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  1. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 5 refugee men with knapsacks crossing a guarded gangplank

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994-1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and 4 men boarding a ship. In June 1946, Pavel boarded the Biria in Marseilles, France, as an illegal immigrant to Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel desert...

  2. Autobiographical ink drawing of a passenger transfer at sea between two Ma’apilim ships

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and other passengers being transferred between 2 ships mid-sea. In June 1946, Pavel was on the ship Biria bound for Palestine when it was discovered by the British near Cyprus. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, an...

  3. Autobiographical ink and pencil drawing of a sinking passenger filled boat

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and other passengers packed on a boat deck. In June 1946, Pavel was transferred mid sea from the immigrant ship Biria to the coal boat Akbel en route to Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the ...

  4. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 3 adults and a child disembarking at a guarded port

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrationscreated by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994-1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel, 2 adults, and a child disembarking a boat at port. In June 1946, Pavel arrived in port after his illegal immigrant boat was discovered by the British. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In...

  5. Autobiographical ink drawing of 2 uniformed men boarding a bus in the countryside

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and another man boarding a bus. In July 1946, Pavel escaped from a detention camp in Palestine and boarded a passenger bus without money or papers. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In ...

  6. Autobiographical ink and pencil drawing of a woman on a storefront sidewalk and a man at an outdoor counter

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel standing an open-air soda fountain and a woman walking along a street in August 1946. Pavel, only in Palestine 1 month with limited Hebrew and no money, is welcomed with a free soda. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German nation...

  7. Autobiographical ink drawing of an armed man guarding a watertower at night

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel patrolling a neighborhood street corner. Pavel guarded the watertower in the Ramat-Gan neighborhood during the winter of 1946-1947. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pave...

  8. Autobiographical ink drawing of 6 refugees trekking through the snow at night

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and 5 other men hiking through deep snow in November 1945, disguised as Greek refugees illegally crossing the Czechoslovakian border en route to a displaced persons camp. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined ...

  9. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of a uniformed man and his Russian interrogator

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel standing in a Russian interrogation office. In November 1945, Pavel left a detention camp to get cakes, was arrested, then released. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel desert...

  10. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of Polish refugees disguised as Greeks crossing the border

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his postwar experiences. It depicts Pavel and 3 men at a train station on the Polish border in November 1945, disguised as Greek refugees en route to a displaced persons camp. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deser...

  11. Autobiographical ink drawing of a man sitting in a bathtub under a running shower

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel taking a bath in August 1945, when he visited a bathhouse in Warsaw for his first bath in nearly a year after the war. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deserted the German ar...

  12. Autobiographical ink drawing of 2 men in uniform sharing a meal at a train station cafe

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel talking to a Polish Army recruiting officer in a cafe. Pavel arrived in Warsaw in August 1945 to look for relatives and had a drink with a Jewish security officer who asked him to join the Polish army. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed...

  13. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 4 refugees peeling potatoes in a refugee camp

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994-1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and 3 refugees peeling potatoes in a refugee camp in March 1946, in Germany prior to leaving for Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deserted the German army...

  14. Autobiographical ink wash drawing of men, women, and children in a detention camp separated by barbed wire

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel at a detention camp divided by a barbed wire topped fence where he was sent by the British in Junre 1946 after arriving illegally in Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In Marc...

  15. Autobiographical ink drawing of a man walking along a traffic filled highway

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel walking down a busy street in 1946. Pavel was without bus fare and walked 17 miles from Tel Aviv to Ramat-Gan. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deserted the German...

  16. French Médaille Militaire with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Henri Engel collection

    French Military Medal awarded posthumously to 18 year old Henri Engel, a German Jew living in France, who died while fighting with the French resistance during World War II. The medal was awarded by the French Republic to honor acts of courage and dedication. It was awarded to Henri in 1960, and his sister, Margot, accepted it on his behalf in 1961. In September 1939, Henri and his mother, Lucie, were in Lyon, France, when Germany invaded Poland, prompting France and Great Britain to declare war against Germany. They were from Berlin, but were not allowed to leave and reunite with Henri’s s...

  17. Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1954

    This collection documents JDC's global overseas operations in over 70 countries and regions in the immediate post-World War II (WWII) period from 1945 - 1954. These records testify to the complex and multi-faceted nature of JDC's worldwide rescue, relief, and rehabilitation initiatives from its headquarters in New York, which primarily focused upon: resettling and sustaining Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors around the world and facilitating the renewal of Jewish life in Europe, including the rebuilding Jewish communal institutions; and providing medical, financial, logistical and ass...

  18. Memoirs of László Blahm, born in Pivnica, Yugoslavia, 1881, regarding his experiences and those of his family during the Holocaust period, 1941-1945

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957
    • Élményeim és szenvedéseim az 1941-1945 években a Hitler korabeli magyar fasiszta uralom idején

    Memoirs of László Blahm, born in Pivnica, Yugoslavia, 1881, regarding his experiences and those of his family during the Holocaust period, 1941-1945 Termination of studies for his sons Ottó (born 20 October 1919) and Ervin (born 26 June 1921) at Belgrade University; their transfer to Novi Sad (following the Hungarian occupation of Újvidék), February-March 1941; draft of his son, Ottó, to the Yugoslavian Army; annexation of the Délvidék county to Hungary, April 1941; return of Ottó from his military service; Hungarian gendarmerie activities against the Jews in the area; draft of the Jewish m...

  19. Raphael Lemkin Papers

    Contains material relating to Raphael Lemkin's crusade for the adoption of an international law making genocide a crime. Also includes materials on the Nuremberg trials and the Nobel Peace Prize. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed material and miscellaneous items.

  20. Opinion Survey 1946-1949, I

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Besatzungszonen, Bundesrepublik und DDR (seit 1945)
    3. Besatzungszonen
    4. Oberste Organe
    5. Office of Military Government for Germany United States (OMGUS)

    Report Nr. 1: Radio listening in German Winter 1946 II, 18 S., 01. März 1946; Report Nr. 2: Who in Germany has read "Mein Kampf"?, 3 S.; Report Nr. 3: Some political attitudes probed an recent surveys, 8 S.; Report Nr. 4: Incomes an Expenditures of German Families in the American Zone Winter, 1946, 9 S., 25. März 1946; Report Nr. 5: Special political Survey Nr. 103 Winter, 1946, 15 S., 01. April 1946; Report Nr. 6: Law Number 3, 3 S., 20. April 1946; Report Nr. 7: Reactions to recent revisions in the Denazification Program, 5 S.; 11. Mai 1946; Report Nr. 8: Reactions to the New Tax Laws, 4 ...