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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Testimony of Leon Kleinmann, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, age 27, regarding his experiences in Lodz, the Soviet Union and aliya to Eretz Israel

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
    • לוביץ- בז'אז'ין -לודז'

    Testimony of Leon Kleinmann, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, age 27, regarding his experiences in Lodz, the Soviet Union and aliya to Eretz Israel Escape of Jewish refugees from Lodz with the approach of the German Army; arrest and deportation to a camp; escape from the camp; deportation to Lodz; escape beyond the Russian border; crosses the border to the Soviet Union; aliya to Eretz Israel, early 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  2. Protocols of meetings of the Central Jewish Committee (CJC), Bergen-Belsen, 24 June 1945-27 July 1947

    1. O.70 - Josef Rosensaft Bergen-Belsen POW Camp Archive

    Protocols of meetings of the Central Jewish Committee (CJC), Bergen-Belsen, 24 June 1945-27 July 1947 The file includes: - reports regarding the condition of the Jews in the DP camps in the British Occupied Zone; - reports and position paper regarding the British policies and attitude toward aliya to Eretz Israel; - discussions and position paper regarding emigration to Sweden; - reports regarding the financial problems; - cooperation with the AJDC, the Jewish Agency and UNRRA; - report on the visit by the Anglo-American Committee; - elections in Bergen-Belsen DP camp.

  3. Correspondence between the Central Jewish Committee (CJC) and the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC)

    1. O.70 - Josef Rosensaft Bergen-Belsen POW Camp Archive

    Correspondence between the Central Jewish Committee (CJC) and the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) The file includes: - correspondence between the AJDC and its representatives in Europe; - lists with statistical data regarding the “She’erith Hapletah” in Germany; - data regarding the help given by the AJDC to the Jewish refugees in the DP camps in Germany.

  4. Newspaper clippings and publications, 1983, regarding the marking of 40 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 40 years since the halt of the "General Plan in the East" (Generalplan Ost), including a public discussion held in West Germany regarding th

    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

    Newspaper clippings and publications, 1983, regarding the marking of 40 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 40 years since the halt of the "General Plan in the East" (Generalplan Ost), including a public discussion held in West Germany regarding the deportation of millions of Germans from the areas held by the Poles at the end of the war

  5. Correspondence of Dr. Israel Kasztner and Zionist leaders in Hungary with public figures, regarding the rescue of Jews in Hungary during the Holocaust, 1943-1952, and the fate of the Jews who left Hungary on the Kasztner train, summer 1944

    1. P.54 - Archive of Dr. Israel Kasztner, one of the leaders of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest, and Collection of Dov Dinur, Kasztner's Biographer

    Correspondence of Dr. Israel Kasztner and Zionist leaders in Hungary with public figures, regarding the rescue of Jews in Hungary during the Holocaust, 1943-1952, and the fate of the Jews who left Hungary on the Kasztner train, summer 1944

  6. Testimony of Zofia Zarnowiecka, the Christian, regarding the hiding of Jews in Vilna, 1939-1944

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

    Testimony of Zofia Zarnowiecka, the Christian, regarding the hiding of Jews in Vilna, 1939-1944 Hiding of young Jews who escaped from the Vilna Ghetto; hopes of the youth to make aliya to Eretz Israel; forced labor of the Jews digging for the Lithuanian partisans; contact with the youth after the war.

  7. Correspondence with Jewish Agency personnel in Jerusalem: Eliyahu Dobkin, Yitzhak Greenboim, and Dr. Georg Landauer, regarding obtaining certificates for legal aliya to Eretz Israel especially for inmates in the Vittel camp.

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Jewish Agency personnel in Jerusalem regarding obtaining certificates for legal aliya to Eretz Israel especially for inmates in the Vittel camp Correspondence with Jewish Agency personnel in Jerusalem: Eliyahu Dobkin, Yitzhak Greenboim, and Dr. Georg Landauer, regarding obtaining certificates for legal aliya to Eretz Israel especially for inmates in the Vittel camp. Also in the file: Circular regarding Land Transfer Regulations issued 30 April 1940.

  8. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Agudat Israel in Zurich Executive Committee file with correspondence with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) regarding shipment of protective passports

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Agudat Israel in Zurich Executive Committee file with correspondence with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) regarding shipment of protective passports Also in the file: - Correspondence regarding a dispute over money and arbitration, 26 January 1944 and 31 May 1946; - Correspondence regarding help to refugee rabbis in Shanghai, 12 February 1943 and 28 July 1943.

  9. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Proclamation of camp survivors in Switzerland entitled "An Alle Freien Voelker" ("To All Free Nations") calling for recognition of the rights of the Jewish people to an independent state in Eretz Israel

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Proclamation of camp survivors in Switzerland entitled "An Alle Freien Voelker" ("To All Free Nations") calling for recognition of the rights of the Jewish people to an independent state in Eretz Israel In the file: 1. Various versions of the proclamation; 2. Version of the proclamation along with signatures of former camp inmates; 3. Reactions to the proclamation; 4. Clippings from Swiss newspapers in which the proclamation was published.

