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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Testimony of Ruth Ruff regarding her experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Sadagura

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

    Testimony of Ruth Ruff regarding her experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Sadagura Expulsion of Czechoslovakian Jews to Romania, 1939; Soviet treatment of the Czechoslovakian refugees, 1940-1941; deportation to Siberian labor camps; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian battalion in Buzuluk, 1942; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army in Sadagura by Jewish women living in Bukovina, 1944. Demobilization, 1945; active participation in Hashomer Hatzair in Czechoslovakia, 1946; aliya to Israel, joining a kibbutz.

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. Testimony of Malvina Strebingerova Lanzerova from Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Lwow, a forced labor camp, Samarkand and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sokolovo

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

    Testimony of Malvina Strebingerova Lanzerova from Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Lwow, a forced labor camp, Samarkand and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sokolovo Outbreak of the war, 1939; expulsion of Jewish families from Ostrava; life as Jewish refugees in Lwow, 1940; deportation to labor camps; amnesty for Czechoslovakian inmates; transfer to Samarkand; work in a kolkhoz; contacts with the Czechoslovakian Embassy and the military mission; problems of Jewish refugee families traveling to the Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; military trai...

  6. Joint testimony of Katerina (Zinner) Tausinger from Kosice and Albert Taussinger from Zilina regarding a group of Czechoslovakian Communists in the Soviet Union and their experiences as soldiers in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk

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

    Joint testimony of Katerina (Zinner) Tausinger from Kosice and Albert Taussinger from Zilina regarding a group of Czechoslovakian Communists in the Soviet Union and their experiences as soldiers in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk Group of Jewish Communist refugees in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941; antisemitism; enlistment in a Czechoslovakian battalion in Buzuluk, 1942; participation of Jewish soldiers in the Sokolovo battle, officer schools, tank training camps and a tank unit during the Kiev battle, 1943; discovery of mass graves of massacred Jews; role of Jewish nurses; discovery of ch...

  7. An anonymous testimony of a young man, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1928, age 15-1/2, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Russia, Iran, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    An anonymous testimony of a young man, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1928, age 15-1/2, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Russia, Iran, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Tarnobrzeg including deportation of Jews to Zans and Radomishl; deportation beyond the Russian border; life as a refugee in the Soviet Union; escape to Teheran, 1943; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  8. Testimony of Joseph Horovitz, born in Wieliczka, Poland, age 19, regarding his experiences in Wieliczka, Sinowa, Russia, Teheran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
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    Testimony of Joseph Horovitz, born in Wieliczka, Poland, age 19, regarding his experiences in Wieliczka, Sinowa, Russia, Teheran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Wieliczka during the outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape with his family; escape and return to Wieliczka; escape to Sinowa; life in Sinowa; Soviet occupation; life as a refugee in the Soviet Union; escape with his brother to Teheran; aliya to Eretz Israel with his brother, February 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  9. An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Krakow, Poland, age 20, regarding her experiences in Stryj and Hungary

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Krakow, Poland, age 20, regarding her experiences in Stryj and Hungary Life in Stryj during the German occupation; attitude of the Germans towards the Jews; establishment of the Judenrat by Dr.Huttener; unsuccessful escape attempt to Hungary with his mother and younger sister; crosses the border; life as a refugee; receives information about the murder of Jews in Stanislawow. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  10. Documentation including notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's European center in Lisbon, the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe including the JDC's support of the Youth Aliyah organizati

    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 including notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's European center in Lisbon, the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe including the JDC's support of the Youth Aliyah organization, and other matters, 1940-1942 - Notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's European center in Lisbon regarding various subjects, including the aliya of Jews from Romania to Eretz Israel on ships, 1940-1942; - Documentation regarding the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe, in...

  11. Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement

    1. P.62 - Peter Erben Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of Czechoslovakia, and specifically the Jews of Ostrava, during the Holocaust period

    Documentation regarding the experiences of Dr. Hanus Rebenwurzel Rezek, born in Straznice, Czechoslovakia, 1902, president of the Maccabi association and active in the social-democratic movement Included in the file: - Documents regarding the circumstances of the air[craft] accident in which Dr. Rezek was killed, 1948; Rezek made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war; he enlisted in the Czech unit as an army chaplain; he was active in the rehabilitation of the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia, as the secretary of the Jewish community in Prague.

  12. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: Correspondence with Dr. A. Singelovsky, one of the leaders of the Geneva Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) organization, regarding the urgent need for ORT activities in Poland and the DP camps in Austria

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: Correspondence with Dr. A. Singelovsky, one of the leaders of the Geneva Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) organization, regarding the urgent need for ORT activities in Poland and the DP camps in Austria Also in the file: - Copy of a letter from the She’erith Hapletah (Survivors of the Holocaust in Europe after World War II) administration in Vienna to ORT in Geneva regarding the need for vocational training for people in the DP camps, 31 October 1946; - Circular issued by ORT calling upon the refugees in Switzerland to participate in vocational trai...

