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  1. Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army

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

    Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army Born in Czechoslovakia. Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia; dramatic evacuation from Carpathian Ruthenia, 1939; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Great Britain; handed over to the Germans at the Dutch border; interrogation by the Gestapo; expulsion to Poland; life in a refugee center in Katowice, 1939; air flights to Rowne during the war between Germany and Poland; role of the Communists in classifying and deci...

  2. Testimony of Antonin Antscherl Feierwerger, born in Slatinske Doly, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army, in Hungarian labor camps, with a Russian partisan unit in the Kharkov area, as a Red Army soldier and as a solier in

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

    Testimony of Antonin Antscherl Feierwerger, born in Slatinske Doly, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army, in Hungarian labor camps, with a Russian partisan unit in the Kharkov area, as a Red Army soldier and as a solier in the Chechoslvakian Army in Sadagura Born in Slatinske Doly. Czechoslovakian Jews in occupied Carpathian Ruthenia drafted into the Hungarian Army to serve in Hungarian labor battalions, 1939; deportations to Hungarian labor camps, 1940; Jewish women and children deported to the ghettos; Jewish men deported to front lines to dig trenches, 19...

  3. Testimony of Jacob Friedmann, born in Ilnice, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences as a Hungarian Army soldier, in forced labor camps, in a Soviet POW camp and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier

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

    Testimony of Jacob Friedmann, born in Ilnice, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences as a Hungarian Army soldier, in forced labor camps, in a Soviet POW camp and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier Born in Czechoslovakia. Attitude of Hungarians toward Czechoslovakian Jews in occupied Carpathian Ruthenia, 1939; enlistment of Czechoslovakian Jews in the Hungarian Army, 1940; expulsion from Hungarian Army military service and deportation to labor camps, 1940-1941; life in the Szolnok labor camp, 1941-1942; mine sweeping for the Hungarian Army; Hungarian defeat and retreat; capture of Je...

  4. Testimony of Karel Hahn, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his experiences in Nisko, Lwow, Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolovo, Kiev, Dukla, Ostrava and Prague

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

    Testimony of Karel Hahn, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his experiences in Nisko, Lwow, Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolovo, Kiev, Dukla, Ostrava and Prague Deportation to Nisko, escape to Soviet occupied territory, 1939; situation of Jewish refugees in Lwow, 1940; deportations to Soviet labor camps; life in Soviet labor camps, 1940-1941; Soviet amnesty, 1941; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army by released Jewish inmates; Jewish soldiers comprise 75% of the Czechoslovakian battalion in Buzuluk, 1942...

  5. Testimony of Mikulas Hecht, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences in a [Hungarian] forced labor camp in Sarospatak, the Davidka [Soviet] POW camp, the Marshavsk [Soviet] POW camp, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Novokhopers

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

    Testimony of Mikulas Hecht, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences in a Hungarian forced labor camp in Sarospatak, the Davidovka Soviet POW camp, the Marshavsk Soviet POW camp, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Novokhopersk, in combat in Dukla, Kiev, Vasilkov Ruda and Krosno, and being wounded Life in the Jewish community in Svalava, 1939. Jewish life during the Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia, 1939; deportation to forced labor, 1940; life in the Sarospatak labor camp, 1941; transfer and mine sweeping at the Soviet front; capture by the Soviets; cond...

  6. Testimony of Moshe Moric Hofman, born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding his escape to the Soviet Union via Poland and his experiences in Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolovo and Dukla

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

    Testimony of Moshe Moric Hofman, born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding his escape to the Soviet Union via Poland and his experiences in Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolovo and Dukla Situation in Prague; situation of the Czechoslovakian Army, 1939; crossing of Ruthenian borders illegally, 1939; arrests and deportations of refugees within the Soviet Union, 1940; conditions in Soviet labor camps, 1941-1942; efforts to join the Czechoslovakian Army, 1942; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army by inmates in POW camps at Kr...

