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Testimony of Sylvia (Blau) Wirzbaum, born in Borod, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oberhohenelbe, Pocking, Paris and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Sylvia (Blau) Wirzbaum, born in Borod, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oberhohenelbe, Pocking, Paris and other places Life under Hungarian occupation, including antisemitism and anti-Jewish policies; German Army occupation of Oradea Mare, 1944; Oradea Ghetto life for six weeks, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life including separation from her family; transfer to Oberhohenelbe deportation camp in Czechoslovakia, 1944; camp life including labor in a "Lorenz" factory producing cars for the Germans; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. ...

File Number : 13163

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Elsa (Heilbronn) Epstein, born in Schmalnau, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Schmalnau, Frankfurt and with foster families in the United States

Testimony

Testimony of Elsa (Heilbronn) Epstein, born in Schmalnau, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Schmalnau, Frankfurt and with foster families in the United States Her childhood in Schmalnau; life during the Nazi rule. Move of her sister to Pennsylvania, 1934; increase in displays of antisemitism; imposition of anti-Jewish decrees; her father is forced to leave his place of work, 1935; move of her family to Frankfurt; life in the children's home [in Frankfurt], 1936; move to the United States with another 11 children; separation from her family in Germany, 1937; life with a Jewish foster family in...

File Number : 13142

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Yetty (Ivanier) Burg, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences in Lucavatul de Sus, Mogilev, Stepanki, Skazintsy and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yetty (Ivanier) Burg, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences in Lucavatul de Sus, Mogilev, Stepanki, Skazintsy and other places Life in Cernauti and Lucavatul de Sus; increase in antisemitism, 1937; murder of two of her uncles. Soviet occupation, 1940; nationalization of the family's shop; draft of her father into the Red Army; retreat of the Soviets, Shavuot (June) 1941; riots by nationalist groups; re-occupation by the Romanian Army; looting of furniture in their home; escape and family hides in another house; concentration of all the town's Jews in the synagogue;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from the Verzetsmuseum Friesland Museum in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, 1997-1998

Documentation from the Verzetsmuseum Friesland Museum in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, 1997-1998 The museum was established in memory of underground fighters from the Friesland region who were murdered by the Nazis. "Een Tweede Wereldoorlog (World War II)", a pamphlet containing chapters related to "Collaboration", "Adaptation", "Opposition", "Persecution", "1918-1945" and "After 1945".

File Number : 15.4

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

Language : Dutch

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Lectures on Modern Antisemitism, the Jews of Germany and the Jews of Europe before the Holocaust, and the Holocaust in Europe presented at the Technion and Hebrew University In the file: - Lectures dealing with Modern Antisemitism, the History of the Jews in Germany between Two World Wars and During the Nazi Period, World War II, the Ghettos, the "Final Solution" and Rescue, presented by Leni Yahil at the Technion in Haifa and Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Photographs of Jewish partisans and underground members in Bulgaria during World War II

Photographs of Jewish partisans and underground members in Bulgaria during World War II Portraits of Leon Tadjer, Emil Checerdjiiski, Mico Papo, Anna Ventura, Violeta Iakova and Mati Rubenova including a photograph of the monument in Sofia in memory of the Jews who perished in the anti-Fascist struggle. Also in the file: - Portraits of Georgi Dimitrov and Vasil Kolarov; - Government decision Number 11 regarding benefits and certificates for underground and partisan activity, 06 November 1944; - Certificate of participation in the war, 1944-1945, issued to Viktor Meshulam.

File Number : 34

Type of Material : Photograph

Language : Bulgarian

Article by Marcel Chouraqui regarding the bestowing of the American "Legion of Merit" military decoration to French General Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny by the American government

File Number : 366

Type of Material : Article

Language : French

Various articles published in the Algerian press by Marcel Chouraqui, 1943-1944

Various articles published in the Algerian press by Marcel Chouraqui, 1943-1944 Publication of the articles on the day Italy was liberated, and publication of an article in the "Gazette de Lausanne", 29 June 1947.

File Number : 365

Type of Material : Article

Language : French

Various articles by Marcel Chouraqui regarding the implications of liberation in Austria and Czechoslovakia, June-July 1945

File Number : 364

Type of Material : Article

Language : French

Articles by Marcel Chouraqui regarding the heroic deeds of the Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur (FFI- Interior French Forces) fighters in France, 1944

File Number : 363

Type of Material : Article, Photograph

Language : French

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