Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

2,026 Results

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

Postcard sent by Leonid Birgir from the front to his mother Yekaterina Miropolskaya in Tashkent, 1942

Postcard sent by Leonid Birgir from the front to his mother Yekaterina Miropolskaya in Tashkent, 1942 Note: The postcard was sent to Saratov and transferred from there to Tashkent. Also in the file: - Military service booklet issued to Leonid Birger, 14 January 1942 (the booklet is torn due to being struck by a bullet); - Reserve officer's Red Army military service booklet issued to Leonid Birger (born in Moscow, the Soviet Union, 27 November 1927) issued in Moscow, 31 July 1968. Notes from Svetlana Birger who submitted the material: Leonid Birger's parents were Arkadi Birger, a famous architect...

File Number : 2248

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : Russian

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, Memoirs, Poem/song

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, German

Documentation regarding Matvey Likhterman, including confirmation of his service in the Red Army, being wounded at the front, receipt of medical treatment, and other documents, 1959-2010

Documentation regarding Matvey Likhterman, including confirmation of his service in the Red Army, being wounded at the front, receipt of medical treatment, and other documents, 1959-2010 - Confirmation that Matvey Likhterman served in the Red Army, 14 March 1941-19 May 1946, issued by the Military Komisariat in Roslavl, 12 November 1959; - Confirmation that Matvey Likhterman was wounded while serving at the front during the war, 02 August 1941, issued by the Museum of Military Medicine, 16 October 1969; - Confirmation that Red Army soldier Matvey Likhterman received medical treatment, 29 January-07...

File Number : 385

Type of Material : List of Soldiers, Personal Documents, Interview(s)

Language : Russian

Last letter written by Red Army soldier Salo Glasberg Kram from Stalingrad to his parents, 04 July 1944, and a letter written by his comrade in arms with notification of Salo's death in battle, 07 September 1944 - Last letter written by Red Army soldier Salo Glasberg Kram from Stalingrad to his parents, 04 July 1944; - Letter written by Salo's brother in arms, 21 September1944, with notification of Salo's death in battle, 07 September 1944. Note: The two letters have been translated from German to Hebrew. In the file: - Special permit for the employment of Jewish workers given to Efroim Glasberg...

File Number : 2240

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents

Language : Romanian, German

Memoirs of Vladimir Melomedovski, born in Kamenka, Ukraine, 1932, regarding the evacuation of his family to the Rostov na Donu region and towards Stavropol, escape from the gendarmes in Razvilnoye and life in hiding in the Pavlovskaya district Evacuation to the Stalingrad region; death of his brother, 1941, and death of his mother, 1942; drafting of his father to the Red Army; life with relatives in the Rostov region; transfer of the family (Vladimir, his sister, his aunt and his grandmother) towards Stavropol; arrest by the gendarmes in Razvilnoye; Vladimir's escape; transfer of the rest of the family to...

File Number : 8656

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

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

Letters sent by Ignacy (Ignas) Jonisz from the front to his family in Kazakhstan, 1944-1945, and the last of the letters, 27 February 1945

Letters sent by Ignacy (Ignas) Jonisz from the front to his family in Kazakhstan, 1944-1945, and the last of the letters, 27 February 1945 Also in the file: - Letter sent by Noach Cukierman from Uruguay to Sophia (Jonisz) Aptekar in Israel, 01 December1973; - Newspaper clippings from "Di Presse", a Yiddish newspaper printed in Uruguay regarding Mr. Hirsch Baer Jonisz, the grandfather of Sophia Aptekar, 05 August 1975. Notes from Sophia (Jonisz) Aptekar who submitted the material: Sophia (Jonisz) Aptekar was born in 1915. Her parents were Pavel Jonisz, born in Warsaw, and Cherna (Cohen) Jonisz,...

File Number : 2235

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Documentation regarding David and Chaya Rivka (Levinova) Gimpelson, including notification that David Gimpelson was Missing In Action at the front, confirmation regarding the evacuation of R. Gimpelson and additional family members, work booklet of Chaya Rivka Gimpelson and more, 1928-2000 - Notification by the military commissioner in Simferopol that Red Army soldier David Gimpelson, born in Vitebsk, Russia, was Missing In Action at the front, 07/1944; the notification was sent to his wife, 05/1947. Included in the file: - Notarized copy of the notification, 19/10/1989; - Marriage certificate of...

File Number : 1476

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Death Certificate

Language : Russian

Diary of Regina Fleischer from Bochnia written in the Akiva Movement training detachment in Chrzanow and in Eretz Israel, 1933-1937, letters sent to Regina Fleischman by her family in Bosnia and Kamionka, 1940-1941, letter from her husband's mother Mirjam Wierzbolowski from Lukow, 04 March 1940 and personal documentation belonging to Regina and her husband Chono Wierzbolowski Diary: - Diary of Regina Fleischer written in the Akiva Movement training detachment in Chrzanow. The first entry in the diary is from 13 March 1933, the last is from 29 July 1937 (written in Eretz Israel). Letters and...

File Number : 8639

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Red Cross Letter, Personal Documents, Diary

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Items per page:

1 – 10 of 2026

Identification Details

Archival Information