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Testimony of Johanna Adler, regarding the Jews of Lwow and their destruction

Testimony of Johanna Adler, regarding the Jews of Lwow and their destruction German occupation of Lwow; pogrom and the murder of Jews by Ukrainians and Poles; establishment of a Judenrat; contributions; "Aktions" and deportation to Janowska camp and from there to Belzec camp, 1942; establishment of the Lwow Ghetto and its liquidation in 1943.

File Number : 1343

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, Yiddish

War diary of the Reichsfuehrer SS commanding staff (Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS), activity reports by the 1. and 2. SS Infantry Brigades, the 1. SS Cavalry Brigade and SS Sonderkommandos regarding partisan fighting and extermination of Jews, including deportees from the Reich, in Belorussia and northern Ukraine, 1941 - 1943 War diary of the perforated baton Reichsfuehrer SS and activity reports by members of the 1. and 2. SS-Inf.-Brigarde, the 1. SS-Kav.-Brigade and Sonderkommandos of the SS published by Europa Verlag in 1965 (pp.2-28) The introduction of the document mentions the following massacres...

File Number : 185

Type of Material : Report, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Regina Landau, born in Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Lancut and in hiding in Pelkinie

Testimony of Regina Landau, born in Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Lancut and in hiding in Pelkinie Publication of an order for the deportation of all the Jews of Lancut to the other side of the San River, September 1939; decision by the family to remain in Lancut; order by the Gestapo to immediately depart, under the threat of punishment by death, the next day; move to Husow; stay with a farmer in exchange of a payment, for one week; arrival of the Gestapo, by invitation of the local farmers; deportation of the Jews who were in hiding; return to Lancut, and permission from the Germans to remain...

File Number : 329

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946 Included in the file: 23/06/1942 Letter, marked as Classified, of SS-Oberfuehrer Viktor Brack to Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, in which he suggests to select and preserve approximately two-three million fit-for-work Jews following their sterilization or castration by X-ray. (pp. 2-3). 27/10/1943 Letter of SS-Gruppenfuehrer Odilo Globocnik (from Triest) to SS-Gruppenfuehrer Maximilian von Herff in the...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Reports, Official Documentation, Correspondence, Orders, Protocol

Language : German

To be translated

File Number : 2872

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

To be translated

File Number : 2142

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 466

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Memoirs of Markus Mordekhai Broyde, born in Probuzna in 1910, regarding his experiences in the Tarnopol district in 1941-1944 and in the Red Army in 1944-1946, and regarding the fate of the Jews of the area - letter sent by Markus (Mordechai) Broida to the expatriates organization of Zbaraż and the surrounding area on 2 June 1987, with his memoirs of his experiences during and after the Holocaust: German occupation of the area in early July 1941; murders of Jews in villages and cities by the Germans and local residents; labor in villages and farms in Tarnopol district; life in various labor camps, including...

File Number : 11285

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Avinoam Abba Rotem Turok, born in 1928, regarding his experiences in the Rokitno area during and after the Holocaust

Memoirs of Avinoam Abba Rotem Turok, born in 1928, regarding his experiences in the Rokitno area during and after the Holocaust - drafts of speeches given by Avinoam Rotem Turok in memory of Jews from the Rokitno area who were murdered in the Holocaust. The speeches were delivered at the meetings of the Rokitno expatriate organization in Israel in 1972, 1976 and 1977. The speeches include excerpts of his memoirs regarding his experiences during and after the Holocaust: wandering in the forests of the Rokitno area; German manhunts for Jews; return of survivors, mostly partisans, to Rokitno after the...

File Number : 11209

Type of Material : Draft, Speech, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Yona and Meir Shpigelman from Tuczyn, regarding their experiences in Novograd-Volynskiy, in Chelyabinsk, in the Tuczyn Ghetto, in hiding in Tuczyn, and regarding liberation and their aliya to Israel The memoirs of Yona and Meir Shpigelman were written by their son David Shpigelman in 2014, based on their account: Marriage in 1939; residence in Tuczyn; the family owns a shop selling textile fabrics (Meir sewed and sold hats); entry of the Red Army into Tuczyn, closing of the family store and the recruitment of Meir to produce hats for the Red Army; retreat of the Red Army and the escape of Meir,...

File Number : 11005

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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