1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• O.32/354
• English, Hebrew
• pages 3 List of Jewish soldiers Typewritten Original
• Updated 9 years ago

Article in the "Nash Jerusalem", 17 June 2009, with a list of Jews who were senior Red Army commanders, 1941-1945, including an article in the "Reportal" newspaper with memoirs regarding Red Army soldier Bentzion Fialkov, 24 June 2009 - Article in the "Nash Jerusalem" newspaper, with a list of Jews who were senior Red Army commanders during the war, including statistical data regarding the ratio of Jews in the Red Army command, published, 17 June 2009; - Article in the "Nash Jerusalem" newspaper, with memoirs regarding Red Army soldier Bentzion Fialkov, written by his widow and published, 2...

1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 5223347
• English, Hebrew
• xerox 11 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Berthe (Weyl) Hirsch, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as a social worker in Paris in the Les Hospitalieres-Saint Gervais school and a clinic on Deux Ponts Street; joins the resistance movement, 1941; membership in La Sixieme (the Sixth); activity as an intelligence agent within the Armee Volontaire; arrest by the Gestapo at Saint-Michel in the Tarn et Garonne region, 18 October 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz on Transport 62; awarded the Medaille de Guerre, Medaille de la Re...

1. Margit Meissner collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn524416
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

Booklet titled "A medalha de Honra." acquired by Margit Morawetz Gyorgy when she worked for the Office of War Information. Before the war, Margit's mother, Lilly, sent her to study in Paris in 1938 because the expansion of German rule posed a threat to their life in Prague. Lilly joined Margit there a year later, but because she was an Austrian citizen, was imprisoned as an enemy alien after France declared war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Lilly was released when Germany occupied France in May 1940. She and Margit escaped to Portugal and, in 1941, we...

1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• O.32/376
• English, Hebrew
• pages 7 Personal documents Official documentation Original Typewritten Original
• Updated 9 years ago

Citations awarded to Red Army officer (Khaim Entin) during and after the end of the war, January-May 1945 Citations presented to Khaim Entin for his taking part in battles in the cities of Lodz, Regenwalde and Berlin, January-May 1945; Comments by the person submitting the material: Khaim Entin was born in Ukraine on 09 November 1923; life in Dnepropetrovsk; draft into the Red Army, February 1942; transfer to the Armored Corps Academy in Saratov; completion of his studies, late 1942; transfer to the front; took part in the battle for Moscow; appointed battalion commander; transfer to Berlin...

1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• O.32/365
• English, Hebrew
• pages 70 Personal documents Notepad Certification Typewritten Original Typewritten original Handwritten, original xerox
• Updated 9 years ago

Personal documents and medals of honor of Elya Goman, born in Kalinkovichi, Belorussia, 1923, a Red Army soldier who was in combat at the front and participated in the battle of Stalingrad, 08/1942-05/1945 Personal documents, including an original army notepad from the war period and confirmation of his service in the Red Army including being wounded, 29/01/1943 and 03/08/1944; witness died in Israel, 28/11/1991.

1. O.13 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Bulgaria, mainly from the Holocaust period

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 5089720
• English, Hebrew
• xerox 39 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Photographs of Jewish partisans and underground members in Bulgaria during World War II Portraits of Leon Tadjer, Emil Checerdjiiski, Mico Papo, Anna Ventura, Violeta Iakova and Mati Rubenova including a photograph of the monument in Sofia in memory of the Jews who perished in the anti-Fascist struggle. Also in the file: - Portraits of Georgi Dimitrov and Vasil Kolarov; - Government decision Number 11 regarding benefits and certificates for underground and partisan activity, 06 November 1944; - Certificate of participation in the war, 1944-1945, issued to Viktor Meshulam.

1. Rubin and Huntly families collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn622330
• English
• overall: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Pin-backed button commemorating Tibor Rubin's receipt of the United States Congressional Medal of Honor on September 23, 2005. He received the award 55 years after first being nominated by fellow soldiers. Tibor earned the medal for extraordinary heroism in battle, and his efforts to help save the lives of 40 fellow prisoners of war during the Korean War (1950-1953). Tibor’s actions during four months of battle and 30 months of imprisonment were shaped, in part, by his experiences as a Holocaust survivor. In November 1940, when Hungary became an official German ally, 11-year-old Tibor lived...

1. Rubin and Huntly families collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn611783
• English
• box oversize folder 1 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The collection consists of biographical and identification papers, immigration documents, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Tibor Rubin, Emery Rubin and his wife Gloria Baker, Irene Rubin-Huntly and her husband Joseph Huntly. Included is material related to Tibor Rubin receiving the Medal of Honor in 2005 for his service and actions as a prisoner of war during the Korean War. Tibor Rubin’s papers primarily relate to him receiving the Medal of Honor in 2005, including ceremony logistics and programs. Correspondence consists of photocopies of letters...