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Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939

Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939 Life in Vienna between World War I and World War II; displays of antisemitism in schools, activities of the Schutzbund Federation (Republican Protection Association) of the Social Democrats party and of the Heimwehr (Home Guard) of the Christian Socialists party; murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolfuss, 1935; election of Kurt von Schuschnigg as the prime minister; Anschluss, and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich; persecution of the Jews; entry of Hitler into...

File Number : 254

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Shlomo Friedrich Kauders Kidron born in Teplice Sanov, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Teplice Sanov and Prague

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Friedrich Kauders Kidron born in Teplice Sanov, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Teplice Sanov and Prague Increasing displays of German nationalism during the 1930's; arrival of refugees from Germany. Annexation of the Sudetenland [to Germany, September 1938]; escape of the family to Prague, September 1938; boycott of the Jewish bank in Teplice Sanov; loss of the family's savings; activity of his sister in Zionist organizations; joining the Blau-Weiss organization; training for aliya group; German occupation of Czechoslovakia, March 1939; departure from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Transcript of the testimony of Eliahu Peled, born in Košice in 1927, regarding his experiences in Košice and in Auschwitz and Kittlitztreben camps

Transcript of the testimony of Eliahu Peled, born in Košice in 1927, regarding his experiences in Košice and in Auschwitz and Kittlitztreben camps - transcript of Eli Peled's testimony from 2002 (see related items) prepared by his son Yoram Peled in 2020. Family photos with comments and explanations were attached to the transcript.

File Number : 11602

Type of Material : Testimony, תמליל

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Basea Beti Schvartzschneider, born in 1922, regarding her family's experiences in Transnistria during the Holocaust

Memoirs of Basea Beti Schvartzschneider, born in 1922, regarding her family's experiences in Transnistria during the Holocaust Story of the extended family and the fate of family members during and after the Holocaust; life in Falesti; the Soviet occupation in 1940; deportation of the family to Transnistria after the occupation of the area by the Romanians and Germans in 1941; stay in Transnistria; The file also includes the genealogy of the Schvartzschneider families from Falesti and the Abramovic family from Iasi. Comments from the submitter of the material: (Carol [surname unknown]) The mother of...

File Number : 11597

Type of Material : Memoirs, Genealogy

Language : Romanian

Testimony of Josef-Moshe Singer, born in 1910 in Vranov nad Topľou, about his experiences in the Czechoslovakian Army in 1938–1939 and in Italy before emigrating to the United States in the early 1940s Five years of service in the Czechoslovakian Army; discharge from the army; staying in Paris in 1938; receiving information about preparations for Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia; back to Czechoslovakia; re-enlisting in the army and serving in 1938–1939; German invasion of Czechoslovakia; leaving Czechoslovakia; reaching France; reaching Rome in 1939; admitted to a yeshiva in Rome thanks to Israel Zolli,...

File Number : 10799

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Gerda (Bardosh) Buechler, born in Troppau, Czechoslovakia, 1930, and her husband, Stefan Buechler, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. 1936-1960

Memoirs of Gerda (Bardosh) Buechler, born in Troppau, Czechoslovakia, 1930, and her husband, Stefan Buechler, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. 1936-1960 With the Partisans - Memoirs of Gerda Buechler: Childhood in a well-to-do family in the city of Zilina; death of her father, 1936; transfer of the area to German control, 1938; anti-Jewish regulations that accompanied the transfer to German control, 1938; being attacked on the street by a group of Hitlerjugend, and being seriously injured, 1941; fictive marriage of her mother to a Jew classified as "Important to the Economy" in order to escape...

File Number : 10116

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Testimony of Bezalel Kurt Unger, born in Vienna, Austria in 1930, regarding his experiences in Vienna, in Bratislava, in Patronka camp, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Bezalel Kurt Unger, born in Vienna, Austria in 1930, regarding his experiences in Vienna, in Bratislava, in Patronka camp, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1940 Life before the war; his parents were originally from the Galicia area; his father is a pharmacist and a partner in a pharmacy owned by a Jew; studies in a public school; life until 1938; Anschluss, March 1938; Kristallnacht, November 1938; detention of his father for ten days and he receives beatings; eviction from the school; dismissal of his father from his work; outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape to Bratislava with his family,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diaries kept by Esther Lucy (Eisenberg) Dobrin, born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel, including events that took place in Europe, 1936-1941

Diaries kept by Esther Lucy (Eisenberg) Dobrin, born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel, including events that took place in Europe, 1936-1941 - Diaries written by Esther (Eisenberg) Dobrin (formerly: Lucy Eisenbergova), born in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, during the years 1936-1941, among them entries regarding her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Eretz Israel and political events in Europe, including memoirs from 1942-1944. The diaries are written in Slovak, German, English, French and Hebrew; in the second diary there are entries beside greetings from friends...

File Number : 9770

Type of Material : Diary, Memoirs

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, French, English, German

Memoirs, declarations, letters and other documentation related to Walter Huppert, born in Poruba in 1908, and his wife Hilde (Biegeleisen) Huppert, born in Bielsko, Poland in 1910, and their experiences during the war - Memoirs of Hilde Huppert, titled, "Engpass zur Freiheit", regarding her experiences during 1939-1945, written in Haifa in 1946 (with a forward, editing and conclusion by Arnold Zweig); included is a page with editorial marks by Arnold Zweig and Hilde Huppert); - Memoirs of Hilde Huppert, titled, "And the slaughterer slaughtered", regarding her experiences with her son Tomas in Český Těšín,...

File Number : 10904

Type of Material : Application, Postcard, Letter, Diploma, Red Cross Letter, Memoirs, Diary, Certification, Personal Documents, Telegram, Birth Certificate, Declaration

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Czech, French, English, German, Yiddish

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