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Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎

Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎ His childhood in a rural community; annexation to the Soviet Union in 1939; the German ‎occupation in June 1941; his expulsion from school; deportation to Sine Waly estate; escape and ‎hiding in the forest and with farmers in summer 1942; meeting his father and moving to a families ‎camp in the forest in autumn 1942; attack by a gang of Ukrainians; his father murdered and Joseph ‎injured; move to Dubno under a borrowed identity in...

File Number : 13682

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps

Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps Life before the war; move of his family to Lukowicze in 1930; childhood in the village; studies at a ‎Polish school and with a “melamed;” antisemitism; Soviet occupation in 1939; escape to a ‎boarding school in Lwow in 1940; occupation by the Germans; escape to Lukowicze; payment of ‎ransom by the Bukaczowce Judenrat in money and furs; deportation to Bukaczowce in 1942; life in ‎the ghetto; deportation to Bronislawowka;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Natan Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia in 1924, regarding his experiences in Chust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Flossenbuerg camps

Testimony of Natan Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia in 1924, regarding his experiences in Chust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Flossenbuerg camps Life in the Carpathian Ruthenia area as a young child; move to Chust; he studies in a Czech school and in parallel in a heder; membership in the Hungarian Scouts movement; Deportation of his father to service in the labor battalions in 1939; deportation of his family to Ukraine, summer 1941; theft of valuables; they cross the Dniester River; return to Chust; his father returns; German occupation, March 1944; wearing a yellow badge; Chust...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 13366

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation of Joseph Levy from Colombes, born in Constantinople, Turkey, 1895, and his family including forged documents, 1943

Personal documentation of Joseph Levy from Colombes, born in Constantinople, Turkey, 1895, and his family including forged documents, 1943 Rachel Levy: born in Paris, France, 1927; escape with the family to the south of France; death of the mother Victoria Alfandary Levy, the younger brother Jacques Levy, the grandmother, the aunt and first cousin during an air-raid over Etampes, 14 June 1940; return to Paris; in hiding with an assumed name in a French orphans dormitory; The documentation also includes: Forged French ID with the name Andre Lepelletier issued to Joseph Levy in Pontivy on 22 April...

File Number : 528

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Turkish, French

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter from the president of an electrical wiring manufacturing company in the United States to a supplier announcing the boycott of German manufactured items, 1938

Letter from the president of an electrical wiring manufacturing company in the United States to a supplier announcing the boycott of German manufactured items, 1938 Notes from Ron Gish, who submitted the material: Ron Gish's father worked for an electrical wiring manufacturing company whose president was Louis Ludwig, a Jew who was active on behalf of Eretz Israel, with contacts with the Ampal Company. The letter reflects the awareness of the Jews in the United States regarding the situation in Germany in 1938, a few weeks after Kristallnacht.

File Number : 608

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Testimony of Hanan Peled Caplonski, born in 1927 in Oszmiana, Poland, about his experiences in Oszmiana, in the camps (Joniskis, Utting, Stutthof), etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Hanan Peled Caplonski, born in 1927 in Oszmiana, Poland, about his experiences in Oszmiana, in the camps (Joniskis, Utting, Stutthof), etc. Live under Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation ensues in 1941; Germans murder father and local men in 1941; deportation to the Oszmiana ghetto in 1941; assignment to roadbuilding labor in Lithuania with mother and sisters in 1943; transfer to Joniskis in 1943; life in the camp; reassignment to forced labor; typhus; transfer to Stutthof in 1944; transfer to Utting; life in the camp; working at a concrete pouring factory, digging trenches, and...

File Number : 13385

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sofia Doczminer née Fried, born in 1924 in Berbesti, Romania, about her experiences in Berbesti, Budapest, the Hunsfeld camp, Auschwitz, and elsewhere

Testimony

Testimony of Sofia Doczminer née Fried, born in 1924 in Berbesti, Romania, about her experiences in Berbesti, Budapest, the Hunsfeld camp, Auschwitz, and elsewhere Life before the war; connection with the Satmar Hasidim; antisemitism in Romania escalates; activity of the Iran Guard movement in 1937; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1940; antisemitism escalates and Jews are placed under restrictions; father's business is transferred to Sighet in 1940; escaping to relatives in Budapest in 1943; escaping back to Berbesti in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; transfer with her three sisters to Hunsfeld; life...

File Number : 13453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding the activities of Israel Subeiri, who until 1938 contracted arms deals with Nazi Germany on behalf of the Yemenite Government, 1936-1837

Documentation regarding the activities of Israel Subeiri, who until 1938 contracted arms deals with Nazi Germany on behalf of the Yemenite Government, 1936-1837 In the early 1930’s, Israel Subeiri was sent by the King of Yemen to Europe to trade in arms; until 1938 he resided in Hamburg and was responsible for arms deals with Nazi Germany on behalf of the Yemenite Government. In the file: - Two letters sent by Israel Subeiri from Hamburg to Sanaa, 1936 and 1937; - Power of Attorney granted to Moritz Magnus and Otto Hammerschlag, approving both men to act in the name of Israel Subeiri and to dispose...

File Number : 587

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Arabic, Czech, French, English, German

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