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…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Hanuš Gibian, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Gibian was imprisoned together with his wife and son in the Nováky labor camp in Slovakia. During the Slovak National Uprising in the fall of 1944, they escaped…
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), 540. Original in German
Testimony of Julia (Maria) Abraham-Stern, a trained seamstress. Her husband and son were deported, while she and her daughter were sent to the Lwów Ghetto with her parents. Her mother committed suicide to allow her to go into hiding with her daughter…
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 Ball-Kaduri Collection: Contemporary testimonies and reports regarding the Holocaust of the Jews of Germany and Central Europe, 1943-1960 (O.1), file no. 3549466.Original in German.
Testimony and report of Ernestine Rosengarten, a survivor from Chernivtsi, about the fate of her son Heinz in the camp Tarasivka, Ukraine. The file includes various letters by members of Rosengarten’s family and by Dr. Ball-Kaduri, plus several other…
Yad Vashem Archives, Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981 The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone (O.71), file no. 3552513. Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Loyba Klar regarding her experiences in hiding in Šaukėnai, Žagarė, Užventis, and Šiauliai, and in camps in Germany.
JHI, 301, Relacja Karola Tajgmana (301/5) Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Karol Tajgman regarding the liquidation action in the Warsaw Ghetto and his deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp, from which he escaped during the revolt.
JHI, 301, Relacja Maksa Rösslera (301/36) Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Maks Rössler, who describes the liquidation of the Wieliczka Ghetto, the mass execution of Jews near Niepołomice, and the living conditions and forced labor in the concentration camps in Rozwadów and Stalowa Wola.
JHI, 301, Relacja Niusi Białoszer (301/317) Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Niusia Białoszer on the capture of Vilnius by the Germans and the confiscation of Jewish shops and houses. She recalls the synagogue and ritual objects burning, the imposition of badges with the Star of David, and the early executions of…