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Letters sent to Shmuel Leib Sznajderman and his wife, Halina Eileen (Szymin) Sznajderman in New York from their families in Kazimierz Dolny and Otwock, 1940-1941

Letters sent to Shmuel Leib Sznajderman and his wife, Halina Eileen (Szymin) Sznajderman in New York from their families in Kazimierz Dolny and Otwock, 1940-1941 - Letters and postcards sent to Eileen (Szymin) Sznajderman in New York from her parents in Otwock, 1940-1941; - Letter sent to Shmuel Leib Sznajderman in New York by his father in Kazimierz Dolny, 21 May 1941; - Letter from the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) to Eileen and Shmuel Leib Sznajderman in New York in response to their request to locate members of their families, 16 July 1941. Note: Shmuel Leib Sznajderman was born...

File Number : 2004

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : Polish

Letter sent from Gurs by German volunteers in the International Brigades who were imprisoned in the camp after their escape from Spain to France, 02 August 1939

Letter sent from Gurs by German volunteers in the International Brigades who were imprisoned in the camp after their escape from Spain to France, 02 August 1939 Letter was written apparently by a group of German volunteers who fought on the side of the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939; escape of the volunteers to France, later on; they were imprisoned in various camps in the area of the Pyrenees Mountains; in the letter, they express thanks for the receipt of money and for its distribution among eight soldiers [prisoners]; they complain about the severe conditions in camp, in...

File Number : 1836

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Memoirs of Avri Avraham Davidovich Sela, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Presov and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Memoirs of Avri Avraham Davidovich Sela, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Presov and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Life before the war. Life in Presov, 1938-1940. Aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 04 April 1940. The memoirs include excerpts from a letter of testimony written by the witness' sister, Ahuva Davidovich, 1982.

File Number : 8341

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Rita (Feuerstein) Cooper, born in Altona, Germany, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Netherlands, France, Barcelona and Shanghai

Memoirs of Rita (Feuerstein) Cooper, born in Altona, Germany, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Netherlands, France, Barcelona and Shanghai Escape to the Netherlands with her family, 1933; move to France; move to Spain; life in Barcelona, September 1933-April 1938. Life in Shanghai during the war.

File Number : 8240

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Dr. Robert Goldstein, born in Paris in 1933, about his experiences as a boy in Clichy, Paris, at a boarding school in Fontenay sous Bois, and in hiding in Neuilly Plaisance

Testimony

Testimony of Dr. Robert Goldstein, born in Paris in 1933, about his experiences as a boy in Clichy, Paris, at a boarding school in Fontenay sous Bois, and in hiding in Neuilly Plaisance Father is arrested and escapes from Hungary to France in 1924; father's activity in Béla Kun's Communist Party (1919); boyhood in Clichy in the 1930s; father volunteers for the French Foreign Legion and is sent to the front in 1939; father is wounded and taken prisoner, escapes in 1940; German occupation ensues in 1940; life under occupation; family changes its name to Goslan; escaping with the family to Paris; life in the...

File Number : 13458

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Shalom Shiloni Vishogrotzki including his correspondence with family members, 1938-1944, certificate of membership in an anti-fascist organization, a Polish passport and more

Documentation regarding Shalom Shiloni Vishogrotzki including his correspondence with family members, 1938-1944, certificate of membership in an anti-fascist organization, a Polish passport and more - Correspondence between Shalom Shiloni Vishogrotzki, while a fighter with the Jewish Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, 1938, in the Saint Cyprien camp and Gurs camp, 1939, and in a labor camp in Algeria, 1940, and between family members in Poland and Eretz Israel; - Excerpt from an interview with Shalom Shiloni Wishogrotzki; - Transit pass issued Shalom Shiloni Wishogrotzki upon his liberation from a camp...

File Number : 1521

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Records, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Spanish, Hebrew, English, Yiddish

Testimony of Monica (Fichman) Hadari, born in Sighet, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in Cariera de Piatra and Tulcin

Testimony

Testimony of Monica (Fichman) Hadari, born in Sighet, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in Cariera de Piatra and Tulcin Life before the war. Soviet occupation and deterioration of the economic situation; Romanian occupation and anti-Jewish legislation, 1941; wanderings and deportation to Cariera de Piatra; camp life including life in the homes of the local people; meets with mentally handicapped people; typhus; barter with the Ukrainian villagers; deportation of the witness' father to Tulcin by the Germans; joining her father in Tulcin along with her mother and brother, 1943; ghetto life; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Benjamin Lublesky, born in Lublin, Poland, 1909, about enlisting in the Communist Brigade and fighting in the Spanish War, deportation to concentration camps in France and his life in WWII in Alger Family background; immigration to Belgium after graduating from high school, May 1929; arrival in Antwerpen; works in various places; affinity for communism; information about the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany and an understanding of the situation. The outbreak of war in Spain; enlistment in a communist brigade with 27 other Jewish youths and departure for Spain; crossing through Paris and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 2900

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

To be translated

File Number : 429

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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