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  1. Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities including rescuing children; arrest at the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943. Also in the file: - Deposition by Marguerite Kohn at the police station taken from documents presented at the trial of Klaus Barbie, 23 February 1983; - Last letters from Samuel Kohn to his wife.

  2. Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physician; evacuation from Paris with his family, June 1940; escape to Marseilles; life in Marseilles; maintains contact with the local resistance movement and the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest in Marseilles with his son, Victor, 1943; deportation to the Compiegne camp with his son; transfer to Drancy with his son; transfer to Sobibor; murdered in the gas chamber in Sobibor with his son. In the file: - Photog...

  3. Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities from 1942; transfer to La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF activities; responsibility for rescuing children in Limoges; activities using the name Pierre Durand; arrest in Marseilles following a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices; deportation to Drancy. In the file: - Photograph; - Letters; - Excerpts from a testimony.

  4. Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Lyons as a social worker; detention during a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to the Beaune La Rolande camp; transfer to Sobibor; death in Sobibor. In the file: _ Portraits of Madeleine Schick; - Testimonies.

  5. Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); work in a children's home in Paris until 1942; transfer to Lyons; transfer to Grenoble; continuation of her EIF work; participation in CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) rescue work; rescue of a child and arrest by the Gestapo due to being informed on; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Kahn; - Testimony; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  6. Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life as the Rabbi in Neuilly, 1928. Outbreak of the war; Aumonerie des Hopitaux Militaire (Military Hospital Chaplaincy) activities; appointment as Rabbi for the Savoie region and the Haute Savoie region after 1940; activities on behalf of refugees with his wife; thwarting arrests and deportations of Jews; help from the local church in thwarting arrests and deportations; arranges for the transfer of families to Switzerland; arrest in Annemasse while illegal...

  7. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural pro

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural property belonging to the communities, 1947-1950 Also in the file: - Letters from 10, 16, 26 and 29 October 1948 pertaining to Dr. Baeck's visit to Germany; - Report regarding Berlin, 10 February 1949; - Letter from A. Scheyer regarding Jewish refugees from Germany who returned to Berlin from the Soviet Union, 05 March 1947; - Letter from Ms. ...

  8. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria Also in the file: - Reports regarding Committee activities in the Netherlands; - Various surveys regarding the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; - Survey prepared by Jane Leverson regarding Jews in Belgium; - Survey regarding Morris Feinmann, of Blessed Memory, a Committee activist; - Reports regarding the condition of the Jews in Italy, Austria and Greece; - Excerpts from a report sent by Earl Harrison, the US representati...

  9. Testimony of Ruth Ruff regarding her experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Sadagura

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

    Testimony of Ruth Ruff regarding her experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Sadagura Expulsion of Czechoslovakian Jews to Romania, 1939; Soviet treatment of the Czechoslovakian refugees, 1940-1941; deportation to Siberian labor camps; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian battalion in Buzuluk, 1942; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army in Sadagura by Jewish women living in Bukovina, 1944. Demobilization, 1945; active participation in Hashomer Hatzair in Czechoslovakia, 1946; aliya to Israel, joining a kibbutz.

  10. Testimony of Kurt Schick, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences as a refugee in Shanghai, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in the Middle East, in Britain and in the Air Force

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

    Testimony of Kurt Schick, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences as a refugee in Shanghai, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in the Middle East, in Britain and in the Air Force Born in Czechoslovakia. Transfer of Jewish refugees from Prague to Shanghai, 1939; Jewish volunteers in Shanghai join Czechoslovakian units in the Middle East and in England, 1940; situation of the Czechoslovakian Air Force in England, 1941; due to heavy losses, more Jewish volunteers admitted; training in British Royal Air Force (RAF) centers; Jewish participation, 1943; percentage of J...

  11. Testimony of Miroslav Sigut, born in Dobratice, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding his experiences in Krakow, as a French Foreign Legion soldier in France and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in England

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

    Testimony of Miroslav Sigut, born in Dobratice, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding his experiences in Krakow, as a French Foreign Legion soldier in France and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in England Help from the Jewish communities to non-Jewish refugees, 1939. Expulsion to Poland; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army by Jewish volunteers not accepted by the Czechoslovakian Consulate in Krakow; enlistment in the French Foreign Legion; life in the Foreign Legion unit at Sidi-Bel-Abbes, 1940; transfer of Czechoslovakian volunteers to the Agde training camp; difficulties in mobilization of...

  12. Testimony of Otto Spira, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in the French Foreign Legion in France and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in England

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

    Testimony of Otto Spira, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in the French Foreign Legion in France and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in England Escape routes of Jewish refugees to France and the Middle East, 1939; Jews in the French Foreign Legion; Jews in Czechoslovakian units in France, 1940; life in the Agde training camp; chaotic retreat to England; role of Jewish volunteers in Czechoslovakian units, 1943; difficulties in joining the air force; fighting at Dunkirk, 1944. Life in the American liberated zone; life in liberated Prague, 1945.

  13. 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...

  14. Joint testimony of Katerina (Zinner) Tausinger from Kosice and Albert Taussinger from Zilina regarding a group of Czechoslovakian Communists in the Soviet Union and their experiences as soldiers in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk

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

    Joint testimony of Katerina (Zinner) Tausinger from Kosice and Albert Taussinger from Zilina regarding a group of Czechoslovakian Communists in the Soviet Union and their experiences as soldiers in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk Group of Jewish Communist refugees in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941; antisemitism; enlistment in a Czechoslovakian battalion in Buzuluk, 1942; participation of Jewish soldiers in the Sokolovo battle, officer schools, tank training camps and a tank unit during the Kiev battle, 1943; discovery of mass graves of massacred Jews; role of Jewish nurses; discovery of ch...

  15. 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.

  16. 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
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    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.

  17. 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.

  18. Documentation including notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's European center in Lisbon, the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe including the JDC's support of the Youth Aliyah organizati

    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 notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's European center in Lisbon, the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe including the JDC's support of the Youth Aliyah organization, and other matters, 1940-1942 - Notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's European center in Lisbon regarding various subjects, including the aliya of Jews from Romania to Eretz Israel on ships, 1940-1942; - Documentation regarding the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe, in...

  19. Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement

    1. P.62 - Peter Erben Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of Czechoslovakia, and specifically the Jews of Ostrava, during the Holocaust period

    Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement Included in the file: - Documents regarding the circumstances of the air[craft] accident in which Dr. Rezek was killed, 1948; Rezek made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war; he enlisted in the Czech unit as an army chaplain; he was active in the rehabilitation of the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia, as the secretary of the Jewish community in Prague.

  20. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: Correspondence with Dr. A. Singelovsky, one of the leaders of the Geneva Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) organization, regarding the urgent need for ORT activities in Poland and the DP camps in Austria

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: Correspondence with Dr. A. Singelovsky, one of the leaders of the Geneva Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) organization, regarding the urgent need for ORT activities in Poland and the DP camps in Austria Also in the file: - Copy of a letter from the She’erith Hapletah (Survivors of the Holocaust in Europe after World War II) administration in Vienna to ORT in Geneva regarding the need for vocational training for people in the DP camps, 31 October 1946; - Circular issued by ORT calling upon the refugees in Switzerland to participate in vocational trai...