Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Testimony of Walter Löbner, which became a part of the “documentation campaign” in Prague. Löbner was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1939 for his antifascist views and was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, Auschwitz, and Dora…
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…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Kristallnacht Reports (coll. 1375), B. 327. Original in German.
Testimony of a Jewish business owner recorded shortly after the November Pogrom in 1938 describing the progression of laws that led to the destruction of his business (and those of other Jews), including the boycott of Jewish businesses and…
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 421. Original in German. Translated for the Wiener Library by Irmgard Liste with Sue Boswell.
Report by Dr. Karl Lowenstein of his arrest and imprisonment by the Russians in Prague after the war. He describes the living conditions in the Pankrác prison and Litoměřice (Leitmeritz) prison.
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. 3549264.Original in English.
Personal report by Max Mannheimer, born in 1918, regarding his experiences in Amsterdam, The Hague, Westerbork, Theresienstadt, and Auschwitz.
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, coll. 532, protocol no. 4. Original in Yiddish.
Testimony of Leyb Rozentsvayg, recorded on 14 October 1939 and describing his flight to Lublin and eventually Warsaw in an attempt to escape the German invasion. He describes the devastation wrought by bombardment and witnessed Jews being rounded up…
