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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Joint testimony of Pavel Dobry, born in Usti nad Laben, Czechoslovakia, and his wife, Eva (Guttmann) Dobry, born in Stanislawow, Poland, regarding their experiences in a kolkhoz in Ukraine and as Czechoslovakian Army soldiers in Buzuluk and Romania

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

    Joint testimony of Pavel Dobry, born in Usti nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, and his wife, Eva (Guttmann) Dobry, born in Stanislawow, Poland, regarding their experiences in a kolkhoz in Ukraine and as Czechoslovakian Army soldiers in Buzuluk and Romania Work of Jewish refugees in a Ukrainian kolkhoz, 1939-1941; enlistment in a Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk; combat at Sokolovo, 1943; participation of Jews and Jewish losses; Jews in officer training schools; Jews in command of Czechoslovakian field units; battles at Kiev and Bila Cerkev; mobilization of Czechoslovakian citizens in Volhynia,...

  2. Testimony of Leopold Drucker, a certified engineer, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia [then Austria-Hungary], 1895, regarding his experiences as a local Maccabi activist, a Zionist activist in Theresienstadt, in Auschwitz, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in

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

    Testimony of Leopold Drucker, a certified engineer, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia [then Austria-Hungary], 1895, regarding his experiences as a local Maccabi activist, a Zionist activist in Theresienstadt, in Auschwitz, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Poprad and more Military service as an officer in the [Austro-Hungarian] Army during World War I; an active Zionist and of the Maccabi leaders in Brno from 1919; cooperation between Maccabi and Hashomer Hatzair in the prepapration of Jewish youth for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935; help provided by the movement to 2,000 Jewish refugees from Au...

  3. Testimony of Henry Fantl, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, military service within the Middle East area and via the Soviet Union in Sadagura and in combat in Dukla, Jaslo and Liptovsky Mikulas

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

    Testimony of Henry Fantl, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, military service within the Middle East area and via the Soviet Union in Sadagura and in combat in Dukla, Jaslo and Liptovsky Mikulas Born in Czechoslovakia. Military service as an officer during the Czechoslovakian general mobilization, 1938; dismissal from employment as a lawyer due to his being Jewish, 1939; formation of a military group while on a refugee ship sailing to Eretz Israel, 1940; explosion on the refugee ship, "Patria", near Haifa port, 1940; enlistment of a Je...

  4. Testimony of Richard Fischl, born in Havlickuv Brod, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Poland, Samarkand, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk, and in combat in Sokolovo, Dukla, Presov and Ostrava

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

    Testimony of Richard Fischl, born in Havlickuv Brod, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Poland, Samarkand, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk, and in combat in Sokolovo, Dukla, Presov and Ostrava Born in Czechoslovakia; German occupation; effect of the German occupation on Czechoslovakian Army officers; escape routes to Poland; German-speaking Czechoslovakian Jews in refugee center in Katowice, 1939; Soviet occupation; transfer to Samarkand; life of Jewish refugees in Samarkand, 1940-1942; formation of Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; participatio...

  5. Testimony of Otakar Huppert, born in Belsko, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his Zionist movement experiences before the war, during his escape to the Soviet Union via Poland and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sadagura

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

    Testimony of Otakar Huppert, born in Belsko, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his Zionist movement experiences before the war, during his escape to the Soviet Union via Poland and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sadagura Zionist activities in Ostrava, 1930-1939; information regarding Chanan and Shlomo Rozen. German occupation; escape to Poland after German occupation, 1939; deportation to Nisko; expulsion to Soviet demarcation line at San; Ukrainian assaults; NKVD arrests and interrogations; life of Jewish refugees in the Lwow region, 1940-1941; formation of the Czechoslovak...

  6. Testimony of Max Kriegel Kral, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Krakow, in Czechoslovakian Army camps in Lesne and Bronowice, in Soviet camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolo

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

    Testimony of Max Kriegel Kral, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Krakow, in Czechoslovakian Army camps in Lesne and Bronowice, in Soviet camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolovo and Dukla Born in Czechoslovakia. Escape to Poland; attitude of Czechoslovakian consulate in Krakow toward Jewish refugees, 1939; Jews in Czechoslovakian military camp Bronowice and Lesne, 1939; fighting as allies of the Polish Army; retreat with the Polish Army, 1939; detention of the Czechoslovakian Legion in Soviet camps in Kamenets P...

