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Memoirs of Felicja (Rosenblueth) Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow and Bruenlitz camps, and her personal documents from before and after the war Memoirs: Completion of medical studies; work in the Jewish hospital in Krakow, 1940; confiscation of Jewish homes and businesses; imposition of restrictions and bans on the Jews of Krakow; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1941; labor as a nurse in the prison; the first transports from the ghetto, June 1942; the large "Aktion", October 1942; liquidation of the ghetto and the...

File Number : 8604

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French

Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps

Testimony of Yoel Braunfeld Bar Sade, born in Rabka Zdroj, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rabka Zdroj, the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ebensee camps Life before the war; his father owned a factory; witness attends the Polish school. Unsuccessful attempt to escape to the Soviet Union; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1942; labor in a metalworking workshop; unsuccessful attempt to obtain forged documents; deportation to Plaszow camp; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; meetings with Dr. Mengele; transfer to Ebensee camp; liberation by the US Army. Move to...

File Number : 8372

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 2521

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

To be translated

File Number : 1829

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish