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  1. Betty Cohen papers

    The Betty Cohen papers document the Dutch families who concealed her during the Holocaust. Records include a personal narrative Betty wrote for Yad Vashem describing her rescuers, Tieme and Alie Beuving and Johannes (Joep) and Agnes Garben; photographs of herself, her parents, her brothers and sister, her husband, and the Garbens; and a poem she composed describing her hiding space on the Garbens’ farm in Azewijn, Gelderland.

  2. Polish Consulate General in Tel-Aviv Konsulat Generalny Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej w Tel-Avivie (A.49)

    Contains documents from the Polish Consulate General in Tel Aviv, including: correspondence, personal files and accounts from 1928-1945, relating to the removal of Polish citizenship (refers mainly to Jews), lists of deserters, and refugees. Consuls General: Tadeusz Piszczkowski (1937-1940), Henryk Rosmarin (1940-1945).

  3. General Władysław Anders collection Kolekcja Generala Wladyslawa Andersa (KGA.11)

    Contains papers of Władysław Anders, General of the Polish Armed Forces in Exile. Also includes a journal of the activities of General Anders, 7 August 1941-27 March 1945, and speeches, orders, statements, studies, notes and correspondence.

  4. David Weyl diaries

    The collection consists of three diaries kept by David Weyl, originally of Erkelenz, Germany, documenting his Holocaust experiences after fleeing Germany to the Netherlands in 1939. The diaries chronicle his deportations to the Westerbork and Theresienstadt concentration camps and span 1942-December 1945. They also include notes on family history and addresses.

  5. Rose Goldberg Zarembski papers

    Consists of correspondence written by Rose (Rochel) Goldberg, later Zarembski, to family members in the United States. The letters were authored while Rose was living in a displaced persons camp in Straubing, Germany. Rose was a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek, and other camps. Also included are newspapers clippings listing Rose as a Holocaust survivor looking for relatives after the war.

  6. Selected records from the collections of the Călăraşi Branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records from the Commissariat of police of the Port of Calarasi, and includes records relating to: surveillance of Iron Guard, the situation of Jews, the transit of German and Italian armies, reorganization of Iron Guard and communist movement. Also contains records from the Police of the city of Calarasi, and includes records relating to: confiscation of Jewish property, nomadic Roma, confiscation of furniture belonging to Jews, including real estate, forced labor of Jews, Jews of Sephardic community, surveillance of Jews, spies, members of Iron Guards, communists and members of r...

  7. Glavnoe Pereselncheskoe Upravlenie pri Sovete Ministrov RSFSR (Fond A-327)

    Contains name lists of evacuees, correspondence, minutes, and various reports created by the Main Resettlement Administration regarding resettlement and aid provided to evacuees. Includes statistical reports and information relating to Soviet civilians who were repatriated from Germany, France, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and China, a list of Soviet citizens residing in Yugoslavia, and lists of Polish citizens returning to Poland. The Main Resettlement Administration was established on February 12, 1942 as the main administrative body of the Russian Federation responsible for t...

  8. Map of the wanderings of the siblings Emil and Ilana Landau from Warsaw to Eretz Israel, 1939-1943, a diagram of Asino camp where the siblings were interned, 1941, and memoirs of Alina Ilana Landau Karniel regarding the experiences of her family during the war

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Map of the wanderings of the siblings Emil and Ilana Landau from Warsaw to Eretz Israel, 1939-1943, a diagram of Asino camp where the siblings were interned, 1941, and memoirs of Alina Ilana Landau Karniel regarding the experiences of her family during the war - Diagram of Asino camp near Novosibirsk where the siblings Emil and Ilana Landau were interned, sketched by Emil Landau, 1941; - Map of the wanderings of the siblings, Emil and Ilana Landau from Warsaw to Eretz Israel, 1939-1943, drawn by Emil Landau, with a dedication to Ilana Landau, 07 September 1943; - Memoirs of Alina Ilana Land...

  9. Joint testimony of Pavel Dobry, born in Usti nad Laben, Czechoslovakia, and his wife, Eva (Guttmann) Dobry, born in Stanislawow, Poland, regarding their experiences in a kolkhoz in Ukraine and as Czechoslovakian Army soldiers in Buzuluk and Romania

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

    Joint testimony of Pavel Dobry, born in Usti nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, and his wife, Eva (Guttmann) Dobry, born in Stanislawow, Poland, regarding their experiences in a kolkhoz in Ukraine and as Czechoslovakian Army soldiers in Buzuluk and Romania Work of Jewish refugees in a Ukrainian kolkhoz, 1939-1941; enlistment in a Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk; combat at Sokolovo, 1943; participation of Jews and Jewish losses; Jews in officer training schools; Jews in command of Czechoslovakian field units; battles at Kiev and Bila Cerkev; mobilization of Czechoslovakian citizens in Volhynia,...

  10. Testimony of Leopold Drucker, a certified engineer, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia [then Austria-Hungary], 1895, regarding his experiences as a local Maccabi activist, a Zionist activist in Theresienstadt, in Auschwitz, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in

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

    Testimony of Leopold Drucker, a certified engineer, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia [then Austria-Hungary], 1895, regarding his experiences as a local Maccabi activist, a Zionist activist in Theresienstadt, in Auschwitz, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Poprad and more Military service as an officer in the [Austro-Hungarian] Army during World War I; an active Zionist and of the Maccabi leaders in Brno from 1919; cooperation between Maccabi and Hashomer Hatzair in the prepapration of Jewish youth for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935; help provided by the movement to 2,000 Jewish refugees from Au...