  7. Testimony of Gustav Maier, born in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia, 1909, regarding his experiences in Nisko, Lwow, Uzbekistan, in a Soviet camp in Ural, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk and Novokhopersk and in combat in Kiev and Dukla

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

    Testimony of Gustav Maier, born in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia, 1909, regarding his experiences in Nisko, Lwow, Uzbekistan, in a Soviet camp in Ural, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk and Novokhopersk and in combat in Kiev and Dukla Born in Czechoslovakia. Deportation to Nisko, 1939; escape to Lwow; life in Lwow; labor in Soviet coal mines, 1940; Jewish refugees living in a Korean colony in Uzbekistan, 1941;deportation to a labor camp in the Urals, 1941; role of Jews in a Czechoslovakian reserve battalion in Buzuluk, 1942; role of Jews in a Czechoslovakian brigade in Novokhope...

  8. Documentation regarding the Eclaireurs Israelites de France - EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France and the OSE organization, and support by the JDC organization in Comite Teitel [?], 1941-1945

    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 Eclaireurs Israelites de France - EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France and the OSE organization, and support by the JDC organization in Comite Teitel [?], 1941-1945 1) Documentation regarding the Eclaireurs Israelites de France - EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France, 1939-1944: - Reports regarding the activities of the EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France, on behalf of Jewish children during the war, 1939-1944; - Documentation regarding the Jewish partisans and non-Jewish partisans in France; 2) Documentation regarding the activities of the OSE ...

  9. Documentation, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and Josef Blum regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews, a report by the Hechalutz movement regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, sections of reports by Gisi Fleischmann regar

    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 correspondence between Saly Mayer and Josef Blum regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews, a report by the Hechalutz movement regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, sections of reports by Gisi Fleischmann regarding the deportation of Hungarian Jewry, and other matters, 1940-1944 - Confirmation by Morris C. Troper, chairman of the JDC organization's governing council for Europe, that Josef Blum is an official JDC organization representative, 08 June 1940; - List of Hungarian Jewish students studying in Zurich, 21 November 1941; - Correspondence be...

  10. Documentation regarding claims submitted by various bodies regarding money that was used for relief to Jews in Hungary and Slovakia; documents dated, 1943-1948

    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 claims submitted by various bodies regarding money that was used for relief to Jews in Hungary and Slovakia; documents dated, 1943-1948 - Documentation regarding the claim submitted by L. Kertesz [apparently to the JDC], including a letter sent to Saly Mayer by the JDC regarding the claim by L. Kertesz, 24 September 1946; - Documentation regarding the claim submitted by the "Shomrey Hachomot" Kollel [apparently to the JDC], including correspondence between Saly Mayer and Richard Lichtheim, a member of the Zionist Organization administration and a Jewish Agency repres...

  11. "Destruction of Radzilow": Overview written by Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews of Radzilow

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

    "Destruction of Radzilow": Overview written by Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews of Radzilow Occupation of Radzilow by the German Army, 23 June 1941; attitude of the Poles towards the German Army; handing over of Soviet Army soldiers who did not have time to escape [by the Poles] to the Germans; names of Polish collaborators; abuse and murder of Jews by Poles; robbery of property; desecration of religious objects including the burning of Torah scrolls; attitude of the Poles towards the Jews; incitement of the Poles against the Jews; establishment of a local Polish authority in Ra...

  12. P.4 - Dr. Eliezer Yerushalmi Collection: Documentation from the Siauliai Ghetto

    P.4 - Dr. Eliezer Yerushalmi Collection: Documentation from the Siauliai Ghetto Dr. Eliezer Yerushalmi was born in Gorodishche (Horodyszcze), Belorussia, in 1900. He studied Science and Hebrew Literature at Kaunas University, and worked as a teacher, always conducting his educational activities in Hebrew. An active member of the Zeirei Zion movement and Hechalutz, he served as a teacher and principal at the school in the Siauliai Ghetto from 1941. He described his work in the ghetto in his book, "Children of the Holocaust". Dr. Yerushalmi served as a technical advisor to the Judenrat, colle...

  13. Survey of the situation in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by visitors with emphasis on the condition of the Jews, September 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 14/45

    Survey of the situation in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by visitors with emphasis on the condition of the Jews, September 1943 Poland: Transfer of inmates from Auschwitz to camps in Germany and the bringing of new inmates; murder of Polish inmates by gas in Majdanek; central role of the Jews in the Polish economy; Caucasus Region: Mass murders of Jews according to an eye witness; Minsk: There were Jews and now they are not; Germany: The harsh situation of the Germans; rubble and the condition of the ...

