Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from private individuals Submitter of the material: Pinchas Adler; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 1. Letter to Arie Mintkevich (chairman of the Public Council on the Contribution of Holocaust Survivors to the State of Israel); 2. His experiences; 3. Photocopy of a letter from the commander of the Israeli Air Force, IAF (01/12/2004) *** Submitter of the material: Frida Oster (by means of her daughter Revital Keletz); Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in November 2003 Photocopy of handwritten testimony: "Chapters from my life during World War II and at the end of the war". Comment: Item numbers assigned by Mark Sherberman: 4690300 and 4690301; O.33/6733 *** Submitter of the material: Yitzhak Ignaz Wachtenheim; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in March 2004, by means of Nathan Steiner, chairman of the Association of Immigrants from Czechoslovakia 1. Memoirs: "My experiences during the Holocaust period"; 2. Accompanying documents (photocopies) *** Submitter of the material: Meir Adler; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 Booklets written by Meir Adler: 1. "Yaakov Kozletzik, the hero from Krinki, block 11"; 2. "Krakow-Plaszow-Jeruzalemska camp and Gulag I camp will not forget: Visitor's Guide to Plaszow- Jeruzalemska and Gulag I camps" 3. "The Corridor: Breaking open the road to besieged Jerusalem"; 4. "The sea voyage of the illegal immigrants on the 'Biriah' ship" *** Submitter of the material: Elhanan Shmuel; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in October 2004 His experiences *** Submitter of the material: Hilda Beck; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 Videotape: "Testimony from the Holocaust", produced by Yad Vashem; Given to the Yad Vashem Photos Archive *** Submitter of the material: Rachel Bernstein; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in March 2004, by means of Nathan Steiner, chairman of the Association of Immigrants from Czechoslovakia; Memoirs/experiences during the Holocaust *** Submitter of the material: Yosef Geva (by means of Amrami, The Public Council on the Contribution of Holocaust Survivors to the State of Israel); Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in March 2005 "Speech by Major-General Yosef Geva (IDF Reserves), given at the evening sponsored by the Jewish community of Vienna in memory of IDF soldiers killed in service who were born in Austria" (in German) *** Submitter of the material: Avraham Goldreich; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2004 1. Letter in which he describes his life and his experiences during the Holocaust, and his contribution to the State of Israel; 2. "Points worth mentioning" (in chronological order); 3. Article: "From Italy to Israel to the Light of the Stars", by Captain Avraham Goldreich (IDF Reserves); 4. Article: "Remembrance, Westic", (Vol. ?), by Kevin Butler, 2003; 5. Testimony of Yonah Goldreich (in Yiddish) *** Submitter of the material: Zvi Gil; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January and February 2004 1. Booklet (photocopy): "Jubilee 1945-1995", Special edition, marking 50 years since the liberation and since his arrival at the Magdiel school and agricultural institution, by Zvi Gil (editor), 1995; 2. Personal documents (photocopies), from June 1945 (preparations for aliya at the Santa Maria di Bani hostel in Italy) and including his setting of roots in Israel (including: his army period; service as a Young Judaea emissary in the United States; work at the "Zmanim" newspaper; head of the news department of "Kol Israel"; spokesperson for the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA); director of the IBA television news section; poems and articles written by Zvi Gil) *** Submitter of the material: Meir Ginosar; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in June 2004 1. Personal documentation (photocopy); 2. Book, "Shulamit, 1931-2001", by Yosef Meir, self-published by the family, 2002; given to the Yad Vashem Library *** Submitter of the material: Shlomo Grauer (by means of Shlomo Ofer); Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in April 2004 Book, "My life: The story of Shlomo Shlomek Grauer", written, edited and produced by A.R.T. Biographies; given to the Yad Vashem Library *** Submitter of the material: Elimelech Gross (by means of Chana Yablonka); Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 1. Written testimony (1997); 2. Four photographs, scanned *** Submitter of the material: Israel Grunstein; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 1. Article, "The survivors want recognition for their contribution to the war", Yair Sheleg, "Haaretz" newspaper, 26/04/2001; 2. Article in response to the above mentioned article; 3. Excerpt of an article by Zvi Gil *** Submitter of the material: Amira and Michael Davidovitz; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in April 2005 1. Survey of the activities of Halina Davidovitz, among the survivors on Schindler's list; 2. Two