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

  1. Henri Klein, born in Mulhouse, France, 1914: 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

    Henri Klein, born in Mulhouse, France, 1914: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Paris before the war; learns in the Talmud Torah rabbinical school; move to Strasbourg with his family; move to Vichy with his family; completes his military service. Outbreak of the war; taken captive; escape from Germany; joins the Maquis with his cousin, Rabbi Sammy Klein and Andre Elbogen, 1940; handed over to the Gestapo at the Saint Etienne railroad station by an underground contact person; executed by shooting, 07 July 1944. End of the war; re-int...

  2. Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; 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

    Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities; dismissal from her job at the Finance Ministry; work as a secretary for OSE (Children's Aid Society) in Chambery; arrest by the Gestapo, 08 February 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Fanny Scheimann; - Pages of personal information; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  3. 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.

  4. Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; 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 (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles with her husband, Rabbi Rene Hirschler; her husband's activities as Chief Rabbi of the camps in France; rescue activities with her husband; arrested by the Gestapo with her husband, 23 December 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; perishes in Auschwitz with her husband; awarded the Croix de Guerre. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Hirschler; - Documents; - Personal documents; - Testimonies.

  5. Esther Richter, known as Ika; 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

    Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including the German occupation; joins Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); member of the Bund party; help to needy Jews; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Romainville; life in Romainville; death, 12 December 1942. In the file: - Summary of her personal information.

  6. Marcel Geismar, born in Turkheim, France, 1917; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

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

    Marcel Geismar, born in Turkheim, France, 1917; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Joins the Jewish underground during the war; life in the Creuse region including work for OSE (Children's Aid Society); work as assistant bookkeeper in Le Masgelier, an OSE children's home; visit to his family in the Alsace area, Pesach (07 April) 1944; taken captive with his two brothers by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz, 29 April 1944.

  7. Emeric Fiser, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1914; 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

    Emeric Fiser, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1914; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Montintin during the war; work as an educator in an OSE (Children's Aid Society) children's home; escorts a group of children to the Swiss border; visit at the OSE office in Chambery, 1944; detention by the Gestapo along with the office staff, February 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, 07 March 1944. In the file: - Photographs of Emeric Fiser; - Testimonies; - Articles.

  8. Germaine Meyer, born in Dunkerque, France, 1899, known as Marie Garithe; 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

    Germaine Meyer, born in Dunkerque, France, 1899, known as Marie Garithe; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Nice; works as the secretary of the manager of the French-Italian bank, Donati Angelo; provides forged documents to Jews; detention by the Gestapo with two colleagues from work who are members of the Jewish underground; deportation to Drancy with her colleagues. In the file: - Photograph of Germaine Meyer; - German report regarding her detention.

  9. Leon Eugene Wolpert, born in Russia, 1910; 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

    Leon Eugene Wolpert, born in Russia, 1910; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Works for OSE (Children's Aid Society) along with his wife, Elisabeth, from 1941; life working for OSE including providing food to Jews in hiding in the Lyons area; escape to Switzerland due to health problems of his wife; couple is denied entrance into Switzerland; detention by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz with his wife on Transport 60, 07 October 1943. In the file: - Summary of his activities.

  10. 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...

  11. Juliette Weil, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921; 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

    Juliette Weil, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in southern France including underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); rescue of children; detention by the Gestapo with other Jews in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation, 25 March 1943. In the file: - Photograph of Juliette Weil; - Testimonies.

  12. German documentation used by the Prosecution during the Nuremberg Trials

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    German documentation used by the Prosecution during the Nuremberg Trials - Speech given by Julius Streicher, 03/04/1933; - Demonstration by the Freedom Union in Vienna, 1936; - Directives by the SS regarding the surveillance of Catholics, Protestants, Free Masons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Jews, in preparation for the Referendum concerning the Anschluss (Annexation of Austria to Germany; - Report regarding the Judenaktion ["Kristallnacht"] on 09-10 November 1938; - Excerpts from the speech given by Julius Streicher on the day after Kristallnacht; - Steps taken by the Gestapo against the Jews,...

