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Correspondence between the Lodz Ghetto community system and various organizations and institutions: Letter from Rumkowski to Moshe Merin (Chairman of the Central Judenrat of the Eastern Upper Silesia area), 23 September 1940 Rumkowski's request that Merin no longer correspond with him through the Ghetto Administration Authority, as this disturbs Hans Biebow, the head of the Lodz Ghetto Administration; Merin should use the ghetto postal service for future correspondence.

File Number : 561

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Testimony of David Baumgarten, born in Zaglebie-Golonog, 1924, regarding his experiences in camps in Poland and Germany

Testimony

Testimony of David Baumgarten, born in Zaglebie-Golonog, 1924, regarding his experiences in camps in Poland and Germany Family way of life; relations with the local population. First days of the German occupation; establishment of the Judenrat; deportation to forced labor in Sosnowiec and then in Auenrode, April 1940; labor paving roads; camp life; transfer with part of the group to Gabersdorf; meets his brother; transfer to the Russian front as an auxiliary force to the German army near Leningrad; return to Annaberg, then to Tarnowiec; labor laying railroad lines; camp life; transfer with about 50 men...

File Number : 9601

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Joint testimony of Meir Shulman, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1911, and Chava Shulman, regarding their experiences in Krakow, the Chrzanow Ghetto, the Bedzin Ghetto, Sosnowiec, the Jewish underground and other places Life before the war; Chava's move to Chrzanow. Outbreak of the war in September 1939; escape to Krakow; escape in the direction of the Soviet Union; escape to Chrzanow; life in Chrzanow; deportation to the Chrzanow Ghetto; ghetto life; underground organization of a group of young people; contact with the underground in Sosnowiec and Bedzin; forging of documents and seals by Meir; providing...

File Number : 4538

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sara (Schwarzbaum) Silfen, born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1924, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto, in the Srodula Ghetto and in Auschwitz camp during 1939-1945

Memoirs of Sara (Schwarzbaum) Silfen, born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1924, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto, in the Srodula Ghetto and in Auschwitz camp during 1939-1945 Life in the Olkusz district with her family members in August 1939; outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; return to Sosnowiec; persecution of the Jews of Sosnowiec; establishment of the Judenrat under the supervision of Moniek Merin; confiscation of Jewish property; registration of the Jews; deportation of the Jews to the Sosnowiec Ghetto; establishment of the Jewish Police; establishment of the central office of the Jewish...

File Number : 9785

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish