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Letter sent by Siegbert Herzfeld to the mayor of the city of Truen, Germany, 30 June 1938, requesting an exit permit to Prague, Czechoslovakia, and the official refusal he received, 04 July 1938

Letter sent by Siegbert Herzfeld to the mayor of the city of Truen, Germany, 30 June 1938, requesting an exit permit to Prague, Czechoslovakia, and the official refusal he received, 04 July 1938 Siegbert Herzfeld requested an exit permit to Prague in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary of his brother Julius Herzfeld [and his wife]. Note: Siegbert Herzfeld was born in Rosswein in 1884; his wife Marta (Mahler) Herzfeld was born in Krefeld in 1888; the family owned a clothing store; their only child Marianne (Herzfeld) Schechter was sent to England with the Kindertransport in July 1939; in 1944 Marianne...

File Number : 2182

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Documentation of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), the Jewish book publisher Philo Verlag, the "C. V. - Zeitung" newspaper, the Bund Deutsch-Juedischer Jugend - BDJJ (German-Jewish Youth Association), and other Jewish organizations, 18/09-31/12/1935 - Circulars published by the Centralverein - CV, regarding the Winterhilfe (Winter Relief Campaign) (pp. 292, 345, 360, 404-402, 419-415, 426, 430); - Correspondence regarding Jewish physicians (pp. 189-193, 350); - Internal correspondence of the Centralverein - CV (pp. 102-101, 203-195, 209, 215, 217, 219,...

File Number : JM/28884

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Poem/song, Protocol, Circular

Language : German

Circular sent by the chairman of the regional branch of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith) in Brandenburg to the heads of the association's branches, regarding various antisemitic decrees in Brandenburg and documentation regarding the antisemitic decrees, 19/12/1933-06/02/1934 - Circular sent by the chairman of the regional branch of the Centralverein - CV in Brandenburg to the heads of the association's branches, regarding new antisemitic regulations in various cities of Brandenburg, including the dismissal of professionals from professional associations, the...

File Number : JM/28883

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Bibliography, Circular

Language : French, German

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sonia (Kuperman) Weissman, born in Iasi, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Sonia (Kuperman) Weissman, born in Iasi, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Iasi Life before the war; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; earthquake, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; termination of the studies; witness attends a Jewish vocational school; draft of her father to forced labor; digging of graves for murdered Jews; detention of her father on charges of spying; end of the war. Meets Soviet soldiers; move to an aliya training "kibbutz" in Hungary, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Sofia and labor camps

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Sofia and labor camps Outbreak of the war; restrictions on the Jews; curfew for 22 hours a day; draft to a labor camp; camp life including paving roads and living in tents; return to Sofia; deportation to a labor camp on the Yugoslavian border to labor paving roads; end of the war. Move to Romania; Hashomer Hatzair activities; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Hatikva", 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti

Testimony

Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti From a traditional family; good relations with the Romanian neighbors; displays of antisemitism in the Romanian newspapers and rumors regarding what is happening in Europe from refugees from Poland; the Jewish men are taken for forced labor in a suburb next to Bucharest; work in a hospital and unloading cargo from trains; deportation to Sarata; camp life; transfer by cattle train for two days; mutual help among the camp inmates; forced labor and the humiliating attitude towards the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana (Veinberger) Kohn, born in Holesov, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Holesov and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Veinberger) Kohn, born in Holesov, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Holesov and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 Life before the war; activities in the Maccabi Hatzair movement; aliya training. Robbery of jewelry by SS men while on a train; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Galilea" ship, July 1939; correspondence with her parents with help from the Red Cross organization; receives knowledge regarding the implementation of anti-Jewish restrictions; receives knowledge regarding the deportation of her parents to Theresienstadt, 1941; receives knowledge regarding her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Max Kastner, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski

Testimony

Testimony of Max Kastner, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski Life before the war; from a well-to-do family. Soviet occupation, June 1940; closure of his father's store; imprisonment of his father after he is informed on; release of his father; German -Romanian occupation, June 1941; restrictions on Jews including travel restrictions; yellow badge; family home is marked; deportation of his brothers to forced labor; separation from his brothers; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation to Transnistria; life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rivka (Sheinbach) Prager, born in Katowice, Poland, 1932, about her experiences as a child in Rzeszow and in hiding in the villages

Testimony

Testimony of Rivka (Sheinbach) Prager, born in Katowice, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Rzeszow and in hiding in the villages Life before the war; from a secular family; move to Rzeszow; life in Rzeszow. Deportation of her father to Russia; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge, travel restrictions and more; escape to a village; life with her uncle; her mother and younger sister join her; escape to another village before deportation to the ghetto; life hidden by a farmer, his wife and family; liberation by the Red Army,1945. Return to Katowice; life in Katowice;...

File Number : 13297

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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