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Testimony of Max Flesch, born in Neudamm, Germany, 1907, regarding his Zionist activities in Hamburg, Basel and Mannheim, 1933-1938

Testimony of Max Flesch, born in Neudamm, Germany, 1907, regarding his Zionist activities in Hamburg, Basel and Mannheim, 1933-1938 In the file: - Introduction prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri to the testimony of Max Flesch; - Testimony of Max Flesch given in 1959 to Dr. Ball-Kaduri in which the witness spoke of his escape to Basel with other young Jewish academicians, and organizing Zionist activities in Basel, 1933-1934; his return to Germany and work as a Zionist activist in Hamburg, 1934; the David Sealtiel [Shaltiel] affair, when the head of the Haganah Intelligence service was arrested by the...

File Number : 341

Type of Material : Testimony, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

Letters written by Braude family members in Grodno to Avraham and Rachel Braude in Eretz Israel, 1932-1941, and letters written by Hillel and Frania Braude from Italy to Avraham and Rachel Braude in Eretz Israel, 1945-1947 First and second file of letters, 1932-1934: Letters sent to Avraham and Rachel Braude by Faige Braude and her children Hillel, Batya, Sara and Esther, regarding the financial difficulties of the family's business, the activities of Hashomer Hatzair in Grodno, and the difficulty of family members in making aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya of Avraham and Rachel Braude to Eretz Israel in the...

File Number : 546

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony regarding Dr. Chaim Rosenthal, born in Kolomyja, Poland, including his educational and civic activities in Kamionka Strumilowa

Testimony regarding Dr. Chaim Rosenthal, born in Kolomyja, Poland, including his educational and civic activities in Kamionka Strumilowa Period of service of Dr. Chaim Rosenthal, an educator and civic activist in Kamionka Strumilowa, as a member of the Municipal Committee [in Kamionka Strumilowa], including [dealing with] issues related to the Jewish community; occupation of [Kamionka Strumilowa] by the German Army, June 1941; murder of Rosenthal by Ukrainian nationalists in a riot after the German occupation, June 1941.

File Number : 413

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Material regarding the Jewish community in Danzig, Zionist activity, and the activities of Chaim Pazner in the community, 1933-1939, 1952

Material regarding the Jewish community in Danzig, Zionist activity, and the activities of Chaim Pazner in the community, 1933-1939, 1952 The file contains: Pages 1-2: Letter from the Eretz Israel Office in Danzig to the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, giving Chaim Pazner the power of attorney to handle the matters of aliya to Eretz Israel for the Jews of Danzig even while he is in Switzerland, (original and copy included), August 1939; Pages 3-8: Report on the situation of the Jews in Danzig after the outbreak of the war, including the names of Jews who fled from Danzig to Trieste and the writer...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper, Official Documentation, Booklet(s), Announcement, Survey Report

Language : German, Yiddish

Testimony of Jehuda Weissbrod Brott, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in Vienna until 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Jehuda Weissbrod Brott, born in Tarnopol, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in Vienna until 1939 Life in Vienna before the war; work as Executive Secretary of the Poalei Zion party. Annexation to Germany; interrogation of Jewish representatives and Zionist party heads by Eichmann; fund raising in London with Teddy Kollek and Ehud Avriel for the emigration of poor children; interrogation by the Gestapo in Vienna; establishment of Youth Aliyah in Vienna; participation in the Zionist Congress in Geneva, August 1939. Aliya to Eretz Israel at the outbreak of the war; information about...

File Number : 3912

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Nachum Meriash, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1910, regarding his experiences in detention, Arkhangelsk and Thshernoe Ozero

Testimony

Testimony of Nachum Meriash, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1910, regarding his experiences in detention, Arkhangelsk and Thshernoe Ozero Zionist activities as part of the Betharia Jewish students’ organization at Kaunas University; completion of his studies; earns his degree as a lawyer, 1936; political activities. Arrest by the Soviets; deportation to Arkhangelsk in the northern Soviet Union as an enemy of the regime, June 1941; life of the deportees en route; transfer to Thshernoe Ozero; camp life with additional Jews for three years; interrogation; transfer to "free settlement" (travel restrictions to a...

File Number : 4030

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Lea (Mer) Karklin, born in Kraziai, Lithuania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Siauliai and Stutthof

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Mer) Karklin, born in Kraziai, Lithuania, 1920, regarding her experiences in Siauliai and Stutthof Life in Siauliai under Soviet occupation; life on an underground kibbutz as part of a Zionist Youth movement; deportation of children and joins the voluntary deportation of Judenrat members; life in Stutthof; deportation on foot; transfer of Jews from the Soviet Union to Poland by Hashomer Hatzair and the NKVD. Aliya to Israel, 1960.

File Number : 3368

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Shulim Cherkes, born in Briceni, Romania, 1904, regarding his experiences in Siberia

Testimony

Testimony of Shulim Cherkes, born in Briceni, Romania, 1904, regarding his experiences in Siberia Witness is a lawyer; life before the war. Zionist activities; detention; deportation to Siberia; life in Siberia; end of the war. Stands trial for his Zionist activities before the war; life in detention camps; aliya to Israel, 1971.

File Number : 3825

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Aleksander Lifschitz, born in Vilna, Poland, 1911, regarding his experiences in Zionist activities and in prisons and detention camps in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Aleksander Lifschitz, born in Vilna, Poland, 1911, regarding his experiences in Zionist activities and in prisons and detention camps in the Soviet Union Zionist activities. Detention by the N.K.V.D. in Vilna, 1941; life in prisons and detention camps in the Soviet Union for 15 years. Aliya to Israel, 1972.

File Number : 3697

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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