  14. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, August 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,בולטין, אוגוסט 1945

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, August 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding Jewish refugees from Poland in Romania, and the situation of the Jews in Lodz, May 1945; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female survivor in Malmo, May 1945, regarding the transfer of forced laborers from the Vught camp to camps in Poland and Germany with the approach of the Red ...

  15. Documentation regarding the Jews in France including correspondence between Saly Mayer, Albert Levy and Marc Jarblum, a letter sent by the Comite General de Defense - CGD (General Committee for Defense) in France regarding the situation of the Jews, repor

    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 including correspondence between Saly Mayer, Albert Levy and Marc Jarblum, a letter sent by the Comite General de Defense - CGD (General Committee for Defense) in France regarding the situation of the Jews, reports regarding the Committee's activities in France, and other matters, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer, Albert Levy (chairman of the UGIF, General Union of the Jews in France) and Marc Jarblum (chairman of the Federation des Societes Juives de France - FSJF, Federation of Jewish Associations in France) (see file no. 32); - Docu...

  16. Documentation regarding relief to the Jews in Italy, including correspondence between Saly Mayer - JDC organization representative in Switzerland and Lelio Vittorio Valobra regarding the transfer of relief to the Jews, monetary claims after the war, a lis

    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 relief to the Jews in Italy, including correspondence between Saly Mayer - JDC organization representative in Switzerland and Lelio Vittorio Valobra regarding the transfer of relief to the Jews, monetary claims after the war, a list of the supporters of the DELASEM organization, and other matters, 1943-1946 Documentation regarding the financing of relief to the persecuted Jews in Italy: - Authorizations from the JDC organization for permission to Lelio Vittorio Valobra - head of the DELASEM organization in Switzerland, to borrow money in Italy on behalf of the Jews, ...

  17. Documentation regarding relief to the Jews in Romania, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization, a Red Cross report regarding its activities, an expression of gratitude by the Chief Rabbi of Romania for the help from the

    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 relief to the Jews in Romania, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization, a Red Cross report regarding its activities, an expression of gratitude by the Chief Rabbi of Romania for the help from the Red Cross organization, and other matters, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer, the JDC organization's representative in Switzerland, and the Red Cross organization, regarding relief to the persecuted Jews and Jewish refugees in Romania and, in particular, in the Transnistria area; - Documentation regarding relief to the Jews in c...

  18. Documentation regarding relief to the Jews in Romania, including the activities by Abraham Silberschein and Hans Welti on behalf of the Jews, the fraud by "Rabbi" Avram Sabsa, and other matters, 1941-1946

    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 relief to the Jews in Romania, including the activities by Abraham Silberschein and Hans Welti on behalf of the Jews, the fraud by "Rabbi" Avram Sabsa, and other matters, 1941-1946 Documentation regarding Abraham Silberschein, head of the RELICO - Relief Committee for War Stricken Jewish Population in Geneva during the war: - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Abraham Silberschein, regarding the financing of relief to the persecuted Jews in Romania, 1942-1945; - Letters sent to Saly Mayer by the Swiss Federal Police for Foreigners, regarding a permit for Abraham S...

  19. Memoirs of Irena Libman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and of her friend, Zina Halpern

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957
    • To co minelo, a jednak wciaz w tobie zyje

    Memoirs of Irena Libman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and of her friend, Zina Halpern Life in Lodz during the outbreak of the war; German occupation; sewing of yellow badges for marking the Jews; restrictions on the Jews; eviction from the family home by the German Army; establishment of the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life in a room with seven people; sealing of the ghetto; deterioration in the supply of food distributed by ration coupons only; mass mortality due to dysentery, 1940; deportation of Jews receiving welfare to an unknown destination, 1941; d...

  20. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings regarding postwar trials of various Nazi war criminals, 1948-1968

    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 postwar trials of various Nazi war criminals, 1948-1968 In the file: - Clippings regarding Adolf Bekkerle and his role in the annihilation of the Jews of Macedonia and Thracia (pp. 3-8); - Clippings regarding Leopold Windisch and Rudolf Werner and their role in the mass murder of the 128,000 Jews murdered in Lida (p. 10); - Clippings regarding Oskar Christ relating to the attempted murder of Vera Margaschewa, the Russian dancer (p. 13); - Clippings regarding the Belgian Nazi criminal, Jan Verbelen, including also the names of the fo...