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Memoirs of Sonia (Katzman) Vinogradov, born in Brody, Poland, 1922, and her husband Zalman Vinogradov, born in Lida, Poland, regarding her experiences in the Brody Ghetto, while in hiding in a forest and in Jaroslaw, and his experiences in Lida, Vilna and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 Experiences of Sonia (Katzman) Vinogradov: Brody Ghetto life; escape with the help of forged documents; life in hiding in a forest; life in hiding in Jaroslaw; liberation. Experiences of Zalman Vinogradov: escape from the NKVD to an aliya training farm in Vilna; his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941; life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 8308

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Peter Adorian, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in Novaky camp including his activities in the underground, escape from camp and participation with the partisans in the Slovak National Uprising

File Number : 8292

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Transcript of the joint testimony of the sisters, Zippora Freilach Fiksler, born in Toron, Czechoslovakia, 1928, and Shoshana Freilach Weinberg, born in Maiden, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding their experiences in Toron, Munkacs, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Life in Toron until 1941. Life in Munkacs until December 1942; life in Auschwitz, from June 1944; life in Bergen-Belsen.

File Number : 8225

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Shoshana (Rot) Goldstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Israel

Memoirs of Shoshana (Rot) Goldstein, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Israel Occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life in Budapest using the false identity of an Aryan woman including activities in the movement [?] and living quarters in a marked house; daily life in Budapest; wanderings; meetings with the contact person; meetings with her sister; invitation to join the Kasztner group; deportation to Bergen-Belsen, 08 July 1944; camp life together with the other Jews in the group with no work including hunger for five months. Transfer to...

File Number : 8224

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of László Jacob Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1908, and Judith Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1918, regarding their experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland

Memoirs of László Jacob Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1908, and Judith Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1918, regarding their experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland Occupation of Budapest by the German Army; life in Budapest; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on the Kasztner train, July 1944; life in Bergen-Belsen, July-December 1944; transfer to Switzerland; liberation.

File Number : 8222

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Yechezkel Herstik, born in Aninoasa, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lupeni, Nalacz, Sacel and Ilioara

Testimony

Testimony of Yechezkel Herstik, born in Aninoasa, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lupeni, Nalacz, Sacel and Ilioara His immediate family; move to Lupeni; way of life at home; education; the Jewish community and the synagogue. Iron Guard terrorist acts including confiscation of property and torture; draft of relatives to forced labor; deportation of his brother and uncle to Transnistria; his brother's Zionist movement activities after his escape from forced labor; deportation to the NaIacz camp; guarding of the camp by Romanian gendarmes; camp life including hunger; transfer to the Sacel camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters

M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters Established under the terms of the Public Record Office Act of 1838, the Public Record Office (PRO) was the official archive of the government of Great Britain. Court documents were originally stored at the archive, however, from the middle of the 19th century, government documents were transferred there, and the law was adapted accordingly. The archive was located in the Rolls Building in the center of London from 1854. In 2003, the PRO was combined with a number of other bodies, and today it is known as The National Archives...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : English

The memoirs of Dr. Béla Dénes (Springer), born in Budapest in 1904, regarding his Zionist activity in Hungary in 1933-1954

Dr. Béla Dénes (Springer) joins Poalei Zion in 1933; detention due to his Zionist activities and release in early 1944; following his release, he ran against Dr. Israel Kastner for the position of chairman of Poalei Zion; he won the position; detained again in summer 1944 in Kistarcsa camp; obtaining a Swedish passport and a Swiss letter of protection, and release in autumn 1944; hiding in a cellar with members of the movement until liberation; activity in the Zionist Organization in Hungary after the war; the rise of the Communist Party to power in Hungary and his detention on 12 May 1949; Dr. Dénes was the...

File Number : 11713

Type of Material : Certification, Memoirs, Membership Cards

Language : German, Hungarian

Memoirs of Yaakov Hekel, born in Krakow, Poland in 1922, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust and after his aliya to Eretz Israel

Memoirs of Yaakov Hekel, born in Krakow, Poland in 1922, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust and after his aliya to Eretz Israel Roots work by Atara Gadasi Gamliel, including the memoirs of Yaakov Hekel, 1989: He is an only child, from a traditional family that keeps kosher; he joins the Poalei Zion Zionist movement; German occupation and the establishment of the Krakow Ghetto; he leaves the ghetto as a Pole in order to purchase food for residents in the ghetto; deportation of Jews from the Krakow Ghetto to Auschwitz camp, including his parents; he joins a group that was sent to Auschwitz in...

File Number : 11539

Type of Material : School Projects, Memoirs, Diploma

Language : Hebrew

Boris Dorfman: Letter about his mother, with a personal document of his mother.

Boris Dorfman: Letter with the story of his mother, a Zionist activist in Bessarabia; and a personal document of his mother.

File Number : 10033

Type of Material : Letter(s), Personal Documents

Language : Russian, Yiddish

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