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Testimony of David Solomon, born in Roman, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in Roman

Testimony

Testimony of David Solomon, born in Roman, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in Roman From an ultra-Orthodox family of Chabad hasidim; life before the war. German occupation; murder of his father by German soldiers; draft of his brothers to labor battalions; help from a German Army officer; Soviet occupation; assembly of orphans by members of the Gordonia movement; placed in the Victoria orphanage in Bucharest; help from Agudat Israel people. Departs for Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia, 1946; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel from Trieste on the ship, "Haganah", 1946; capture of the ship by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzvi Shafir, born in Topolcany, 1929, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, the Novaky camp and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Tzvi Shafir, born in Topolcany, 1929, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, the Novaky camp and in hiding Childhood in Prague and Bohemia with foster parents until 1939; return to his biological parents, 1939 His father's disappearance, September 1939; move to basements; return to the house; deportation to Novaky, March 1941; life in Novaky; labor in factories; the Germans and their collaborators flee, August 1944; escape to the Stare Hory Mountains; in hiding until early 1945; torture by the Gestapo; rescue by a local farmer. Move to a hospital in Topolcany, April 1945; convalescence...

File Number : 12522

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yacob Ferenc Ehrenfeld, born in Debrecen, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto and Austria

Testimony

Testimony of Yacob Ferenc Ehrenfeld, born in Debrecen, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto and Austria His family and parents' livelihood; life at home; displays of antisemitism; attends a school for the deaf; decrees; yellow badge; the Jewish community; Sabbaths and religious holidays. Deportation of his father and brother to forced labor; death of his father; shooting of people; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation in cattle cars to Austria; sleeps in a forest; selection according to gender; assignment to agricultural labor; transport to Vienna; transfer to a...

File Number : 12060

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Signs Language

Documentation on the activities of the Bulgarian National Front of America, 1945-1970

Documentation on the activities of the Bulgarian National Front of America, 1945-1970 Documents from the organization’s conferences, 1961-1963; Letters and telegrams sent by members of the American Congress to the Chief Secretary Dr. Kalin Koichev, 1962; Speeches and issues from a bulletin, 1962; Decisions on the situation in Bulgaria; Letter sent to the Bulgarian government-in-exile in Rome to Benjamin Arditti, 1958; The file also includes: Map of labor camps in Bulgaria, 1952.

File Number : 230

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Speech, Letter, Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : Bulgarian, English

Documentation on the history of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Jewry, 1944-1971

Documentation on the history of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Jewry, 1944-1971 Eulogy on the death of 14 Jews from Dupnitsa, 06 January 1944; Broadsheets and sections of documents on the attitude of the Ostechestven Front government, the Red Army, the Peasants Party and the Zionist movement in Bulgaria and the world, 1944-1945; Report of the Jewish community on the help of the community to a group of 278 pioneers, members of the Gordonia movement, Hashomer Hatzair and Hanoar Hatzioni from Hungary in Kazanlak, 22 November 1944; Newspaper articles with historic data. The file also includes: Thank you letter...

File Number : 229

Type of Material : Manifesto, Letter, Survey Report, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress

O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress Included in the Record Group: A. Collection of anti-Jewish legislation enacted in various countries, organized in files according to the countries. Sometimes the law is quoted as it was published in the law books of that particular country, and sometimes there are surveys regarding the law or newspaper clippings with a description of the law. B. Correspondence between the World Jewish Congress (including with the United Nations) regarding anti-Jewish legislation such as laws regarding emigration, the status of refugees and...

Type of Material : Survey Report, Laws and Decrees, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : Italian, Serbian, English, Romanian, Russian, German, Hungarian

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944 Page 3: Telegram from the US Consulate, Jerusalem, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the already implemented deportation of 400,000 Hungarian Jews to Poland; the imminent deportation of the 350,000 remaining Jews and the required measures for intervention, 29 June 1944; Page 4: Telegram from Cordell Hull, State Department, Washington, to the US Consulate General, Istanbul, regarding efforts by the Jewish Agency to rescue 2,600 refugees, 04 July 1944; Pages 5-8: Letters from the US Embassy,...

File Number : 135

Type of Material : Letter(s), Memorandum, Correspondence, Telegram, Official Documentation, Note

Language : English

UN: committee reports, meeting protocols, resolutions, and more, regarding the future of the Mandate over Palestine/Eretz Israel, 1946-1949

UN: committee reports, meeting protocols, resolutions, and more, regarding the future of the Mandate over Palestine/Eretz Israel, 1946-1949 The file contains: Pages 1-19: Report from the UN Palestine Commission to the UN General Assembly regarding security issues in Eretz Israel, including statistical data regarding the number of persons killed from various nationalities, 16 February 1948; Pages 20-33: Second monthly report from the Palestine Commission to the UN Security Council regarding the termination of the British Mandate, 15 March 1948; Pages 34-36: Memorandum from the Jewish Agency for...

File Number : 71

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Protocol

Language : English

Various bulletins and reports published by United Nations institutions in Geneva.

Various bulletins and reports published by United Nations institutions in Geneva. Also in the file: "From the Inferno", a small printed booklet with stories of survivors, Tel Aviv, January 1944.

File Number : 49

Type of Material : Survey Report, Protocol

Language : English

Correspondence regarding the supply of food to refugees from various countries and refugees under the care of UNRRA in Alserbach DP camp

Correspondence regarding the supply of food to refugees from various countries and refugees under the care of UNRRA in Alserbach DP camp Correspondence between the international committee of Jewish camp inmates and refugees in Vienna, and an American soup kitchen and department no. 350 in the US Occupation Zone in Vienna, regarding the supply of food to refugees from various countries and refugees under the care of UNRRA in Alserbach DP camp.

File Number : 76

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, German

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