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Letter written by David Pleser, a soldier in the Jewish Brigade, 01 June 1945

Letter written by David Pleser, a soldier in the Jewish Brigade, 01 June 1945 Note: David Pleser used official Deutscher Volkssturm (German Home Guard) stationery in writing the letter; next to the words Unser Zeichen (our sign) he drew a Magen David, and next to the words, Ihr Zeichen (your sign) he drew a swastika.

File Number : 1654

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew

Joint testimony of Mihály Ferber, born in Huszt, Czechoslovakia in 1924, and Josef Ferber, born in Huszt, Czechoslovakia in 1928, regarding their experiences in Birkenau, Buna, Buchenwald, Halberstadt and other camps Deportation from the Huszt Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; transfer to a shower; they receive inmates clothing, and transfer to the Block; life without food for three days; distribution of jam mixed with water on the fourth day; transfer to Auschwitz; tattooing in Auschwitz camp of the numbers: A-7937 and A-7932; receipt of a quarter [of a loaf of] bread,...

File Number : 1633

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Article about the death march from Selztal to Liezen, published anonymously in the "Oesterreichische Zeitung" newspaper

Article about the death march from Selztal to Liezen, published anonymously in the "Oesterreichische Zeitung" newspaper Departure on the death march under the command of Lieutenant Heinrich and members of the Volkssturm (People's Army): Lasser, Sulzbacher and Skalnik, who halted the distribution of food, by a woman, to people who were starving; they shot six inmates who were forced to dig their own graves; the investigation of the incident was transferred to Lieutenant Heinrich, who was appointed as commander of the local Gendarmerie after the war.

File Number : 631

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

Orders by the head of the Gauleiter headquarters in Essen to the Friedrich Krupp factory, regarding inclusion of the factory's guards in the Volkssturm

File Number : 366

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Eight transcriptions of special radio broadcasts regarding Nazi Germany, produced, 1963-1968

Eight transcriptions of special radio broadcasts regarding Nazi Germany, produced, 1963-1968 1) Transcription of radio broadcast regarding opposition in the Westphalia area; 2) Transcription of radio broadcast regarding [the events surrounding] the end of the war in Duesseldorf; 3) Transcription of radio broadcast regarding the Volkssturm; 4) Transcription of radio broadcast regarding the Wehrmacht surrender; 5) Transcription of radio broadcast prepared by Hans Guenther regarding the deportation of German Jews; 6) Transcription of radio broadcast regarding the departure [?] of the Jews of...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

Testimony of Béla Braun, born in Bodrogszentes, Hungary, 1919, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Hungary and Poland and in Győr, Deutsch Schützen and Mauthausen camps and more

Testimony of Béla Braun, born in Bodrogszentes, Hungary, 1919, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Hungary and Poland and in Győr, Deutsch Schützen and Mauthausen camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Sárospatak, 1940; life in Hungary in various locations for three years; labor during these three years also in Poland for one month; prevention of his release from the Army by the commanders, including Károly Saáry and this despite a regulation put out in 1941; release from the Army, in accordance with the regulation, 18 October 1943; additional deportation to forced...

File Number : 2734

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of József Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1920, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Komárom and Budapest and in Windisch Minihof and Mauthausen camps and more

Testimony of József Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1920, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Komárom and Budapest and in Windisch Minihof and Mauthausen camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Komárom, 17 October 1942; transfer to a military workshop on Timót Street, Budapest; transfer back to Komárom, 20 March 1943; life there for four weeks; transfer to Zilah; life there; being subjected to hostile treatment in the place of labor; names of his commanders: Becske [his first name is not known, a resident of Zirc], Varga [his first name is not known, a resident of...

File Number : 2656

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of József Binetter, born in Bátorkeszi, Hungary in 1910, regarding his experiences during service in labor battalions in Komárom and Kisbér, and in Mauthausen, Günskirchen and other camps Deportation to forced labor in service in the kiegészítő munkásszázad no. 2 labor battalion in Komárom on 15/12/1942; transfer to Kisbér on 08/01/1943; labor in Kisbér at a railroad station; release from the forced labor [by the Hungarian Army] in February 1943; additional transfer to forced labor, in service in labor battalion no. 102/16 in Kisbér on 05/03/1943; labor in the construction of railroad tracks until...

File Number : 2634

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Collective testimony of Andor Braun, born in Tiszafüred, Hungary in 1922, and László Stern, born in Balkány, Hungary in 1920, regarding their experiences during service in labor battalions in Hungary, in the Transylvania area and in Poland, and in Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps Testimony of Andor Braun: Ban against studies, and the great difficulty in finding work in his profession, due to the anti-Jewish legislation (Racial Laws); deportation to forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Komárom on 04/10/1944; labor in Szamosőrmező, in the preparation of a subterranean oil (gasoline) container in...

File Number : 2604

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of József Szerényi, born in Edelény, Hungary in 1900, regarding his experiences in the Szilágysomlyó Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wüstegiersdorf, Hildesheim and other camps

Testimony of József Szerényi, born in Edelény, Hungary in 1900, regarding his experiences in the Szilágysomlyó Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wüstegiersdorf, Hildesheim and other camps Life in Szamosudvarhely including work as a physician; deportation of the Jews to the Szilágysomlyó Ghetto on 01/05/1944; he remains outside the ghetto, thanks to his profession; deportation to the Szilágysomlyó Ghetto in mid-May 1944; Szilágysomlyó Ghetto life; theft of belongings; hunger; torture of the Jews including beatings by an SS soldier who is the commander of the ghetto (Hungarian); humiliations and...

File Number : 2593

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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