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Postcards sent to Juda Goudsmit in Westerbork by his friends in The Hague, 1943; slips of paper containing details regarding his fate and that of his family; personal documentation belonging to Juda Goudsmit from the war period and confirmations from the Dutch Red Cross issued after the war - Postcards sent from The Hague to Juda Goudsmit in Westerbork by Dutch friends who owned a pharmacy, 1943; - Slips of paper from the time of the war and afterwards, including details regarding the fate of the Goudsmit family (details regarding those who wrote the notes and the exact date are missing); written in...

File Number : 2025

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Certification, Personal Documents, Work Permit

Language : Russian, Dutch, German

Documentation regarding Shlomo Sally Kan including letters he wrote, a list of those responsible for trucks in Trobitz camp, death certificates and more, 1941-1950

Documentation regarding Shlomo Sally Kan including letters he wrote, a list of those responsible for trucks in Trobitz camp, death certificates and more, 1941-1950 - Letter written by Shlomo Sally Kan from [apparently] Westerbork, 1943; - Letter written by Shlomo Kan in Arnhern to his sister and brother-in-law Riekie and Flip de Groot in Bnei Brak regarding his experiences in Arnhern, Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen and on the Lost Transport, 25 July 1945; - List of those responsible for the trucks used for the evacuation of survivors from Trobitz camp, including the name of Shlomo Kan; - Death...

File Number : 1597

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, Dutch

Joint testimony of Arno Levi and Lotte (Spielmann) Levi regarding their aliya training in Germany and the Netherlands, deportation to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen, liberation while on a train transport; 1934-1945 Replies to the questionnaire, issued by the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, April 1956: - Aliya training in Germany and the Netherlands; - Persecution and deportation to Westerbork, 1942; - Unsuccessful escape attempt from Westerbork; - Transfer to Bergen-Belsen, January 1944; - Transport from Bergen-Belsen by train across...

File Number : 5155

Type of Material : Memoirs, Names, Testimony, Questionnaire

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Zahawa Stock (Jafa Smolarczyk), born in 1925 in Krakow, Poland, regarding her experience in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp

Testimony of Zahawa Stock (Jafa Smolarczyk), born in 1925 in Krakow, Poland, regarding her experiences in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Leipzig subcamp (Außenkommando) of Buchenwald concentration camp Zahawa Stock (Sztok), during the war - Jafa Smolarczyk, with her family left Krakow ghetto and went to Szczawnica. The last deportation of the Jews from Szczawnica took place in 1942; most of them were sent to Auschwitz / Oswiecim, while she, her two brothers and group of youngsters from Szczawnica where transferred to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp. There Zahawa and her brother, Aron, worked at...

File Number : 1843

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Giza Szmulewicz (in the camp - Leinkram), born in 1920 in Krakow, Poland, regarding her experience in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Czestochowa labor camp

Testimony of Giza Szmulewicz (in the camp - Leinkram), born in 1920 in Krakow, Poland, regarding her experience in Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp and Czestochowa labor camp Giza Szmulewicz recalls the deportation to the HASAG Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp from Plaszow camp (her mother was deported with her and her husband, Jan Leinkram, was in the same camp also). She was placed in Werk B and assigned to work in a potato mill and sometimes in the garden, where she could contact the Poles and buy little food from them. Due to her position, the conditions in the camp were not bad, in her opinion. Description of...

File Number : 1841

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Rózsi Königsberg, born in Felsőbisztra, Hungary in 1925, regarding her experiences in the Iza Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Altenburg camps

Testimony of Rózsi Königsberg, born in Felsőbisztra, Hungary in 1925, regarding her experiences in the Iza Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Altenburg camps Life in Felsőbisztra during the deportation of Jews in July 1941; deportation to the Iza Ghetto on 25/05/1944; Iza Ghetto life; suffering from hunger; theft of property; beatings by the Gestapo men; transfer to Huszt; transfer on a train; beatings; deportation to Auschwitz in a train car with 100 people; arrival to Auschwitz camp, and separation from the men in the family; receipt of inmate number A-10909; labor in a weaving factory; transfer to Altenburg;...

File Number : 138

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Chaim Lebovits, born in Szeklence, Hungary in 1904, regarding his experiences in the Szeklence Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dora and other camps

Testimony of Chaim Lebovits, born in Szeklence, Hungary in 1904, regarding his experiences in the Szeklence Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dora and other camps Life in Szeklence during the re-annexation to Hungary in 1939; difficulty in obtaining Hungarian citizenship, and deportation to Körösmező with his family; escape to Stanislau with his family; escape back to Szeklence; life in hiding in Szeklence; deportation to the Szeklence Ghetto; theft, and deportation to Auschwitz; life en route in a railroad car with 130 people; arrival to Auschwitz camp; transfer to Buchenwald camp; transfer to Dora camp;...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Z. Krawczak, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw ghetto, and in Kampinos and Krychow forced labor camps

Testimony of Z. Krawczak, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw ghetto, and in Kampinos and Krychow forced labor camps General overview of the Jewish population situation in occupied Poland: persecution; ghettoization; deportations to forced labor camps; activity of Judenrat and ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help (Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna, ZSS). On April 23, 1941 Krawczak was sent from the Warsaw ghetto to the Kampinos forced labor camp, near Sochaczew. Camp life description; beatings, torturing, high mortality; sick and unable to work were sent to the Warsaw ghetto; Polish guards. After the camp liquidation...

File Number : 425

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Zahava Goldie Schwartz Bustan, born in 1942 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, about deportation to Debrecen, internment at a brickyard, and deportation to the Lobau camp

Testimony

Testimony of Zahava Goldie Schwartz Bustan, born in 1942 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, about deportation to Debrecen, internment at a brickyard, and deportation to the Lobau camp Description of situation of mother who remains alone with her two children after her husband is drafted into forced-labor brigades; mother moves to previous place of residence in Hajduhadhaz; makes a living by baking and selling pastries; life until spring 1944; movement restriction; ghettoization; life in the ghetto; deportation to Debrecen on Shavuot 1944 and placed in a former brickyard; living conditions at the brickyard; deportation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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