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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. 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...

  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 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.

  4. 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...

  5. Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok

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

    Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok Occupation of Bialystok by the German Army, 26 June 1941; burning of the Great Synagogue; murder of Jews and burning of their bodies in the burning synagogue; riots against the Jews including burning their homes; deportation of Jews to forced labor; establishment of the Bialystok Ghetto, 01 August 1941; works as a painter in SS and Gestapo units outside the ghetto; attitude of the Polish foremen towards the workers; "Aktion" in the ...

  6. Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Lomza, Bialystok and other places

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

    Testimony of Michal Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Lomza, Bialystok and other places Liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto, 16 August 1943; deportation of inmates from Markowszczyzna to the prison in Bialystok during the liquidation; inmates' work in SS workshops outside the prison; transfer with other inmates from the Lomza prison to the Bialystok prison, late September 1943; attempts to escape by the inmates; capture of the escapees; murder of some of the escapees; arrest of non-Jews by the Gestapo; transfer of the detainees to...

  7. Testimony of Liza Bursztyn, born in Lomza, Poland, 1912, regarding her experiences in Lomza

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

    Testimony of Liza Bursztyn, born in Lomza, Poland, 1912, regarding her experiences in Lomza Establishment of the Lomza Ghetto, July 1941; abuse of the witness by a Gestapo man; capture of 50 Jewish youth; murder of the youth in the Lomza area; work at housecleaning outside the ghetto; her husband's work at construction; arrest of Communists; murder of approximately 2,000 Jews without work permits, September 1941; names of those murdered; robbery of Jewish property by Manko, the Gestapo man, 31 October 1942; liquidation of the Lomza Ghetto, 01 November 1942; suicide of Hefner, the Jewish phy...

  8. Testimony of Zelig Tenenbaum regarding the fate of the Jews of Grajewo

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

    Testimony of Zelig Tenenbaum regarding the fate of the Jews of Grajewo Occupation of Grajewo by the German Army, summer 1941; life under the German occupation including rioting and forced labor; wounding and murder of Jews by Poles; concentration of approximately 500 men in the marketplace; abuse of Jews including Communists in the theater building; attitude of the Poles towards the Jews; appointment of a Judenrat; torture of Jews by the Gestapo; rape of women; murder of the elderly and Communists in the cemetery; establishment of the ghetto; deportation of the Jews from Botki and Grodno to...

  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. 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...

  11. Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto

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

    Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto Deportation of his family from Vilna to prison in Lukiszki; deportation of approximately 5,000 Jews to the prison in Lukiszki; registration of professionally skilled workers in the prison; transfer of professionally skilled workers to the Vilna Ghetto; the witness' term of office as a member of the Judenrat in the Vilna Ghetto; escape to Lida with other Jews, 01 November 1941; life in Lida including forced labor, abuse and murder of Jews; arrest of Judenrat members; arrest of Jewish polic...

  12. Survey regarding the Bialystok Ghetto including events during the "Aktion",15 January-17 February 1943

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

    Survey regarding the Bialystok Ghetto including events during the "Aktion",15 January-17 February 1943 Sealing of the boundaries of the city, November 1942; deportation of Jews to concentration camps; transfer of Jews from concentration camps to Treblinka; execution of Jews in Treblinka; reduction of the boundaries of the Bialystok Ghetto without affecting the Jews; "Aktion" under the command of the Gestapo officer, Fritz Friedel, 05 February 1943; Jews in hiding throughout the "Aktion"; refusal of the Jewish police to participate in carrying out the "Aktion"; killing of a German by members...

  13. Testimony of Binyamin Ratzlow regarding the fate of the Jews of Suprasl

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

    Testimony of Binyamin Ratzlow regarding the fate of the Jews of Suprasl Life in Suprasl before the outbreak of the war. Occupation of Suprasl by the German Army, 27 June 1941; deportation of 90 men to Bialystok; murder of Jews during the deportation; life in Suprasl including anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge, robbery of Jewish property, forced labor and abuse; murder of Jews by Gestapo and Schupo men, May 1942; deportation of the Jews of Suprasl to the Bialystok Ghetto, 02 November 1942; deportation of the Jews from the Bialystok Ghetto to Treblinka, 19 November 1942.

