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Country: Israel
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. "16 Days in Hiding": Report by an unknown author regarding his experiences in hiding in Grodno

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

    "16 Days in Hiding": Report by an unknown author regarding his experiences in hiding in Grodno Liquidation of the Grodno Ghetto under the command of Kurt Wiese and Erich Schott, the Gestapo men, February-12 March 1943; life in hiding including a detailed description of the hiding place; collaboration of the Polish and Belorussian police with the Germans in discovering hiding places of Jews; capture of the Jews in hiding; escape of the author; the author's transfer to Bialystok.

  2. Letter sent by Alter Trus, Chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of the Briansk Community in Bialystok to the regional Jewish Historical Committee in Bialystok regarding collaboration with the Gestapo by Janusz and Koszak from Briansk

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

    Letter sent by Alter Trus, Chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of the Briansk Community in Bialystok to the regional Jewish Historical Committee in Bialystok regarding collaboration with the Gestapo by Janusz and Koszak from Briansk Collaboration with the Gestapo by Janusz and Koszak including capturing Jews and Soviets in hiding in the village; criminal acts of Janusz and Koszak; names of Jews murdered by Janusz and Koszak; names of Jews turned over to the Gestapo by Janusz and Koszak; death sentence imposed on Janusz and Koszak by the partisan brigade in the Briansk area, 194...

  3. Testimony of Dora Rubina, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in Bialystok, the Vilna Ghetto, Kozlowa Ruda, Stutthof and other places

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

    Testimony of Dora Rubina, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in Bialystok, the Vilna Ghetto, Kozlowa Ruda, Stutthof and other places Life in Warsaw, 1939; escape with three actors to Bialystok; escape to Vilna; establishment of the "Remikat" (?)acting troupe in Vilna; names of the actors in the troupe; establishment of a theater in Vilna during the Soviet occupation; names of the theater actors; names of the performances presented in the theater; occupation of Vilna by the German Army, 24 June 1941; escape of the actors from Vilna; establishment of the Vilna Ghetto, ...

  4. Testimony of Mala Polonska, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Wolkowysk, Warsaw, Germany and other places

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

    Testimony of Mala Polonska, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Wolkowysk, Warsaw, Germany and other places Escape from the Bialystok Ghetto to Wolkowysk, 1943; arrest of members of the Wolkowysk community; murder of the members of the Wolkowysk community who were arrested; "Aktion" on Yom Kippur by the Gestapo in Wolkowysk, 09 October 1943; escape to Warsaw by using a Soviet identity card; arrest; transfer to prison; meeting with Jewish inmates in the prison; prison life including morbidity; murder of 182 Jews in Nowosiolek, 15 April 1942; de...

  5. Reports written about the Vilna Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto, 1943

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

    Reports written about the Vilna Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto, 1943 1. Excerpt from a report written by the Bialystok Judenrat for the Gestapo regarding the employment of Jews in the ghetto, 02 April 1943, and evacuation, February 1943; Note: One page; the excerpt is a copy of the original material dug up from deep in the ground and taken out of the ghetto. 2. Report written, apparently by Hermann Adler in Budapest, Hungary (after he escaped from Warsaw, Poland), regarding Mordechaj Tenenbaum, the Hechalutz movement, and activities of Anton Schmidt in the Vilna Ghetto, November 1943. Note...

  6. Testimony of Meir Markewitz, born in Lomza, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Trzcianne, Bogusze and in hiding

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

    Testimony of Meir Markewitz, born in Lomza, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Trzcianne, Bogusze and in hiding Occupation of Trzcianne by the German Army, 26 June 1941; "Aktion"; murder of Jews by the Gestapo; burial of those murdered in a mass grave; forced labor; deportation of the Jews to the Bogusze camp; life in Bogusze for three months; transfer to Treblinka; murder of Jews in gas chambers in Treblinka; escape with his family; life being hidden by a farmer, including morbidity; liberation by the Red Army, 12 August 1944.

  7. Testimony of Anatol Rabinowicz regarding his experiences in Bialystok

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

    Testimony of Anatol Rabinowicz regarding his experiences in Bialystok Witness is handed over to the Gestapo in Bialystok by Anton Wojtowicz, the Pole, 11 March 1944; life in detention including interrogation, abuse and beatings; work burning corpses. Note: The testimony was taken down 16 October 1944.

