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  1. Testimony of Alex Kraus, born in Bustino, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences during his escape from Czechoslovakia to France via Austria and Italy, in England and as a soldier in a Czechoslovakian Army unit in the British Army

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

    Testimony of Alex Kraus, born in Bustino, Czechoslovakia, 1913, regarding his experiences during his escape from Czechoslovakia to France via Austria and Italy, in England and as a soldier in a Czechoslovakian Army unit in the British Army Jewish community life in Bustino, Carpathian Ruthenia. Escape to France via Austria and Italy with a group of Jewish refugees, 1939; Jewish participation in Czechoslovakian units in France; nationality problems; appointment of Jewish army chaplain, defeat and evacuation to England, 1940; Jews in Czechoslovakian units in England, 1940-1944; impact of antis...

  2. Testimony of Moshe Elisha Landa, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1911, regarding his experiences as a Communist in Poland, England, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian army in England and in Dunkirk, and persecution by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia af

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

    Testimony of Moshe Elisha Landa, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1911, regarding his experiences as a Communist in Poland, in England, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in England and in Dunkirk, and persecution by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia after the war Born in Hungary; receives a religious upbringing and education; becomes a devout Communist, 1926-1938. Escape to Poland, 1939; refused admission to Czechoslovakian Army unit in Krakow; not permitted to enter the Soviet Union; arrival of Communist refugees in England, 1940; relations with the Czechoslovakian government in exil...

  3. Testimony of Bruno Sax, born in Novy Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, and his experiences as soldier in the British Army, in German captivity in Greece and in German camps

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

    Testimony of Bruno Sax, born in Novy Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, and his experiences as soldier in the British Army, in German captivity in Greece and in German camps Born in Czechoslovakia. Expulsion of Jewish students from Czechoslovakian universities, 1939; transfer of Czechoslovakian Jews to Eretz Israel; detention in Sarafand, 1939; settlement in Kfar Sirkin; refusal to join a Czechoslovakian Army unit in Eretz Israel, 1940; enlistment in the Jewish unit of the English Pioneer Corps; capture by the Germans in Greece, 1941; Jewish soldiers...

  4. Testimony of Yocheved Schwartzman, born in Alexsandria, regarding her experiences in the Lublin Ghetto, Chelm, Sosnowica, Hungary and other places

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
    • ZEZNANIA SZWARCMAN JOCHEWET Z LUBLINA URODZONEJ W ALEKSANDRJI NA WOLYNIU

    Testimony of Yocheved Schwartzman, born in Alexsandria, regarding her experiences in the Lublin Ghetto, Chelm, Sosnowica, Hungary and other places Life before the war including work in kibbutz aliya training. Escape of the kibbutz members East; German occupation of Lublin, September 1939; welcome of the Germans by the Polish locals; capture of hostages; registration of the Jews from age 16 to 60; deportation of the Jews to camps on the eastern border; deportation of the Jews from Kalisz; Loda and Lublin; arrival of refugees from Germany and Austria to Lublin, 1940; release of Jewish POWs; d...

  5. Documentation regarding monetary claims of people from the Kasztner train group, who were transferred from Bergen-Belsen camp to Switzerland; documentation dated, 1944-1946

    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 monetary claims of people from the Kasztner train group, who were transferred from Bergen-Belsen camp to Switzerland; documentation dated, 1944-1946 - Declaration submitted by Israel Kasztner to Saly Mayer in his office in Sankt Gallen, regarding monetary claims of people from the Kasztner train group, 31 October 1944; the declaration includes a list of people who handed over various sums of money to the leaders of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest, in exchange for the promise that their money would be reimbursed to them after their liberation; - Appeal by ...

  6. Documentation regarding help by various countries and by the Red Cross organization to the Jews in Hungary, including the distribution of foreign citizenship certificates, protective passports and certificates to Eretz Israel, 1944-1945

    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 help by various countries and by the Red Cross organization to the Jews in Hungary, including the distribution of foreign citizenship certificates, protective passports and certificates to Eretz Israel, 1944-1945 - Documentation regarding efforts to obtain passports and citizenship documents of South American countries for persecuted Jews and the granting of Schutzbrief (protective passports) to Jews in Hungary by embassies of neutral countries (Switzerland, Sweden and Portugal); - Reports by the Hechalutz movement regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary; - Re...

