Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of the brothers Zdeněk and Jiří Steiner, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. They were deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in September 1943, from where they were sent to the so-called family camp in…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Extensive testimony of Przewoznik, Fuchs, and Schwarzwald, three former Polish prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp, which was written in the DP camp Zeilsheim near Frankfurt am Main by co-workers of the “documentation campaign” in Prague.…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Testimony of Walter Löbner, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Löbner was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1939 for his antifascist views and was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, Auschwitz, and Dora…
1945-12-19 | Regina Lebensfeldová-Hofstädterová | Bratislava
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Testimony of Regina Lebensfeldová-Hofstädterová, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Lebensfeldová-Hofstädterová was deported from Bratislava to Auschwitz-Birkenau in the summer of 1942. She describes the arrival of the…
1945-06-23 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB) | Birkenau
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 90. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of the 21-year-old E.G. on economic sanctions and discrimination before the German occupation, ghettoization in Nagyszőllős/Vinohradov, the behavior of the non-Jewish population, the deportation to and selection in Birkenau, his experiences…
1945-07-20 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 884. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of 32-year-old Dr. B. K. on her arrest and interrogation by the State Security Surveillance in Budapest, her detention in the Rökk Szilárd Street police detention house and the Kistarcsa internment camp, deportation to Birkenau, her…
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Margot Landwirt Testimony (301/1538). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Margot Landwirt regarding her deportation in August 1944 from the Płaszów concentration camp to Auschwitz, the harsh living conditions in the camp, and selections. Landwirt was sent with a transport first to Bergen-Belsen and then to…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 158. Original in German.
Testimony of Renate Lasker-Allais, who was deported to Auschwitz in December 1943 after one and a half years in prison. She was arrested for helping French POWs escape. She describes in detail life and death in Auschwitz. Lasker-Allais had knowledge…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 956. Original in German and in English (summary page).
Interview with Miklos Fâbri, a resident of Ungvar (Czechoslovakia), which became part of Hungary in 1939. The Horthy government issued anti-Jewish laws, including the confiscation of Jewish property. Soon afterwards, Fâbri was sent to labor camps in…