  11. Testimony of Henry Fantl, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, military service within the Middle East area and via the Soviet Union in Sadagura and in combat in Dukla, Jaslo and Liptovsky Mikulas

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

    Testimony of Henry Fantl, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, military service within the Middle East area and via the Soviet Union in Sadagura and in combat in Dukla, Jaslo and Liptovsky Mikulas Born in Czechoslovakia. Military service as an officer during the Czechoslovakian general mobilization, 1938; dismissal from employment as a lawyer due to his being Jewish, 1939; formation of a military group while on a refugee ship sailing to Eretz Israel, 1940; explosion on the refugee ship, "Patria", near Haifa port, 1940; enlistment of a Je...

  12. Testimony of Richard Fischl, born in Havlickuv Brod, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Poland, Samarkand, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk, and in combat in Sokolovo, Dukla, Presov and Ostrava

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

    Testimony of Richard Fischl, born in Havlickuv Brod, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Poland, Samarkand, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk, and in combat in Sokolovo, Dukla, Presov and Ostrava Born in Czechoslovakia; German occupation; effect of the German occupation on Czechoslovakian Army officers; escape routes to Poland; German-speaking Czechoslovakian Jews in refugee center in Katowice, 1939; Soviet occupation; transfer to Samarkand; life of Jewish refugees in Samarkand, 1940-1942; formation of Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; participatio...

  13. Testimony of Otakar Huppert, born in Belsko, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his Zionist movement experiences before the war, during his escape to the Soviet Union via Poland and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sadagura

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

    Testimony of Otakar Huppert, born in Belsko, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his Zionist movement experiences before the war, during his escape to the Soviet Union via Poland and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Sadagura Zionist activities in Ostrava, 1930-1939; information regarding Chanan and Shlomo Rozen. German occupation; escape to Poland after German occupation, 1939; deportation to Nisko; expulsion to Soviet demarcation line at San; Ukrainian assaults; NKVD arrests and interrogations; life of Jewish refugees in the Lwow region, 1940-1941; formation of the Czechoslovak...

  14. Testimony of Max Kriegel Kral, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Krakow, in Czechoslovakian Army camps in Lesne and Bronowice, in Soviet camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolo

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

    Testimony of Max Kriegel Kral, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Krakow, in Czechoslovakian Army camps in Lesne and Bronowice, in Soviet camps, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat in Sokolovo and Dukla Born in Czechoslovakia. Escape to Poland; attitude of Czechoslovakian consulate in Krakow toward Jewish refugees, 1939; Jews in Czechoslovakian military camp Bronowice and Lesne, 1939; fighting as allies of the Polish Army; retreat with the Polish Army, 1939; detention of the Czechoslovakian Legion in Soviet camps in Kamenets P...

  15. Testimony of Gustav Maier, born in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia, 1909, regarding his experiences in Nisko, Lwow, Uzbekistan, in a Soviet camp in Ural, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk and Novokhopersk and in combat in Kiev and Dukla

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

    Testimony of Gustav Maier, born in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia, 1909, regarding his experiences in Nisko, Lwow, Uzbekistan, in a Soviet camp in Ural, as a soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army in Buzuluk and Novokhopersk and in combat in Kiev and Dukla Born in Czechoslovakia. Deportation to Nisko, 1939; escape to Lwow; life in Lwow; labor in Soviet coal mines, 1940; Jewish refugees living in a Korean colony in Uzbekistan, 1941;deportation to a labor camp in the Urals, 1941; role of Jews in a Czechoslovakian reserve battalion in Buzuluk, 1942; role of Jews in a Czechoslovakian brigade in Novokhope...

  16. Documentation regarding the Eclaireurs Israelites de France - EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France and the OSE organization, and support by the JDC organization in Comite Teitel [?], 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 the Eclaireurs Israelites de France - EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France and the OSE organization, and support by the JDC organization in Comite Teitel [?], 1941-1945 1) Documentation regarding the Eclaireurs Israelites de France - EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France, 1939-1944: - Reports regarding the activities of the EIR (Jewish Scouts) organization in France, on behalf of Jewish children during the war, 1939-1944; - Documentation regarding the Jewish partisans and non-Jewish partisans in France; 2) Documentation regarding the activities of the OSE ...

  17. Documentation, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and Josef Blum regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews, a report by the Hechalutz movement regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, sections of reports by Gisi Fleischmann regar

    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 correspondence between Saly Mayer and Josef Blum regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews, a report by the Hechalutz movement regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, sections of reports by Gisi Fleischmann regarding the deportation of Hungarian Jewry, and other matters, 1940-1944 - Confirmation by Morris C. Troper, chairman of the JDC organization's governing council for Europe, that Josef Blum is an official JDC organization representative, 08 June 1940; - List of Hungarian Jewish students studying in Zurich, 21 November 1941; - Correspondence be...

  18. Documentation regarding claims submitted by various bodies regarding money that was used for relief to Jews in Hungary and Slovakia; documents dated, 1943-1948

    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 claims submitted by various bodies regarding money that was used for relief to Jews in Hungary and Slovakia; documents dated, 1943-1948 - Documentation regarding the claim submitted by L. Kertesz [apparently to the JDC], including a letter sent to Saly Mayer by the JDC regarding the claim by L. Kertesz, 24 September 1946; - Documentation regarding the claim submitted by the "Shomrey Hachomot" Kollel [apparently to the JDC], including correspondence between Saly Mayer and Richard Lichtheim, a member of the Zionist Organization administration and a Jewish Agency repres...

  20. "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...