  8. Testimony of Isaak Kagan regarding his experiences in a Vilna prison, Ponary and in the Vilna Ghetto

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

    Testimony of Isaak Kagan regarding his experiences in a Vilna prison, Ponary and in the Vilna Ghetto Arrest by the Gestapo; transfer to a prison in Vilna, 1941; meeting with other inmates who were arrested in Vilna; "Aktion" against Jews employed by the Gestapo, 05 December 1941; drafting of young Jews who are fit for labor; deportation of the elderly and the sick to their deaths; transfer with other inmates from the prison to Ponary; murder of Jews under the command of Horst Schweinberger; escape from the killing pit; hidden by a Polish farmer; transfer back to the Vilna Ghetto with help f...

  9. Excerpts from Gestapo documents from Bialystok regarding the Bialystok Ghetto, 21 January-10 March 1943

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

    Excerpts from Gestapo documents from Bialystok regarding the Bialystok Ghetto, 21 January-10 March 1943 Orders related to decreasing the ghetto boundaries; continuation of forced labor in the ghetto factories; halting work for Jews outside the ghetto; replacing Jewish laborers with Belorussian laborers.

  10. Testimony of Feigel (Rosenstein) Golombek, born in Stawiski, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in Kolno

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

    Testimony of Feigel (Rosenstein) Golombek, born in Stawiski, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in Kolno Abuse and murder of approximately 30 Jews in Kolno by Polish farmers; names of those murdered; rape of young Jewish women; destruction of Lenin's statue in the Kolno square, 05 July 1941; burial of the statue in the Jewish cemetery; beating of Jews by Poles during the burial of the statue; deportation of Jewish youth to labor [camps], 15 July 1941; the fate of the youth is unknown; deportation of the parents of the youth to Bogusze by Gestapo men; murder of the parents by shooting; ...

  11. Testimony of Ania (Rybalowska) Wincygsztern, born in Slonim, Poland, regarding her experiences in Slonim, Wolkowysk, Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz and other places

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

    Testimony of Ania (Rybalowska) Wincygsztern, born in Slonim, Poland, regarding her experiences in Slonim, Wolkowysk, Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz and other places Murder of 10,000 Jews in Slonim under the command of Hick, the Gestapo man, 14 November 1941; deportation to Rozana; transfer to Wolkowysk; forced labor with 360 young Jewish women from Bialystok; "Aktion" in Wolkowysk and in the nearby villages, 02 November 1942; transfer together with 336 young women to Bialystok by Munsfeld, 27 November 1942; forced labor in the Markowszczyzna farm owned by SS Und Polizei Fuehrer (SSPF) Helfr...

  12. Joint testimony of Cytron and Kuczykiewicz regarding their experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto

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

    Joint testimony of Cytron and Kuczykiewicz regarding their experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto Murder of the two Jewish collaborators, Judkowski and Cwiklicz by members of the underground in the Bialystok Ghetto; romantic connection between Asia Dereczynska and the Gestapo agent, Judkowski; attitude of the Polish youth towards German soldiers after the occupation of Bialystok by the German Army; fate of Jankiel Segal and his family in Bialystok; fate of the Perelmuter family in Bialystok; payment of a forced contribution as a ransom for the men caught by the Gestapo, 03 July 1941; demonstra...

  13. Report by Szymon Datner from Wizna, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jews of Wizna

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

    Report by Szymon Datner from Wizna, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jews of Wizna Air-raids on houses in Wizna by German aircraft, 22 June 1941; burning of houses including Jewish houses; occupation of Wizna by the German Army, 22 June 1941; chasing after the Jews hiding in the fields and swamps by Polish fascists; abuse of Jews by Poles; murder of Jews by Poles; names of the Polish murderers; names of those murdered; arrival of Gestapo men in Wizna, 26 June 1941; murder of Jewish men outside the city; names of the murderers; names of those murdered; escape of Jews to Bialystok, Lomza and...