  13. An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, age 21, regarding her experiences in Lodz, Warsaw, Russia and her aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
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    An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, age 21, regarding her experiences in Lodz, Warsaw, Russia and her aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Lodz; work as a clerk in the Jewish community. Attitude of the head of the Gestapo towards the leadership and clerks of the Jewish community; abuse of the editor Unger by the Germans; murder of Unger; escape to Warsaw; escape including move to the Bug River; escape to the Soviet Union; aliya to Eretz Israel, February 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  14. Testimony of Palo Sheiner, born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, a camp near Marculesti and Hungary

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    Testimony of Palo Sheiner, born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, a camp near Marculesti and Hungary Deportation from Cernauti to a camp near Marculesti; escape and crosses the Dniester river; escape along the Polish border; encounter with the Ukrainian Police and Gestapo; escape; capture and transfer to a cemetery; escape and rescue from shooting; escape to Hungary. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  15. Plans, essays and chapter headings, regarding research of the Holocaust

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    Plans, essays and chapter headings, regarding research of the Holocaust - Manner of writing the history of the Holocaust (Yiddish); - Article titled, "Hitler and the Gypsies. The Fate of Europe's Oldest Aryans", written by Dora E. Yates and published in "Commentary" Magazine, 11/1949; - Essay titled, "Jews of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany", written by Y. Guri (Pudriatzchik), regarding Jewish soldiers, fighters and generals who fought the Germans, including an Appendix with a list of Jewish Red Army Generals; - Chapter headings written by Jacob Leschinsky, regarding the "Chorbun" (di...

  16. German documentation regarding various matters

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    German documentation regarding various matters - Correspondence regarding Volksdeutsche [residents] in the Galicia area, 03/1943; - Testimony of Rudolf Diels in the Nuremberg Trials, [regarding] the filling of functions in the Gestapo, the Berlin Police, the Government in Cologne, and including disobedience [?]; - Testimony of Hans Hager in the Nuremberg Trials, [regarding] his involvement in the deportation of Jews from Wołyń and Galicia to their extermination; - Testimony of Dutch officer A. F. van Velsen in the Nuremberg Trials, regarding Sachsenhausen and Auschwitz camps; - Testimony in...

  17. 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...

  18. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with representatives of the Poalei Zion party in Slovakia and Switzerland regarding aliya to Eretz Israel, disagreements with the Eretz Israel Office, relief for members and party methodology

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with representatives of the Poalei Zion party in Slovakia and Switzerland regarding aliya to Eretz Israel, disagreements with the Eretz Israel Office, relief for members and party methodology Also in the file: - Copy of a letter to the Gestapo in Tesin (?) regarding deportation of the Jews, 28 November 1939; - Speeches and statements made by the members of the Poalei Zion party at the Zionist Conference in London, September 1945; - Correspondence with party members in Poland, France, Germany and Austria, 1948-1949; - Correspondence with the Z...

  19. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942-1944, submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp, 07 April 1944, and arriving in Slovakia Also in the file: - Gestapo telegram regarding the escape of these two inmates, 09 April 1944; Two Gestapo telegrams regarding the escape of inmates from Auschwitz: Siegfried Lederer, Cz...

  20. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with A. Herman, Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) representative in Warsaw, and Dr. Abraham Silberschein's former secretary, regarding sending relief to various Jews in Poland

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with A. Herman, Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) representative in Warsaw, and Dr. Abraham Silberschein's former secretary, regarding sending relief to various Jews in Poland Also in the file: - Letter from Harman in Geneva regarding preparations for publication of testimonies regarding the atrocities carried out by the Germans in Poland, 19 June 1944; - Letter from Entraide Universitaire Internationale regarding the rehabilitation of the universities and help to students; three pamphlets are attached, October 1944; - Letter from Stach...