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…
1946-01-28 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB) | Budapest
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 3622. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of 32-year-old K.I. on his activities as an official of Department A (the children’s department) of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Budapest in 1944/45.
1946-01-10 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB) | Budapest
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 3624. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of the 45-year-old R.E. on her escape from a mass execution site on the bank of the Danube during the Arrow Cross era in Budapest in early January 1945.
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Mejer Lencow Testimony (301/805). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Meier Lenc, who lived in the Sokal Ghetto until its liquidation and then escaped to the “Aryan side”. He was captured by German police and later ran away from the grave he had been forced to dig for himself. He spent several months in…
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Dawid Kohane Testimony (301/191). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Dawid Kohane regarding the fate of Jews in Rzepiennik Strzyżowsk, where he returned from German captivity. He recalls the establishment of the ghetto, the looting of Jewish property, and the mass execution of Jews during the liquidation…
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), Hersz Cukierman Testimony (301/14). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Hersz Cukierman, who moved together with his family in 1939 to the village of Wólka Kątna. He was sent to the Opole Ghetto in April 1942 and describes the liquidation action at Nałęczów in May 1942. Cukierman was deported to the Sobibór…
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Dwojra Szczucińska Testimony (301/2). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Dwojra Szczuczyńska on the “Hotel Polski affair”, a Gestapo trap resulting in the death of about 3000 Jews who left their hiding places on the “Aryan side”, with specific reference to the role of Lolek Skosowski, a Gestapo agent.
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Marta Klein Testimony (301/12). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Marta Klein on the actions against Jews in Vilnius and Białystok and deportations to Treblinka, her escape en route to the camp, her rescue by a Pole, Czuliński, and the arrest of her son and his protector after their betrayal.
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Kristallnacht Reports (coll. 1375), B. 189. Original in German.
Testimony of a 16-year-old male youth who escaped from Vienna in 1938. His report was forwarded to the JCIO in Amsterdam by Dora Prywes, Antwerp, c/o Menko Max Hirsch. He reports what he witnessed from 13 March 1938 onwards in Vienna, including…
