Documents found: 16

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    1945-09-04 | Jiří Steiner | Prague
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
    Testimony of the brothers Zdeněk and Jiří Steiner, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. They were deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in September 1943, from where they were sent to the so-called family camp in…
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    1945-12-19 | Regina Lebensfeldová-Hofstädterová | Bratislava
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
    Testimony of Regina Lebensfeldová-Hofstädterová, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Lebensfeldová-Hofstädterová was deported from Bratislava to Auschwitz-Birkenau in the summer of 1942. She describes the arrival of the…
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    1945-07 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
    Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 2719. Original in Hungarian.
    Testimony of 19-year-old G.J. and 18-year-old G.R. on their experiences as members of the commando “Kanada” in Birkenau, and slave labor in the Reichenbach, Porta Fallersleben, and Salzwedel camps.
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    1945-08-27 | Margot Landwirt
    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…
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    1945-03-09 | Leon Perelsztejn
    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…
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    1945 | Lila Wowsi
    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…
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    1944-09-17 | Hersz Cukierman
    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…
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    1944-09-01 | Marta Klein
    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.
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    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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    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.