  13. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and surveys (Numbers 1-12) regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy and Greece

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and surveys (Numbers 1-12) regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy and Greece Also in the file: - Reports regarding the situation of the refugees from Poland in Italy and regarding the survivors of the ship, "Pentcho", 22 April 1943; - Survey issued by the Greek Information Bureau in Cairo, 1944 (?), regarding the situation of the Greek Jews before and during World War II, the deportation of the Jews of Thessaloniki and the sympathetic treatment of the Jews by the Greek population; - Testimony of a refugee from Athens who arrived in Istanbul re...

  14. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Letters and various reports regarding Jewish youth activities

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Letters and various reports regarding Jewish youth activities Letters regarding the situation of Jewish youth in France, vocational camps and agricultural training camps (Aliya training camps) for youth in southern France set up with support from Relico. Also in the file: - Undated report submitted by the Jewish scouts in Moissac regarding their activities at vocational training of the youth, 1940-1941; - Letters from Joseph Fisher, the General Manager of the Jewish National Fund in Lyon, regarding the treatment of youth and children, 20 March 1942 and 05 J...

  15. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: A few reports and letters regarding the condition of the Jews in Belgium, difficulties in emigrating to the United States, the general situation, deportations and more

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archives: A few reports and letters regarding the condition of the Jews in Belgium, difficulties in emigrating to the United States, the general situation, deportations and more Also in the file: - Detailed activities report submitted by the Belgian Underground Committee for the Defense of the Jews (Comite De Defense Des Juifs), September 1942-December 1943; a monthly budget and financial reports submitted by the municipal committees in Charleroi and Brussels are attached; - Preliminary report regarding the situation of the intellectual refugees in Belgium and the r...

  16. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) branch in London (Dr. Silverman, A. L. Easterman, N. Barou) regarding arranging of relief for the Jews of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia by the Governments-in-Exile in En

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) branch in London (Dr. Silverman, A. L. Easterman, N. Barou) regarding arranging of relief for the Jews of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia by the Governments-in-Exile in England and relief to Jewish refugees in Shanghai Also in the file: - Letter from Berl Locker, along with the copy of a letter to Anshel Reis, regarding the Eretz Israel legation of Polish Jews in London and activities of Dr. Ignatz Schwartzbart, 09 January 1941; - Report Number 14 submitted by Dr. Ignatz Schwartzbart regarding survivors in P...

  17. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) and with the Protestant minister, Freudenberg, regarding relatives in Poland and relief to the detainees in Vittel

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) and with the Protestant minister, Freudenberg, regarding relatives in Poland and relief to the detainees in Vittel Also in the file: - Secret report regarding transport Number 12 of Berlin Jews, the arrival of the transport at the Warsaw Ghetto, relations between the people from the transport and those in the ghetto and a transport of Jews from Hannover, 20 April 1942.

  18. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the United States Embassy in Switzerland and with Roswell McClelland regarding the fate of those holding South American passports in the camps in Germany and in Vittel

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the United States Embassy in Switzerland and with Roswell McClelland regarding the fate of those holding South American passports in the camps in Germany and in Vittel Also in the file: - American regulation regarding limitations on the granting of visas to the United States, 01 July 1941; - Request submitted by Dr. Silberschein for United States intervention on behalf of the refugees in Spain and Portugal, 20 June 1941; - Information from the "Washington Post", 26 January 1944, and from Juedische Nachrichten, the press agency of SIG [Un...

  19. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence and reports submitted by Gisi Fleischmann from Bratislava regarding the condition of the Jews in Slovakia and Poland ("Zivia" (?)) and regarding negotiations with the Germans (Dieter Wisliceny) regarding te

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence and reports submitted by Gisi Fleischmann from Bratislava regarding the condition of the Jews in Slovakia and Poland ("Zivia" (?)) and regarding negotiations with the Germans (Dieter Wisliceny) regarding termination of the deportations Also in the file: - Report regarding the efforts to rescue refugees and children from Poland and regarding the concentration camps, 01 September 1943; a newspaper clipping from "Grenzbote", 09 February 1943, containing a speech by Alexander Mach, the Slovakian Minister of the Interior, calling for the deportati...

  20. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Lists of 6,909 deportees from various countries located in ghettos in the Lublin area, and in Majdanek, Auschwitz and Theresienstadt

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Lists of 6,909 deportees from various countries located in ghettos in the Lublin area, and in Majdanek, Auschwitz and Theresienstadt Also in the file: - Lists of children from Croatia and Germany who were transferred to Lesno Brdo via Zagreb and from Poland to Romania and Hungary; - Lists of refugees, mostly from Yugoslavia, who arrived in Switzerland via Italy; - Lists of inmates from the Ferramonti Di Tarsia camp who were granted certificates to make aliya to Eretz Israel; - List of 368 Jews in Czechoslovakia including details appearing in their passports.