Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Alexander (Shlomo) Schmiedt, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Schmiedt was deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in July 1942, from where he was sent to Auschwitz in the fall of 1944. He was…
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…
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), Ryszard Weidman Testimony (301/1116). Original in Polish.
Testimony of Ryszard Weidman, a child who was with his mother in the Warsaw Ghetto. He was smuggled out to the “Aryan side” where he hid with strangers, with his aunt and uncle coming to visit. After the defeat of the Warsaw Uprising, he and his aunt…
1945-11-13 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 3538. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of 31-year-old Dr. A.K. on his hardships as a labor serviceman in the Hungarian Army on the Eastern front in 1942/43, where he deserted along with 41 comrades and joined the partisans.
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 956. Original in German and in English (summary page).
Interview with Miklos Fâbri, a resident of Ungvar (Czechoslovakia), which became part of Hungary in 1939. The Horthy government issued anti-Jewish laws, including the confiscation of Jewish property. Soon afterwards, Fâbri was sent to labor camps in…
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. 3549219.Original in German.
Two reports by Rosa Rachel Schwarz, a social worker in Vienna, about her experiences as head of the welfare department of the Jewish community after the German annexation, 1938–1940, especially about the organization of the Kindertransports. The file…
Yad Vashem Archives, Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust (O.33), file no. 9392546.Original in English.
Letter from Anna Schorek describing her experiences in Theresienstadt, the Christianstadt camp, and on a death march.