  7. Documentation including notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon, information regarding the JDC activities in various German-occupied countries in Europe, the situation in Italy following the ous

    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 notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon, information regarding the JDC activities in various German-occupied countries in Europe, the situation in Italy following the ousting of Mussolini, and other matters, 1943 - Notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon; - Documentation regarding the care of the many Jewish children who arrived to Switzerland in 1943, including the opening, by the Hechalutz movement and Swiss Zionists, of the children's home for ...

  8. Documentation including notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon, regarding the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe and in Shanghai, January-December 1944

    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 notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon, regarding the JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe and in Shanghai, January-December 1944 Documentation, including notes about the telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon regarding the: - JDC activities in the German-occupied countries in Europe and in Shanghai, including information about the organization's difficulties in the transfer of money (dollars) from the United States to Europe due to monetar...

  9. Testimony of Menachem Turek regarding the fate of the Jews of Tiktin

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

    Testimony of Menachem Turek regarding the fate of the Jews of Tiktin Red Army retreat in the direction of the East; occupation of Tiktin by the German Army, June 1941; attitude of the local population towards the Jews including riots and robbery of property; establishment of a local police under the command of Antek Jakobiak, the Pole; establishment of a local government under Jan Fibik; entry of German soldiers into Tiktin, late June 1941; activities of the soldiers including hunting for Communists; life under the German occupation including forced labor, anti-Jewish legislation and yellow...

  10. Testimony of Yitzchak Offenbach regarding the fate of the Jews of Dereczyn

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

    Testimony of Yitzchak Offenbach regarding the fate of the Jews of Dereczyn In 1939, the Jewish population of Dereczyn numbered approximately 700 people. Deportation of Jews from the neighboring villages to Dereczyn; the number of Jews in Dereczyn increased to approximately 3,000; occupation of Dereczyn by the German Army, 31 June 1941; life in Dereczyn including decrees, robbery of property and forced labor paving roads; appointment of a Judenrat; deportation of 150 Jews to labor in the Kozlowszczyzna camp; participation of Jewish policemen from Slonim in carrying out the deportation; execu...

  11. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, November 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 23/54

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, November 1943 Poland: Report on uprisings in the Lodz and Bialystok Ghettos; closing of the exhibition: "The Jewish World Plague"; Himmler's visit to Poland. Generalgouvernement: Education and services to German, Polish and Ukrainian citizens, according to a speech made by Buehler, deputy governor general of the Generalgouvernement; Goebbels' speech; Germany: Information from witnesses regarding the condition of Hamburg after the air-raids; Slovakia: Law ...

  12. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, December 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 25/56

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, December 1943 Poland: Thousands of Jews remain in hiding in the Warsaw Ghetto; German legislation regarding Polish citizens and German citizens; testimony regarding murder of Jews in Kiev; mass graves of Jews from Riga. Germany: Problems in providing food; air-raids on German cities; Goebbels' speech. Rome: Levying of payment of a forced contribution in gold on the Jews of Rome. Slovakia: Possibilities for implementation of insurance certificates by Jews....

  13. Testimony from an anonymous witness regarding the deportation of Jews from Grodno and its surrounding area

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

    Testimony from an anonymous witness regarding the deportation of Jews from Grodno and its surrounding area Deportation of the Jews of Sokolki, 24-25 April [?] 1943; forced labor in industry in the Bialystok Ghetto by order of the German Army; arrival of refugees from deportation trains to the Bialystok Ghetto; false promises made by members of the Grodno Judenrat regarding the deportation of the ghetto Jews to forced labor camps; execution of Jews during "Aktions"; fate of the Jews of Krinki after the "Aktion", November 1942; deportation of the Jews of Jasinowka; opposition of the Jews of M...

