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  1. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, נובמבר (ב) 1945

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in Eastern Europe after the war; - Excerpt from a letter written by a refugee in Shanghai, October 1945; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female survivor from Kaunas, May 1945; - A survey of the Chelmno camp; - Information from a survivor regarding the...

  2. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, December 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, דצמבר 1945

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, December 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in a DP camp in Germany, and the situation of the Jews in Berlin; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female refugee from Poland living in Sweden, October 1945; - A survey of Theresienstadt.

  3. Testimony of Hannah (Loewy) Peleg, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experience in Vienna and Great Britain

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Testimony of Hannah (Loewy) Peleg, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experience in Vienna and Great Britain Life in Vienna; attends a non-Jewish elementary school; coping with displays of antisemitism; attends a Jewish high school, until 1938; Anschluss; Kristallnacht; move of Hannah, her brother Issaschar Dov (Bernhard) and her sister Lisa (Ilse) to Great Britain, in the context of the Kindertransport; Life in Great Britain as a young Jewish refugee girl in non-Jewish surroundings; joins aliya training in Brosgrove, following activities in the Bachad youth movement; marriage to ...

  4. Calendar for 5704 (1943-1944), 5705 (1944-1945) and 5706 (1945-1946) prepared by an unknown person in Siberia, 1943

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

    Calendar for 5704 (1943-1944), 5705 (1944-1945) and 5706 (1945-1946) prepared by an unknown person in Siberia, 1943 In the calendar there are also dates entered for the most important events in the history of the Jewish people, starting with the creation of the world according to the Jewish calendar, 1944-1946. Notes from Alvin Weiss who submitted the material: The calendar was given as a present to Mordechai Weiss, born in Lancut, Poland, 1902, when he was a refugee in the Soviet Union in 1943. To the best of Mordechai Weiss' knowledge, the person who wrote the calendar perished.

  5. Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava,, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain Born in Ostrava. Escape to Poland, 1939; assistance to Jewish refugees in Krakow organized by Czechoslovakian Zionists, 1939; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia in Poland, role of Herman Field; participation of Czechoslovakian Jews; cooperation of the Czechoslovakian Consulate; classification applications for British visas; escape to Britain, 1939; Communist influence; cooperation with HICEM (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ...

  6. Testimony of Dezider Weinberger, born in Ruzomberok, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Poland, Soviet forced labor camps and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Dezider Weinberger, born in Ruzomberok, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Poland, Soviet forced labor camps and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk Escape to Poland, 1939; waiting for a British visa in the Katowice refugee center; outbreak of the war between Poland and Germany; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Romania; capture by Soviets, NKVD interrogations, deportation to Soviet labor camp in Arkhangelsk region, 1940; Soviet amnesty for Czechoslovakian inmates, 1941; enlistment of Jews in the Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; combat in Sok...

  7. Testimony of Helmut Brecher, born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his escape to England, 1939, and his experiences as a Czechoslovakian soldier in the British Army, including service in the Royal Air Force (RAF)

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Helmut Brecher, born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his escape to England, 1939, and his experiences as a Czechoslovakian soldier in the British Army, including service in the Royal Air Force (RAF) Childhood in a Jewish orphanage in Prague; arrival in England with his brother Albert using Slovak passports, 1939; assistance of the British Refugee Committee, 1940; work in factories; military training in the Czechoslovakian military unit in Southampton; enlistment by Jews, 1943; detention of Jewish escapees in Italian camps; help from Italian farmers; enlistment in th...

  8. Testimony of Malvina Strebingerova Lanzerova from Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Lwow, a forced labor camp, Samarkand and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sokolovo

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Malvina Strebingerova Lanzerova from Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Lwow, a forced labor camp, Samarkand and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sokolovo Outbreak of the war, 1939; expulsion of Jewish families from Ostrava; life as Jewish refugees in Lwow, 1940; deportation to labor camps; amnesty for Czechoslovakian inmates; transfer to Samarkand; work in a kolkhoz; contacts with the Czechoslovakian Embassy and the military mission; problems of Jewish refugee families traveling to the Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; military trai...

  9. An anonymous testimony of a young man, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1928, age 15-1/2, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Russia, Iran, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    An anonymous testimony of a young man, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1928, age 15-1/2, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Russia, Iran, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Tarnobrzeg including deportation of Jews to Zans and Radomishl; deportation beyond the Russian border; life as a refugee in the Soviet Union; escape to Teheran, 1943; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  10. Testimony of Chaim David Zwiebel, born in Krakow, Poland, age 16, regarding his experiences in Rozwadow, the Soviet Union, Iran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1942

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
    • ראזוואדאוו

    Testimony of Chaim David Zwiebel, born in Krakow, Poland, age 16, regarding his experiences in Rozwadow, the Soviet Union, Iran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1942 Life in Rozwadow during the German occupation; abuse; escape with the family to Russia; life as a refugee in Russia; escape to Iran; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  11. Testimony of Joseph Horovitz, born in Wieliczka, Poland, age 19, regarding his experiences in Wieliczka, Sinowa, Russia, Teheran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
    • וויליצ'קה

    Testimony of Joseph Horovitz, born in Wieliczka, Poland, age 19, regarding his experiences in Wieliczka, Sinowa, Russia, Teheran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Wieliczka during the outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape with his family; escape and return to Wieliczka; escape to Sinowa; life in Sinowa; Soviet occupation; life as a refugee in the Soviet Union; escape with his brother to Teheran; aliya to Eretz Israel with his brother, February 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  12. An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Krakow, Poland, age 20, regarding her experiences in Stryj and Hungary

