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Testimony of Moshe Horvitz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Sajoszentpeter Ghetto, Jelsava camp, Pelmonostor, Budapest and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Horvitz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Sajoszentpeter Ghetto, Jelsava camp, Pelmonostor, Budapest and other places His parents are from the Rabbi Tennenbaum and Rabbi Nuefeld families. Draft of his father to forced labor in Kunmadaras, 1942; arrival of refugees from Poland and Slovakia; German occupation, March 1944; closure of the family's shop; deportation to the Sajoszentpeter Ghetto, May 1944; drafted to a labor battalion; transfer to Jelsava; camp life including agricultural labor and in forests; failed escape attempts; transfer to Palmonostora,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Wertheimer, born in Medias, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Gross Wardein Ghetto, in hiding, and escape from a train to Slovakia

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Wertheimer, born in Medias, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Gross Wardein Ghetto, in hiding, and escape from a train to Slovakia His father's army service in World War I; his father builds a synagogue; learns in various yeshivas; prepares gravestones; the attitude of the neighbors; Hungarians break into the rabbi's home; concentration of draftees at Tusnad; forced labor dismantling train cars; absence from roll call; beatings; forced labor, digging; life in the Gross Wardein Ghetto; hiding in a bunker; discovery of the bunker; being registered as a construction worker; liquidation...

File Number : 11175

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yocheved (Steinberg) Sachs, born in Nitra, 1929, regarding her experiences in Nitra, hiding, Auschwitz-Birkenau and forced labor in Bad Kudowa

Testimony

Testimony of Yocheved (Steinberg) Sachs, born in Nitra, 1929, regarding her experiences in Nitra, in hiding, in Auschwitz-Birkenau and forced labor in Bad Kudowa Life as the youngest daughter among 12 children, until 1942; aliya of four brothers to Eretz Israel and their attempts for the whole family to join them. Rounded-up with other Jews and their release a few days later due to the community's efforts, 1942; her father's work sorting books removed from the homes of Jews; he receives a certificate classifying him as an essential worker; move to the Jewish area, 1942; continuation of studies until...

File Number : 11306

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding rescue efforts of Jewish organizations during the war, testimonies of Holocaust survivors, emigration attempts and the postwar handling of Holocaust survivors and the Holocaust in general, 1943-1973 Pages 101-122: Notes of a member of the Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council in Amsterdam) regarding the situation in the Netherlands, most probably 1943: - Initial anti-Jewish decrees, 1940, including the ban on ritual slaughter, 31 July 1940; - Dismissal of Jewish officials, November 1940; - Anti-Jewish propaganda, early 1941; - Brawls between the Nationaal-Socialistische...

File Number : 132

Type of Material : Correspondence, Reports, Official Documentation, Letter(s), Lists, Testimony, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Telegrams and reports, primarily from Harrison in Bern, to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia, July-December 1944

Telegrams and reports, primarily from Harrison in Bern, to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia, July-December 1944 Page 1: Telegram asking for financial help in smuggling Jews from Hungary to Slovakia, and also for supporting the refugees in Switzerland, 21 July 1944; Page 2-3: Report regarding the terrible situation of the Jews who remained in Slovakia, news regarding the renewal of the deportations; harassment of the Jews by the government which is collaborating with the Nazis; blaming the Jews for the increasing civilian revolt; requesting the...

File Number : 91

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : English

Personal documentation, letters and memoirs of Leonie Schwarz, Gisi Fleischmann's secretary

Personal documentation, letters and memoirs of Leonie Schwarz, Gisi Fleischmann's secretary - Recollections of Gisi Fleischmann's work in WIZO, HICEM and the JDC, 1930s; activities of Gisi Fleischmann in Bratislava together with Rabbi Michael Weissmandel in rescuing the Jews of Slovakia, 1939-1944; - Personal documents belonging to Leonie Schwarz, born in Tesin, 30 September 1907, recommendations regarding her work at the JDC and HICEM in Bratislava, 1930s and 1940s; Slovak identity card; - Letters from relatives in Chile containing personal information; Included in the file: Sermon on "Noach", the...

File Number : 28

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Letter

Language : Slovak, German

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

Copy of a letter from Rabbi Michael Weissmandel of Bratislava calling for extending help to the remaining Jews in camps in Poland

Copy of a letter from Rabbi Michael Weissmandel of Bratislava calling for extending help to the remaining Jews in camps in Poland Difficult situation of the Jews in Poland including hunger, morbidity, forced labor, deportation to camps and mass murder; call for Jews in the diaspora and Eretz Israel to extend immediate help.

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew

Newspaper clippings, mostly regarding the Jews of Slovakia, 1936-1942

Newspaper clippings, mostly regarding the Jews of Slovakia, 1936-1942 - Anti-Jewish proclamations and damage to the synagogue in Bratislava, May 1936; - Draft of Jews to forced labor in Bratislava, October 1939; - Confiscation of Jewish property and deportation of Jews to labor camps, 30 May 1941 and 07 November 1942; - Article from the "Al Hamishmar" newspaper on the activity of Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandel during the Holocaust.

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of David Steiner, born in Bratislava, 1926, regarding his experiences in Bratislava and various hiding places in Bratislava

Testimony

Testimony of David Steiner, born in Bratislava, 1926, regarding his experiences in Bratislava and various hiding places in Bratislava Life before the war; family owns a book store. Antisemitic laws including Aryanization of the family store, March 1939; establishment of Judenrat; deportation of families starting 1942; saved from deportation because of status as crucial to the economy; forced labor in construction; in hiding following warning about deportation; "Aktion" on Tisha B'Av, 1942; witness is investigated in order to discover parents' hiding place; break in deportations from Slovakia; financial...

File Number : 10349

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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