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Letters written by Naum Yakub in Gorkiy to his daughter Revekka Yakub during her military service as a physician in the Red Army on the Ukrainian front and near Berlin, 1945

Letters written by Naum Yakub in Gorkiy to his daughter Revekka Yakub during her military service as a physician in the Red Army on the Ukrainian front and near Berlin, 1945 Also in the file: - Notice of his acceptance as a student at Moscow University sent to Naum Yakub in Novgorod, 04 September 1912; - Visiting card of the physician, Naum Yakub; - Congratulations on the completion of her studies sent to Revekka Yakub by the members of her family in Reutovo, 15 June 1942; - Letters and a postcard sent to Revekka (Vera) Yakub in Sochi by her father Naum Yakub in Gorkiy, 1956-1957; - Postcard...

File Number : 2252

Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Records, Letter

Language : Russian

Testimony of Rivka Reuveni, born in Checiny, Poland, about her life in the ghetto and in the Częstochowa, Skarzysko, and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her 'aliya after the liberation

Testimony of Rivka Reuveni, born in Checiny, Poland, about her life in the ghetto and in the Częstochowa, Skarzysko, and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her 'aliya after the liberation. Rivka Reuveni lived in Checiny, Poland, with her parents and her four sisters. When the ghetto there was established, her aunt's family joined them. Rivka was sent to the Skarzysko Kamienna labor camp at the age of twelve. She fell ill with typhus and due to denunciation was sent to a death camp. With the help of a Jewish doctor, she recovered and returned to work. As the Red Army approached, she was sent to a labor camp in...

File Number : 1238

Type of Material : Testimony, Manuscript

Testimony of Mordechay (Paul Georg) Fleischer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1926 regarding his escape to Budapest, deportation to detention camps, escape from a death march and residing in the Glass House

Testimony

Childhood before the war; Fascist Slovakia, 1938; antisemitic events; Attempts to move to Budapest, Hungary, winter 1942-1943; getting arrested by Hungarian soldiers while escaping; sent back to Slovakia; escape to Hungary with the aid of a smuggler; arrival in Budapest; capture and arrest; decrees and restrictions; transferred to a prison by two Hungarian soldiers; deportation to a brick factory; escape to a marked house; capture and deportation for labor building fortifications and digging anti-tank trenches near Solnok, late October 1944; march towards Austria; escape to the Red Cross house in Budapest...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation of James Chaim Rudel, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 1904, including diplomas, certificates and eulogies after his death

Personal documentation of James Chaim Rudel, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 1904, including diplomas, certificates and eulogies after his death - Matriculation certificate of Khaim Rudel, born in Stanislawow, Poland, 21 June 1904, issued by the State high school in Stanislawow, 25 May 1923 (including a notarized translation to English); - Student identification card for the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prague, 1924-1930, issued for Chaim Rudel, 28 November 1924; - Certificates and confirmations regarding Chaim Rudel's studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prague,...

File Number : 442

Type of Material : Obituary, Newspaper Clippings, Diploma, Personal Documents, Documentary

Language : Latin, Polish, Czech, English, Ukrainian

Excerpt from the diary of Joseph Richter written in Shaidan, Tadzhikistan, April-May 1942, and prewar personal documentation belonging to Helena Balter and her family from Rowne

Excerpt from the diary of Joseph Richter written in Shaidan, Tadzhikistan, April-May 1942, and prewar personal documentation belonging to Helena Balter and her family from Rowne Documentation including: - Excerpt from the diary of Joseph (Zunik) Richter written in Yiddish in Shaidan, Tadzhikistan, April-May 1942 (including a translation into Hebrew by his sister Miriam Yechieli-Richter [the submitter of the material]); -Invitation to the Engagement Ceremony of Zus Richter and Liza Balter held in Rowno, 29 March 1913 (sent to Mr. Balter in Rowno); - Temporary identity card issued 18 December 1919 in...

File Number : 8638

Type of Material : Postcard, Official Documentation, Diary, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, Russian, Yiddish

Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Postcard sent by Isaiah Morris from Marseille to Rena Plawner in Tel Aviv, 12 December 1947; speech given by A. Atzmon (Blumovitz) on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Isaiah Morris, including his memories of Isaiah Morris Isaiah Morris was born in Scotland, 1917; medical studies at the University of London. Outbreak of World War II; draft into the British Army; wounded in combat in Europe; receives the M.C. medal for excellence for his service in the British Army. Specialization in pediatric medicine in a government hospital in London, after the war; move to France, early 1947; work in...

File Number : 324

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Hebrew, French

Testimony of Sara (Fogel) Rovinsky, born in Petrova, Romania in 1929, regarding her life in Petrova, in Viseul de Sus Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen, and other camps

Testimony of Sara (Fogel) Rovinsky, born in Petrova, Romania in 1929, regarding her life in Petrova, in Viseul de Sus Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen, and other camps Childhood in Petrova; Hungarian occupation in 1940; rise of antisemitism among the local population; anti-Jewish legislation; revocation of family’s business license; expulsion from school in 1942; transfer of people to labor brigades; German occupation in March 1944; wearing of yellow badge; expulsion to Viseul de Sus Ghetto; hunger and overcrowding; deportation to Auschwitz about a month later; life in the camp; mutual help; suffering...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Felicja (Rosenblueth) Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow and Bruenlitz camps, and her personal documents from before and after the war Memoirs: Completion of medical studies; work in the Jewish hospital in Krakow, 1940; confiscation of Jewish homes and businesses; imposition of restrictions and bans on the Jews of Krakow; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1941; labor as a nurse in the prison; the first transports from the ghetto, June 1942; the large "Aktion", October 1942; liquidation of the ghetto and the...

File Number : 8604

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French

Thank you letter to Dr. David Locker from men and women who, in their childhood, had been in an orphanage in Mogilev-Podolski and who had been cared for by him, including their names and signatures, 22 April 1966 Note: Dr. David Locker, born in Radauti, Romania, 1903, served as the director of an orphanage in Mogilev, 1941-1944.

File Number : 1679

Type of Material : List of Jewish Survivors, Letter of Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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