Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Mirka Winer Testimony (301/1169). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Mirka Winer on her imprisonment during WWII, executions in the Bełżyce Ghetto and deportations to Majdanek. The author and her family were hiding in an attic. They were deported to the camp in Budzyń, then to Majdanek and Auschwitz, and…
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Leon Perelsztejn Testimony (301/106). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Leon Perelsztejn, who after his arrest in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski was sent to the Treblinka extermination camp, where he was assigned to work at the tool house. He describes the crematoria and methods of burning corpses as well as his…
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Lila Wowsi Testimony (301/81). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Ela Wowsi regarding the establishment of the Daugavpils Ghetto in July 1941, the liquidation actions in 1942, the mass executions during the final liquidation of the ghetto, and her imprisonment in the German concentration camps in Toruń…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Kristallnacht Reports (coll. 1375), B. 189. Original in Dutch.
Report of a courier of the Dutch Children’s Committee about her experiences in the “Aktion Gildemeester”, a Nazi-run operation to evacuate Jews from Vienna, and the Swedish Mission. She writes about the difficulties surrounding the transport of…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 23. Original in English.
Testimony of “Miss X”, whose mother was “Aryan” and whose father was Jewish. Her parents divorced for personal reasons and her mother married an “Aryan”. She describes her school, not being allowed to go to university, having to absolve a…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 421. Original in German. Translated for the Wiener Library by Irmgard Liste with Sue Boswell.
Report by Dr. Karl Lowenstein of his arrest and imprisonment by the Russians in Prague after the war. He describes the living conditions in the Pankrác prison and Litoměřice (Leitmeritz) prison.
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 413. Original in German and English (summary page).
Testimony of Emil Carlebach, a communist activist from a prominent rabbinical family. He was instrumental in the resistance in Buchenwald. Carlebach describes corruption amongst the guards, how political prisoners gained a certain control over the…
Yad Vashem Archives, The Ball-Kaduri Collection: Contemporary testimonies and reports regarding the Holocaust of the Jews of Germany and Central Europe, 1943-1960 (O.1), file no. 3549264.Original in English.
Personal report by Max Mannheimer, born in 1918, regarding his experiences in Amsterdam, The Hague, Westerbork, Theresienstadt, and Auschwitz.
Yad Vashem Archives, The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone (M.1.E), file no. 3540549. Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Rachel Amornik regarding her experiences during the final “Aktion” in the Miedzyerzec Podlaski Ghetto, forced labor in Majdanek, Skarzysko-Kamienna, and the HASAG camp in Leipzig, and a death march.
Yad Vashem Archives, The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone (M.1.E), file no. 3540561. Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Binyamin Orenshtein regarding five singers in the HASAG-Pelcery camp in Czestochowa.