photographs of the Medal of Excellence and the Shield, awarded by the Minister of Social Welfare *** Submitter of the material: Mark Herman; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 Book, "From the Alps Mountains to the Red Sea", by Mark Herman, published by Beit Lohamei Hagetaot and Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 5745 (1985); given to the Yad Vashem Library; Note: There are three copies of the book in the Library; Yad Vashem Library call number: 85-0412 *** Submitter of the material: Yaakov Zilberg; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 1. His experiences (in Hebrew); 2. Written testimony (in English) *** Submitter of the material: Yehudit Kahana; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 Her experiences *** Submitter of the material: Moshe Katz (by means of his daughter Tami Katz-Friman); Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 1. Typewritten testimony: "My contribution to the building of Israel"; 2. Ten photographs, scanned *** Submitter of the material: Emanuel Karuvi-Maimon; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 Letter - His experiences *** Submitter of the material: Yehuda Weisselovitz Lahav; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004, by means of Safira Rapaport Letter - Description of his experiences *** Submitter of the material: Emanuel Karuvi; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in November 2004 Summary of his experiences *** Submitter of the material: Mossensohn Youth Village (by means of Zvi Gil, received from Azriel Levi); Book, "Past and present, facing the future in a youth village that marches in the spirit of the time", by Azriel Levi, published by the Dr. Ben-Zvi Mossensohn Youth Village, 2003; Given to the Yad Vashem Library *** Submitter of the material: Yehudit Katz; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2005 List of the activities of Bina Vizel *** Submitter of the material: Eva Chipis; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 Photocopy of a diary with the memoirs of Gita Leibovitz-Einzig-Einhorn, regarding the death march from Auschwitz *** Submitter of the material: Zeev Mendelevitz; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in June 2004 His experiences *** Submitter of the material: Yehudit Makai; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 1. Her experiences (computer printout, in Hebrew); 2. Booklet, "Nove Zamky Ersekujvar": Collection of photographs and video testimonies collected and edited by Yehudit Makai, regarding the town of Nove Zamky (Ersekujvar) in Slovakia (in Hebrew and Slovakian) *** Submitter of the material: Tehila Ofer; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in June 2004 Book: "Our youth: Youth Aliyah group no. 3 at Kibbutz Mesilot, in the Mesilot training group in the Yiftach battalion-brigade of the Palmach", by Tehila Ofer *** Submitter of the material: Chanan Akiva; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in December 2003 Written testimony *** Submitter of the material: Valeria Finzi (by means of Israel de Benedetti); Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in April 2005 Booklet in memory of Matilde Bassani Finzi Partigiana (given to the Yad Vashem Library) *** Submitter of the material: Professor Kalman Perk; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in February 2004 His experiences *** Submitter of the material: Hillel Kempler; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in December 2003 "Hillel, the youth from Grandierstrasse", booklet of memoirs regarding his family, by Hillel Kempler *** Submitter of the material: Moshe Kravetz; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in March 2004 1. Videotape, given to the Yad Vashem Photos Archive; 2. Documents (photocopies): a. Personal card from Dachau camp; b. Personal card belonging to his father, from Dachau camp; c. Personal card from Auschwitz camp - Departure to Buchenwald camp; d. Personal card from Auschwitz camp - Transfer/departure from the sick barracks; e. Letter of reply from Buchenwald, regarding his application to receive documents; f. Office registration card; g. Personal items; h. Partial list of 916 people who were evacuated from Auschwitz to Buchenwald camp; i. List of inmates who were put in barracks 56; j. Announcements regarding changes concerning transfer between the barracks; k. List of people who departed to Switzerland (after the war); *** Submitter of the material: Zvi Kratz; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 1. Summary of his experiences (written for the program for the "Ceremony for the awarding of the Yosef Paperrman prize to outstanding people who have advanced the building of Jerusalem"); 2. Article from the Yad Vashem Newsletter (Issue 33, Spring 5764/2004) regarding Zvi Kratz, who was one of the torch lighters at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Day ceremony; 3. Letter *** Submitter of the material: David Shachar; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in October 2004 His experiences, and Appendices.