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  1. Testimony of Ludvik Kain Kalina, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Britain, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier and in combat at Dunkirk

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

    Testimony of Ludvik Kain Kalina, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Britain, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier and in combat at Dunkirk Born in Uzhorod. Occupation of Slovakia by Hungary; persecution of Jews in Hungarian-occupied Slovakia, 1939; activities of Jewish Communists in Slovakia; transfer to Poland; activities of Jewish Communists in the Katowice refugee center, 1939; persecution of Jewish refugees by Polish police; protection of Jewish refugees by British Consulate; move to Britain, 1939; leading Jewish Communist refugees in England, 1939; impact ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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...

  4. Testimony of Moshe Elisha Landa, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1911, regarding his experiences as a Communist in Poland, England, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian army in England and in Dunkirk, and persecution by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia af

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

    Testimony of Moshe Elisha Landa, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1911, regarding his experiences as a Communist in Poland, in England, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in England and in Dunkirk, and persecution by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia after the war Born in Hungary; receives a religious upbringing and education; becomes a devout Communist, 1926-1938. Escape to Poland, 1939; refused admission to Czechoslovakian Army unit in Krakow; not permitted to enter the Soviet Union; arrival of Communist refugees in England, 1940; relations with the Czechoslovakian government in exil...

  5. Correspondence between Dr. Imrich Izchak Rosenberg and information regarding articles published in "Jewish Self Aid", London, 1939-1942

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

    Correspondence between Dr. Imrich Izchak Rosenberg and information regarding articles published in "Jewish Self Aid", London, 1939-1942 - Collection of letters containing information about some articles which appeared in "Jewish Self Aid", published in London, 1939-1942; - Attitude of the Czechoslovakian government in exile towards the Jews; - Premier Sramek’s attitude towards the Jews; - Intervention against antisemitic demonstrations in England, 1940; - President Benes’ address to the Jewish delegation; - Statistics pertaining to Jewish refugees in England, 1940.

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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.

  10. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Kopecky, Czechoslovakian representative to the League of Nations in Geneva and Czechoslovakia’s first ambassador to Switzerland

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Kopecky, Czechoslovakian representative to the League of Nations in Geneva and Czechoslovakia’s first ambassador to Switzerland Correspondence with Dr. Kopecky, Czechoslovakian representative to the League of Nations in Geneva and Czechoslovakia’s first ambassador to Switzerland regarding the issuing of passports to Czechoslovakian refugees in Italy, the sending of help to survivors of the ship, "Pentcho" in the Ferramonti Di Tarsia camp and the transfer of mail to England, Spain and Portugal, from March 1945.

  11. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: Various lists of survivors

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: Various lists of survivors In the file: - Children's Aid Society (OSE) lists of children in camps for survivors of the Holocaust in Europe after World War II (She'erith Hapletah) camps in Germany as part of the illegal immigration to Eretz Israel (Aliya Bet), and of sick children transferred for treatment in Switzerland and England; - Lists of survivors whose names were broadcast on Radio Lublin; - Lists of Dutch Jews who survived in Theresienstadt and other camps compiled by the Joodse Coordinatie Commissie - Jewish Coordination Committee of Dutch Jewry (...

  12. Documentation regarding the Hechalutz movement's activities on behalf of the Jews in Europe, including a Hechalutz booklet about its activities in France, a booklet about the Hechalutz aliya training in England, correspondence between Saly Mayer and Natha

    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 regarding the Hechalutz movement's activities on behalf of the Jews in Europe, including a Hechalutz booklet about its activities in France, a booklet about the Hechalutz aliya training in England, correspondence between Saly Mayer and Nathan Schwalb regarding the transfer of relief, and other matters, 1934-1945 - Booklet (in French) by the Hechalutz movement about its activities in France, in the context of aliya training, October 1934; the booklet includes a summary in English; - Booklet about the [Hechalutz movement's] aliya training in England, 1940 [?]; - Documentation re...

