Personal documents of James Ellenbogen, 1938-1944
Personal letters:
- Red Cross letter sent by Eva Ellenbogen in England to her father, James Ellenbogen, in Amsterdam, 17 June 1940;
- Correspondence, by means of Red Cross letters, between Margarete Haym in Berlin and her sister Herta Ellenbogen in England, 1941-1942; last Red Cross letter sent by Margarete, 15 October 1942;
- Red Cross letter sent by Eva Herzog in England to her aunt Margarete Haym in Berlin, 04 July 1942; reply received on the back of the letter, 10 October 1942;
- Red Cross letter sent by Margarete Haym in Berlin to Elise...
File Number : 2140
Type of Material : Red Cross Letter, Personal Documents, Letter
Letters and postcards sent to Jakob Amram in Zurich, 1939-1945
- Letter sent by Seligmann Hirschberg and Goldine Dina Amram from Leer to the Wortheim family, 15 December 1939; not having enough time to write since their son Yehiel made aliya to Eretz Israel and they are busy corresponding with him;
- Postcards and letters sent to Jakob Amram in Zurich by his mother and sisters, Dina and Frida, in Frankfurt am Main, 1940-1942;
- Correspondence between Jakob Amram and Berti Heilbrunn, the young woman who worked together with Seligmann and Goldine, 15 September 1942; deportation of the Hirschberg couple...
File Number : 2118
Type of Material : Postcard, Official Documentation, Letter
Personal documentation belonging to Brandina Polak, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1923
Brandina Polak was an inmate in Westerbork, 1942-1943; she made aliya to Eretz Israel, 10 July 1944.
The documentation includes:
- Inmate's card from Westerbork;
- Identity card issued to Brandina Polak by the Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) of Amsterdam;
- Notices regarding the awarding of certificates (for legal aliya to Eretz Israel) sent by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel through the Red Cross and the Eretz Israel office in Switzerland;
- Permits issued by the Joodse Raad of Amsterdam;
- Postcard...
File Number : 132
Type of Material : Red Cross Letter, Identity Card, Personal Documents, Postcard
Letters written by Freddy Bolle in Amsterdam to his family in Eretz Israel containing a description of his experiences in Bergen-Belsen and following liberation, June-September 1945
Included in the file:
- Translation of the letters into Hebrew by Miriam Bolle;
Notes:
Freddy Bolle lived in Amsterdam and was active in the Zionist youth movement; he was evicted out of his home and deported to Westerbork, May 1943; Freddy was in possession of an aliya certificate and as a result was transferred to Bergen-Belsen; however he was not selected for the exchange group and was kept in the camp until liberation.
Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin: Documentation of the trial, volume 50: Correspondence between Landesgericht Wien and other regional courts regarding members of the HSSPF Lublin
- Yad Vashem file card (p. 1);
- Landesgericht Klagenfurt file card (p. 2);
- Letter from Prosecutor Beier to District...
File Number : 108
Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation
Documentation from the trial of Hermann Hoefle held in the Salzburg Regional Court; Testimonies by perpetrators and survivors regarding the activity of the SSPF Lublin and "Aktion Reinhard", 1962
Letters (1962) of the investigating judge from the Landesgericht Salzburg (regional court) to various magistrate courts in Germany, respectively to the responsible courts in New York and Montreal, requesting legal assistance in the criminal proceedings against Hermann Hoefle; the letters contain an account of the suspicion, its factual foundation, and Hoefle's vindication, as well as requests for hearings of the...
File Number : 73
Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Official Documentation, Legal Documentation
Documentation regarding the exchange of Oded Amarant for Germans
Travel of Oded from Eretz Israel to visit his grandfather and grandmother, intending to return to Eretz Israel together with his grandparents; return of Oded's parents to Eretz Israel before the outbreak of the war.
Letters from 1941-1942:
- Letters from Schabse in the USA on personal and family matters, including blessings and wishes from family members-Ch. Leib, Israel, Alta, Guta-for the New Year or for personal events (both joyful and sorrowful). They wrote that they were doing fairly well and tried to send food parcels to relatives from time to time;
- Letter from Schabse to Shaul and his wife, dated 29 September 1941, containing wedding congratulations. He shared various personal updates from family members and others such as Chajm Leib, Henny Trojecki-reporting they were doing well. He wished them a happy new...
File Number : 37
Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, List of Detainees, Record of Deportees, Letter, Envelope, Record of Murdered Persons, Record of Survivors, Postcard
Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters and postcards from Simcha Steiner from the Ferramonti internment camp in Italy and from Eretz Israel, and correspondence with Steiner's family, from the years 1942-1943, 1945.
Envelopes 465-472:
- 24 postcards and letters from Simcha Steiner at the Ferramonti-Tarsia internment camp in Italy, from 10 March 1942 to 7 October 1943.Steiner arrived at the camp after a four-week journey (origin not specified), undertaken to rescue his wife Francia and their children, who remained in Berlin. He asked Shaul Weingort, who knew him and his family, to explore immigration...
File Number : 23
Type of Material : Letter, Record of Persecuted Persons, Envelope, Postcard, Telegram
Original Reference: 197-225
The file contains letters and postcards from members of the Weingort family, relatives, and acquaintances, primarily correspondence with individuals and officials involved in rescue matters. Includes postcards from the Vittel camp and letters from Montreux, Geneva, Jerusalem, and England. Most of the correspondence was addressed to Shaul Weingort, but also to A. Silberschein; M. Weingort; McClelland; Lowrie; E. Sternbuch; E. Botschko.
The letters and postcards from 1944 were written against the backdrop of the worsening conditions of Vittel camp detainees, who were at risk of...
File Number : 9
Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, Correspondence, Postcard, List of Detainees, Letter, Record of Persecuted Persons
