Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Ruth Morgensternová, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. She describes her fate from November 1942 onwards, when she was deported from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, until the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen…
1945-07-20 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 1640. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of 30-year-old Dr. H.L.M. on antisemitism and discrimination in pre-war Hungary, hardships during his labor service, the deportation of his unit to the German-Hungarian border in December 1944, forced labor under German command, and a death…
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies (coll. 301), Estera Stern Testimony (301/965). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Estera Stern, who was taken from the Sosnowiec Ghetto in February 1943 to a labor camp in Parschnitz near Trutnov. She describes conditions in the camp and forced labor in the Trutnov textile factory. She was liberated by the Red Army on…
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), 458. Original in German.
Testimony of Ursula Finke, who describes the increasing discrimination after 1933 and the blackmailing of her father. She finished school early and learned dressmaking. Finke was assigned to forced labor in a coat factory and moved to a “Jewish…
