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Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English
Country: Israel
  1. "The Destruction of Bialystok": Report by Zipora Kaplan regarding the fate of Jews in the Bialystok Ghetto

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

    "The Destruction of Bialystok": Report by Zipora Kaplan regarding the fate of Jews in the Bialystok Ghetto Deportation of Jews from the Bialystok area to Treblinka, November 1942; murder of the Jews in Treblinka; escape of Jews from villages in the area to the Bialystok Ghetto; transfer of the civilian government in the ghetto to the Gestapo; sealing of the ghetto; prevention of Jews from leaving the ghetto to go to work outside the ghetto, February 1943; "Aktion" conducted by the Gestapo, Kripo and Schupo, 05 February 1943; refusal of Jewish policemen to cooperate with the Germans; murder ...

  2. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the verdict of Wenzel Hendrich (born on 26 November 1907 in Franzendorf), Marie Hendrich (born on 12 December 1911 in Doerfel) and Wanda Moucka (born on 13 September 1911 in Prague). On 31 December 1943 two Jewish prisoners (Weisl and Liebl) were able to break out of the Gestapo prison in Prague. Marie Hendrich, the neighbour of Ottokar Weisl's mother, helped considerably in establishing contact between the two, whereas Wenzel Hendrich tried to stay out of this as far as possible. They were sentenced to spend five years in a penitentiary. The third defendant, Wanda Moucka,...

  3. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Nazi Justice collection

    The file contains the verdict of Wenzel Hendrich (born on 26 November 1907 in Franzendorf), Marie Hendrich (born on 12 December 1911 in Doerfel) and Wanda Moucka (born on 13 September 1911 in Prague). On 31 December 1943 two Jewish prisoners (Weisl and Liebl) were able to break out of the Gestapo prison in Prague. Marie Hendrich, the neighbour of Ottokar Weisl's mother, helped considerably in establishing contact between the two, whereas Wenzel Hendrich tried to stay out of this as far as possible. They were sentenced to spend five years in a penitentiary. The third defendant, Wanda Moucka,...

  4. David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; 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

    David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with hardships; life before the war; move to Warsaw including joining Poalei Zion; drafted into the Polish Army in the 1920s; desertion from the Polish Army and escape to France; life in Paris using a false identity and forged documents; joins Poalei Zion; distribution of a Polish Poalei Zion journal; raising money for various causes; maintaining contact with his friends in Poland. German occupation; activities on behalf of the Colonie Scolaire (The Sum...

  5. Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; 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 Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as Rabbi of the Versailles Jewish community, 1935; activities as Rabbi of the Dijon Jewish community, 1939; life in Dole including finding living quarters for refugees, from 1940. Escape to Perigueux; activities in Perigueux including aid to refugees; receives permission to visit camps and groups of foreign workers; supplies food to deportees on transports en route to Drancy and Pithiviers; finding hiding places for children; activities as contact perso...

  6. Jüdischer Kulturbund Dresden and Leipzig

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a correspondence between the Kulturbund Leipzig and Dresden, represented by Kurt Singer, and Hans Hinkel, Reich Ministry for the People's Enlightenment and Propaganda. The letters are about seeking approval of Hans Hinkel for several theater plays and excerpts of the newspaper. Besides a correspondence between Hans Hinkel and the Gestapo is attached. The correspondence regards a request about a chairman of the Leipzig branch of the Kulturbund Dr. Konrad Goldschmidt. The Gestapo informed Hinkel, that there is nothing detrimental about Konrad Goldschmidt

  7. Testimony of Yitzchak Wernik regarding his experiences in Lomza, Zambrow and Auschwitz

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

    Testimony of Yitzchak Wernik regarding his experiences in Lomza, Zambrow and Auschwitz Shelling of Lomza by the Germans, 01 September 1939; deaths of Jews and Poles as a result of the shelling; occupation of Lomza by the German Army, 25 June 1941; attitude of the local population towards the Jews; life in Lomza including abusive acts and murder of the Jews; yellow badge, 04 July 1941; deportation of Jews to Zambrow by the Gestapo; murder of the Jews in Zambrow; establishment of the ghetto, July 1941; appointment of a Judenrat; establishment of a Jewish police; forced labor; deportation of t...

  8. [Jews in Italy]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains mostly diplomatic correspondence exchanged between 1940 and 1943 between the diplomatic representation of Nazi Germany in Italy and the German Foreign Office. The documents include letters, reports, and telegrams regarding the appointment of Herbert Kappler as member of the Gestapo at the German Embassy in Rome, but also on the collaboration with Italian representatives on the persecution of Jews from Italy and on the property of Jews emigrants from Germany in Italy. Furthermore, the file contains a typewritten report written in German in 1942 and discussing the Italian po...

  9. Memoirs of Sima regarding her experiences in Grodek

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

    Memoirs of Sima regarding her experiences in Grodek Occupation of Grodek by the German Army, 27 June 1941; life under the German occupation including robbery of Jewish property, anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge; ban forbidding the local population to sell food products to the Jews; appointment of a Judenrat; abuse of Judenrat members by the Gestapo; murder of Jews; Polish and Belorussian collaborators; arrest of Communists and their murder; concentration of the Jews in the market square in Grodek, 01 November 1942; deportation of the witness' family to a[n unnamed] camp by wagon; popul...

  10. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the verdict of Josef Hocke (born on 1 May 1894 in Prag). In 1938 Josef Hocke got to know Ulrich Hlavin, a former major of the Czech-Slovak military staff, through mutual friends. They met again in 1939 and 1941 – that's when Ulrich Hlavin told the defendant that he was being searched for. In early 1942 Josef Hocke allowed Ulrich Hlavin to hide in his warehouse twice. In January and December of 1943 he showed up again – however, Josef Hocke declined his request out of fear of the Gestapo. The defendant was found guilty of not notifying German authorities about a wanted pers...

