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  1. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of A. J., from Wyszkow, 44 year old kaftan-maker, member of the local Bund committee, socialist delegate and a chairman of the laborer front. He describes initial bombardments and refugees arriving from nearby towns such as Pultusk and Maków Mazowiecki. He and his family hid in the orchard during the last period of the war, and were arrested by Germans on their return to Wyszkow. The Polish men were released but the Jews were held. After being held the Jews, too, were freed. He describes anti-Semitic incitement of the Polish population by the occupying German soldiers in Wyszkow, ...

  2. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. L., 18 years old, and Z. L., 21 years old carpenter, brothers from Ostrow Mazowiecki, giving details about the massacre of 561 of the city's Jews by the Germans. They describe how the Germans together with the local Poles drove the Jews out of their homes, took them outside of town, and forced them to dig mass graves. They were then forced to lie in the graves, and to take their children down into the graves, and were shot with rifles and revolvers. The survivors fled to the Russian side of the border. Protocol No. 192 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements pro...

  3. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Pessie R, from Suwałki. She describes that when the Russians left Suwalki, and the Germans entered it, they looted all merchandise fgrom Jewish stores, and fined the proprietors and the rich large fines. They issued an order that Jews must gather three days' worth of food, and were arresting people and holding them in the synagogue. The author was warned by a Polish neighbors, and hid in the cellar while her three children fled. She was let out by a neighbor, and left town for the Lithuanian border with other refugees. They remained in the no-man's-land on the border, and sever...

  4. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Record No. 17]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Perl Kirshzweig, a tailor from Warsaw describes how refugees from Łódź arrived in Warsaw and were hosted by locals, like her. Several shell fired hurt a lot of people and among them also Jews, who were treated kindly in the hospital until it was bombed, too. The situation in Warsaw rapidly declined and there was no water, electricity or food and the hospitals were extremely dirty. Jews, who wanted to take the Bus to the hospital in Łódź were forced out of their seats and their tickets sold to polish Christians. In contrast to that, Kirshzweig testifies about acts of kindness from german sol...

  5. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. M. S, 18 year old from Wyszków, who describes aerial bombings of his town by the Germans, and the downing of a German plane near the village of Somianka though the pilot was never found. He describes the arrival of refugees into town from Ostrolenka, and, later, from Pultusk and Tsebanow. He describes how German bombings killed several people and destroyed houses, though his uncle Herschel Polz' house was not destroyed. More bombings killed the wife of Leibl Levin and his three children. Many, both Christians and Jews, fled in the direction of Warsaw. He describes the flight...

  6. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of N. K., 17 year old student from Warsaw. He describes the repressions and orders on Jews after the German occupying forces entered Warsaw; Jews had to give up their radios, and were forbidden from having more than 2000 zloty in their possession. Monetary fines were imposed and a curfew set in place punishable by shooting. The Jews were forbidden to live in certain streets, and restricted from purchasing new housing in others. He describes seizures of Jews for forced labor and the resulting deaths and physical damage as a consequence, as well as the closing of Jewish businesses, ...

  7. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Owsiej Bułkin, a furrier from Berlin was expelled from Germany as a Polish citizen on the 28th of October 1938. Firstly he was brought to Zbąszyń, a polish border town where he was one of the approximately 17,000 Jews that were affected by the expulsion. He depicts mistreatment from German and Polish citizens and authorities and how he went back to Germany to reunite with his family in order to bring them to Vilnius. His statement was given on the 16th Nov. 1939 and he testifies, that the family has lost all of their assets and belongings and that they are suffering tremendously. Statement ...

  8. [British Committe for refugees from Czecho-Slovakia] ; [Inquiery for leaving Czecho-Slovakia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains copies of a form, an inquiry for leaving Czecho-Slovakia, which is offert by the British Committe for Refugees from Czecho-Slovakia.

  9. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of a rabbi from a town in Galicia, b. 1910. He tells of the entry of the Germans into his city. At first they seemed well-intentioned, but soon started taking Jews, including women and girls, for forced hard labor. Jewish shops were robbed while Christian shops and businesses were untouched. The rabbi received a summons from the city military governor, and was ordered that the city must be free of Jews within several hours; any Jew remaining in the city will be shot. The soldiers drove the Jews out of their homes toward the Russian border and photographed the struggling crowd. The...

  10. [DALJEWCIB Correspondence regarding the situation in Shanghai, advice for refugees, living conditions and numerous information]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    DALJEWCIB Correspondence regarding the living situation of Jewish refugees and emigrees in China, including Shanghai,Japanese occupied Dairen and Harbin in Mandchukuo. The correspondence is detailing living conditions, the overall political situation and many more aspects in reports and personal correspondence with potential emigrees and people who have already arrived in China and have sent word of their current state of affairs.

