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, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Herta Bondyová describing in a literary way what followed after her deportation from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen. She tells emotionally the stories of her fellow prisoners and points out the harsh living conditions in the camp.
1945-08-16 | Karel Abeles (later name Brožík) | Prague
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Testimony of Karel Abeles (later name Brožík), which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Abeles describes being forced to leave his hometown Teplice in the Czechoslovak borderland in the fall of 1938. His family moved to Prague,…
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.
1945-07-12 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 1359. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of 19-year-old W.M. and 17-year-old W.R. regarding the roundup of the Jewish community in Csepe (Subcarpathia), the Nagyszőllős (Vinohradov) Ghetto, a detailed description of the selection and extermination of prisoner transports in…
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…
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…
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. 3549264.Original in English.
Personal report by Max Mannheimer, born in 1918, regarding his experiences in Amsterdam, The Hague, Westerbork, Theresienstadt, and Auschwitz.