  7. Testimony of Rudolf Kohn, born in the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, his experiences in Atlit and Sarafand, combat in Tobruk, in England, and Dunkirk

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

    Testimony of Rudolf Kohn, born in the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, his experiences in Atlit and Sarafand, combat in Tobruk, in England, and Dunkirk Born in the Sudetenland. Jewish refugees from the Sudetenland, 1938; transports to Eretz Israel from Prague and Bratislava organized by Zionist and Beitar movements, 1939; detention in the Sarafand camp and the Atlit camp, 1940; mobilization of Czechoslovakian Jews in Palestine, 1942; training for anti-aircraft defense; fighting at Tobruk, 1943; activities of Jewish army chaplain, Dr. Rezek; Czech...

  8. Testimony of Alex Kraus, born in Bustino, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences during his escape from Czechoslovakia to France via Austria and Italy, in England and as a soldier in a Czechoslovakian Army unit in the British Army

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

    Testimony of Alex Kraus, born in Bustino, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences during his escape from Czechoslovakia to France via Austria and Italy, in England and as a soldier in a Czechoslovakian Army unit in the British Army Jewish community life in Bustino, Carpathian Ruthenia. Escape to France via Austria and Italy with a group of Jewish refugees, 1939; Jewish participation in Czechoslovakian units in France; nationality problems; appointment of Jewish army chaplain, defeat and evacuation to England, 1940; Jews in Czechoslovakian units in England, 1940-1944; impact of antis...

  9. Testimony of Walter Urban Ueberreich, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1905, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel via Kaunas, and his experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in the Middle East, England and Dunkirk

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

    Testimony of Walter Urban Ueberreich, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1905, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel via Kaunas, and his experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in the Middle East, England and Dunkirk Escape to Lithuania, 1939; assistance from the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army unit in the Middle East, 1940; transfer to the Middle East; Jews in the Agami training camp; antisemitic incident in Kantara; life in the Czechoslovakian battalion in Gedera, Metula, on the El-Alamein front and in besieged Tobruk, 1942; transfer o...

  10. Testimony of Bruno Sax, born in Novy Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, and his experiences as soldier in the British Army, in German captivity in Greece and in German camps

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

    Testimony of Bruno Sax, born in Novy Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, and his experiences as soldier in the British Army, in German captivity in Greece and in German camps Born in Czechoslovakia. Expulsion of Jewish students from Czechoslovakian universities, 1939; transfer of Czechoslovakian Jews to Eretz Israel; detention in Sarafand, 1939; settlement in Kfar Sirkin; refusal to join a Czechoslovakian Army unit in Eretz Israel, 1940; enlistment in the Jewish unit of the English Pioneer Corps; capture by the Germans in Greece, 1941; Jewish soldiers...

  11. Testimony of Hynek Strompf, born in Orlova, Czechoslovakia, 1914, regarding his experiences in Nisko, in Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk, in Sokolovo and Dukla, and in the Haganah unit in Czechoslovakia after the wa

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

    Testimony of Hynek Strompf, born in Orlova, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Nisko, in Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk, in Sokolovo and Dukla, and in the Haganah unit in Czechoslovakia after the war Deportations of Jews from Ostrava to Nisko, 1939; deportation by the Germans to Soviet borders; crossing of the San river; help from Soviet Jews; life as Jews in the Lwow refugee center; deportations to Soviet labor camps, 1940; conditions in labor camps, 1942; enlistment in a Czechoslovakian Army unit; transfer to Czechoslovakian battali...

  12. Testimony of Yitzchak Stashevski, born in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Vinnitsa Ghetto, Kiev, Szczecin and other places

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

    Testimony of Yitzchak Stashevski, born in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Vinnitsa Ghetto, Kiev, Szczecin and other places The Jewish community of Vinnitsa numbered 25,000 Jews before the outbreak of the war. Occupation of Vinnitsa by the German Army, 22 July 1941; evacuation of the Jews of Vinnitsa; 7,300 Jews left behind; establishment of the Vinnitsa Ghetto in the Military Quarter; murder of young Jews; appointment of a Judenrat; first "Aktion", September 1941; riots against the Jews; murder of approximately 2,000 women, children and the elderly; second "Aktion"...

