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Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939

Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939 Life in Vienna between World War I and World War II; displays of antisemitism in schools, activities of the Schutzbund Federation (Republican Protection Association) of the Social Democrats party and of the Heimwehr (Home Guard) of the Christian Socialists party; murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolfuss, 1935; election of Kurt von Schuschnigg as the prime minister; Anschluss, and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich; persecution of the Jews; entry of Hitler into...

File Number : 254

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Passport of Josza Kornitzer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1905, issued by the German Reich and stamped with the red letter "J", 22 August 1939

Passport of Josza Kornitzer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1905, issued by the German Reich and stamped with the red letter "J", 22 August 1939 In the passport there is a visa to the United States dated 18 September 1939, and an exit visa from Vienna to Genoa, 07 December 1939.

File Number : 261

Type of Material : Passport

Language : German

Memoirs of Lottie Grussgott, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1928, regarding her experiences in Frankfurt am Main, Brussels, France and the Malines camp

Memoirs of Lottie Grussgott, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1928, regarding her experiences in Frankfurt am Main, Brussels, France and the Malines camp Life before the war. Life under the Nazi regime; anti-Jewish legislation; Kristallnacht; unsuccessful attempt of her father to escape to the Netherlands; capture of her father by a Dutch border guard and his return to Germany; deportation of her father to Buchenwald; being watched over along with her brother Leon by her older sister, Dora,13, because their mother was ill; release of her father from Buchenwald because he had a visa to go to England;...

File Number : 8629

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Memoirs of Edith Weiner regarding her experiences as a child in Berlin until 1939, on an agricultural training farm in Cologne and in Eretz Israel from 1940

Memoirs of Edith Weiner regarding her experiences as a child in Berlin until 1939, on an agricultural training farm in Cologne and in Eretz Israel from 1940 Life in her parents' home in Berlin including religious life and musical studies; attempts to leave Germany following her father's return from a concentration camp, 1938. Leaving their apartment; move to an attic in the home of relatives due to their lack of income; attendance at a Youth Aliyah school; going to agricultural training in Cologne, July 1939; discussion with a Gestapo man in the police station including attempts to persuade her to remain...

File Number : 8549

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation of the Kuhnreich family from Chrzanow, 1939-2001

Personal documentation of the Kuhnreich family from Chrzanow, 1939-2001 The documentation includes: - Diploma given to Anna Kuhnreich by the Polish school in Chrzanow, 21 June 1939; - Polish passport of Reisla Kuhnreich (mother of Chana Oren) issued by the Polish Embassy in Lisbon, 17 June 1942; - Polish passport of Chaim Kuhnreich (father of Chana Oren) born in Chrzanow, 09 August 1881, issued by the Polish Embassy in Tel Aviv, 22 November 1949; - Identity card of Chaim Kuhnreich issued in Haifa; - Genealogy [family tree] of the Kuhnreich family; - Memoirs by Chana Oren (Kuhnreich), born...

File Number : 1186

Type of Material : Passport, Genealogy, Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English

Personal documentation of Sofia (Iwrejewicz) Lubimowicz regarding her stay in Lodz, Germany, France and Uruguay after the war, 1945-1947

Personal documentation of Sofia (Iwrejewicz) Lubimowicz regarding her stay in Lodz, Germany, France and Uruguay after the war, 1945-1947 Included in the documentation: - Permit from the Temporary Jewish Committee in Lodz stating that Sofia Iwrejewicz is registered with the Committee; - Permit provided Sofia (Iwrejewicz) Lubimowicz allowing her to come to the artists' cafeteria in Lodz as a guest; - Permit from UNRRA stating that Sofia (Iwrejewicz) Lubimowicz has been liberated by the Allied Forces and would like to travel to Munich; - Refugee certificate for Sofia Lubimowicz, daughter of David...

File Number : 706

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish, French, German, Yiddish

Letters sent to Ernst Freimann in England, from his mother Regina Freimann and sisters Trude and Sofi in Holleschau, 1940-1941

Letters sent to Ernst Freimann in England, from his mother Regina Freimann and sisters Trude and Sofi in Holleschau, 1940-1941 Letter from Trude and her husband Alex Arnold Peiser in Ostrow Lubelski, 08 December 1940. Also in the file: Memoirs of Ernst Freimann regarding his experiences in Buchenwald, 1938-1939, including his release from the camp on condition that he leave Germany, and his arrival in England via the Netherlands, early 1939. Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Ernst Freimann, in Holleschau, Czechoslovakia, 1898: Release from Buchenwald; escape...

File Number : 1969

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Personal documentation of Straus and Kontess family members, from Bratislava, 1916-1938

Personal documentation of Straus and Kontess family members, from Bratislava, 1916-1938 The file includes the following documents: Documents of the Straus family: - Medical documents of Priska Straus, born in Presov, Slovakia, 25 June 1915, issued in Piestany, 04 May 1939; - Medical documents of Samuel Frantisek Straus, born in Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, 13 November 1870, issued in Piestany, 04 May 1939; - Medical documents of Paulina Straus, born in Jelsava, Slovakia, 03 May 1879, issued in Piestany, 04 May 1939; - Medical certificates of Siegfrid Steiner and Olga (Straus) Steiner,...

File Number : 137

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : Slovak, Spanish, German, Hungarian

Letters by Grober family members in Rafalowka and Zukowski family members in Grodno, sent to their family members in Eretz Israel, 1935-1941

Letters by Grober family members in Rafalowka and Zukowski family members in Grodno, sent to their family members in Eretz Israel, 1935-1941 Included is a translation to Hebrew of the letters; Letters and postcards: From the family of Yakira Grober, the mother of Shlomit Mizrachi: - Letters sent by Shlomo Yakov and Batia Grober in Rafalowka to their daughters in Eretz Israel, 1935-1941 (some of the letters were written by Moshe and Hinda Grober, the children of Yaakov and Batia who did not make aliya to Eretz Israel); - Letters in Hebrew written to Beila (Beila-La) Grober in Eretz Israel by her...

File Number : 1892

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, English, Russian, Yiddish

Letters written in Vienna, Austria, by Cecilia (Deutsch) Hartenstein, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1870, to her children in the United States, 27 August 1939-September 1941

Letters written in Vienna, Austria, by Cecilia (Deutsch) Hartenstein, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1870, to her children in the United States, 27 August 1939-September 1941 Marriage of Cecilia to Emil Hartenstein from Vienna; Emil owns a printing press; Cecilia and Emil are the parents of five children; death of one of the children at a young age; Anschluss, annexation of Austria to Germany, 1938. Escape of the family; one of the daughters obtains entrance visas to the United States for the entire family; lack of desire to leave Austria; emigration of son Hugo to the United States; Cecilia remains...

File Number : 1890

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

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