1945-10-26 | Erich Schön (later name Kulka) | Prague
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Erich Schön (later called Kulka), a Czech-Israeli writer and historian, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. In 1939 he was arrested by the Gestapo and was later imprisoned in the Dachau, Sachsenhausen, and…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Heda Grabová, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Grabová describes the cultural life in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. As an opera singer she was involved in many operas and musical plays which took place in…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Edita Ornsteinová, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Ornsteinová describes the history of Theresienstadt from its beginning to the liberation of the ghetto by the Red Army. The core of her testimony revolves…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Testimony of Isaak Berner, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Berner describes the beginning of the Nazi occupation in Riga and the persecution of Jews that followed. In October 1941, Jews from Riga were forced to moved…
1945-06-18 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 86. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of the 18-year-old P.F. on his experiences in the Kassa/Košice Ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, and Wüstegiersdorf concentration camps.
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…
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…