  14. "Destruction of Radzilow": Overview written by Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews of Radzilow

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

    "Destruction of Radzilow": Overview written by Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews of Radzilow Occupation of Radzilow by the German Army, 23 June 1941; attitude of the Poles towards the German Army; handing over of Soviet Army soldiers who did not have time to escape [by the Poles] to the Germans; names of Polish collaborators; abuse and murder of Jews by Poles; robbery of property; desecration of religious objects including the burning of Torah scrolls; attitude of the Poles towards the Jews; incitement of the Poles against the Jews; establishment of a local Polish authority in Ra...

  15. Testimony of Kuczykiewicz regarding the fate of Jews from Bialystok in the Bialystok Ghetto and Majdanek

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground
    • ZYDZI BIALOSTOCCY KTORZY ZGINELI NA MAJDANKU

    Testimony of Kuczykiewicz regarding the fate of Jews from Bialystok in the Bialystok Ghetto and Majdanek Deportation of 300 Jews from Bialystok to Majdanek, 17 August 1943; placement of the Jews in Block 17 and Block 11 in Majdanek; murder of the Jews in Majdanek, 03 November 1943; names of those murdered; murder of Jews in Bialystok including those murdered by Richard Dibus, the Gestapo man, 16 August 1943; rescue of archival material by Jeruchem Bachrach, director of the Bialystok Ghetto Archive, by entrusting the material to Kuczykiewicz.

  16. Testimony of Elke Fomin, born in Grodno, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Grodno Ghetto

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

    Testimony of Elke Fomin, born in Grodno, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Grodno Ghetto Establishment of Ghetto Number 1 in the Grodno fish market; establishment of Ghetto Number 2 in Slobodka; term of office of Dr. Brawer as Judenrat chairman in Ghetto Number 1; term of office of Rubintszik as chief of the Jewish police; Rubintszik's excellence at discovering hiding places of Jews; life in the Grodno Ghetto including yellow badge and forced labor in the ghetto and outside the ghetto; liquidation of Ghetto Number 2, November 1942; deportation of most of the Jews to the Kielbas...

  17. Testimony of Alter Trus, Chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of the Briansk Community in Bialystok regarding collaborators with the Germans in Briansk

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

    Testimony of Alter Trus, Chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of the Briansk Community in Bialystok regarding collaborators with the Germans in Briansk Names of Polish residents of Briansk who collaborated with the Germans, including Maniek Zawadzki; capture of nine Jews in hiding by Zawadzki; handing over of the Jews in hiding to the gendarmerie; murder of those who had been in hiding by the gendarmerie; murder of Jews by the Gestapo man, Michal Panaszuk from Briansk; handing over of Jews to the gendarmerie by Kotlinski and Poplawski, Polish residents of Briansk; murder of Jews...

  18. Testimony of Isak Sznajder, born in Choroszcz, Poland, 1907, regarding the criminal acts of Boleslaw Kalinowski, the policeman

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

    Testimony of Isak Sznajder, born in Choroszcz, Poland, 1907, regarding the criminal acts of Boleslaw Kalinowski, the policeman Service of Boleslaw Kalinowski from Zalesiany as a policeman attached to the [place] Gestapo; chasing after of Jews from Choroszcz and from Izbyszcze hiding in the forests by Kalinowski including revealing hiding places; capture of Jews and turning them over to the Gestapo by Kalinowski; murder of Jews by Kalinowski; testimony of Choroszcz residents regarding Kalinowski's crimes.

  19. Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות - חומר על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 5/36

    Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: Deportation of Jews to labor camps and rescue of many from the Warsaw Ghetto; Frank's speech regarding the Germans in Warsaw and blaming the Jews for the war; signs of resistance to the Nazi government by farmers not reporting for work; attacks on Gestapo personnel; Volksdeutsche in areas of Poland annexed to the Reich: Germany: The suffering of the German people while at war; opposition to granting an exemption from anti-Jewish legislat...

  20. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943-January 1944

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 29/60

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943-January 1944 Poland and the eastern districts: Testimony regarding the "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" as reported in the Polish underground press; murder of Jews with American citizenship in Krakow; murder of Jews in Vilna and confiscation of their property by the Gestapo; antisemitism in the underground newspapers; deterioration of living conditions in Majdanek; Slovakia: Anti-Jewish propaganda and a demand to rem...