Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Róża Reibscheid Testimony (301/1713). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Róża Reibscheid regarding her hiding during WWII. She recalls the aid provided to her family by the Wawrzeńczyce parish priest, Fr. Wojciech Bartosik, and Buchowski, the owner of a neighboring estate, as well as blackmail, tip-offs,…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Kristallnacht Reports (coll. 1375), B. 310. Original in German.
A series of letters written by Leni, a 12-year-old girl from Vienna, to a “Frau Z”, later referred to as “Auntie”. The letters discuss the difficulties of taking care of her young cousin Hans after the recent death of her parents and the…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 458. Original in German.
Testimony of Ursula Finke, who describes the increasing discrimination after 1933 and the blackmailing of her father. She finished school early and learned dressmaking. Finke was assigned to forced labor in a coat factory and moved to a “Jewish…
