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Correspondence between Samuel David Unger, Chief Rabbi of Nitra and Rabbi Michael Weissmandel, Yeshiva Head in Nitra, regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia and the possibilities of intervention by the Slovak Government Included in the file: Letter sent from the Slovak Ministry of Education in Bratislava to the Centranl Office of the Orthodox Communities in Slovakia regarding approving the continued existence of the Yeshiva in Nitra.

File Number : 19

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Slovak, German, Yiddish

Testimony of A. Meir, born in Piestany, Slovakia, regarding his experiences in the company of Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Ungar, head of the Nitra Yeshiva, in his activities with Rabbi Weissmandl rescuing Jews and in the Zobor Mountains Desertion from labor battalions; companion of Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Ungar, head of the Nitra Yeshiva; the ways Rabbi S.D. Ungar, and his son-in-law, Rabbi Weissmandl, rescue Jews; accompanies Rabbi S.D. Ungar to the Zobor Mountains; life with farmers and caring for the rabbi; murder of Jews from the area; hostile attitude of the local population; the Rabbi's death; liberation.

File Number : 3942

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Letter from A. G. Presser, the Nitra municipal physician, regarding the escape from Nitra to Hungary and meetings with the Bishop Kmetko and Bishop Skrabik

Letter from A. G. Presser, the Nitra municipal physician, regarding the escape from Nitra to Hungary and meetings with the Bishop Kmetko and Bishop Skrabik Request by Rabbi Shemuel David Halevi Unger, the Chief Rabbi of Nitra and Slovakia, regarding the closure of the Yeshiva in Nitra; escape together with 200 Yeshiva students to Hungary through his connections and bribery; acceptance, through his contacts, of the request by Rabbi Weissmandel and Eugen Hoff, his secretary, to set up an interview for Rabbi Unger with Bishop Kmetko; passing information to the Bishop regarding the murder of the Jews; the...

File Number : 3995

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Itzhak Marcel Cohen, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1939' regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in the Sered camp, in Nitra and in the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps.

Testimony of Itzhak Marcel Cohen,born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1939' regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in the Sered camp, in Nitra and in the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps. Childhood in Bratislava before war; Jewish community institutions; deportation to Sered; birth of his brother in camp; his grandmother works as kitchen manager; grandfather's , father's and mother's work; family escape to region of Nitra,1944; agreement between Rabbi Schmuel Unger and German authorities regarding keeping control of the "Yeshiva" area as a safe region for Jews; family escapes back to Bratislava after one...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Avraham Shnap regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, the camps and in hiding in Hungary and Slovakia during the Holocaust period; memoirs of Lea (Kun) Shnap, born in Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary, 1927 regarding her experiences in the Children's Block in Auschwitz; documentation concerning the experiences of Gavriel Gabor Kun, 1942-1945 Memoirs of Avraham Shnap regarding his experiences and those of the members of his family in the Krakow Ghetto, the camps and in hiding in Hungary and Slovakia during the Holocaust period: - Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; German occupation of Krakow;...

File Number : 9671

Type of Material : Postcard, Certification, Biography, Correspondence, List of Jews, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Poem/song, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Hungarian