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Testimony of Hava (Itzkovitz) Hershkovitz, born in Ternovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Ternovo, Neresnice, Sulita, Mateszalka, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Hava (Itzkovitz) Hershkovitz, born in Ternovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Ternovo, Neresnice, Sulita, Mateszalka, Auschwitz and other places Her childhood, with another seven siblings, in a family of cattle merchants; move to Neresnice; move to Sulita. Outbreak of the war; German Army occupation of Sulita; deportation of young women to Poland; escape to Mateszalka with her sister; life under the shelter of the community including housekeeping work, her life, and food; deportation of her mother and six siblings to Auschwitz; murder of her mother and six siblings in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elsa (Heilbronn) Epstein, born in Schmalnau, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Schmalnau, Frankfurt and with foster families in the United States

Testimony

Testimony of Elsa (Heilbronn) Epstein, born in Schmalnau, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Schmalnau, Frankfurt and with foster families in the United States Her childhood in Schmalnau; life during the Nazi rule. Move of her sister to Pennsylvania, 1934; increase in displays of antisemitism; imposition of anti-Jewish decrees; her father is forced to leave his place of work, 1935; move of her family to Frankfurt; life in the children's home [in Frankfurt], 1936; move to the United States with another 11 children; separation from her family in Germany, 1937; life with a Jewish foster family in...

File Number : 13142

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Sara (Cohen) Hofman, born in Visho, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Bela Pod and Weisswasser

Testimony

Testimony of Sara (Cohen) Hofman, born in Visho, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz, Bela Pod and Weisswasser From an ultra-Orthodox family. German occupation; arrest of her Communist uncle; deportation to the Visho Ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, May 1944; murder of her mother and siblings; camp life including labor weaving and crushing rocks for gravel; transfer to Bela Pod; transfer to Weisswasser, December 1944; camp life including labor in a weapons factory; liberation by the Allied forces, May 1945. Move to Bratislava; reunion with her uncle; move to Germany;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Language : English

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

Language : English

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M.76 - Documentation of the Vaad ha-Hatzala in USA The vaad Hatzala was created by the Executive Committee of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada at an emergency meeting held in New York on November 13-14, 1939. While the organization's headquarters were located in New York, branches were established throughout Europe both during and after the war, including Germany, France, and Switzerland. The directors of these foreign offices were appointed by the Executive Council. The organization's initial purpose was to raise funds for groups of rabbis, yeshiva students and their families...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany

O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany Max Lowenthal was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1888; a graduate of Harvard Law School, an attorney and a lifelong public servant; he served as an advisor and personal friend of President Harry S. Truman. In 1946, General Lucius D. Clay, the Deputy Governor of the US Military Government in Occupied Germany, asked various representatives of American Jewish organizations to suggest an advisor who could help Clay in drafting legislation...

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : English

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding the German draft Restitution Law, 18 October 1946, and relevant suggestions by various Jewish organizations, November-December 1946

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding the German draft Restitution Law, 18 October 1946, and related suggestions by various Jewish organizations, November-December 1946 Pages 2-4: Accompanying letter signed by Major General Oliver P. Echols, Chief of the Civil Affairs Division of the War Department, regarding a memorandum dealing with the German draft Restitution Law, authored by various Jewish organizations, 02 December 1946; Pages 5-9: Comparative copy of the draft Restitution Law, 18 October 1946, with suggestions by Jewish organizations, as per a letter to the Secretary of State...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Letter, Laws and Decrees, Draft, Official Documentation

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation and correspondence regarding cultural reconstruction in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, July 1946-November 1946

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation and correspondence regarding cultural reconstruction in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, July 1946-November 1946 The file contains: Pages 2-3: Letter from the Commission on European Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, addressed to Max Lowenthal, regarding a memorandum by their Chairman, Professor Jerome Michael, 02 November 1946; Pages 4-6: Letter from Rabbi Stephen Wise, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), addressed to Max Lowenthal, regarding the cooperation between the Commission on European Jewish Cultural Reconstruction and the WJC, 07...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Draft, Letter, Laws and Decrees, Official Documentation

Correspondence between Jacob Pat, the General Secretary of the Jewish Labor Party in the United States, and Tomasz Kuzniarz, the Financial Advisor at the Polish Embassy in New York, regarding the transfer of funds to the Polish underground for Jews who managed to escape from the Warsaw Ghetto and hide on the Aryan side, 10 August-19 September 1943 Exchange of letters regarding the transfer of financial assistance from the Jewish Labor Party in the United States for the Polish underground that was handling the transfer of the remnants of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto and their maintenance in hiding places...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

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