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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Memoirs of Benedikt Friedman, born in Lwow, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Lwow and in labor camps in Austria during the war

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

    Memoirs of Benedikt Friedman, born in Lwow, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Lwow and in labor camps in Austria during the war Jewish life in Poland before the war. German attack on Lwow; Soviet occupation of Lwow; giving of equal rights to the Jews, and the Soviet policies toward Jewish refugees; German occupation of Lwow, and persecution of Jews by the Ukrainians; anti-Jewish legislation and decrees by the German authorities against the Jewish residents; establishment of the Judenrat, confiscation of property, collection of monies, and other measures. The file includes: testimon...

  2. Documentation regarding the activities of the OSE and the JDC organizations in various countries in Europe, 1939-1945

    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 regarding the activities of the OSE and the JDC organizations in various countries in Europe, 1939-1945 - Documentation regarding the activities of the OSE organization in the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Yugoslavia; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Boris Tschlenoff regarding the financing of a shipment of medicine and the care of children in those countries (the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Yugoslavia), by the JDC organization; - Issue of the "News Bulletin", June 1941, regarding the aims of the OSE organization in the United States; - Documentation regarding a...

  3. Memoirs of Friedrich Trauer, regarding his experiences in the Sudetenland region, Theresienstadt and Hagibor, 1938-1945

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957
    • In dem Banden des nazionalsozialismus 1938-1945

    Memoirs of Friedrich Trauer, regarding his experiences in the Sudetenland region, Theresienstadt and Hagibor, 1938-1945 Political developments and Nazi propaganda in Czechoslovakia and, in particular, in the Sudetenland region, 1930s. Summary of anti-Jewish legislation and the coordination of the deportation of the Czechoslovakian Jews, including regulations and method; memoirs regarding the atmosphere in Karlsbad, 1938; temporary move to Brunn; attitude of the population in Brunn to the Jewish refugees after the German occupation of the Sudetenland region; life in Budweis; establishment of...

  4. Memoirs of Moshe Mussler, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, regarding his experiences in Belgium and France, Gurs camp, Rivesaltes camp and in hiding during the war

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

    Memoirs of Moshe Mussler, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, regarding his experiences in Belgium and France, Gurs camp, Rivesaltes camp and in hiding during the war Stay in Antwerp at the outbreak of the war; deportation to Drancy camp; unwillingness by French Jews to help Jewish refugees from eastern Europe; fights in camp between Jews of eastern European origin and western European origin; transfer to Rivesaltes camp; transfer to Gurs camp, 1942; departure of transports to the East; transfer back to Rivesaltes camp with his family, 1943; Yom Kippur prayers; release from the camp with his family...

  5. 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)

    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) The documentation is from 1939-1950. Most of the documentation describes the activities of Saly Mayer as the (unofficial) representative of the JDC in Switzerland during World War II. Saly Mayer transferred JDC funds to persecuted Jews in Europe and Shanghai in various ways. He also distributed money for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland. As part of his activities, he received info...

  6. Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representation in Geneva regarding extending relief help to the Jews in Poland

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representation in Geneva regarding extending relief help to the Jews in Poland Inquiry into the situation of the Jews in Poland by their relatives by way of sending postcards to Poland; replies to the postcards that were sent; activities of the American, German and Polish Red Cross; Included in the file: - Notification of the Juedische Telegraphen-Agentur (JTA - Jewish Telegraphic Agency) regarding various issues including Jewish refugees and the situation of the Jews in the Baltic and European countries and in Eretz Israel; - Excerp...

  7. Documentation regarding Jewish emigration, travel documents and HICEM activities

    1. P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976

    Documentation regarding Jewish emigration, travel documents and HICEM activities - Documents related to efforts to rescue Jewish inmates in various concentration and transit camps through the use of foreign, especially Latin American, travel documents; - Lists of the 1552 Jews who were entitled to obtain passports and citizenship certificates from the consulates of Haiti, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and El Salvador. - Article regarding the activities of HICEM, an acronym of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Jewish Colonization Association (ICA), and a migration organization (Emigdirect), th...

  8. Testimony of Nisan Goldes, born in Lygumai, Lithuania, 1906, regarding his experiences in Lygumai, the Siauliai Ghetto, Stutthof and Landsberg

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Nisan Goldes, born in Lygumai, Lithuania, 1906, regarding his experiences in Lygumai, the Siauliai Ghetto, Stutthof and Landsberg Life before the war in Lygumai. Outbreak of the war; escape of refugees from Siauliai; unsuccessful escape attempt to Vaskai and the Latvian border; restrictions on the Jews enforced by the Mayor Petraitis; arrest of Jews; murder of Jews; includes a list of names of Lithuanian collaborators; deportation of Jews to a prison in Siauliai; murder of Jews; includes a list of names of Jews who were murdered; murder of the Jews including looting of property...

  9. Testimony of Golda (Aron) Jed, born in Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Anyksciai Ghetto

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Golda (Aron) Jed, born in Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Anyksciai Ghetto Life before the war; attends a Jewish sciences high school. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; German occupation, 25 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; looting of Jewish owned property; transfer with Jews to a synagogue; abuse of Jews; murder of young men in the courtyard of the synagogue; release of breast feeding women, elderly women and children from the synagogue; release of refugees from Kaunas; release from the synagogue; establishment of a ghet...

  10. Testimony of Saine Cholok, born in Russia, 1919, regarding her experiences in Ukmerge, the Kaunas Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Ukmerge

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Saine Cholok, born in Russia, 1919, regarding her experiences in Ukmerge, the Kaunas Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Ukmerge Life before the war in Ukmerge; learns in a Hebrew high school; work in a laboratory; move to Kaunas, 1939. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; ghetto life; receives information from Ukmerge residents about the German occupation there, 24 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; robbery of Jews by Lithuanians and Germans; escape to Jewish refugees; transfer of the local civil authority by the Lithuaians; head of...