  14. Testimony of Gedalyahu Abramowicz regarding his experiences in Baranowicze

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

    Testimony of Gedalyahu Abramowicz regarding his experiences in Baranowicze Occupation of Baranowicze by the German Army, 1941; abuse of Jewish men by Gestapo men approximately two weeks after the German occupation; murder of Jews; throwing the murder victims into pits; throwing live Jews into pits; injury; return to the Baranowicze Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; joins the partisans.

  15. Testimony of Miriam Robinson, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof and other places

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

    Testimony of Miriam Robinson, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof and other places Concentration of the Jews of the Vilna Ghetto on Rasa [?] Street in anticipation of the liquidation of the ghetto; liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, 29 March 1943; selection by Gestapo men; execution of three members of the Bund: Abrasha Chwojnik, Asia Bik and Yankiel Kaplan; deportation to Stutthof; transfer to other camps; call for revenge upon the Germans.

  16. Memoirs of Karola Keila (Koifman) Ginzburg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1902, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and on the Aryan side in Warsaw, using a false identity in the Pawiak prison, in Pruszkow and Dresden

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957

    Memoirs of Karola Keila (Koifman) Ginzburg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1902, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and on the Aryan side in Warsaw, using a false identity in the Pawiak prison, in Pruszkow and Dresden Life before the war; residence and studies in the Pedagogic Institute; studies Law; marriage to Leon Ginzburg; move to Lodz; life in Lodz; birth of two children. Outbreak of the war; escape to Warsaw together with her family; life in the Warsaw Ghetto; work in the Tebbens Schultz shop (workshop); liquidation of the workshop, 1943; escape to the Aryan side with the help of...

  17. Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army

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

    Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army Born in Czechoslovakia. Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia; dramatic evacuation from Carpathian Ruthenia, 1939; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Great Britain; handed over to the Germans at the Dutch border; interrogation by the Gestapo; expulsion to Poland; life in a refugee center in Katowice, 1939; air flights to Rowne during the war between Germany and Poland; role of the Communists in classifying and deci...

  18. Testimony of Marek Mordechai Neuer, born in Rymanowa Wola, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in the Spilberg prison in Brno, in Nisko and Siberia and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Novokhopersk

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

    Testimony of Marek Mordechai Neuer, born in Rymanowa Wola, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in the Spilberg prison in Brno, in Nisko and Siberia and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and Novokhopersk Detention of Jewish students in the Spilberg Gestapo prison in Brno, 1939; deportation to Nisko; escape to Soviet occupied territory; NKVD interrogations; deportations to Siberia, 1940; conditions in a labor camp in the Kandalaksha region; privileged inmate status, 1940-1942; unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel; Katyn massacre; Katyn massacre as motivat...

  19. Testimony of Josef Brunner, born in Munich, Germany, 1923, regarding his experience on a transport of Jewish children from Prague to Britain, as a soldier in the British Army and in the fighting at Dunkirk

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

    Testimony of Josef Brunner, born in Munich, Germany, 1923, regarding his experience on a transport of Jewish children from Prague to Britain, as a soldier in the British Army and in the fighting at Dunkirk Born in Munich. Expulsion of the Jews of the Sudetenland; persecution by the Gestapo, 1939; transport of Jewish children from Prague to England; work on English farms,1940; training of Jewish volunteers in the Czechoslovakian military camp, 1942; increase of Jewish participation due to the arrival of Czechoslovakian troops from the Middle East, 1943; fighting at Dunkirk; Jewish losses. Di...

  20. O.1 - Ball-Kaduri Collection: Contemporary testimonies and reports regarding the Holocaust of the Jews of Germany and Central Europe, 1943-1960

    O.1 - Ball-Kaduri Collection: Contemporary testimonies and reports regarding the Holocaust of the Jews of Germany and Central Europe, 1943-1960 Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri was born in Berlin in 1891. A lawyer and legal adviser to the Prussian government, he was also active in Jewish affairs. He made aliya to Eretz Israel in December 1938. Dr. Ball-Kaduri, who was active in collecting material and writing about German Jewry, became aware that much material that reached the archives regarding Jewish life in Germany from 1933 to 1945 was incomplete, and that there were large information gaps. From hi...