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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

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...

File Number : 2254

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

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 : Letter, Postcard, Poem/song, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, German

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

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...

File Number : 8645

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Erich and Rosa Rachela (Weitzner) Schwartz, including Rosa's inoculation certificate, Erich's report card, telegrams received by Rosa, and other documents, 1920-1952

Documentation regarding Erich and Rosa Rachela (Weitzner) Schwartz, including Rosa's inoculation certificate, Erich's report card, telegrams received by Rosa, and other documents, 1920-1952 Documentation related to Rosa Rachela Weitzner: - Inoculation certificate of Rosa Weitzner, issued in Essen, 06 July 1925; - Registration certificate for foreign resident, belonging to Rachela Weitzner, born in Kalusz, 04 January 1913; certificate issued in Manchester, 11 July 1939 (her date of arrival to England: 04 April 1939); - Record card for health insurance and pension contributions of Rachel Weitzner, a...

File Number : 648

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Soviet passport of Reizel Veksler, born in Berdichev, Ukraine, 1905, issued in Berdichev, 20 December 1936, and documentation of Yelizaveta Veksler (the daughter of Reizel Veksler), regarding the family's experiences during the war Evacuation of the family from Berdichev, at the outbreak of the war (Reizel's husband stays in Berdichev in order to help organize the evacuation, and he is drafted into the Red Army); escape of Reizel Veksler to Rovenki, with her daughter and family members; escape to Razdorskaya; escape to Karabutak; death of Reizel Veksler in Karabutak, 24 January 1942; death in Karabutak of...

File Number : 384

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Russian, Ukrainian

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

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)...

File Number : 8644

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Letters and postcards sent by Sara Lajchter from Lublin to her children in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941

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...

File Number : 2231

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Poem/song

Language : Polish

Two letters sent by his daughter Sala in Warsaw to her father D. Jezior in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941

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.

File Number : 2227

Type of Material : Letter, Envelope

Language : Polish

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. Notes by...

File Number : 1208

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Memoirs of Rachel Iskoviez, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding her experiences in southern France, Rivesaltes, in an OSE children's home and in a monastery using a false identity

Memoirs of Rachel Iskoviez, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding her experiences in southern France, Rivesaltes, in an OSE children's home and in a monastery using a false identity The German occupation; escape of the family to southern France; life in the home of local non-Jews; German occupation; deportation of Jews to the Rivesaltes camp; unsuccessful attempt to escape from the camp by her father; his transfer to the Gurs camp; entrusting of Rachel to the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE-Organization to Save the Children) organization and her transfer to a children's home with her brother, Danny;...

File Number : 8633

Type of Material : Personal Records, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, French

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