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Testimony of Shnirer Tulo, born in 1927 in Krakow, Poland, regarding transfer to the Krakow ‎Ghetto in 1941 and deportation to labor camps

Testimony

Testimony of Shnirer Tulo, born in 1927 in Krakow, Poland, regarding transfer to the Krakow ‎Ghetto in 1941 and deportation to labor camps Childhood: traditional family, Jewish school, antisemitism before the war, death of his father in ‎‎1936; German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939; anti-Jewish decrees; wearing the yellow ‎badge; limitations on movement; confiscation of property, etc.; German officials taking over part ‎of the family’s apartment; transfer to the Krakow Ghetto in March 1941; the Judenrat and the ‎Jewish police; forced labor inside and outside the ghetto; Jewish underground; Nazi...

File Number : 13740

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Ernest Kopstein and his family members, including a letter written by Poli Kopstein in Vienna to his son Ernie in France, documentation regarding the experiences of Ernest Kopstein during the war written by his niece, genealogy of the family and more, 1941-2010 Letters: - Letter from Poli Leopold Kopstein in Vienna to his son Ernie Ernest Kopstein in the Chateau de Magiller, France (in German), 20 April 1941; - Letter from US Army Sergeant Emil Wetzler (nephew of Poli Kopstein), stationed in Czechoslovakia, to his uncle Ede in the United States (in English), 08 July...

File Number : 2213

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Genealogy, Documentary, Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Testimony Joseph Fridman, born in Borsa, Romania, in 1927 regarding deportation to Auschwitz and other camps

Orthodox family; 10 Jewish families in the village; moving to Hungarian control in 1940; anti-Jewish laws; deportation to the Cluj ghetto in 1944; deportation by transport to Auschwitz Birkenau in May 1944; remaining with the father; transfer to Buchenwald and Magdeburg camps; injury of the father during the bombing of the camp; moving to the barrack for handicapped in Buchenwald; information regarding the death of the parents and the brothers; activity in aliya bet; illegal immigration on board the ship "Arba Hirouyot" (four freedoms) in 1946; exile to Cyprus; aliya back to Israel; establishment of the Odim...

File Number : 13692

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters sent by Leo Billet, a Jewish soldier in the US Army, from Germany and later on from Britain, to his sister in Tirat Zvi, Eretz Israel, 1944-1945

Letters sent by Leo Billet, a Jewish soldier in the US Army, from Germany and later on from Britain, to his sister in Tirat Zvi, Eretz Israel, 1944-1945 - Two letters sent by Leo Billet from Germany, 13 January 1944 and 28 January 1944; his aunt, Rachel, and his grandmother were found alive during a visit to Paris; murder of his uncle, Josef, deportation of his two daughters to Lublin; - Letter sent by Leo Billet from Germany, 01 April 1944; participation in the battles in Metz, the Netherlands, Aachen, the Ruhr area and more; - Letter sent by Leo Billet from an Army Hospital in Britain, leg injury;...

File Number : 2169

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, German

Testimony of Shmuel Hershkovitz, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania in 1922, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony of Shmuel Hershkovitz, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania in 1922, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and other camps Studies in yeshiva; good neighborly relations with the Romanian population; Hungarian regime in 1940; German occupation; expulsion to Baia Mare Ghetto; transport to Auschwitz-Birkenau with his siblings; dismantling of buildings in Warsaw Ghetto; march to Germany; digging in ground to find water; Dachau camp; Muehldorf and Mittergras camps; labor in forests; wounded by gunfire from a German commanding officer; approach of the front; murder of prisoners; liberation by the Americans...

File Number : 13742

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation belonging to Yehuda Nir Korngold, born in Lublin, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences during the war and afterwards

Personal documentation belonging to Yehuda Nir Korngold, born in Lublin, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences during the war and afterwards - Excerpt from a book written Yehuda Nir Korngold's grandson (based on family stories) regarding Yehuda Korngold's experiences during the war and afterwards. In the excerpt there is information regarding Yehuda's life in Lublin until 1942; deportation to Belzec; escape back to Lublin; life in hiding in a cupboard in the family home; escape to his mother; life in hiding in an attic near the family home; escape to the forests in the area; surrendering himself to the...

File Number : 315

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Document

Language : Hebrew, English

Personal documentation belonging to William Wolfgang Brickman, born in the United States, 1913, a US soldier who spied in Germany

Personal documentation belonging to William Wolfgang Brickman, born in the United States, 1913, a US soldier who spied in Germany - Letter sent by William (Zeev) Wolfgang Brickman from Fürth-Unterfürberg, Germany, to Dr. Ernest O. Melby, Dean of the New York University School of Education requesting the renewal of his appointment as an Instructor in the Department of History of Education at the University, 04 February 1946; - Certificate confirming the completion of a course in the United States Military Intelligence Training Center awarded to William Wolfgang Brickman, 03 March 1945; - United States...

File Number : 1002

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Testimony of Eugenia Peterzeil (Itzkovitz), born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia, in 1925, regarding ‎her experiences in Jasina and Marseszalka and in Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony of Eugenia Peterzeil (Itzkovitz), born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia, in 1925, regarding ‎her experiences in Jasina and Marseszalka and in Auschwitz and other camps Hungary’s annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine in 1939; her father’s murder while in the labor ‎battalions (forced labor); roundup of the Jews at the cemetery in April 1944; deportation to ‎Mateszalka Ghetto in Hungary; Hungarian indifference; transport to Auschwitz; selections; the ‎sisters stay together; deportation to Dachau and Geislingen an der Steige; work in an arms factory; ‎liberation by the US Army in May 1945; antisemitism in...

File Number : 13771

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US Forces, US Occupation Zone in Germany, January-April 1947

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US Forces, US Occupation Zone in Germany, January-April 1947 Postwar documentation regarding the restitution of Jewish cultural property looted during World War II; in the US Occupation Zone in Germany. Documentation regarding the incorporation of the Jewish Restitution Commission.

File Number : 23

Type of Material : Document(s), Correspondence, Telegram, Draft, Letter(s), Official Documentation

Memoirs of Dennis Hustler regarding his experiences as a soldier in the British Army in the Jaworzno camp after being taken captive, 1940

Memoirs of Dennis Hustler regarding his experiences as a soldier in the British Army in the Jaworzno camp after being taken captive, 1940 Military service in the British Army; taken captive, 1940; deportation from Petershofen to the Jaworzno camp, September 1943; camp life until January 1945; march in the direction of Germany in the snow. Return to England after the liberation via Moosburg, Beuthen, Hammelburg and Ingolstadt, and a flight to England from Reims. The testimony includes details regarding the treatment of Jewish forced laborers in the Jaworzno area. Also in the file: - Sketch of the...

File Number : 8495

Type of Material : Diagram, Memoirs

Language : English

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