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Correspondence by József Deustch, who was a forced laborer for the Hungarian Army, with his family members, 1942-1944, and the memoirs of Zahava (Deutsch) Inbar, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Zillerthal, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camps, and in other places - Letters and postcards sent by Deutsch family members from Lucska, Rozsnyó, Kunmadaras and from the Rimaszécs Ghetto, 1942-1944; - Memoirs of Zahava (Deutsch) Inbar, written, 1993: German occupation of Hungary; in hiding in an attic in Szepsi; inability to return to her parents' home in Lucska; presents herself before the Police,...

File Number : 1832

Type of Material : Memoirs, Letter, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Memoirs of Miriam (Mandel) Goldshmidt, born in Ober Apsa, Czechoslovakia, including memoirs of various family members

Memoirs of Miriam (Mandel) Goldshmidt, born in Ober Apsa, Czechoslovakia, including memoirs of various family members Memoirs of Miriam (Mandel) Goldshmidt, born in Ober Apsa, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Ober Apsa until 1944; Mateszalka Ghetto life until June 1944; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; Stutthof camp life and life on an agricultural farm near the camp, including forced labor, until March 1945; life on board a ship under the guard of SS men until liberation at Neustadt; Bindermichl DP camp life; Memoirs of her family members: 1) Montzi (Vizel) Mandel, born in Ober Apsa,...

File Number : 8284

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hermina (Gruenberg) Vlasopolos, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, the Reichenbach camp, the Parschnitz camp and other places

Testimony of Hermina (Gruenberg) Vlasopolos, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, the Reichenbach camp, the Parschnitz camp and other places Life in the Oradea Ghetto, 04 April-01 June 1944; [deportation to Auschwitz, 01 June 1944;] life in Auschwitz until August 1944; [deportation to the Reichenbach camp, August 1944;] life in Reichenbach; [deportation to the Parschnitz camp;] life in Parschnitz; [deportation to the Sudetenland;] life in an aircraft factory in the Sudetenland.

File Number : 8042

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Poems by Mary Goldberg regarding camp life for the female inmates of the Plauen labor camp, written May 1945

File Number : 240

Type of Material : Poems/songs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Mahia Schwartz Fried, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding the deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Mahia Schwartz Fried, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding the deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other camps Family background; move to Sacveni in Transylvania. Deportation to the Oradea ghetto; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 24 May 1945; murder of her parents in crematorium; living conditions in the camp; arrangements; Mengele selections; fear that they would separate the witness from her sisters who were with her; inaction; a stay of about six months; transfer with her sisters to Nuernberg to a labor camp, November 1944; improvement in living conditions; work in aircraft parts;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elisheva (Stern) Tzimet, born in Sighet, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Torgau

Testimony

Testimony of Elisheva (Stern) Tzimet, born in Sighet, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Torgau Hungarian occupation; life in a religious family with 10 people; witness' father had been a well-to-do lumber merchant during the Romanian rule; attends a Beit Yaakov school; Zionism; contribution to the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv; Hungarian occupation, 1940; anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions on the Jews; displays of antisemitism by the neighbors; eviction from her home, Pesach (7 April) 1944; life in the Sighet Ghetto for approximately one...

File Number : 13254

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters sent to Matilde Bassani by her mother Lavinia Bassani and her grandfather during the period Matilde was in detention in Ferrara; letter from Matilde in response, 19-24 June 1943

Letters sent to Matilde Bassani by her mother Lavinia Bassani and her grandfather during the period Matilde was in detention in Ferrara; letter from Matilde in response, 19-24 June 1943 - On 11 June 1943 Matilde was detained in the prison in Ferrara with comrades in her activities following their being charged with subversive activities against the regime. She remained in detention until the deposition of Benito Mussolini, 25 July 1943.

File Number : 220

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter

Language : Italian

Testimony regarding life in Auschwitz from October 1944, until the evacuation of the camp, January 1945

Testimony regarding life in Auschwitz from October 1944, until the evacuation of the camp, January 1945 Arrival at Auschwitz on a transport , October 1944; selection and shower after the arrival of a transport with Jewish female inmates from Poland; another selection, one week later, and the selection of a group of young, healthy women to Hesler's Labor Kommando; housing in large barracks with relatively good conditions; labor hauling stones for road construction; rest from labor on Sundays; literature club and visits to the movie theater and opera, performed by female inmates in the women's camp; evacuation...

File Number : 86

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Rena Taubenblatt, regarding her experiences in the HASAG factories in Skarzysko-Kamienna and Leipzig camps, and on a death march

Testimony of Rena Taubenblatt, regarding her experiences in the HASAG factories in Skarzysko-Kamienna and Leipzig camps, and on a death march Deportation from Plaszow camp; labor in HASAG factories; Skarzysko camp life; relations between the inmates; mass mortality: of the 900 female inmates, 300 remain alive, several months later; en route to HASAG factories in Leipzig camp; improvement in the living conditions and the attitude of the German labor supervisors; death march, as of 18 March 1943: they march 30 kilometers every day, for two weeks, until the SS men and the guards flee.

File Number : 84

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Letter sent by Stern in Bruenlitz to Żegota (Rada Pomocy Żydom, RPZ - Council to Aid Jews) in Krakow

Letter sent by Stern in Bruenlitz to Żegota (Rada Pomocy Żydom, RPZ - Council to Aid Jews) in Krakow Letter from Stern (unknown whether this is his real name) to Żegota with information regarding life in the Bruenlitz camp, a sub-camp comprised of the factories in Zablocie; attitude of the owners of the German factory, including restraint by the German camp commanders; arrival of a transport with 300 women; authorization to receive financial assistance and articles of clothing for the inmates; request to send parcels of food; request for financial assistance; most of the letter is written in code.

File Number : 80

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

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