  11. Collective testimony of Helman Fridman, Mordechai Bleyman, Berel Perecman and Szaine Perecman, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Zagare

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Collective testimony of Helman Fridman, Mordechai Bleyman, Berel Perecman and Szaine Perecman, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Zagare Life before the war in Zagare. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; escape of refugees; German occupation, 29 June 1941; transfer of the civil authority by the Lithuanians; restrictions on the Jews; abuse of the Jews; transfer of the men to a synagogue; deportation of the men to forced labor; establishment of a Judenrat; deportation of the Jews to a ghetto, 27 July 1941; transfer of the Jews outside of the ghetto; c...

  12. Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of SIG (the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    The documentation is from 1939-1950. Most of the documentation describes the activities of Saly Mayer as the (unofficial) representative of the JDC in Switzerland during World War II.Saly Mayer transferred JDC funds to persecuted Jews in Europe and Shanghai in different ways. He also distributed money for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland. As part of his activities, he received information regarding what was happening in Europe against the Jews, for example in Slovakia (from the Bratislava Working Group). He was in contact with representatives and activists of various Jewish or...

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

    P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969 The estate of Benjamin Sagalowitz was submitted to Yad Vashem by B. Froehlich, the executor of the estate in 1972; it was transferred to Israel by Herbert Rosenkranz. In the Record Group: - Drafts and galley proofs of Benjamin Sagalowitz's book, "The Way to Majdanek"; - Documentation regarding the Jewish communities in Switzerland, 1929-1956; - Documentation regarding JUNA, 1935-1964; - Documentation regarding the attitude of the Swiss authorities towards the Jewish ...

  14. Documentation regarding the Jews of Germany, mainly during the Holocaust

    Most of the documentation is from Jewish sources. The first 106 files are remnants from the archives of Jewish institutions, organizations and communities in Germany.Some of this Record Group consists of documentation photocopied from municipal archives in Germany regarding the Jews and including personal documents, surveys and articles regarding the destruction of the communities in Germany and more. There is also documentation included in the Collection regarding the Jewish school in Harlingen, 1933-1939, submitted by the principal of the school, Hugo Josef Rosenthal-Jashuvi, to Yad Vashem.

  15. M.81: Documentation from archives in Kyrgyzstan

    M.81: Documentation from archives in Kyrgyzstan In the Records Group there is documentation regarding evacuees and refugees in Kyrgyzstan during World War II. Additionally, the Records Group contains Chapters 3-6 from the documentary and propaganda series, "The Kyrgyzstan Advisor", which was produced during World War II and told how the people on the Soviet home front were managing with the difficulties of the war. In the Records Group there is also a documentary film regarding the 3,500 children from Leningrad who were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan during the war. There is also "En Route from Ch...

  16. Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - AJDC in the Netherlands, 1934-1944

    Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - AJDC in the Netherlands, 1934-1944 The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, known as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - AJDC, was established in the United States in 1914 in order to help the victims of World War I; the head office is located in New York; Included in the collection: Letters and activity reports prepared by the JDC, regarding financial help to victims of the Holocaust, and correspondence by the JDC branch offices in Lisbon and Paris with people and institutions, regarding help to Jews d...

  17. Documentation regarding the Jews in France during the war, including a report concerning the situation of the young people in Gurs, Rivesaltes and Argeles camps, a protocol of a meeting in Drancy between the directors of the Union Generale des Israelites

    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 regarding the Jews in France during the war, including a report concerning the situation of the young people in Gurs, Rivesaltes and Argeles camps, a protocol of a meeting in Drancy between the directors of the Union Generale des Israelites de France - UGIF and SS person Alois Brunner, the detention of Jews by the French police, and other matters, 1941-1943 - Report by Dr. J. Doubossarsky, an ORT representative, regarding his visit in Gurs camp, 01 February 1941; - Report regarding the situation of the young people in Gurs, Rivesaltes and Argeles sur Mer camps in the south of ...

  18. M.2 - Archive of Itzhak Schwarzbart, member of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London, 1939-1958

    M.2 - Archive of Itzhak Schwarzbart, member of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London, 1939-1958 Dr. Itzhak Ignacy Schwarzbart was born in Chrzanow, Poland, in 1888. He studied to be a lawyer and began his legal career in 1913. He served as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of a daily newspaper that appeared in Krakow, 1921-1925, while writing for other daily newspapers as well. During the period between World War I and World War II, he served as a representative at Zionist Congresses and was active in the Jewish faction in the Krakow Municipal Council and the leadership of the Jewish communi...

  19. O.28 - Documentation of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Krakow, Poland regarding organization activities in Poland, 1939-1942

    M.28 - Documentation of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Krakow, Poland regarding the organization activities in Poland, 1939-1942 The documentation includes the welfare and assistance activities of the AJDC to the Jews of Poland; it consists of four main parts: 1. AJDC correspondence with the German administration authorities in occupied Poland; 2. AJDC correspondence with Jewish institutions and organizations in Poland; 3. AJDC correspondence with Jewish institutions and organizations outside of Poland; 4. Survey reports, charts and statistical data. 1. Correspondence w...

  20. Collection of Westerbork camp, 1940-1945

    Collection of Westerbork camp, 1940-1945 Westerbork camp was established by the Dutch authorities as a refugee camp, following the influx of Jewish refugees who arrived from Germany in 1933; the refugees were permitted to leave the camp until 1940, when the Germans surrounded Westerbork camp with a fence and established that the camp would be transferred to the auspices of the Ministry of Justice; the Germans changed the designation of the camp to a transit camp for deported Jews, under the supervision of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD in 1941; 101,525 persons were regis...