  11. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Moshe D., 55 year old, from Warsaw. He and all his family were in Brok for the High Holidays at the beginning of the war. Returning to Warsaw, they found much of the city destroyed by German bombardment. The author provides a detailed list of streets and areas destroyed, showing the massive scale of the damage and notes that human casualties numbered in the hundreds. He notes the prominence of Warsaw Jews in civilian relief efforts and defense effort, and their all-round contribution. After the Germans entered Warsaw, the author describes them providing food t the population by...

  12. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Chaim Leib D., 21 year old weaver from Pabianice. He describes leaving Pabianice for Warsaw at the beginning of the war with most ale-bodied men, leaving behind only the weak and elderly. In Warsaw he was involved in the civilian effort against the German invasion in building barricades in the streets. He describes the deprivation and lack of products and supplies during the later days of the way, and the expulsion of refugees from Warsaw by edict. Returning to Pabianice he encountered severe antagonism from the Polish population, who refused to sell him food even for money, an...

  13. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Israel I., a yeshiva student from Lida, left October 22, 1939 with his yeshiva which relocated communally from Kleck to Vilnius. He describes German bombardment of the city, which resulted in over 60 casualties, Jews and Christians. The Polish military left the city, leaving it to a local militia, which consisted of both Jews and Poles, led by a local Polish dignitary. There were rumors that the Polish population was planning a pogrom, but nothing happened. The Soviets entered the city in mid-September and were generally well-inclined to the Jewish population. Life in the city ...

  14. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    In his statement, 46 year old Zalman Pudlowski, a textile worker and member of the Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln un Rusland (General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia) describes his escape from Bełcható to Łódź. He depicts a shift in the Polish Christian - Jewish relations from friendly to violent and how he was arrested in Błonie and forced to work. He furthemore gives details about the life in Warsaw, bombings by the Nazis, the panic among the Polish citizens and the arrest of the leadership of the Bund. Protocol No. 15 is an extract from a volume of pro...

  15. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Lucian Teitelboim, 22 year old radio electrician from Warsaw, a soldier in the 13th Wilno Uhlan regiment. He describes the military's uncertainty as information was concealed for fear of spies, and general fear. Though casualties from bombardment were not large among the military, civilians were killed, including women and children. No actions were taken against the German airplanes. He describes the disorganization and lack of discipline in the ranks after bombardments as well as possible desertions by officers. He describes how after the routing of the regiment and its surren...

  16. [Visas for Shanghai refugees for entry into Mandchukuo via Japanese occupied Dairen]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The response of DALJEWCIB office in Harbin concerning a request for entry visas for Jewish refugees from Shanghai willing to relocate to Harbin, Manchoukuo, and transit visas for Japanese occupied Dairen in Northern China.

  17. Papers of the Stott family of Hertfordshire relating to Jewish refugees

    Correspondence with refugee committees, including the German Jewish Aid Committee, the Germany Emergency Committee and with individual refugees, about supporting them in the UK; letters about the Adler family, along with letters from the Adler family, and about other refugees, 1938-45; correspondence with Victor Gollancz and Professor A. V. Hill. Papers relating to internment in the UK including `Some observations after four weeks' internment' at Onchan Internment Camp, Isle of Man. Photographs of refugees and their families, 1938-83. Pamphlets and publications on refugees.

  18. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Statement No 114]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of David M., a 24 year old journalist from Brok. He tells how on Saturday, September 9, Brok was lit on fire by the Germans who poured gasoline on the houses and burned down 110 Jewish homes. That same night the Germans shot or stabbed 38 Jews. They ordered all Jews to gather in the church, and shot anyone who remained outside, or did not go fast enough. The Jews were deported to the detainee-camp at Ostrow Mazowiecka where they were put to work without food for three days. Eventually they were freed, and most of the Jewish population of Brok left for Zambrow. Protocol No. 114 is ...

  19. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of P. L., 24 year old from Krakow. He tells how in the first few days of the war the city government and police evacuated, and he left on a train with other evacuees to Tarnów and then to Jarosław and to Wyszkow where he remained for three weeks until the Russians left. Protocol No. 154 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of the Jews in Poland.

  20. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of K. G., who left Warsaw on November 7th, 1939. K. G. describes his return to Warsaw with the evacuee-trains from Łomża, the bombing of trains and the destruction of train-stations along the way. In Warsaw, K. G. formed part of the Jewish Citizen's committee, a body that was responsible for the Jewish population of Warsaw and the upcoming war. The committee conducted several meetings, all under fire, and coordinated with other organizations in Warsaw both receiving and giving philanthropic aid. The heavy bombardments and destruction of buildings city-wide have, however, disrupted...