  11. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Nazi Justice collection

    The file contains the verdict of Josef Hocke (born on 1 May 1894 in Prag). In 1938 Josef Hocke got to know Ulrich Hlavin, a former major of the Czech-Slovak military staff, through mutual friends. They met again in 1939 and 1941 – that's when Ulrich Hlavin told the defendant that he was being searched for. In early 1942 Josef Hocke allowed Ulrich Hlavin to hide in his warehouse twice. In January and December of 1943 he showed up again – however, Josef Hocke declined his request out of fear of the Gestapo. The defendant was found guilty of not notifying German authorities about a wanted pers...

  12. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Polish legation in Switzerland regarding the issuing of passports to Polish citizens, help to Polish refugees and POWs, sending parcels to Poland and transmitting information

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Polish legation in Switzerland regarding the issuing of passports to Polish citizens, help to Polish refugees and POWs, sending parcels to Poland and transmitting information Correspondence with the Polish legation in Switzerland, with Ambassador A. Lados and their Excellencies Dr. Jurkiewicz, Bronarski, Dobrzelewski, Ryniewicz, Nahlik, Rokicki and Dr. Kuehl from the Consular Department regarding the issuing of passports to Polish citizens, help to Polish refugees and POWs, sending parcels to Poland and transmitting information. Also...

  13. Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Bryansk and in forests

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

    Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Bryansk and in forests Occupation of Bryansk by the German Army, 24 June 1941; life in Bryansk including decrees, abusive acts and murder of Jews; desecration of the memorial for Lenin put up in Bryansk, 1940; anti-Jewish decrees imposed on the Jews by the Polish mayor, Dr. Danbrausky and the police chief, Pietshak; displays of antisemitism against the Jews; forced labor paving roads and digging trenches; murder of Moshe Klimentausky, the Jew, for possessing a radio; establishment of the Bryansk Gh...

  14. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the verdict of Franz Müller (born on 19 May 1897 in Jermer). The defendant met his then superior the major of the Czech Army Hlavín during his time in the Ministry of War. After the dissolution of the Czech Army Hlavín went on to participate in the Anti-Nazi resistance and was therefore wanted by the Gestapo since 1941. The defendant Müller was accused of meeting Hlavín on 10 occasions, the last time in 1944. Müller did not report Hlavín, knowing he was wanted by the Gestapo. The defendant was found guilty of failing to report an enemy of the state and was therefore senten...

  15. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Nazi Justice collection

    The file contains the verdict of Franz Müller (born on 19 May 1897 in Jermer). The defendant met his then superior the major of the Czech Army Hlavín during his time in the Ministry of War. After the dissolution of the Czech Army Hlavín went on to participate in the Anti-Nazi resistance and was therefore wanted by the Gestapo since 1941. The defendant Müller was accused of meeting Hlavín on 10 occasions, the last time in 1944. Müller did not report Hlavín, knowing he was wanted by the Gestapo. The defendant was found guilty of failing to report an enemy of the state and was therefore senten...

  16. Documentation, mainly of the Gestapo, regarding Soviet and Polish foreign laborers in Germany from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1941-1943

    Documentation, mainly of the Gestapo, regarding Soviet and Polish foreign laborers in Germany from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1941-1943 Most of the files in the collection are files from the Duesseldorf Gestapo and its neighboring branches (Krefeld and Moenchen-Gladbach) relating to specific foreign laborers for whom Gestapo intervention was requested. - File of the Krefeld Gestapo regarding foreign laborers from eastern Europe, including correspondence concerning police handling of specific laborers, and documentation regarding the implementation of the guideline from the Duesseldorf Ges...

  17. Jüdischer Kulturbund Erfurt

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains informations about the Jüdischer Kulturbund in Erfurt. A list of active and former members, including their birthday and birthplace, as well as their occupation and adress is given. Furthermore it contains a circular letter, announcing the necessity to get Hans Hinkel's permission for planed activities. Also a report about a cultural evening of the Kulturbund Erfurt, written by the Gestapo, is attached. The report includes informations about the topics which have been discussed, the appearance of members and gerneral observations of the evening.

  18. Raissa (Bloch) Gorlin, born in Petersburg (Russia), 1899, known as Michelle Miraille; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Raissa (Bloch) Gorlin, born in Petersburg (Russia)1899, known as Michelle Miraille; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Studies in the Faculty of the Arts in a university in Switzerland; move to France. Life in Vic Sur Cere including managing an Amities Chretiennes (Christian Friendship) orphanage; life using the false identity of Michelle Miraille; care for children under the protection of OSE (Children's Aid Society) at the orphanage; illegally crosses the border into Switzerland; capture; deportation across the border by the Swiss; arr...

  19. 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...

  20. Testimony of Eliezer regarding his experiences in the Grodno Ghetto

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

    Testimony of Eliezer regarding his experiences in the Grodno Ghetto "Action" in the Grodno Ghetto, 13-16 February 1943; arrangement of hiding places in the ghetto; description of the hiding place; concentration of approximately 400 women in the Great Synagogue, 12 December 1943; participation of the Jewish police in the "Action" under the command of Kurt Wiese and Otto Streblow, the Gestapo men; attempt of the women to escape en route to the synagogue; murder of the women by shooting; surrounding of the Judenrat courtyard by the Schupo (German police); transfer of the Judenrat members to th...