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Personal documents of Stanislaw Frommer, born in Krakow, Poland; documents dated, 1918-1949

Personal documents of Stanislaw Frommer, born in Krakow, Poland; documents dated, 1918-1949 Included in the file: - Certificate that Stanislaw Frommer passed the government examinations for law and history studies with the grade of "Good", 20 June 1920; - Diploma upon completion of studies, awarded to Stanislaw Frommer by the office of the rector of the University of Krakow, including details of his courses in law and political science; diploma dated, 28 September 1921; - Certificate that Stanislaw Frommer passed the government examinations for law studies with the grade of "Sufficient", 17 November...

File Number : 1185

Type of Material : Document, Certification, Diploma, Personal Documents, Identity Card, Photograph

Language : Latin, Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Chaim Meirovitz/Meierovich, born in 1928 in Lodz, about his experiences in the Lodz ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Kaltwasser camps, etc.

Life before the war; antisemitism before the war; German occupation ensues in September 1939; anti-Jewish legislation; the yellow-star edict; abuse of bearded Jews; dispossession; deportation to the Lodz ghetto in February 1940; hunger; working in a metal factory; activity of the Judenrat; activity of the Jewish police; deportation to labor camps; evading the transports; the Sperre Aktion in September 1942; witness finds shelter with mother in a loft; hardships at "training centers"; faith during the Holocaust; ghetto liquidated in summer 1944; deportation to Auschwitz in late August 1944; sent to the...

File Number : 13618

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places German Army occupation of Strzegowo, 1939; escape to Plonsk with his family; life with his family in Plonsk, for two weeks; move back to Strzegowo; deportation [to the Strzegowo Ghetto], 1940; Strzegowo Ghetto life including "Aktions" and the hanging of Jews, 1942; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942; camp life with two brothers, including forced labor; transfer to Buna-Monowitz, 1943; camp life including forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehezkel Barak Buchfuhrer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany, about his experiences in Köln, immigration to Eretz Israel in 1941; service in the British Army in Europe in 1943–1945, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Yehezkel Barak Buchfuhrer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany, about his experiences in Köln, immigration to Eretz Israel in 1941; service in the British Army in Europe in 1943–1945, etc. Parents emigrate from Poland to Germany; antisemitism surges in 1935; moving to Köln; deportation to Zbąszyń due to lack of German citizenship, 1938; joining a Zionist pioneering training facility in Białystok; war breaks out; escaping to Wilno; escaping to Kaunas; parents escape to Dukla; organizing illegal immigration to Eretz Israel; receiving Polish Army passports; immigration to Eretz Israel in February 1941;...

File Number : 13384

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rae Rose (Rothman) Rubinstein, born in Brisbane, Australia, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Australian Army, Bergen-Belsen DP camp, Linz DP camp, Wels DP camp and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Rae Rose (Rothman) Rubinstein, born in Brisbane, Australia, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Australian Army, Bergen-Belsen DP camp, Linz DP camp, Wels DP camp and in other places Service in the Australian Air Force during World War II, 1945-1949 [should be: 1939-1945]. Travel to London, 1945; volunteers to work in Bergen-Belsen DP camp in the context of the Jewish Relief office, 1946; work in the camp as the person responsible for children ages 0-6 years old and women who are pregnant; help to the aliya institute [Jewish Agency] to coordinate the issue of forged documents and illegal...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Zvi Likvornik, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Yampol, Potasanya and the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Likvornik, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Yampol, Potasanya and the Bershad Ghetto Life before the war; the Jewish community. Soviet occupation, 1940; re-occupation by the Romanian Army, 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto for three weeks; deportation to Transnistria; transfer as far as Marculesti by train; transfer to Yampol on foot; transfer to Potasanya on foot; deaths of many deportees en route; transfer to the Bershad Ghetto; death of his father; ghetto life including gathering food for his mother and brother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dora (Shafir) Shtir, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Sosnowiec, the Soviet Union and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Dora (Shafir) Shtir, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Sosnowiec, the Soviet Union and Tashkent Life before the war; from a religious family with hardships; attends a local Polish school; move to Lesko; life in Lesko including Hashomer Hatzair membership; move to Sosnowiec; life in Sosnowiec including continuation of her schooling; German occupation, 01 September 1939; murder of young Jews; burning of the synagogue; escape to the Soviet Union with her sister; life in the Soviet Union including work in a kolkhoz; escape to Tashkent by train; life in Tashkent including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Lists of pioneers who were trained in the Joodse Centrale voor Beroepsopleiding) (Jewish Center for Vocational Training), 1941

Lists of pioneers who were trained in the Joodse Centrale voor Beroepsopleiding) (Jewish Center for Vocational Training), 1941 Some of the pioneers were inmates in the Schoorl labor camp.

File Number : JM/12176

Type of Material : List of Camp Inmates, List of Jewish Residents

Language : Dutch

Testimony of Yitzhak Itzko Maestro, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Makarska, Split, Vela Luka, other places and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Itzko Maestro, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Makarska, Split, Vela Luka, other places and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944 Life before the war; Zionist family; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; aliya training. Outbreak of the war, Pesach, April 1941; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; evades deportation to camps; escape to Makarska using forged documents; life in Makarska under Italian occupation; escape to Split; transfer to Vela Luka by the Italian Army, 1941; life in Vela Luka including list of names of Jews...

Type of Material : List of Survivors, Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation belonging to Chaja Waterman, sister of Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof, from Loosdrecht, the Netherlands, 1934-1976

Documentation belonging to Chaja Waterman, sister of Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof, from Loosdrecht, the Netherlands, 1934-1976 - Diary kept by Chaja while she was in summer camp; - Letters written by Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof to her sister, Chaja (pp. 1-12), summer 1935; - Memoirs from the time Chaja Waterman was hidden on their farm by the Zwaagstra family (Sjoerd and Aukje) in the Friesland region, 02 November 1943-08 June 1945; - Letters written to her family by Chaja Waterman during the time she was being hidden on the farm (pp. 20-72); - Additional letters and documents regarding the De...

File Number : 43

Type of Material : Diary, Speech, Postcard, Memoirs, Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, Dutch

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