Letters sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, refugees from Poland to the Soviet Union, 17 February 1941 and 27 December 1945
- Letter sent by Sara Fridlender and members of her family in Rudnik to her sister in Eretz Israel, 17 February 1941; the letter contains the addresses of other family members in the Soviet Union: R. Fridlender in Mariupol and Leiba Brand in Zhmerinka.
- Another letter sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, 27 December 1945.
Notes from Yehudit Glicksberg, who submitted the material:
The family escaped from Poland to the...
Personal documentation of Szeiman family members, including work permits, an application for unemployment benefits, a certificate confirming the employment of Mendel Szeiman as a policeman, and other documents, 1946-1949
- Identity cards of Majer Shejman, born in 1942, and Izchak Sheimann, born in 1943, issued in Wels DP camp, 30 October 1946;
- Certificate confirming that Mendel Szeiman completed a Police training course in Ebelsberg DP camp, held, 07-12 March 1948;
- Certificate confirming the employment of Mendel Scheinmann, born in Tomasow (apparently Tomaszow Lubelski), 25 December 1912, as a...
Postcards and letters sent to Giza (Wachspress) and Jur Jucui Prowizor in Lwow and Yoshkar Ola by members of the Wachspress family in Tarnow, 1940-1941, correspondence between Giza and Jur during his military service as a Red Army soldier, 1944-1945
- Postcards and letters sent to Jur (Juciu) and Giza (Wachspress) Prowizor in Lwow and Yoshkar Ola by members of the Wachspress family in Tarnow, 1940-1941; the last postcard was sent by Dora Wachspress, 06 May 1941(all the letters and postcards have been translated into Hebrew);
- Letter written by Giza Prowizor in the Soviet Union to her parents in Tarnow,...
File Number : 2246
Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Poem/song, Memoirs
Documentation regarding Hans Paul Weiner, born in Trautenau, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel and service in PAL-Company 608
- Excerpts from the British Army historical documentation collection, regarding PAL-Company 608, dated, 31 March 1941-17 January 1944;
- Photographs and newspaper clippings from "The Palestine Post", 20 May-09 June 1941;
- Memoirs of Hans Paul Weiner;
Childhood in Trautenau;
Escape by his family from a pail [?] to a pogrom; [move?] to Prague, September 1938; attempts to receive an emigration visa in preparation for aliya; illegal aliya from...
File Number : 389
Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Survey Report, Diary
Memoirs of Matityahu Mati Rosen, born in Rozan, Poland, 1931, regarding the experiences of his family in Gaworowo, Rozan and Makow, and escape to the Soviet area
Outbreak of the war and escape of the family to Gaworowo; occupation of Gaworowo and concentration of the Jews between the ages of 18 and 50 in the center of the city; deportation of his father to a camp with the Jews and Poles who had defended the city; release of his father from the detention camp thanks to a Polish Army uniform thrown to him by the Polish Army soldier (the Poles were released approximately two weeks later); invasion of the...
Memoirs of Leon Grynblat, born in Stary Orzechow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in hiding in the forest near Stary Orzechow, as a partisan and as a Polish Army soldier
Transfer to the village of Komarowka, 1943; life in the home of a non-Jewish neighbor with connections to the partisans; transfer of letters to the partisans; escape to the forest, May 1942; information regarding the imminent "Aktion" in Stary Orzechow; finding a hiding place for the members of his family; joining the partisan camp with his brother Laibish and his sister Sheindel; hiding the family in the forest until Pesach (April)...
Personal documentation of the Morgenstzern family, including an authorization regarding the return of Dwojra Morgensztern to Poland, a questionnaire filled out by Dawid Morgensztern, the birth certificate of Brajndla Szyfra Morgensztern, and other documents
- Document given to Dwojra Morgensztern in Dzhambul, authorizing her return to Poland, 14 April 1946;
- Questionnaire filled out by Dawid Morgensztern, 03 December 1946, including details regarding his places of residence and work before his arrival to the areas added to Poland after the war (he resided in Russia beforehand and arrived to Poland,...
Letters and postcards sent by Sara Lajchter from Lublin to her children in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941
- Three letters and a postcard sent by her mother, Sara Mindeleh Lajchter from Lublin to Lena Lajchter during her stay in Bor (the Gorkiy region), 1940-1941; the last postcard was sent 06 April 1941, and speaks of the przesiedlenie" ("transfer") and what was really the deportation from Lublin; "No One Wants to Return for There Is Nowhere to Return", a poem written by Lena Lajchter in her own handwriting regarding departure out on the sea to the unknown, expressing the hope that "The waters of the sea and...
Two letters sent by his daughter Sala in Warsaw to her father D. Jezior in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941
Letter from his daughter Sala in Warsaw where she was together with her mother to her father D. Jezior in the Soviet Union, 14 November 1940;
- Letter from Sala to her father D. Jezior and her brother, Moniek, in Syktyvkar, 10 March 1941.
Note:
There is a full translation of both letters into Hebrew in the file.
Also in the file:
- Envelope (without a letter) sent by Abraham Rabinowitz from the Bergen-Belsen [DP] camp to the Jezioro family in Israel, 08 October 1948.
Birth certificate of Chana Laja Bresler, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1925, the Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) of her parents from 1919 and the death certificate of her mother, Bejla (Leder) Bresler, who perished in the Soviet Union, 1943
- Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) of Israel and Bejla (Leder) Bresler, signed 11 August 1919;
- Birth certificate of Chana Laja Bresler, daughter of Israel and Bejla (Leder) Bresler, born in Kalisz, 11 July 1925, issued in Kalisz, 26 September 1925;
- Death certificate of Bejla Bresler, who died in Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region, 18 October 1943.
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