  10. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Organization of Polish Students in Switzerland regarding relief

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Organization of Polish Students in Switzerland regarding relief Also in the file: - Lists and questionnaires of Polish students; - Memo from the Organization of Polish Students to Bundesrat Eduard von Steiger regarding the attitude of the Swiss government towards the Polish organization, and the response from the Federal Department of Justice and Police regarding the legal status of refugee students and Jewish students, April -May 1941; - Memo regarding the relations between Poles and Jews in detention camps for Polish soldiers in Sw...

  11. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Letters from Leon Ilutovicz, Szymon Seidenman and Dr. C. Schwarz regarding aliya to Eretz Israel and immigration

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Letters from Leon Ilutovicz, Szymon Seidenman and Dr. C. Schwarz regarding aliya to Eretz Israel and immigration Letters from Leon Ilutovicz, Szymon Seidenman and Dr. C. Schwarz, Zionist leaders from Poland and refugees in Vilna, regarding aliya to Eretz Israel and immigration In the file: - Letters from the Zionist Organization and the Hechalutz Hamizrachi movement in Lithuania mostly regarding certificates for legal aliya to Eretz Israel, 22 October 1939 and 09 April 1940.

  12. Testimony of an unknown witness regarding his experiences in the Bogusze camp, Korycin, Jasinowka and Bialystok

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

    Testimony of an unknown witness regarding his experiences in the Bogusze camp, Korycin, Jasinowka and Bialystok Escape from the Bogusze camp to Korycin, transfer to Jasinowka; deportation of Jews to Treblinka; jumping from the deportation train by several Jews; jumping from the deportation train by the witness, including methods of jumping, 30 January 1943; transfer to Bialystok.

  13. Memoirs of Monia Gutman, born in Lipkani, Bessarabia, 1921, regarding his experiences during wanderings in the Soviet Union, as a Red Army soldier and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946

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

    Memoirs of Monia Gutman, born in Lipkani, Bessarabia, 1921, regarding his experiences during wanderings in the Soviet Union, as a Red Army soldier and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946 Life in the Soviet Union. Aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Rafiah" ship, 1946; landing of the ship on a sandbar; deportation to Cyprus.

  14. Memoirs of Yaakov Rich, regarding his experiences in Rozentow, Poland before and during the war, in Kolomei, Poland during the Soviet occupation, his draft into the Red Army, 1942 and his life in Ural, the Soviet Union, until 1946

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

    Memoirs of Yaakov Rich, regarding his experiences in Rozentow, Poland before and during the war, in Kolomei, Poland during the Soviet occupation, his draft into the Red Army, 1942 and his life in Ural, the Soviet Union, until 1946

  15. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings regarding the deprivation of Swiss citizenship, 1941-1949

    1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings regarding the deprivation of Swiss citizenship, 1941-1949 In the file: - Articles regarding the deprivation of Swiss citizenship of women married to foreigners, especially Jews, who had lost their citizenship as a result of Nazi legislation; among other clippings: article in the "Berner Tageblatt", 15 January 1945, p. 188 in the file; - Articles regarding the deprivation of Swiss citizenship for commission of crimes against the country; among other clippings: article in the "National Zeitung", 17 May 1945, regarding Ruebins, the Nazi professo...

  16. Letter written by Simon Zuskind in London, a Jewish refugee from Belgium, to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting help in locating relatives and passing the letter on to them, 17 October 1940

    1. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    Letter written by Simon Zuskind in London, a Jewish refugee from Belgium, to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting help in locating relatives and passing the letter on to them, 17 October 1940 The letter includes a request to locate his relatives and to pass the letter on to them; relatives of Simon; request for help from his relatives.

  17. Letter sent by Rabbi Bentzion Kalman Gleizel from Shanghai to the New York Forverts editor requesting people from Tuchin to contact him

    1. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    Letter sent by Rabbi Bentzion Kalman Gleizel from Shanghai to the New York Forverts editor requesting people from Tuchin to contact him The letter has no date: Request of Rabbi Benzion Kalman Gleizl, rabbi of the Tuchin community, to publish an appeal to people from Tuchin in the United States to contact him.

  18. Letter sent by the refugee Shlomo Shmidt in Lithuania to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting help from members of his community, 02 January 1941

    1. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    Letter sent by the refugee Shlomo Shmidt in Lithuania to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting help from members of his community, 02 January 1941 In the letter the refugee expresses that the content published requesting help will be addressed to members of his community in the United States.

  19. The Attorney Jean Brunschvig Personal Archive: Certificates from the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, 1942-1944

    The collection is composed of documents signed by Mantello certifying that the bearer of the document is a San Salvadorian citizen.

  20. Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress

    Included in the Record Group: A. Collection of anti-Jewish legislation enacted in various countries, organized in files according to the countries. Sometimes the law is quoted as it was published in the law books of that particular country, and sometimes there are surveys regarding the law or newspaper clippings with a description of the law.B. Correspondence between the World Jewish Congress (including with the United Nations) regarding anti-Jewish legislation such as laws regarding emigration, the status of refugees and displaced persons, reparations from Germany and more.