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  1. District Authority Valašské Meziříčí Okresní úřad Valašské Meziříčí

    Administrative records of Valašské Meziříčí (German: Wallachisch Meseritsch, colloquially Valmez), a town in the Zlín region. Features records pertaining to the Jewish community in Vsetín, police matters concerning Jews, anti-Jewish measures, the expropriation of Jewish properties and assets including the appointment of commissioners, the treatment of refugees, and other relevant records.

  3. "L'histoire de Bernard et Bronka: La famille Friedman de Chrzanów"

    A biography and family history of the mother and uncle of Eliane Ungar, Bronka (Brandla) Friedman (1925-2002) and Bernard (Berek) Friedman (1927-2015), both originally of Chrzanów, Poland. Included is a description of the history of the Jewish community of Chrzanów, the extended members of the Friedman family there and abroad, the history of the German occupation of Chrzanów and subsequent persecution and deportation of the Jews there. Also described are the wartime experiences of Bernard and Bronka as forced laborers in a number of sub-camps of Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, Flossenbürg, Buche...

  7. Flescher family correspondence

    Correspondence sent by Kalman and Sala Flescher of Stanisławów, Poland (modern-day Ivano-Frankivsʹk, Ukraine), to their son, Joachim Flescher, who was living in Italy, during the period 1936-1942. Also includes correspondence from Flescher's sisters, Zofia Flescher Uhrman and Gusta Flescher. Joachim Flescher attended medical school in Italy and remained in close contact with his family and with his girlfriend Klara, who apparently visited him in Italy. All the plans of rescuing the family through Costa Rica didn't materialize and Dr. Flescher had to hide in Italy with the help of his futur...

  11. David family papers

    The David family papers include a pre-World War II photograph of Lili Brody-Carmosino with her brother Morris and cousin Annutza in Iaşi, Romania; a photograph of Lili planting seeds at the Beth Bialik displaced persons camp in Salzburg, Austria; an identification card for Adela David issued by the AJDC; and a photograph of Lili, Morris, and Ben David in Toronto.

  12. Records of the Arrow-Cross Party, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Hungary (MOL K 775)

    Executive Office documents on a variety of subjects, some classified "confidential": evacuations, closure of organizations close to the prime minister, personnel issues, procurements, arms, the nobility, legal aliens, repatriation, culture, air raids, the fire control service, passports, the police, Jews, refugees, and others.

  13. Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Poland Hebrajskie Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Imigrantom (HIAS) (Sygn.351)

    This collection includes postwar files from the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and its branch offices in Poland. Records include organizational files, Information bulletins, news releases, correspondence abroad and with branch offices, monthly reports on activities, personal files and indices of staff relating to emigration, personal search files, indices, and cards relating to efforts to trace survivors and family members.

  14. Von Prag nach Mauritius Dezember 1939 bis Dezember 1941

    1. Jewish experience ephemera and manuscript collection

    One typescript memoir, with five unattributed woodcuts, documenting the author's experiences as a would-be emigrant from Czechoslovakia to Palestine in 1940. The ship he was traveling on, the Atlantic, was seized by British authorities and the author and other passengers were interned on the island of Mauritius until 1945. The memoir, written in 1941-1942, documents this experience. Also included is a separate, handmade booklet containing seven pen-and-ink drawings of shipboard life and internment, by Fritz Haendel and another unidentified artist.

  15. Siegfried Schnurmann papers

    1. Kedem Public Auction House Ltd. purchase

    Contains approximately 26 letters and a photograph related to Schnurmann's stay at a Zionist youth kibbutz in Sweden, 1939-1945. Predominantly consists of correspondence from his parents, Elias and Rosa Schnurmann, but also from other family members and acquaintances in Sweden.

  19. Zoltan Mathe collection

    Consists of one photograph of Zoltan Mathe at age 13 in Budapest, Hungary, wearing a Magen David. The photograph is dated August 10, 1944. Also includes an essay entitled, "Toward the Precipice" by Mr. Mathe, in which he describes the German invasion of Hungary, his bar mitzvah in April 1944, and watching his father and older brother be taken away for forced labor. When the Arrow Cross took control of Budapest, Zoltan, his mother and sister were rounded up, but released due to the intervention of Jewish friends posing as soldiers. The family assumed the identities of Christian refugees from...