; transfer to Buchenwald; transfer to Theresienstadt; liberation. Move to Landsberg.

File Number : 1316

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Alexandra Henriette Sternberg regarding her experiences at forced labor in Berlin, 1940-1943, and in Theresienstadt, 1943-1945

Testimony of Alexandra Henriette Sternberg regarding her experiences at forced labor in Berlin, 1940-1943, and in Theresienstadt, 1943-1945 Deportation of the witness to forced labor for Siemens, May 1940; living quarters for the Jews in a separate barracks; harsh working conditions, but without abuse; difficulties in making use of food coupons; "Fabrik-Aktion" - deportation of Jews working in factories, 27 February 1943; illness of the witness from catching a cold during the "Aktion" and her rescue from deportation to Auschwitz due to intervention by Dr. Sternberg; hospitalization in the Jewish hospital for...

File Number : 240

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

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