  13. Joint testimony of Esther (Faktorovsky) Friedman, born in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania, 1922, and Rivke Faktorovsky, born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, regarding their experiences in Vilkaviskis and using a false identity

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Joint testimony of Esther (Faktorovsky) Friedman, born in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania, 1922, and Rivke Faktorovsky, born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, regarding their experiences in Vilkaviskis and using a false identity Life before the war in Vilkaviskis. German occupation, 23 June 1941; establishment of a local civil administration by Lithuanians under the leadership of Draugelis; murder of Jewish men, 28 July 1941; looting of Jewish owned property; transfer of Jewish women to labor for the farmers in the area; activities of the head of the German police, Krause; concentration of Jewish women in a ...

  14. Jewish Religious Community of Prostějov

    In addition to several older individual items, this fonds contains documents from the mid-19th century to the early 1940s. It also contains the community's statutes including amendments (1894, 1920–1925), protocol registers, meeting minutes, election records, personnel records, registry files, certificates of domicile, business records, criminal files, military files, property management files, construction records (including for the construction of a synagogue), financial files, charity foundation records, books of hazkarat, burial society records, copies of epitaphs, fragments of document...

  15. Documentation of the Romanian authorities in the Ismail Region including reports from Transnistria and Bessarabia, 1941-1944

    1. Documentation from Regional Archives in Ukraine, 1934-1966
    2. M.52.DAOO.Izmail - State Archives of the Odessa Region, Izmail Branch

    Records from Transnistria regarding economic, administrative, religious and political matters. In the collection there are lists of names, correspondence, summonses, and directives from the municipal administration, the Ministry of the Interior and the police regarding the political, ethical and economic situation of the local population. In the documentation there are details concerning the activities of the Communist Party, the Comsomol, the labor camps for Jews and Gypsies, various religious sects, and lists of forced laborers in the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (Main Welfare Office for Et...

  16. Bessarabian Regional Police Inspectorate. Police Headquarters Chișinău

    • Inspectoratului Regional de Poliție al Basarabiei. Poliţia centrelor județene. Chișinău
    • Полиция города Кишинева (Кишинэу)
    • Politsiya goroda Kishineva

    Copies of the Orders signed by the military and civil authorities regarding the treatment of Jews; written materials about the Jewish labor brigades in Chisinau; report of murdered Jews by the GESTAPO; Chisinau ghetto - the execution of Jews accused of collaboration with the Bolsheviks; Security Department report on atrocities committed on October 8, 1941, when a convoy of about 2,000 Jews were evacuated; reports on the living conditions and the state of mind of the Jews in the ghetto.

  17. Samuel Chalupovitsch diary

    The collection consists of a diary kept by Samuel Chalupovitsch while he was in the Finnish Army fighting the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front during the Continuation War. The diary covers 1942-1943 and is written in Swedish. Topics include daily life in the military, universal human values, the progress of the war, and his observance of mitzvot. Collection includes English translation.

  18. Walter Feibelman papers

    1. Walter Fiebelman collection

    The Walter Feibelman papers consist of biographical materials and subject files documenting the Feibelmann family’s life in Berlin, immigration to the United States, and postwar search for their lost relatives. Biographical materials include military records documenting Bernhard Feibelmann’s World War I service, Walter’s student records, his parents’ passports, and tracing documents following Otto and Addi Feibelmann and Emma Klein. Subject files include a photograph of the Theodor Herzl Schule, Hamburg- American Line records about the Feibelmanns’ passage to America, ration tickets for bre...

  19. Drawing

    1. Stefan Horn collection

    Drawing created by interpreter during Trial 6, the I.G. Farben Trial, of the Nuremberg trials.