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  1. 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, November 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 ,ביולטין, נובמבר (ב) 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, November 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in Eastern Europe after the war; - Excerpt from a letter written by a refugee in Shanghai, October 1945; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female survivor from Kaunas, May 1945; - A survey of the Chelmno camp; - Information from a survivor regarding the...

  2. 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, December 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 ,ביולטין, דצמבר 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, December 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in a DP camp in Germany, and the situation of the Jews in Berlin; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female refugee from Poland living in Sweden, October 1945; - A survey of Theresienstadt.

  3. 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 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: - Report regarding the DP camps in Italy, late December 1945; - Excerpt from a letter sent by a survivor in Warsaw, December 1945; - Testimony of a female survivor regarding deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 27 May 1944, and camp life there; - Testimony of Zvi Vakblatt, 15, who made aliya to Eretz Israel...

  4. Bulletin issued by the Joint Rescue Committee for Aid to the Jews in Poland in Jerusalem containing testimony from Rabbi Y. Y. K. from Warsaw, who escaped to Eretz Israel, regarding the persecution and murder of the Jews in the cities and towns in the vic

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

    Bulletin issued by the Joint Rescue Committee for Aid to the Jews in Poland in Jerusalem containing testimony from Rabbi Y. Y. K. from Warsaw, who escaped to Eretz Israel, regarding the persecution and murder of the Jews in the cities and towns in the vicinity of Warsaw during the period of the first German occupation, August 1940 The bulletin also contains testimony of Yehuda Auerbach who was in Poland, in Lemberg, and other places until April 1940

  5. Testimony of Hannah (Loewy) Peleg, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experience in Vienna and Great Britain

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

    Testimony of Hannah (Loewy) Peleg, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experience in Vienna and Great Britain Life in Vienna; attends a non-Jewish elementary school; coping with displays of antisemitism; attends a Jewish high school, until 1938; Anschluss; Kristallnacht; move of Hannah, her brother Issaschar Dov (Bernhard) and her sister Lisa (Ilse) to Great Britain, in the context of the Kindertransport; Life in Great Britain as a young Jewish refugee girl in non-Jewish surroundings; joins aliya training in Brosgrove, following activities in the Bachad youth movement; marriage to ...

  6. Calendar for 5704 (1943-1944), 5705 (1944-1945) and 5706 (1945-1946) prepared by an unknown person in Siberia, 1943

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Calendar for 5704 (1943-1944), 5705 (1944-1945) and 5706 (1945-1946) prepared by an unknown person in Siberia, 1943 In the calendar there are also dates entered for the most important events in the history of the Jewish people, starting with the creation of the world according to the Jewish calendar, 1944-1946. Notes from Alvin Weiss who submitted the material: The calendar was given as a present to Mordechai Weiss, born in Lancut, Poland, 1902, when he was a refugee in the Soviet Union in 1943. To the best of Mordechai Weiss' knowledge, the person who wrote the calendar perished.

  7. Soviet passport of Reizel Veksler, born in Berdichev, Ukraine, 1905, issued in Berdichev, 20 December 1936, and documentation of Yelizaveta Veksler (the daughter of Reizel Veksler), regarding the family's experiences during the war

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Soviet passport of Reizel Veksler, born in Berdichev, Ukraine, 1905, issued in Berdichev, 20 December 1936, and documentation of Yelizaveta Veksler (the daughter of Reizel Veksler), regarding the family's experiences during the war Evacuation of the family from Berdichev, at the outbreak of the war (Reizel's husband stays in Berdichev in order to help organize the evacuation, and he is drafted into the Red Army); escape of Reizel Veksler to Rovenki, with her daughter and family members; escape to Razdorskaya; escape to Karabutak; death of Reizel Veksler in Karabutak, 24 January 1942; death ...

  8. Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; 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

    Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Toulouse from 1942; work as assistant to Dr. Jules Hofstein, the physician, in the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) offices; raises money and prepares parcels for Gurs inmates; occupation of southern France by the Germans; search for solutions for children at risk; distribution of food on the deportation trains with help from the Quakers; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file:...

  9. Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: 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

    Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities including rescuing children; arrest at the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943. Also in the file: - Deposition by Marguerite Kohn at the police station taken from documents presented at the trial of Klaus Barbie, 23 February 1983; - Last letters from Samuel Kohn to his wife.

  10. Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, 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

    Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physician; evacuation from Paris with his family, June 1940; escape to Marseilles; life in Marseilles; maintains contact with the local resistance movement and the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest in Marseilles with his son, Victor, 1943; deportation to the Compiegne camp with his son; transfer to Drancy with his son; transfer to Sobibor; murdered in the gas chamber in Sobibor with his son. In the file: - Photog...

  11. Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; 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

    Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities from 1942; transfer to La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF activities; responsibility for rescuing children in Limoges; activities using the name Pierre Durand; arrest in Marseilles following a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices; deportation to Drancy. In the file: - Photograph; - Letters; - Excerpts from a testimony.

  12. Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; 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

    Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Lyons as a social worker; detention during a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to the Beaune La Rolande camp; transfer to Sobibor; death in Sobibor. In the file: _ Portraits of Madeleine Schick; - Testimonies.

  13. Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; 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

    Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); work in a children's home in Paris until 1942; transfer to Lyons; transfer to Grenoble; continuation of her EIF work; participation in CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) rescue work; rescue of a child and arrest by the Gestapo due to being informed on; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Kahn; - Testimony; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  14. Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; 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 Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life as the Rabbi in Neuilly, 1928. Outbreak of the war; Aumonerie des Hopitaux Militaire (Military Hospital Chaplaincy) activities; appointment as Rabbi for the Savoie region and the Haute Savoie region after 1940; activities on behalf of refugees with his wife; thwarting arrests and deportations of Jews; help from the local church in thwarting arrests and deportations; arranges for the transfer of families to Switzerland; arrest in Annemasse while illegal...

  15. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural pro

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural property belonging to the communities, 1947-1950 Also in the file: - Letters from 10, 16, 26 and 29 October 1948 pertaining to Dr. Baeck's visit to Germany; - Report regarding Berlin, 10 February 1949; - Letter from A. Scheyer regarding Jewish refugees from Germany who returned to Berlin from the Soviet Union, 05 March 1947; - Letter from Ms. ...

  16. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria Also in the file: - Reports regarding Committee activities in the Netherlands; - Various surveys regarding the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; - Survey prepared by Jane Leverson regarding Jews in Belgium; - Survey regarding Morris Feinmann, of Blessed Memory, a Committee activist; - Reports regarding the condition of the Jews in Italy, Austria and Greece; - Excerpts from a report sent by Earl Harrison, the US representati...

  17. 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.

  18. 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...

  19. 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...