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Certificate stating that the farmer Alfred Weiss and his family members are not to be deported from Kamanová due to his being an essential worker for the economy of Slovakia, issued by the Government of Slovakia, 24 July 1942 Document was also issued in a translation to German; Comments by the submitter of the material: Alfred Weiss was born in Kamanová, Slovakia, 20 April 1900; his wife, Vera (Gutman) Weiss, was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1910; she worked as a housewife; two daughters were born: Hella and Zuzana; Alfred studied agriculture in an institution for higher learning, and he worked as a...

File Number : 138

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Slovak, German

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places Life before the war; her parents are Viktor Porges, born in Horazdovice and Anna (Bondy), born in Horovice. German occupation; ban on owning animals by Jews; payment of a bribe to a veterinarian for certifying the euthanization of her dog; termination of studies by Jewish students, including high school studies; yellow badge; deportations to Lodz and Theresienstadt, 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt with her family, July 1942; life in camp in...

File Number : 8521

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Correspondence and personal documentation belonging to the Suchostaver and Feuereisen families from Liptovsky Sv. Mikulas and Bratislava, 1940-1945

Correspondence and personal documentation belonging to the Suchostaver and Feuereisen families from Liptovsky Sv. Mikulas and Bratislava, 1940-1945 - Postcard from Moritz Feuereisen in Zilina to his sister Melania Suchostaver in Bratislava, apparently prior to his deportation to Sobibor, 1942; escape of his sister with the family from Liptovsky Sv. Mikulas to Bratislava; search for his sister and her family in order to deport them; - Letter written on a calendar page from Moritz Feuereisen to relatives, immediately prior to deportation, May 1942; - Postcard from Esti Einhorn Stieglitz in Novaky camp...

File Number : 1954

Type of Material : Personal Records, Money, Postcard, Note, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : Slovak, Czech, German

Postcards from Gertrude Mayer in Theresienstadt to Juliane Waack in Flensburg, 1943-1944

Postcards from Gertrude Mayer in Theresienstadt to Juliane Waack in Flensburg, 1943-1944 Also in the file: - Postcard from Paul Frank in Theresienstadt to Juliane Waack in Flensburg, 18 October 1943; - Letter from Hermine Mayer (mother of Gertrude Mayer) in Frankfurt am Main to her son Curt Mayer in Jerusalem, through the Red Cross, 24 August 1942. Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of the Mayer family: Life of the family in Frankfurt am Main; aliya of Curt to Eretz Israel, 1937; deportation of the mother Hermine and sister Gertrude to Theresienstadt; transfer of...

File Number : 1945

Type of Material : Postcard, Red Cross Letter

Language : German

Postcards and letters sent to Wilhelmine Voos in Dortmund by family members in Westerbork, Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, 1943-1944

Postcards and letters sent to Wilhelmine Voos in Dortmund by family members in Westerbork, Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, 1943-1944 - Postcards sent to Wilhelmine (Wolters) Voos by her daughter Ruth Kahn and Ruth's husband Richard Kahn in Theresienstadt, 1944; - Postcards and a letter sent by Ruth Kahn from Westerbork to her mother in Dortmund, 08-09/1943; - Letter sent to his wife Wilhelmine Voos in Dortmund by her husband Salomon Voos in Auschwitz, 30/07/1944; Included in the file: Document from the Jewish community of Dortmund, including questions regarding the return of the Jews of Dortmund...

File Number : 1922

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : German

Letters sent to Lilo Goldstien in Eretz Israel by her parents Paul and Zelma Goldstien in Breslau, Germany, 1936-1940

Letters sent to Lilo Goldstien in Eretz Israel by her parents Paul and Zelma Goldstien in Breslau, Germany, 1936-1940 Comments by the submitter of the material (Gavriel Daon): Lilo Goldstien made aliya to Eretz Israel from Breslau in 1934. Her brother Heinz Goldstien emigrated to Sweden. He purchased a house and invited his parents Paul and Zelma Goldstien to stay there. They arrived to Sweden but were disappointed and returned to Breslau during the late 1930s. Heinz returned to Breslau after his parents returned there. His parents were deported to Theresienstadt; his mother perished due to typhus...

File Number : 1915

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Postcards sent from Theresienstadt by Max and Mina Fleischman to their son Heinrich Fleischman in Basel, 1942-1944

Postcards sent from Theresienstadt by Max and Mina Fleischman to their son Heinrich Fleischman in Basel, 1942-1944 Comments by the person submitting the material: Residence of Max and Mina Fleischman in Altenmuhr, Germany; birth of Dov (father of the person submitting the material, a Zionist who made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1928); deportation to Theresienstadt, 1942; death of Mina from typhus, 1943; transfer of Max to Auschwitz and his death there.

File Number : 1882

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : German

Postcards with Rosh Hashana greetings written by Majer Klajnman in Sandomierz to his son Nachman Kleinman in the United States and to the Fortgang family in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, dated, September (year unclear) Comments by the submitters of the material (Nechemia Chemia and Vivian Kleinman): The Fortgang family from Tarnobrzeg is part of the family of Esther (Shlissel) Kleinman, the wife of Yaakov Leib Kleinman (the son of Majer Klajnman); Nechemia Kleinman (the grandson of Majer Klajnman) was born in Sandomierz, Poland, 01/02/1932 (the date is not exact; Nechemia received the supposed date of birth upon...

File Number : 1857

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Authorization from the Repatriacní komise v Terezíne (Repatriation Commission in Theresienstadt) for Sari Roza Schvartz to return from Theresienstadt to her place of residence in Cluj, Romania, 11 June 1945

File Number : 688

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Czech

Transcription of a letter sent to the parents of Klara Blumenfeld (known as Csibi), born in Neunkirchen, Austria, 1926, in Theresienstadt, apparently on 05/06/1945

Transcription of a letter sent to the parents of Klara Blumenfeld (known as Csibi), born in Neunkirchen, Austria, 1926, in Theresienstadt, apparently on 05/06/1945 Included in the file: - Memoir book, including greetings by Klara's friends from Neunkirchen and Budapest, 1936-1940; - Letter written by György Sárkány, the future husband of Klara Blumenfeld, in Hungary, after the war.

File Number : 1849

Type of Material : Letter, Memoir Book

Language : German, Hungarian

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