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Documentation regarding Vladimir Kurtev (Righteous Among the Nations), from his personal file in the Bulgarian Militia

Documentation regarding Vladimir Kurtev (Righteous Among the Nations), from his personal file in the Bulgarian Militia - Report by an intelligence patrol during the fascist period regarding a meeting of the top leaders of the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in the Kurtev home, 06-07 March 1943; - Interrogations of Kurtev's relatives, including his wife Paraskeva, his son Radko and his brother-in-law, Bosilkov, by militia members during the Communist regime; report regarding a search of Kurtev's home, including material confiscated; arrest of Kurtev by the militia, 07 June 1946; - Reply by...

File Number : 70

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Investigation Reports, Certification, Official Documentation

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Zofia Kolecka, born in Sandomierz, Poland in 1918, regarding her and her family's experiences in Sandomierz, her detention and deportation to Majdanek camp and from there to Ravensbrueck and Buchenwald camps, and her escape from a death march Zofia Kolecka gives help to the Polish underground in the context of her work at a telephone exchange in Sandomierz. She is detained on 24/12/1942, interrogated by the Gestapo, and deported to Majdanek camp. She survived in Majdanek camp thanks to food parcels sent to her by her family and thanks to help from Polish prisoners. After she was captured during...

File Number : 4785

Type of Material : Questionnaire

Language : Polish

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File Number : 2587

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Report on activities of partisans in Bialystok against Germans, August 1944

Report of 6 July 1943 on the activities of the Anielewicz group of partisans in Bialystok; the group was active in Bialystok and other places; the file also contains a report by Liza Czapnik on the activity of the Anti-Fascist Committee in Bialystok, and liberation by the Soviets (two pages are missing).

File Number : 326

Type of Material : Survey Report, Investigation Report, Reports, Poster

Language : Russian

Overview of the activities of the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee) on the Aryan side of Warsaw

Overview of the activities of the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee) on the Aryan side of Warsaw Contacts and cooperation of the members of the underground in the ghetto with underground organizations on the Aryan side; establishment of Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) and the Zydowski Komitet Narodowy (ZKN-National Jewish Committee); activities of Dr. A. Berman, the ZKN representative and member of Zegota on the Aryan side; support of the ZKN for the Resistance fighters in the ghetto; provision of weapons to the fighters; rescue of people from the ghetto after the defeat of the...

File Number : 194

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jozef Malecki regarding the assistance of the Gwardia Ludowa (GL-Polish Peoples' Guard, a World War II resistance movement organized by the Polish Workers Party) to the Resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto Receipt of assistance in the supplying of weapons to the Resistance fighters; battles with the Germans; the witness mentions three campaigns that were made during the final days of the Uprising with the aim of extracting members of the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB-Jewish Fighting Organization) from the ghetto and [transferring them] over to the Aryan side in order for them to join the...

File Number : 179

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Thesis on the subject of schools and Jewish education in Lodz, 1939-1945, submitted by Helena Smolenska in order to receive the Master's degree

Thesis on the subject of schools and Jewish education in Lodz, 1939-1945, submitted by Helena Smolenska in order to receive the Master's degree The subjects selected for the paper: The relationship between the German authorities and the Jewish schools; transfer of the Jewish schools to the supervision of the Judenrat; school books and Jewish education in the ghetto; holidays for children; high schools and vocational schools; the Judenrat Educational Department; education in the underground; vocational training courses in the ghetto. Many sources are attached to the thesis, among them: Correspondence...

File Number : 243

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Newspaper clippings, books and various documents pertaining to the activities of the Armia Krajowa (AK-the Polish underground connected to the Polish Government-in-Exile) in Silesia, and especially at the Auschwitz annihilation camp - Map of Silesia, 1943; - Map of Poland, 1945-1947; - Diagram of the hierarchy within the Armia Krajowa (AK-the Polish underground connected to the Polish Government-in-Exile) Department in Silesia; - Excerpt from the book, "Dziejow AK na Slasku" (The History of the AK in Silesia) by Julian Niekrasz, regarding the liberation of Auschwitz inmates by the AK Sosienka unit,...

File Number : 36

Type of Material : Letter, Book, Article, Research Article

Language : Polish

Article by Moshe Chisik regarding the Righteous Among the Nations, Henryk and Irena Grabowscy; memoirs of Janina Dunin-Wasowicz regarding her assistance to Jews during the German occupation of Poland

Article by Moshe Chisik regarding the Righteous Among the Nations, Henryk and Irena Grabowscy; memoirs of Janina Dunin-Wasowicz regarding her assistance to Jews during the German occupation of Poland The file includes; - "Letter from Hell, June 1942" an article by Moshe Chisik published 25 November 1984, containing information regarding Henryk and Irena Grabowscy, who were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. The article tells the story of the assistance given to members of the Jewish underground in the Warsaw Ghetto by Henryk Grabowski and his family. Special emphasis is placed on Grabowski's...

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Article, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Stanislawa Karsov-Szymaniewska (Przedpelska) regarding her activity in the resistance movement; organizing aid for Jews in occupied Warsaw

Testimony of Stanislawa Karsov-Szymaniewska (Przedpelska) regarding her activity in the resistance movement; organizing aid for Jews in occupied Warsaw Stanislawa Karsov-Szymaniewska was a head of one of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) units in the Warsaw area. Together with her mother, Janina Radwan-Przedpelska, and her daughter, Liliana, she was also involved in helping Jews during the occupation: organizing escapes from the Warsaw ghetto; food supply for ghetto and for Jewish children; issuing false...

File Number : 744

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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