Prewar childhood; antisemitism; plans for aliya to Eretz Israel; outbreak of the war;
German occupation; burning of houses; deportation to the Parschnitz labor camp, Czechoslovakia; camp life, 1941-1945; hunger; longing; murder of her family; liberation by the Red Army;
Rebuilding life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.
Documentation related to the Grau and Brunell families from Berlin, 1895-2000, including birth certificates, a marriage contract, permits and more
- Birth certificate of Erwin Grau, born 14 April 1895, issued in Berlin, 17 April 1895;
- Birth certificate of Lotte Brunell (daughter of Alice [Cahn] Brunell), issued in Cologne, 18 December 1906;
- Marriage contract of Erwin Grau and Lotte (Brunell) Grau written in the form of a poem and signed by approximately 60 witnesses in Cologne, 05 May 1929;
- Birth certificate of Denny Gad Grau (son of Erwin Grau and Lotte [Brunell] Grau), born 17 October 1938,...
File Number : 649
Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews, Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Telegram
Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949
Documentation regarding the Heymann family, including diaries and a memoir book belonging to Suse Angela Heymann, documents regarding the military service of Meyer Manfred Heymann during World War I, food ration cards, forged documents, and other documents, 1868-1983
Diaries:
- Diary of Suse Angela Heymann, written in the Netherlands, 22 January-15 August 1942, and after the war, 1945-1949 (written mainly in German and at the end in Dutch);
- Diary written by Suse Angela Heymann toward the end of the war and immediately after the end of the war, including poems written (or copied) by her, a collection...
File Number : 644
Type of Material : Poems/songs, Memoir Book, Personal Documents, Passport, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Official Documentation, Diary
Documentation belonging to Viktor and Anna Anni (Pollenz) Bermann including letters and postcards they received from members of their family and friends, postcards sent from Theresienstadt by Anna Bermann's parents and more, 1908-1968
Letters, postcards and telegrams (in chronological order):
- Three postcards sent to Viktor Bermann in Olmuetz by his mother Adele Bermann in Karlovy Vary, August 1925;
- Postcard sent to Anni (Pollenz) Bermann in Olmuetz by her daughter Ewa in Thisted, Denmark, 30 April 1940;
- Letters and telegrams sent to Anni Bermann by her parents Josef and Leopoldine Pollenz and...
File Number : 2189
Type of Material : Journal, Telegram, Newspaper Clippings, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Official Documentation, Postcard, Personal Documents, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Diploma, Declaration
Language : Spanish, Hebrew, Czech, French, English, German
Personal documentation of Anni (Winzelberg) Schor, her husband Jakob Max Schor, and his family in Hamburg, Germany, 1905-1946
- Letters and postcards sent to Anni Winzelberg and her sister Rosi in Eretz Israel by their parents and other family members in Kiel, 1937-1939;
- Postcard sent by relatives in the United States to the Winzelberg family in Kiel, 19 August 1938;
- Postcards sent to Rosi and Anni (Winzelberg) in Eretz Israel by their brother Berni in Munich, Germany, 1937-1938;
- Two letters sent to Rosi and Anni (Winzelberg) in Eretz Israel by their brother Berni in Hamburg, Germany, March...
File Number : 2184
Type of Material : Letter, Red Cross Letter, Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Postcard
Language : Hebrew, Polish, German - Hebrew Characters, German
Certificates of honor awarded to Josef Bodnar for his service an Austro-Hungarian Army officer during World War I, and forged certificate of baptism and certificate of marriage used during Bodnar's escape from Nadworna along with his family, during World War II
- Two certificates attesting to the raise in rank of Austro-Hungarian Army soldier Josef Bodnar, issued in Vienna, November-December 1915;
- Certificate attesting to the awarding of a medal of honor to Austro-Hungarian Army soldier Josef Bodnar, issued in Vienna, 24 January 1917;
- Diploma of Law awarded to Joseph Bodnar in Lwow, 04 August...
Military service booklet of Otto Simon, born in Mannheim, Germany, 1881, issued, 02 December 1917
Military service booklet of Otto Simon, from the period of his service in the German Army, 1917-1918;
Note by the submitter of the material:
Otto Simon resided in Mannheim, where his children were born.
Postcards sent by relatives and friends in Poland to Leo Handel in New York, United States, 1937-1939
- Three postcards sent by Schaje Mendel Burg in Horodenka, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 17 October 1937, 20 February 1939 and 03 April 1939 (in Yiddish);
- Two postcards sent by Regina Scharf in Sniatyn, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 08 March 1938 and 11 June 1939 (in German);
- Postcard sent by Klara Borel in Podhajce, Poland, to Leo Handel in New York, 11 June 1939 (in German);
Comments by the submitter of the material:
Arie Leib Handel was born in Sniatyn, Poland, during the 1860s....
Testimony of Moshe Amit Toker, born in Petroseni, Romania in 1934, regarding his childhood experiences in Petroseni and in Galati
Life before the war; son of an Orthodox religious family; father born in Poland; receiving an expulsion order to Poland as stateless people in 1940; closing of the border and remaining in Romania; life in Galati; family receiving absorption assistance from the local Jews; suffering bombings; activity in Zionist youth movement after liberation; moving from Romania in a children’s group; life in Apeldoorn children’s home in 1947; aliya to Israel in 1948; absorption.