  13. Official documentation regarding the activities of the Swedish government, the Swedish Red Cross and Raoul Wallenberg, on behalf of the rescue of Hungarian Jews; documentation dated, 1944-1947

    1. P.26 - Heiner Lichtenstein Collection - Documentation collected by a Journalist who wrote about the Holocaust and about Trials of Nazi War Criminals, 1952-1987

    Official documentation regarding the activities of the Swedish government, the Swedish Red Cross and Raoul Wallenberg, on behalf of the rescue of Hungarian Jews; documentation dated, 1944-1947 Volume One: - Documentation of anti-Semitic regulations, legislation and bans published starting, 20 March 1944, including the ban on the employment of Jews, the possession of property by Jews, and their deportation; - Details regarding the numbers of deported people according to areas and including a total of approximately 35,000 people, 10 May-10 June 1944; - Testimony [collective] of two Jews who e...

  14. Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representation in Geneva regarding extending relief help to the Jews in Poland

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representation in Geneva regarding extending relief help to the Jews in Poland Inquiry into the situation of the Jews in Poland by their relatives by way of sending postcards to Poland; replies to the postcards that were sent; activities of the American, German and Polish Red Cross; Included in the file: - Notification of the Juedische Telegraphen-Agentur (JTA - Jewish Telegraphic Agency) regarding various issues including Jewish refugees and the situation of the Jews in the Baltic and European countries and in Eretz Israel; - Excerp...

  15. Mary L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Mary L., who was born in Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (now Croatia) in 1910. She recalls the beginning of World War I; her father's military service; living in Vienna from 1916 to 1918; the family's move to Berlin in 1926; working for an insurance company; Hitler's ascent to power; losing her job due to anti-Jewish laws; the anti-Jewish boycott in April 1933; returning to Zagreb; studying English in Britain in 1935; marriage to a Catholic; German invasion in April 1941; moving to the United States Consulate where her husband worked; anti-Jewish measures; denuncia...

  16. Gertrud W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Gertrud W., who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1915. She describes her pleasant childhood and positive feelings about being Czech; social work school; a job in Brno; German occupation of Sudetenland; conversion to Catholicism with her future husband; return to Prague; deciding to emigrate with her future husband; receiving her father's permission (the only time she saw him cry); smuggling themselves into Poland in May 1939; living under British protection in Krako?w; and marriage by a Catholic priest. Mrs. W. describes the outbreak of war; walking to Brest-Lito...

  17. Alfred K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alfred K., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1921, the youngest of three brothers. He recounts attending public school; antisemitic harassment; participating in socialist and Zionist organizations; Austrians welcoming the Germans during the Anschluss; one brother emigrating to relatives in the United States, the other, as a physician with a Kindertransport, to England; the concierge protecting him and his parents during Kristallnacht; fleeing with an aunt and uncle to Belgium; living in Antwerp; placement in Merksplas refugee camp; German invasion; fleeing to France;...

  18. Lisa H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Lisa H., who was born in Essen, Germany in 1919. She remembers the gradual deterioration of the Jewish situation in Germany, including restrictive legislation as well as overt displays of antisemitism; being sent to London by her parents two weeks before the outbreak of war; working as a cook in Devon; switching from one domestic job to another in London; her emigration to America in 1946; studying Yiddish at the Jewish Institute; learning of the death of her family in Europe; returning to Germany on a visit in the 1950s, where she was able to locate the director of h...

  19. Rachel A. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Rachel A., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1921. She recalls celebrating Easter and Christmas; moving to Kiel in 1926; antisemitic abuse in school; moving to Frankfurt in 1931; Nazi demonstrations; leaving school in March 1933; her parents changing her name to the more "Aryan"-sounding "Dora"; traveling to Switzerland in April 1933; moving to Manchester; assistance from the Jewish community, her first contact with other Jews; attending nursing school in London in 1938; the school's evacuation to Wales in September 1940; and emigration to the United States in 1940. ...

  20. Randolph J. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Randolph J., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1913. He recalls his family's affluence; strong patriotism and food shortages during World War I; being taught Germany had won; his bar mitzvah; attending public school and gymnasium; cordial relations with non-Jews; gradual impoverishment as antisemitism increased in the 1930s; one sister's emigration to the United States; meeting his future wife; attending university in 1931; violent harassment; believing Hitler was a temporary phenomenon; traveling to Zurich in 1933 to continue his education, then to Paris via Geneva,...