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Krakow, Poland, age 20, regarding her experiences in Stryj and Hungary Life in Stryj during the German occupation; attitude of the Germans towards the Jews; establishment of the Judenrat by Dr.Huttener; unsuccessful escape attempt to Hungary with his mother and younger sister; crosses the border; life as a refugee; receives information about the murder of Jews in Stanislawow. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  13. Diary written by Saly Mayer regarding Eliezer Kaplan's stay in Geneva, Saly Mayer's resignation [apparently, as the head of the JDC organization], the transfer of relief to the Jewish refugees after the war, and other matters, 1947

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Diary written by Saly Mayer regarding Eliezer Kaplan's stay in Geneva, Saly Mayer's resignation [apparently, as the head of the JDC organization], the transfer of relief to the Jewish refugees after the war, and other matters, 1947 Diary [titled, "Agenda 1947"], written by Saly Mayer in 1947, including: - Documentation regarding Eliezer Kaplan's stay in Geneva, 05 January 1947; - Documentation regarding Saly Mayer's resignation [apparently, as the head of the JDC organization], 12-13 January 1947; - Documentation regarding the travel to the United States of Rosswell MacClelland, the War Ref...

  14. Documentation including a report by Israel Kasztner regarding his activities in the context of the negotiations held by the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest with SS representatives, newspaper clippings about the Kasztner Trial, correspondence by Sa

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation including a report by Israel Kasztner regarding his activities in the context of the negotiations held by the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest with SS representatives, newspaper clippings about the Kasztner Trial, correspondence by Saly Mayer regarding the Kasztner Report, and other documents, 1945-1955 - Report by Israel Kasztner, titled "Der Berichtoes Juedischen Rettungskomitees Aus Budapest 1942-1945", regarding his activities in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations held by the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest with SS representatives; - Newspaper clippi...

  15. Survey conducted by M. Turek regarding refugees who escaped from Treblinka, 1943-1946

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Survey conducted by M. Turek regarding refugees who escaped from Treblinka, 1943-1946 - Report regarding life in Treblinka provided by refugees from Warsaw who succeeded in escaping from the camp, July 1943; - The lives of the Jewish inmates from Bialystok, Michalowa, Jalowka, Wolomin, Sokol and elsewhere in Treblinka; - Murder of Jews in gas chambers; - Murder by electricity as retaliation for the escape of Jews from deportation trains near Malkina; - Hospitalization in a Bialystok hospital of a refugee who contracted typhus.

  16. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and surveys (Numbers 1-12) regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy and Greece

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and surveys (Numbers 1-12) regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy and Greece Also in the file: - Reports regarding the situation of the refugees from Poland in Italy and regarding the survivors of the ship, "Pentcho", 22 April 1943; - Survey issued by the Greek Information Bureau in Cairo, 1944 (?), regarding the situation of the Greek Jews before and during World War II, the deportation of the Jews of Thessaloniki and the sympathetic treatment of the Jews by the Greek population; - Testimony of a refugee from Athens who arrived in Istanbul re...

  17. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the United States Embassy in Switzerland and with Roswell McClelland regarding the fate of those holding South American passports in the camps in Germany and in Vittel

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the United States Embassy in Switzerland and with Roswell McClelland regarding the fate of those holding South American passports in the camps in Germany and in Vittel Also in the file: - American regulation regarding limitations on the granting of visas to the United States, 01 July 1941; - Request submitted by Dr. Silberschein for United States intervention on behalf of the refugees in Spain and Portugal, 20 June 1941; - Information from the "Washington Post", 26 January 1944, and from Juedische Nachrichten, the press agency of SIG [Un...

  18. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, נובמבר 1945

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Excerpt from a report containing a description of the situation of the Jewish refugees in Czechoslovakia; - Information regarding a refugee camp near Modena; - A survey of the Riga Ghetto; - Testimony of David Igra from Lwow who made aliya to Eretz Israel, September 1945, regarding the Bergen-Belsen camp.

  19. Bulletin: Information from various sources distributed by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Committee for the Jews in Occupied Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in the occupied countries of Europe, September 1944

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • הועד ליהודי אירופה הכבושה שעל יד הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל ביולטין, ספטמבר 1944

    Bulletin: Information from various sources distributed by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Committee for the Jews in Occupied Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in the occupied countries of Europe, September 1944 Situation of the Jews in Bulgaria, France and Italy; murder of the Jews in Odessa, Sevastopol, Minsk, Brisk and Lwow; excerpt from a letter, 28 July 1944; testimony of a female refugee from France that appeared in a report issued by the Bund underground, June 1943.

  20. Correspondence between Saly Mayer and various relief organizations, a report by the American Friends Service Committee, and reports regarding the deportation of Hungary's Jews, 1944-1945

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Correspondence between Saly Mayer and various relief organizations, a report by the American Friends Service Committee, and reports regarding the deportation of Hungary's Jews, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and relief organizations: Geneva-American Friends Service Committee, Zuerich Schweizerisches Hilfskomitee Fuer die Juden in Ungarn, Unitarian Service Committee Geneva, and the Geneva World Alliance of YMCAs; - Report prepared by the American Friends Service Committee, Geneva Office - Research and Information Department, regarding the transfer of relief (the representative...