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Testimony of Amalia (Grosman) Dinur, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1932, regarding her experiences in hiding in Antwerp

Testimony

Testimony of Amalia (Grosman) Dinur, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1932, regarding her experiences in hiding in Antwerp From a well-to-do traditional family; witness's parents are originally from Czechoslovakia; her father owns a fur factory; attends a public school. Unsuccessful attempt to escape to France, May 1940; deportation of her father to a labor camp; finds a hiding place in an Antwerp attic, August 1942; life in hiding until late 1944. Return to the family home in Antwerp; move to Brussels; move to La Hulpe; joins Hashomer Hatzair; high school; aliya to Israel, 1949; starts a family.

File Number : 12828

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence with the International Committee of the Red Cross and reports by the organization regarding the relief being extended to camp inmates, 1942-1975

Correspondence with the International Committee of the Red Cross and reports by the organization regarding the relief being extended to camp inmates, 1942-1975 Pages 1-156: Report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC - Red Cross) regarding the relief activities extended to concentration camp inmates in occupied Europe, "Die Taetigkeit des IKRK Zugunsten der in den Deutschen Konzentrationslagern Inhaftierten Zivil-Personen (1939-1945)", ("The activities of the ICRC on behalf of civilian inmates in German concentration camps (1939-1945))", 3rd edition, produced in Geneva, April 1947. The...

File Number : 70

Type of Material : Survey Report, Letter, Official Documentation, Record of Survivors

Language : French, English, German

Correspondence with Chaim Barlas, Melech Neustadt, Venja Pomerantz and others regarding the establishment of a relief and rescue committee in Geneva and separation of the budgets of the Histadrut Labor Organization and the pioneer movements, 1942-1945 The Committee was called the " triumvirate", "quartet", and the like, at different stages. Pages 1-9: Letters from the early days of the triumvirate and its activities, December 1942; Pages 10-100: Letters and telegrams regarding the Committee and its activities. Criticism regarding its work methods, financial irregularities, together with ongoing...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Activities of van Harten in rescuing Hungarian Jews and Hungarian cultural treasures, 1945-1947

Activities of van Harten in rescuing Hungarian Jews and Hungarian cultural treasures, 1945-1947 The file contains: Pages 25-39: Report from J. Lewis van Harten regarding his activities in the Meran concentration camp, early 1945, written for the Directorate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (CICR or ICRC - Red Cross) in Geneva, June 1945; Pages 40-71: Correspondence between Red Cross representative Jacques van Harten and Chaim Pazner in Geneva regarding rescue operations in Hungary and Italy, including reports on the condition and number of survivors in various locations, and also...

File Number : 39

Type of Material : Survey Report, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Excerpts from the television program "Politika" and from a documentary about a roots trip to concentration camps in Poland

1. Excerpts from the television program "Politika" (2000): - Documentary video: Deportations from ghettos to Auschwitz starting in 1942; selections and reception in the camp; the murder of inmates who were unfit for work; trials in Israel of Jewish collaborators, held after the establishment of the state; the trial of Yechezkel Ingster, a kapo who murdered eight prisoners in Graeditz camp; the trial of Hirsch Barenblatt, head of the Jewish police in the Bedzin ghetto; interviews with women who served as kapos at Auschwitz (who were not tried); - discussion regarding the activity of Jacques Van Harten...

File Number : 595

Type of Material : Interview(s), Film, Documentary, Testimony, Memoirs, Video

Language : Hebrew, English