Rosensaft Hadassah

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503396
• English
• 1981
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains two articles concerning the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The first article, "Belsen Concentration Camp," by J.A.D. Johnston, describes the history of Bergen-Belsen, gives prisoner statistics, and outlines the establishment of the hospital at the camp. The second article by Chris Mitchell, entitled "The Valley of Death, the Armies of Life," appeared in "Moment" (issue date not specified). It describes the role of the British military in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, the treatment of the SS guards captured at the camp during liberation, and the mass burials of v...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502681
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of photocopies of newspaper articles relating to the September 1945 war crimes trial of several Bergen-Belsen guards. Included is information about the testimony of Dr. Ada Bimko (a.k.a.Hadassah Rosensaft), selections for the gas chambers at Auschwitz, results of medical experiments on female prisoners, and atrocities committed by the SS guards at Bergen-Belsen.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503351
• English
• 1945-1950
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains information about the establishment of health care facilities after liberation, the activities of Hadassah and Josef Rosensaft as leaders in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, and the closing of the camp in 1950.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502677
• English
• 1945-1980
• 3.75 linear in.,
• Updated 7 months ago

The records relate to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, displaced persons, the Belsen memorial, and Jewish emigration to the Palestine after the Holocaust.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503428
• English
• 1965
• folder 1 , 1 microfiche,
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of a duplicate copy of a Polish-language deposition by Hela Los Jaffe completed in October 1965. In the deposition, Jaffe describes her experiences of life in the Warsaw ghetto, imprisonment in several concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, and her involvement in efforts with Hadassah Rosensaft, formerly Ada Bimko, for the organization of a children's home and medical aid for children in Bergen-Belsen.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn504322
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Describes Genia Rotenberg’s (b. 1930) life in Poland before and during the Nazi occupation, including life in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland; her escape through the sewers; the death of her mother; Genia's capture and internment in Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen; her liberation and experiences in a displaced persons camp for children; the help she received from Dr. Hadassah Rosensaft; her reunion with her father; and their immigration to Palestine in 1946.

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 4019597
• English, Hebrew
• Card file Diary Film Letter Newspaper Official documentation Photograph Protocol Survey report
• Updated 3 months ago

O.70 - Josef Rosensaft Bergen-Berlsen DP Camp Archives Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British Army, 15 April 1945. There were approximately 58,000 survivors at the time of the liberation, of whom approximately 28,000 died from disease and starvation during the first weeks after the liberation. A Displaced Persons (DP) camp was established in Bergen-Belsen and the survivors immediately began to organize themselves. They set up the Central Jewish Committee (CJC) for the camp, headed by Josef Rosensaft. The CJC and its various departments took responsibility for the physical and spiritual ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503355
• English
• 1992
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains copies of letters of congratulations for Hadassah Rosensaft on the occasion of her 80th birthday from President George Bush; David Dinkins, mayor of New York City; Chaim Herzog, president of Israel; and Teddy Kollek, mayor of Jerusalem.

1. Hadassah Rosensaft oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn511003
• English
• 1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Hadassah Rosensaft oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn511006
• English
• 1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Hadassah Rosensaft oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn511008
• English
• 1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Hadassah Rosensaft oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn511004
• English
• 1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn504468
• English
• 4 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Hadassah Rosensaft oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn511007
• English
• 1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502701
• English
• 1945-1948
• 25 linear in., 1 microfiche,
• Updated 7 months ago

Includes information about the emigration of Jewish orphans to Israel, the administration of the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp by the British Army, the 1946 Vaad Leumi Session in Israel concerning Jewish refugees of the Holocaust, food rationing in the Hohne displaced persons camp, military activities of the Haganah in Israel circa 1946, the April 1948 protest by Bergen-Belsen displaced persons against world indifference toward their situation, and the activities of Hadassah and Josef Rosensaft in relation to the Central Jewish Committee of the British Zone and the emigration of Jewi...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502703
• English
• 1951
• 25 linear in., 2 microfiche,
• Updated 7 months ago

Includes information about the work of Josef Rosensaft with the displaced persons of Bergen-Belsen, the final days and closing of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, compensation for Jews who were detained in the camp after liberation, and antisemitism experienced by Jews remaining in the British Zone after liberation.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502705
• English
• 1945-1947
• 1 linear in., 4 microfiche,
• Updated 7 months ago

Includes information about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, the outbreak of disease at the time of liberation, Josef Kramer and SS guards at the camp, the United Jewish Appeal Conference in Atlantic City, N.J., in December 1945, and the establishment of the Bergen-Belsen liberation memorial.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn500174
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains testimony by Hadassah Rosensaft about her experiences in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503353
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains information about the establishment of the President's Commission on the Holocaust by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and the establishment of the United States Holocaust Council in October 1979.