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  1. "The Silent Story of Those Children"

    Consists of a memoir entitled "The Silent Story of Those Children" by Rosette Kleinmann Lissek, who was born in Paris in 1940 and survived the war in hiding in various places. Rosette's father was interned in a number of French internment camps, while Rosette, her mother, and her younger sister Jeanine (born 1942) hid in France and Belgium with the help of OSE. After the war, the family immigrated briefly to Israel, then back to Europe before leaving for Bolivia, and ultimately, to Argentina in 1951. Also includes copies of family photographs and documents. Copies of the memoir exist in Eng...

  2. German invasion of Poland

    This story consists of a montage of various shots of life in Poland depicting a prosperous, hard working Polish people engaged in everything from forging steel to threshing wheat. The tone shifts as the story shifts to the German invasion of Poland. Slate: "Why? Answering Humanity's Question." Produced and directed by A.E. Caraco. 1919, Polish Independence. Ruins. Mining, textile industry. Railways, city of Gdynia and its harbor. Polish navy. Submarine ORZEL. Nazi rise in city of Danzig. Danzig port (harbor). "JUDE" written on house walls. Danzig synagogue, voice over narration speaks of th...

  3. Jewish Provincial Committee in Przemyśl Wojewódzki Komitet Żydów w Przemyślu (Sygn.367)

    Minutes of the committee meetings, reports, correspondence, lists of Jewish survivors, committee statutes, circulars, appeals and communications, budgets, lists of people using assistance, personal data of committee staff and some other documents..

  4. Chaim Wajner collection

    The Chaim Wajner collection consists of handwritten sheet music, printed programs, handwritten and printed lyrics, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding Chaim Wajner (later Chaim Weiner) and his role as the choir director of the Landsberg Hazomir choir at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes programs for Hazomir performances and sheet music for the songs they performed.

  6. Selected records from the Central State Archives of the Republic Mordovia, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records related to evacuation of various groups of Soviet citizens and relocation to Republic of Mordovia from 1939 to 1944. Includes various lists of evacuated Jews, communists, political refugees, specialized workers and members of their families. Also includes correspondence pertaining to allocation of food, improvement of living conditions, and maintenance of orphanages etc.

  8. 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, May 1946

    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 ,ביולטין, מאי (ב) 1946

    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, May 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the state of the Jewish refugees in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Vienna and in the DP camps in Germany after the war; - Information regarding the murder of Jews in Poland; - Information regarding displays of antisemitism in Hungary; - Information regarding activities of Jewish parti...

  9. Bulletin: Information from various sources distributed by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Committee for the Jews in Occupied Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in the occupied countries of Europe, October 1944

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • הועד ליהודי אירופה הכבושה שעל יד הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל ביולטין, אוקטובר 1944

    Bulletin: Information from various sources distributed by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Committee for the Jews in Occupied Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in the occupied countries of Europe, October 1944 Excerpts from a report issued by the National Jewish Committee in the underground in Poland, May 1944; experiences of a refugee from Poland in Belgium during the war; report regarding Sobibor; testimony regarding Majdanek; testimony of Rivka Kleiner, born in Eretz Israel, who was in Sosnowiec during the war; the situation of the Jewish refugees from Poland in Romania; testi...

  10. 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, February 1946

    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 ,ביולטין, פברואר ׁ(ב) 1946

    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, February 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Excerpts from letters containing information regarding the state of the Jewish survivors in Poland, 1945, and the state of the Jewish refugees who escaped to Austria and Poland following pogroms; - Testimony of Shlomo Mensalzon, born in France, regarding his experiences as a member of the underground in...

  11. 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, April 1946

    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 ,ביולטין, אפריל 1946

    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, April 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Questionnaire distributed to refugees in the DP camps in the American Occupation Zone in Germany; - Report regarding the transfer of 3,800 Czech Jews from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz-Birkenau, March 1944, and their murder; - Report regarding postwar displays of antisemitism in Poland after the war; - Testi...

  12. 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, July 1946

    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 ,ביולטין, יולי 1946

    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, July 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing - Information regarding the state of the Jewish refugees in Eastern Europe in 1946, the emigration of Jews from eastern Europe after the war and displays of antisemitism in Poland after the war; - Testimony regarding Jewish forced labor in Germany; - Report regarding Jewish inmates in Buchenwald; - Testimony r...

