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…
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…
1945-06-23 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB) | Birkenau
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 90. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of the 21-year-old E.G. on economic sanctions and discrimination before the German occupation, ghettoization in Nagyszőllős/Vinohradov, the behavior of the non-Jewish population, the deportation to and selection in Birkenau, his experiences…
1945-07-09 | National Committee for Attending Deportees (DEGOB)
Hungarian Jewish Archives, DEGOB, Protocol no. 701. Original in Hungarian.
Testimony of 30-year-old K. D. on her arrest right after the German occupation in March 1944 and her experiences in the Kistarcsa internment camp and the Auschwitz and St. Gheorgenthal concentration camps.
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), 413. Original in German and English (summary page).
Testimony of Emil Carlebach, a communist activist from a prominent rabbinical family. He was instrumental in the resistance in Buchenwald. Carlebach describes corruption amongst the guards, how political prisoners gained a certain control over the…
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.
