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Postcards and letters sent by Markovits Győző Vilmos, a forced laborer, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1868, to his wife, Markovits (Szász) Borbála and to his daughter, Markovits Zsuzsanna, in Budapest, 16 June-03 November 1944 Birth of the daughter, Zsuzsanna, 1928; transfer to forced labor in labor battalion no. 101/355 in Szony and Komarom; murder of Markovits Győző Vilmos in Bergen-Belsen, 15 December 1944; Included in the file: - Protective papers for the wife, Győzőné, and the daughter, Zsuzsanna, issued by the Swiss Embassy in Budapest, 25 October 1944; - Certificate of Hungarian citizenship issued...

File Number : 1777

Type of Material : Declaration, Letter, Postcard, Document

Language : English, Hungarian

Memoirs of Mordechai Neumann, born in Vac, Hungary, 1930, regarding his experiences while using a false identity in a protected house in Budapest

Memoirs of Mordechai Neumann, born in Vac, Hungary, 1930, regarding his experiences while using a false identity in a protected house in Budapest Life in Budapest in his parents' home, until 1944. Life while using a false identity in the home of a non-Jewish family; life in a protected house under the protection of the Swiss Embassy. The file includes: - His parents' marriage certificate; - Article about his sister Esther, published in the "HaKibbutz" journal, 28 April 2005.

File Number : 8246

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alex Yishayahu Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Josfavo and Salgotarjan

Testimony

Testimony of Alex Yishayahu Cohen, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Josfavo and Salgotarjan From an Orthodox family; membership in Hanoar Hatzioni. Restrictions on Jews; Aryanization; drafting of his father to forced labor; German occupation, 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; yellow badge; marking of Jewish houses; draft notice to forced labor, May 1944; deportation by train to the concentration point at Josfavo on the Czechoslovakian border; transfer to Salgotarjan, June 1944; attitude of the Hungarian gendarmes; confiscation of Jewish property; transfer to Hatvan by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding relief for Jews, also following liberation, primarily in Hungary, and rescue attempts, 1944 Included in the file: Volume 1 (pages 1-105): Pages 1-2: Letter from the US consul in Istanbul to the US State Department in Washington, notifying of the illegal entry into Hungary of thousands of Jews from the neighboring countries, 23 December 1943; Pages 3-7: Letter from the US consul in Istanbul to the US State Department including the testimony of a Polish...

File Number : 112

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe on various issues related to rescue attempts, and testimonies regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944 The file includes copies of documents found in other files in the records group. Volume 1: Pages 1-16: Summary from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC - Red Cross) in Geneva regarding the activities of its delegates concerning the question of emigration of Balkan Jews, March 1942-April 1943, including details of their connections with the Jewish Agency for...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Maps, Survey Report, Official Documentation, Diagram, Record of Persecuted Persons, Telegram

Language : English, German

Telegrams and correspondence of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington and various US Embassies regarding matters related to Sweden, 1944

Telegrams and correspondence of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington and various US Embassies regarding matters related to Sweden, 1944 Page 1: Telegram from the War Refugee Board (WRB) to Johnson and Olsen in Sweden, transmitted via the US Embassy in Stockholm, with a request to intensify diplomatic activity on behalf of Hungary following reports that mass exterminations had begun there, 23 May 1944; Pages 2-3: Telegram from the WRB to the US Embassy in Ankara regarding assistance from the Swedish Government in attempting to convince the Germans to permit the transfer of refugees from Constanza to...

File Number : 110

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English

Telegrams and correspondence of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington and various US Embassies on matters relating to Switzerland, 1944

Telegrams and correspondence of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington and various US Embassies on matters relating to Switzerland, 1944 The file contains: Pages 1-3: Report from Julius C. Jensen via the US Consulate in Zurich, regarding the Jewish refugee problem in Switzerland, ways of financing them and possibilities for work, housing them in camps and hostels and the burden on the Swiss Government, 21 February 1944; Pages 4-5: Telegram from the War Refugee Board (WRB) to Harrison and McClelland in Bern regarding the proposal by John W. Pehle for joint discussions between the United States and...

File Number : 106

Type of Material : Survey Report, Documents, Official Documentation, Telegram, Statistical Data

Language : English

Testimony of P. Weisz, born in Siklós, Hungary in 1907, regarding her experiences in a protected house in Budapest, in the Óbuda detention camp, and in Ravensbrück and Penig camps

File Number : 427

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Imre Berger, born in Miskolc, Hungary in 1911, regarding his experiences during service in labor battalions in Gödöllő and Budapest, and in Sachsenhausen, Bergen Belsen and other camps

File Number : 3422

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Single issues of the JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten”, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) information sheet, 1950-1960

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Single issues of the JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten”, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) information sheet, 1950-1960 In the file: - Single issues of the JUNA information sheet including documentation regarding: post-war displays of antisemitism and neo-Nazism; the condition of the Jews of Romania; establishment of the Swiss consulate in Israel; acceptance of former Waffen-SS soldiers in the new West German Army, the Veit Harlan affair and other subjects.

File Number : 93

Type of Material : Journal

Language : French, German

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