  13. Circulars issued by the Committee for the Affairs of the Jews in Poland containing testimonies from Jews who escaped from Soviet and German occupied Poland regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland, February 1941

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959

    Circulars issued by the Committee for the Affairs of the Jews in Poland containing testimonies from Jews who escaped from Soviet and German occupied Poland regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland, February 1941 - Testimonies of refugees from Warsaw, Lodz, Vilna and Galicia; - Citations from anti-Jewish legislation taken from the Polish press.

  14. Photocopies of clippings from the Zionistische Rundschau - Wien newspaper, published 20 May 1938-07 October 1938

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Photocopies of clippings from the Zionistische Rundschau - Wien newspaper, published 20 May 1938-07 October 1938 - A call from Dr. Josef Loewenherz, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna, and Rabbi Dr. Israel Taglicht, the Chief Rabbi, for unity and strengthening the faith against assimilation, a return to Jewish values and integration into the life of the community; recognition of Zionist ideology and its implementation; - List of Jewish organizations most of which have a humanitarian, relief and charity element; and its breakdown as officially published in Issue Number 20, 30 Septemb...

  15. Correspondence of Marc Jarblum, Chairman of the Federation des Societes Juives de France (FSJF-Federation of Jewish Societies in France), regarding the Vichy authorities

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Correspondence of Marc Jarblum, Chairman of the Federation des Societes Juives de France (FSJF-Federation of Jewish Societies in France), regarding the Vichy authorities Also in the file: - Correspondence with the Prefecture Du Rhone regarding nomination of the FSJF representatives in Lyon and the problem of the Jewish refugees, 21 July 1940-21 February 1941; - Copy of a short report by Marc Jarblum regarding FSJF activities, 23 December 1940; - Correspondence with Xavier Vallat, Commissaire General Aux Questions Juives, Ministere De L'interieur, Vichy, regarding the appointment of Jarblum ...

  16. Reports and reviews by Marc Jarblum regarding displays of antisemitism in France and activities of Jewish organizations

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Reports and reviews by Marc Jarblum regarding displays of antisemitism in France and activities of Jewish organizations Also in the file: - Circular letter from Marc Jarblum, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress in Paris, regarding assistance to refugees from Poland and Belgium, attempts at cooperation with the Bund and the position taken by Szmul Zygielbojm and the publication of "The Black Book of Polish Jewry", "Le Document Vert: L'Antiseemitisme Divise La France" and "Le Silence Complice Du Crime"15 July 1940; - Underground pamphlet compiled together with Hen...

  17. Correspondence with children in various refugee and work camps in Switzerland regarding the sending of food parcels, financial assistance, the search for relatives and release from the camps

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Correspondence with children in various refugee and work camps in Switzerland regarding the sending of food parcels, financial assistance, the search for relatives and release from the camps The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order. Also in the file: - Correspondence with the Swiss Committee for Aid to Child Refugees, 14 September 1943-01 May 1944; - Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with various Jews, mainly women, who volunteered to send weekly food parcels to a specific child in a camp, September-October 1943; - Lists of children brought to the Charmilles camp a...

  18. Fanny Wolf, born in Ingwiller, France, 1909; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Fanny Wolf, born in Ingwiller, France, 1909; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Strasbourg including work as a teacher; life in the Perigueux area including work as a teacher; dismissal from her job following antisemitic legislation; joins the Aide Sociale aux Refugies (Social Aid for Refugees) organization in the Dordogne region; detention by the Gestapo at the Aide Sociale aux Refugies office in Perigueux, 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 13 April 1944; her death at Auschwitz. In the file: - Testimony.

  19. Florette Feissel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1922; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Florette Feissel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1922; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Escape with the Jews to Lyons, July 1940; life with her family in the Chaudanne camp, late 1940; receives help from Aide Sociale aux Refugies (Social Help for Refugees) at Perigueux; obtains work as a secretary for the organization due to a recommendation form Rabbi Rene Hirschler, who had served as the Rabbi in Mulhouse; arrest in the Aide Sociale aux Refugies office in Perigueux by the Gestapo, 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 14 April ...

  20. Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as Rabbi of the Versailles Jewish community, 1935; activities as Rabbi of the Dijon Jewish community, 1939; life in Dole including finding living quarters for refugees, from 1940. Escape to Perigueux; activities in Perigueux including aid to refugees; receives permission to visit camps and groups of foreign workers; supplies food to deportees on transports en route to Drancy and Pithiviers; finding hiding places for children; activities as contact perso...