Documents found: 10

  1. EHRI-ET-WL1375B226_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL1375B226
    1939-01-07
    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…
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    EHRI-ET-WL1375B310
    1939-02 | Vienna
    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…
  3. EHRI-ET-WL16560023_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL16560023
    1955
    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…
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    EHRI-ET-WL16560158
    1955
    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…
  5. EHRI-ET-WL16560176_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL16560176
    The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 176. Original in German.
    Detailed report of a teenage girl describing her flight from Prague to Slovakia with her mother after her father committed suicide. They escaped over the border in the summer of 1939 with help from members of the Gestapo (for payment). This is a very…
  6. EHRI-ET-WL16560421_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL16560421
    1957 | Theresienstadt
    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.
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    EHRI-ET-WL16560540
    1957
    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…
  8. EHRI-ET-WL16560707_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL16560707
    The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 707. Original in German.
    Testimony of Anita Wallfisch, who describes forced labor in a factory in which there were also French forced laborers and POWs. She and her sister organized fake papers for POWs to escape. Both were arrested. Wallfisch was sent to Breslau prison…
  9. EHRI-ET-WL16560866_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL16560866
    1948 | Elisabeth Zadek | London
    The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 866. Original in German. Translated by Irmgard Liste Sue Boswell.
    A report by Elisabeth Zadek on rescue work of children of all nationalities who survived concentration camps in Europe. Their ages ranged from 3 to 7 years. She was cared for by Alice Goldberger and Anna Freud.
  10. EHRI-ET-WL16560939_01.jpg
    EHRI-ET-WL16560939
    1958-07-01
    The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 939. Original in German and in English (summary page).
    Interview with Helen Hirsch, the daughter of Christian parents. Her mother, Mrs. Meyer, managed a large boarding house in Teplitz/Teplice, where Hirsch spent her youth until she married Egon Hirsch, a Jewish insurance agent for the “Viktoria”…