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    Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu

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

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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...

  10. 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.

  11. 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...

  12. 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

  13. 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

  16. 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...

  17. Testimony of Eli Ulicki, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz; Birkenau; Mauthausen and other places

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

    Testimony of Eli Ulicki, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz; Birkenau; Mauthausen and other places First "Aktion" in the Bialystok Ghetto, 05 February 1943; hiding of Jews in hiding places in the ghetto; discovery of the hiding places; deportation of approximately 3,000 Jews to Malkinia by train; attempts to escape from the train; suicide on the trains; deportation of the Jews to Auschwitz via Warsaw; arrival in Auschwitz, 07 February 1943; selection; transfer of Jews to the crematorium; transfer of Jews to the labor camp; life in B...

  18. Testimony of Chiel Szedler, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Janina, Buchenwald and other places

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

    Testimony of Chiel Szedler, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Janina, Buchenwald and other places Life in the Bialystok Ghetto including work as an electrician and a sorter and repairer of Soviet weapons that fell into German hands; smuggling weapons parts into the ghetto by Szendler and other workers; arrival of weapons parts into the hands of the partisans through a Soviet officer; smuggling a radio station [receiver?] into the ghetto; attitude of Schulz, the German policeman; help of Jewish inmates to Soviet POWs worki...

  19. Testimony of Abram-Berl Sokol, born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau

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

    Testimony of Abram-Berl Sokol, born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau Murder of Jews by a shot in the back of their necks art the entrance to the gas chambers in Birkenau, 1944; burning of the murder victims' bodies; murder of Karl, the Kapo, by Jewish inmates from Wysokie Mazowieckie as revenge for his abuse [of inmates], Sukkot (early October) 1944; arrival in Auschwitz of rich Jews from Warsaw in anticipation of their being transferred abroad, autumn 1944; snatching of a gun from a German by a woman at the crematorium [should be: at the gas c...

  20. Testimony of Szyje Bartnowski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Pruzana, as a partisan, in Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Blechhammer and in other places

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

    Testimony of Szyje Bartnowski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Pruzana, as a partisan, in Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Blechhammer and in other places Deportation from the Bialystok Ghetto to Pruzana with his family, October 1941; life in Pruzana until December 1941; escape into the forests in Bialowieza with two Polish Communists; joins a Soviet partisan battalion; works at providing clothing from the Pruzana Ghetto to the partisan battalion with help from the Judenrat; move back to the ghetto when he contracts typhus; deportation of the Jews f...