  14. Two reports by the War Refugee Board regarding the negotiations held between Saly Mayer and SS representatives, and a book titled "Rescue to Switzerland: The Musy and Saly Mayer Affairs", including a collection of War Refugee board documents regarding 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)

    Two reports by the War Refugee Board regarding the negotiations held between Saly Mayer and SS representatives, and a book titled "Rescue to Switzerland: The Musy and Saly Mayer Affairs", including a collection of War Refugee board documents regarding the negotiations with SS representatives concerning the fate of the Jews in Hungary; documents dated, 1944-1982 - Final report by the director of the War Refugee Board in Washington, 15 September 1945, including a description of the negotiations held between Saly Mayer and SS representatives, and instructions issued by US President F. D. Roose...

  15. Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to Jews in Austria, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization regarding the financing of the Red Cross organization's activities in Vienna, a report by Israel Kasztner regardi

    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 transfer of relief to Jews in Austria, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization regarding the financing of the Red Cross organization's activities in Vienna, a report by Israel Kasztner regarding [the transfer of] food goods to Jews in Austria, a report by the Jewish Agency regarding the fate of the Jews in Austria, and other matters, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization in Vienna, regarding the financing of the Red Cross organization's relief activities on behalf of the Jewish survivors in...

  16. Documentation regarding monetary claims related to monies borrowed by the JDC organization in France in exchange for payment of the debt in dollars after the war, and regarding the transfer of monies by the JDC on behalf of the Jews in France, 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 monetary claims related to monies borrowed by the JDC organization in France in exchange for payment of the debt in dollars after the war, and regarding the transfer of monies by the JDC on behalf of the Jews in France, 1941-1945 - Monetary claims related to monies borrowed by the JDC organization in France, in exchange for payment of the debt in dollars after the war; - Lists of lenders; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the US Legation in Bern, regarding the transfer of monies from the United States to France; - Listing of telephone discussions between Saly M...

  17. Documentation regarding the situation of the Jews who were deported to Transnistria, and the relief activities by the JDC and Red Cross organizations on behalf of the Jews, 1942-1943

    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 situation of the Jews who were deported to Transnistria, and the relief activities by the JDC and Red Cross organizations on behalf of the Jews, 1942-1943 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Wilhelm Fischer, a Zionist leader in Bucharest and one of the JDC representatives in Romania; - Letters written by Wilhelm Fischer to Nathan Schwalb, the Hechalutz movement's representative in Geneva, regarding relief to the persecuted Jews in Transnistria; - Documentation regarding the sending of medicine and medical goods to Transnistria by the Red Cross organization; -...

  18. Documentation regarding the financing of the JDC organization's relief activities to Jews in Romania and private claims related to the relief activities in Romania, 1943-1947

    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 financing of the JDC organization's relief activities to Jews in Romania and private claims related to the relief activities in Romania, 1943-1947 Documentation regarding the financing of the JDC organization's relief activities to the Jews in Romania, 1943-1946: - Correspondence between Wilhelm Fischer and Nathan Schwalb, the Hechalutz organization representative in Switzerland, regarding the relief activities to the Jews in Romania, 1943; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer, the JDC representative in Switzerland, and the Red Cross organization, regarding the re...

  19. Testimony of Rachel Dawidow, born in Uzventis, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in Telsiai, the Rheine farm, camps, the Siaulai Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Uzventis

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Rachel Dawidow, born in Uzventis, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in Telsiai, the Rheine farm, camps, the Siaulai Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Uzventis Life before the war; move with the family to Telsiai, 1935. Deportation with the Jews to the camp on the Rheine farm; camp life; transfer to another camp; camp life including a meeting with women from Uzventis; receives information about the Jews in Uzventis; escape to the Siauliai Ghetto; ghetto life including maintains contact with a non-Jewish physician from Uzventis; help from the physician to find ...

  20. Testimony of Mosze Gilinski, born in Lyntupy, Lithuania, 1912, regarding his experiences in the Lyntupy Ghetto, the Swieciany Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Mosze Gilinski, born in Lyntupy, Lithuania, 1912, regarding his experiences in the Lyntupy Ghetto, the Swieciany Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest Life before the war in Lyntupy. German occupation; transfer of the local administration by the Poles; looting of Jewish owned property; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; deportation to forced labor; escape of refugees from Swieciany and the surrounding area; knowledge of the murder of Jews in a poligon, 08-09 October 1941; establishment of a ghetto; ghetto life including Judenrat activities; annexation of t...