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Letters and postcards sent to Israel Shalom Procel, born in Wieruszow, Poland, 1910, and his wife Cypa Golde Szajndla, born in Stoczek, Poland, 1908, in Eretz Israel by family members in Wieruszow, Stoczek, Wielun and other places, 1941 - 1936, and after the war including correspondence of Cypa Szajndla in Stoczek with Israel Shalom in Wieruszow during aliya training in Zdunska Wola and Wielun, 1934 - 1936 Letters sent to Golde Szajndla in Stoczek by the Procel family in Wieruszow, 1934 - 1935; Letter from the Mizrachi movement in Poland sent from Wieruszow to Stoczek, 31 May 1935; Letter sent by Moshe...

File Number : 1811

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Certification, Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, Yiddish

Travel book documenting the aliya to Eretz Israel of Zerach Maliniak, born in Warsaw Poland, 1914, and nine of his friends, 1934

Travel book documenting the aliya to Eretz Israel of Zerach Maliniak, born in Warsaw Poland, 1914, and nine of his friends, 1934 In the book: Good wishes and autographs of communities in Poland through which the aliya group passed riding on their bicycles.

File Number : 8040

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German

Testimony of Emil Efraim (Katz) Reed, born in Lesko, 1907, regarding his experiences in Krakow and the Plaszow, Dora and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Emil Efraim (Katz) Reed, born in Lesko, 1907, regarding his experiences in Krakow and the Plaszow, Dora and Bergen-Belsen camps His childhood; orphaned of his father at age 5; move to uncle in Krakow; school; membership in Mizrachi Hatzair movement; position as local head of movement and organization of meetings with Chaim Moshe Shapiro; leaves position, 1934; work as manager of building supplies company; his mother and sister's fate. His place of work defined as crucial to the Germans; his command of German results in obtaining a work permit; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto and...

File Number : 10834

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Shlomo Burg, born in Dresden, 1909, regarding his experiences in Berlin during Kristallnacht, establishing housing for pioneers in Germany, Zionist activities in Zurich and Geneva, and in Aliya Bet Religious family; school; his father is a founder of Hamizrachi; rabbinical seminary studies in Berlin; university studies; move to Leipzig; Mizrachi Hatzair movement activities; Nazi rise to power in Magdeburg, 1932; Zionist activities under Nazi supervision; return to the rabbinical seminary in Berlin to complete his studies; voted to the Zionist executive committee; active in developing...

File Number : 10766

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Neufeld) Breuer, born in Leipzig, Germany, 1921, regarding her emigration attempts and her experiences as a member of the ill-fated Kladovo-Šabac Transport

Testimony of Miriam (Neufeld) Breuer, born in Leipzig, Germany, 1921, regarding her emigration attempts and her experiences as a member of the ill-fated Kladovo-Šabac Transport Testimony of Miriam (Neufeld) Breuer, a passenger from the ship "Uranus", which was stopped at Kladovo, Yugoslavia during an unsuccessful attempt to transport Jews from Europe to Eretz Israel in 1939. - Unsuccessful emigration attempt to England; acceptance into the Sonderhachshara through the offices of Dr Joseph Burg, her former teacher in the Carlebach High school in Leipzig; description of the living condition for Jews; -...

File Number : 305

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Letters to Julius Oppenheim in Eretz Israel, 1939–1946; documentation of the fate of the Oppenheim family; experiences of Julius Oppenheim, born in Nentershausen

Letters to Julius Oppenheim in Eretz Israel, 1939–1946; documentation of the fate of the Oppenheim family; experiences of Julius Oppenheim, born in Nentershausen - letters to Julius Oppenheim in Eretz Israel, 1939–1939 and after the war in 1945–1946, from: -- his mother, Rozalie Oppenheim, in Frankfurt; -- Karl Oppenheim in São Paulo; -- Dr. Josef Burg, from the coordinating office of the Religious Pioneers Alliance (Bahad) in Geneva; -- Erich Israel Narewczewitz in Frankfurt, via the German Red Cross; -- the Jüdische Betreuungsstelle in Frankfurt, about the deportation of his mother to the...

File Number : 5774

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Telegram, Envelope, Memoirs, Personal Records, Letter, Red Cross Letter

Language : Hebrew, German

Memoirs of Chaim Menakhem Basok, born in Vilna in 1923, regarding his childhood, his experiences during the Holocaust and after the Holocaust, his correspondence with family and friends in 1945-1948 and further documentation from the 1940s and 1950s "Childhood Memories": Chaim Menakhem Basok's memoirs of his childhood in Vilna before World War II, in which he mentions events from the Holocaust; the memoirs were written by Chaim Menakhem Basok’s grandson, based on their conversations; the booklet also includes the poem "Not in the Land of Moriah" by Moshe Basok; the memoirs booklet also appears in item O.33 /...

File Number : 10917

Type of Material : Biography, Correspondence, Personal Documents, Postcard, Telegram, Interview(s), Speech, Letter, Article, Certification, Lectures, Memoirs, Circular, הודעה, Poems/songs, Draft

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Documents related to the witness Ethel (Zilberman) Ratz, later Reed, born in Humniska, Poland in 1920, and her husband Emil Ratz, later Reed, born in Lesko, Poland in 1907, from 1936-2012 - Press articles published in the United States and Israel regarding Eda Ratz-Reid's search for her sister Zosia Zissel, born in Sanok. She lost contact with her sister in 1942 and located her in Montreal, Canada in 1964; - Letter from the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel dated 07 June 1963. The letter alleges that Zissel Zilberman, one of the passengers on the illegal immigrant ship Hannah Szenes that ran aground, almost...

File Number : 1666

Type of Material : List, Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Letter, Marriage Certificate, Article, Article, Administrative Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Letters from the Aurbach family in Morszyn-Zdrój, Będzin, Sławków, Italy, and Eretz Israel, 1934–1949, and Chaskiel (Yehezkel) Shlomo Aurbach's experiences in Będzin

Letters from the Aurbach family in Morszyn-Zdrój, Będzin, Sławków, Italy, and Eretz Israel, 1934–1949, and Chaskiel (Yehezkel) Shlomo Aurbach's experiences in Będzin - postcards from members of the Aurbach family in Będzin: -- to Mr. Rougemont in Lausanne, January 2, 1940; -- to Chaskiel Aurbach at a Hashomer Hadati kibbutz in Vilnius, February 9, 1940; - letters to Fala Tsipora Mordkowicz née Aurbach in Eretz Israel, 1934–1941: -- her brother Chaskiel Aurbach in Będzin and Sławków; -- her family in Morszyn-Zdrój and Będzin, including her parents, Tobiasz and Estera Aurbach; her brothers Ajzyk, Mosze,...

File Number : 5094

Type of Material : Biography, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Envelope, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German, Yiddish

Diary of Ruchel Rosa Lehrer, born in Dresden in 1922, written in Eretz Israel in 1938; letters and postcards sent to her from Dresden and Przemyśl by family members during 1937-1941; documentation related to Ruchel Rosa Lehrer and to her future husband, Herman Weissmann - Notebook, including: --- Memoir book of Rachel Lehrer, which she received as a gift from her relative Albert Katz, with greetings and notes by family members and friends during 1935-1937; --- Diary written by Rachel Lehrer at the Beit Tzeirot Mizrachi dormitory in Jerusalem during 09/08-29/12/1938; - Letter sent to Rosa Lehrer by K....

File Number : 10855

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

Language : Hebrew, German, Yiddish

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