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  1. Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna and other places

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

    Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna and other places Deportation with 40 men and 150 women from the prison in Bialystok to Stutthof, late November 1943; escape attempt en route to Stutthof; murder of the escapees; life in Stutthof for seven weeks; transfer of the inmates to Auschwitz, 12 January 1944; transfer of the inmates to Block 13 in Birkenau; life in Birkenau including abuse of the inmates by a Jewish Kapo; deportation of Jews from Bedzin to Birkenau, 29 January 1944; murder of the ...

  2. Memoirs of Tzvia (Woller) Elbaum, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow camp, Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz-Birkenau and more

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957
    • Moje wspomnienia z obozow

    Memoirs of Tzvia (Woller) Elbaum, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow camp, Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz-Birkenau and more Life before the war; move to Krakow, 1937; life in Krakow; attends the Hebrew high school. Life in the Krakow Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto, 1943; deportation to Plaszow camp together with her father, 13 March 1943; escape of her mother together with her sister to the Aryan side; life of her mother and her sister on the Aryan side of Krakow until the end of the war; life in Plaszow camp; standing for hours at ro...

  3. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942-1944, submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp, 07 April 1944, and arriving in Slovakia Also in the file: - Gestapo telegram regarding the escape of these two inmates, 09 April 1944; Two Gestapo telegrams regarding the escape of inmates from Auschwitz: Siegfried Lederer, Cz...

  4. Documentation regarding the escape of Jewish inmates from Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation regarding the escape of Jewish inmates from Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 1. Maps of the escape route of Rudolf Vrba (Walter Rosenberg) and Alfred Wetzler; 2. Documentation of the SS in Auschwitz regarding the search for the escapees Siegfried Lederer, Alfred Wetzler, Rudolf Vrba, Arnost Rosin and Czeslav-Petr Mordowic; 3. Documentation regarding the escape of Siegfried Lederer from Auschwitz, April 1944 (in the Czech language); 4. Article by Erich Kulka regarding the escape of inmates and the effort to halt the annihilation, also published in the book pertaining to the internati...

  5. Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944 - Letter (original) written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in the city of Brno by the Gestapo, 20 July 1939; - Copy of a letter written by Erich Schőn (later Kulka) from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law (and future wife) Olga, 02 August 1944; - Copy of the farewell letter written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich ...

  6. Documentation from 1961-1973 regarding Rudolf Vrba and his escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from 1961-1973 regarding Rudolf Vrba and his escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 In the file: - Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Rudolf Vrba (in the Czech language), 1964-1965; - Scientific article by Rudolf Vrba on Chemistry (in English), 1964; - Sketches of the Auschwitz camps; - Newspaper surveys regarding the escape of Rudolf Vrba (in English); - Testimony of Rudolf Vrba (in English), 1961.

  7. Documentation from 1978-1994 regarding the establishment and work of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the revolt of the Sonderkommando workers, 07 October 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from 1978-1994 regarding the establishment and work of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the revolt of the Sonderkommando workers, 07 October 1944 1. Zalman Gradowski and his notes, some of which were discovered by the Soviets who liberated the camp, and some of which were acquired from a Pole by Chaim Wolnerman; 2. Testimony of the SS man, Dr. Horst Fischer; 3. Testimony of the Polish inmate, Stanislaw Gwidzka; 4. "The Auschwitz Scrolls", a production evaluation report regarding Dr. Miklosz Nyiszli's book; 5. Documentation regarding the Sonderkommando Project based...

  8. Documentation regarding SS man Hans Stark who murdered Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation regarding SS man Hans Stark who murdered Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau

  9. Documentation from 1984-1986 regarding the memorialization of the Jews who escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau in the spring of 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from 1984-1986 regarding the memorialization of the Jews who escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau in the spring of 1944

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    Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu

    • Auschwitz State Museum
    • Poland
    • ul. Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, Oświęcim, województwo małopolskie

  12. Auschwitz-Birkenau