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Memoirs of Arkadius Scheinker, born in Riga, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, the Riga Muehlgraben camp, the Kaiserwald camp and the Stutthof camp

Memoirs of Arkadius Scheinker, born in Riga, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, the Riga Muehlgraben camp, the Kaiserwald camp and the Stutthof camp "Riga und der Holocaust:Erinnerungen eines Ueberlebenden" (Riga and the Holocaust: Memoirs of a Survivor): Memoirs of Arkadius Scheinker, including life in the ghetto until 1941; life in the Riga Muehlgraben camp; life in the Kaiserwald camp; life in the Stutthof camp.

File Number : 8030

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Trial against Gerhard Maywald and others accused of murder of Jewish citizens in Riga and Latvia in 1941-1944, Hamburg, 1959-1967; Pre-trial hearings of Jewish survivors and former SS and police men

Trial against Gerhard Maywald and others accused of murder of Jewish citizens in Riga and Latvia in 1941-1944, Hamburg, 1959-1967; Pre-trial hearings of Jewish survivors and former SS and police men This file contains pre-trial hearings of -Jewish survivors from the Riga ghetto and other ghettos and concentration camps in the Riga area; - former SS- and police men active the Riga area during the war. The protocols of the pre-trial hearings contain mainly information about the Riga ghetto, the Salaspils concentration camp, the Jungfernhof concentration camp and the Kaiserwald concentration camp.There...

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Investigation Report, Testimony

Language : German

Interview held by Jewish students from South Africa with Jack Efrat, regarding his memories of Riga during the Nazi occupation, including the establishment of the Riga Ghetto, the execution of 30, 000 Jews at Rumbuli and his deportation to Stutthof, Kaiserwald and Strasshof camps

Interview held by Jewish students from South Africa with Jack Efrat, regarding his memories of Riga during the Nazi occupation, including the establishment of the Riga Ghetto, the execution of 30,000 Jews at Rumbuli and his deportation to Stutthof, Kaiserwald and Strasshof camps

File Number : 2360

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : English

Letter of testimony written by Sigi Ziering to his father regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, the Kaiserwald camp, during the transfer to Liepaja (Latvia), Hamburg and Kiel (Germany) and his emigration to Sweden, 1941-1945 - Deportation from Kassel, Germany, to Riga, Latvia, 09-12 December 1941; forced march to the Riga Ghetto; selection for transfer to the Salaspils camp; murder of 29,000 Latvian Jews, 07-09 December 1941; - Arrival of a total of 11,000 Jews from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia; selections and transfer of the strongest men to Salaspils; - Selection of approximately...

File Number : 225

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs

Language : German

Secret report prepared by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and Belorussia, 1941

Secret report prepared by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and Belorussia, 1941 Translation to English of the report, which describes the situation of the Jews in the Baltic States and Belorussia before the German occupation and at present, including numerical statistics; the organizations that dealt in the murder of the Jews, including local residents and the Selbstschutz (self-defense) organization; ghettos; Included in the file: Two versions of a map, on which the number of people who were murdered in the various areas is indicated; on one of the maps,...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Map, Statistical Data, Survey Report

Language : English, German

Report by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and in Belorussia, Part III, 1941

Report by Einsatzgruppe A, regarding the status of the Final Solution in the Baltic States and in Belorussia, Part III, 1941 Status of the Jews in the Baltic States and in Belorussia, before the German occupation; status of the Jews [during the writing of the report], including numerical data; organizations that dealt with the murder of the Jews, including local residents and Selbstschutz self-defense [units]; mention of the ghettos; Comments: - The last page and maps are missing; - Translation to English can be found in file O.18/2; The document is part of the Evidence material at the Nuremberg...

File Number : 126

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : German

Testimony of Käthe Breslauer regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, 1942-1945

Testimony of Käthe Breslauer regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, 1942-1945 Kaethe Breslauer reports on her deportation from Berlin in 1942 to Theresienstadt and her life and work there until the liberation by the Russians and the return-journey of the surviving inmates. She describes the following events in detail: - The registration of the author and her sister for the "transfer" into the unknown already in November 1941; almost a year of waiting, during which the sisters received some secret benefits from non-Jews - Transport to a collection camp in Berlin and departure Sept. or Oct....

File Number : 217

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Letter from Schneor Himmelfarb to his brother in the Jewish Brigade, 1945, with details about the fate of his relatives in Liepaja

Letter from Schneor Himmelfarb to his brother in the Jewish Brigade, 1945, with details about the fate of his relatives in Liepaja Yehudit Berman and Mali Weiss are mentioned in the letter; the murder of Schneor Katz on July 24, 1941, and of Rachel Katz on February 15, 1942, is noted, and details about the fate of other relatives are given. Submitter's remarks: Schneor Himmelfarb immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1933; after the war, he married Yehudit Berman, also from Liepaja; she survived the Riga ghetto and the Stutthof camp, and other venues, but her first husband was murdered.

File Number : 5450

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

Documentation regarding the experiences of Holocaust survivor Yosel Yazep Shekht, born in Latvia in 1902, who lost his wife and children in Riga Ghetto in 1942

Documentation regarding the experiences of Holocaust survivor Yosel Yazep Shekht, born in Latvia in 1902, who lost his wife and children in Riga Ghetto in 1942 - written by his niece Raya Ratsen: His marriage and the birth of his children in Latvia before the war; deportation to the Riga ghetto together with his wife Asne Shekht and his children; the murder of his wife and children in front of his eyes on 07 December 1942; staying alive due to his ability to repair the camp commander’s car, as he was a mechanic by profession; his labor as a mechanic; arrival at Buchenwald camp on 25 September 1944;...

File Number : 654

Type of Material : Biography

Language : Russian

Letter of testimony containing documentation of the fates of the his relatives who lived in Latvia and perished during the Holocaust, written by Paul Kramer in Hamburg, 2009

Letter of testimony containing documentation of the fates of the his relatives who lived in Latvia and perished during the Holocaust, written by Paul Kramer in Hamburg, 2009 Letter of testimony written in Hamburg, 25 May 2009, by Paul Kramer, born in 1922, containing documentation of the fates of the his relatives who lived in Latvia and perished during the Holocaust, written in Russian with Polish letters: - Eduard Abramovic, the son of Genrih and Josefina Abramovic, born in 1915, [perished] at the end of the war; - Luic Ludvig Abramovic, born in 1925: In 1939 he was deported from Lodz to Latvia...

File Number : 7042

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Letter

Language : Russian

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