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Documentation related to the Grau and Brunell families from Berlin, 1895-2000, including birth certificates, a marriage contract, permits and more

Documentation related to the Grau and Brunell families from Berlin, 1895-2000, including birth certificates, a marriage contract, permits and more - Birth certificate of Erwin Grau, born 14 April 1895, issued in Berlin, 17 April 1895; - Birth certificate of Lotte Brunell (daughter of Alice [Cahn] Brunell), issued in Cologne, 18 December 1906; - Marriage contract of Erwin Grau and Lotte (Brunell) Grau written in the form of a poem and signed by approximately 60 witnesses in Cologne, 05 May 1929; - Birth certificate of Denny Gad Grau (son of Erwin Grau and Lotte [Brunell] Grau), born 17 October 1938,...

File Number : 649

Type of Material : Personal Documents, List of Murdered Jews, Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the Heymann family, including diaries and a memoir book belonging to Suse Angela Heymann, documents regarding the military service of Meyer Manfred Heymann during World War I, food ration cards, forged documents, and other documents, 1868-1983 Diaries: - Diary of Suse Angela Heymann, written in the Netherlands, 22 January-15 August 1942, and after the war, 1945-1949 (written mainly in German and at the end in Dutch); - Diary written by Suse Angela Heymann toward the end of the war and immediately after the end of the war, including poems written (or copied) by her, a collection...

File Number : 644

Type of Material : Passport, Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Poems/songs, Memoir Book, Diary, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard

Language : Dutch, German

Documentation regarding Viktor and Anna (Pollenz) Bermann including letters and postcards they received from members of their family and friends, postcards sent from Theresienstadt by Anna Bermann's parents and more, 1908-1968

Documentation belonging to Viktor and Anna Anni (Pollenz) Bermann including letters and postcards they received from members of their family and friends, postcards sent from Theresienstadt by Anna Bermann's parents and more, 1908-1968 Letters, postcards and telegrams (in chronological order): - Three postcards sent to Viktor Bermann in Olmuetz by his mother Adele Bermann in Karlovy Vary, August 1925; - Postcard sent to Anni (Pollenz) Bermann in Olmuetz by her daughter Ewa in Thisted, Denmark, 30 April 1940; - Letters and telegrams sent to Anni Bermann by her parents Josef and Leopoldine Pollenz and...

File Number : 2189

Type of Material : Letter, Diploma, Telegram, Red Cross Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Declaration, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Postcard, Personal Documents, Journal, Official Documentation

Language : Spanish, Hebrew, Czech, French, English, German

Personal documentation of Anni (Winzelberg) Schor, her husband Jakob Max Schor, and his family in Hamburg, Germany, 1905-1946

Personal documentation of Anni (Winzelberg) Schor, her husband Jakob Max Schor, and his family in Hamburg, Germany, 1905-1946 - Letters and postcards sent to Anni Winzelberg and her sister Rosi in Eretz Israel by their parents and other family members in Kiel, 1937-1939; - Postcard sent by relatives in the United States to the Winzelberg family in Kiel, 19 August 1938; - Postcards sent to Rosi and Anni (Winzelberg) in Eretz Israel by their brother Berni in Munich, Germany, 1937-1938; - Two letters sent to Rosi and Anni (Winzelberg) in Eretz Israel by their brother Berni in Hamburg, Germany, March...

File Number : 2184

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Red Cross Letter, Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German - Hebrew Characters, German

Certificates of honor awarded to Josef Bodnar for his service an Austro-Hungarian Army officer during World War I, and forged certificate of baptism and certificate of marriage used during Bodnar's escape from Nadworna along with his family, during World War II - Two certificates attesting to the raise in rank of Austro-Hungarian Army soldier Josef Bodnar, issued in Vienna, November-December 1915; - Certificate attesting to the awarding of a medal of honor to Austro-Hungarian Army soldier Josef Bodnar, issued in Vienna, 24 January 1917; - Diploma of Law awarded to Joseph Bodnar in Lwow, 04 August...

File Number : 1203

Type of Material : Diploma, Personal Documents

Language : Latin, German

Military service booklet of Otto Simon, born in Mannheim, Germany, 1881, issued, 02 December 1917

Military service booklet of Otto Simon, born in Mannheim, Germany, 1881, issued, 02 December 1917 Military service booklet of Otto Simon, from the period of his service in the German Army, 1917-1918; Note by the submitter of the material: Otto Simon resided in Mannheim, where his children were born.

File Number : 640

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : German

Postcards sent by relatives and friends in Poland to Leo Handel in New York, United States, 1937-1939

Postcards sent by relatives and friends in Poland to Leo Handel in New York, United States, 1937-1939 - Three postcards sent by Schaje Mendel Burg in Horodenka, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 17 October 1937, 20 February 1939 and 03 April 1939 (in Yiddish); - Two postcards sent by Regina Scharf in Sniatyn, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 08 March 1938 and 11 June 1939 (in German); - Postcard sent by Klara Borel in Podhajce, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 11 June 1939 (in German); Comments by the submitter of the material: Arie Leib Handel was born in Sniatyn, Poland, during the 1860s....

File Number : 2162

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Hebrew, German, Yiddish

Personal documents of Josef Aiger and his family members, 1923-1977

Personal documents of Josef Aiger and his family members, 1923-1977 Postcards and letters: - Postcard sent by Breina, from Augostow, to her sister Lea Sherman in Eretz Israel, 20 May 1940; - Postcard in Russian sent to Annette Marcus in the United States by her sister Rakhil in Augostow, 21 May 1940; included is a translation to Hebrew; - Postcard sent by Szmul Aiger in Krakow to his brother Josef Aiger in Eretz Israel by means of H. S. Frisch in Bucharest, Romania, 25 December 1939 (including a translation to Hebrew); - Postcard sent from Fagaras, Romania, by request of his brother Szmul Aiger...

File Number : 2039

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Memoirs, Postcard, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish

Documentation regarding a Jewish lawyer, Curt Waldmann, and his German spouse Else Waldmann, 1933-2010

Documentation regarding a Jewish lawyer, Curt Waldmann, and his German spouse Else Waldmann, 1933-2010 - Curriculum Vitae (CV) of Curt Waldmann, written by Waldmann in Breslau, 22 July 1933; - Confirmation regarding the granting of the "Cross of Honor" medal to Lawyer Curt Waldmann for his participation in World War I; confirmation, issued in Breslau, 01 October 1934; - Marriage certificate of Curt Waldmann and Else Marie Pauline Bruckner, issued, 1933; - Birth certificate of Curt Waldmann, who was born in Glatz, 05 April 1883; certificate issued in Glatz, 29 December 1938; - Two letters sent to...

File Number : 627

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Letter of Testimony, Postcard, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Research Article, Personal Documents

Language : German

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