Recounts the daily lives of the prisoners held at the World War II prison camp Stalag Luft III. Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-400) and index. xiii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Krijgsgevangenschap en kampen, 1942 - 1945 > Dagboeken, egodocumenten en verslagen > Anoniem dagboek van de krijgsgevangenschap in mei/juni 1940 in het Stalag II A Neubrandenburg. Vermoedelijk militair van 3-II-33 RI. Kopie gevechtsverslag van deze eenheid is bijgevoegd.

Contains information about American prisoners of war and their experiences at the hands of the Nazis on marches and in POW and concentration camps. Some materials also relate to American Jewish POWs who were placed in Berga/Elster, a Buchenwald subcamp.

Stalag is een afkorting van het Duitse woord Stammlager, krijgsgevangenkamp voor dienstplichtig militairen, met name sergeanten. Stalag XI A (341) Altengrabow was een kamp dat in november 1939, bij het begin van WO II, door het Duitse leger werd ingericht voor met name gevangenen afkomstig uit West-Europa (waaronder Nederland) en de VS. Het was een groot kamp; de gevangenen waren verdeeld per regio ...

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Dr. Fred Roberts Crawford was born in 1924 in San Antonio, TX. He was a fighter pilot with the Fourth Squadron, and was stationed in North Africa in 1943, and, in 1944, flew bombing raids over Italy, France, and Romania. In June 1944, Crawford was shot down by friendly fire over Hungary; captured and beaten by Hungarian civilians who believed him to be Jewish, he was saved by a policeman, Ferenc Felsovari, ...

Includes bibliographical references. 95 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

The collection consists of three military medals, metal tags, and a medal attached to a Magen David necklace, documents, a photograph album, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leopold Guttman, before, during, and after World War II, during which he served in the Belgian Army and was imprisoned in a German stalag. as a member of the Belgian army.

Relates to Winfield Rosenberg's experience and the experiences of some of his American Jewish comrades at Stalag IX-B, Bad Orb, Germany, and at Berga an der Elster, a Buchenwald subcamp. There also is some information about a death march involving Rosenberg and other American prisoners of war, and their subsequent liberation by the 90th Infantry Division.

Robert Dreyfus (1913-2002) was born in Sélestat, Alsace on 4 June 1913, the son of Fernand (1867- ?) and Delphine (née Levy, 1874-1934) Dreyfus. After his schooling there, he began studies at the University of Strasbourg in 1930, planning to become a dentist, but a religious awakening led him to change course, and in 1932 he decided instead to study to become a rabbi, and entered a rabbinical school ...

Polish Army uniform issued to Moses Temczyn after the end of World War II in 1945 when he served as chief of surgery at a military hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Temczyn was mobilized into the Polish Army following the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. He was captured, imprisoned in Stalag LA, and released after 18 months. In 1942, he escaped during deportation from Grabowiec ...

Jan Jakow Szelubski was born on March 25, 1916, in Lida, Lithuania (now Belarus) to Tuwia and Miriam Szelubski. His older sister, Jochewed, immigrated to Palestine in 1935. In 1938 Jan was drafted into the Polish army and served in Vilna, Poland. A short time before the end of his military service, World War II broke out, and Jan fought with his unit near East Prussia. On September 24, 1939, his unit ...

Consists of a copy of "Homoe-Homini: Czyli Martyrologia Zydow w Delinie" by Josef Edmund Lucinski and published by the Association of Friends of Dęblin in August 1987. The manuscript is based on personal accounts that describe the terror experienced by the Dęblin Jews from 1939 to 1945. Diagrams of the city designate concentration camps and mass graves in the vicinity. Also included is a layout of ...

Dora Szajner (later Factor, 1897-1972) was born in Działoszyn, Russian Empire, to Hillel (?-1924) and Rosa Chaja Isbitska Szajner. Hillel was a Hebrew teacher, calligrapher, folk carver, and a felcher [traditional healer]. Dora had seven siblings, four brothers and three sisters, including Max Moszek (1905-1942), Sarah (later Koopman, 1908-1993), Hela (later Helen Bialogurski), Roza (Rosa), Joseph, ...

The letter was written by Jack O. Horton in 1990 and contains his recollections about the liberation of Jewish slave laborers at a German airport near Barth, Germany.

Joseph Harmatz was born January 23, 1925 to Abrasha (Abraham) and Dora (Dvora) Baron Harmatz of Rokiskis, Lithuania and had two brothers, Zvi Hirsch (b. 1923) and Efraim (b. 1927). Joseph's father was a wholesale merchant, who owned a warehouse in Rokiskis' market square. The Harmatz family moved to Vilna in 1940, where Abrasha purchased several factories. Joseph was enrolled in a Lithuanian gymnasium ...

Consists of the one manuscript, entitled "The Cost of Freedom; Invoice Number XIIA097689; Paid in Full: An Account of Some World War II Training, Combat, and Prisoner of War Experiences," by Arthur Eck, 2000. He describes his experiences as a machine gunner in the United States Army during World War II and his capture and imprisonment in the Stalag XIIA POW (Prisoner of War) labor camp.

Jan Jakow Szelubski was born on March 25, 1916, in Lida, Lithuania (now Belarus) to Tuwia and Miriam Szelubski. His older sister, Jochewed, immigrated to Palestine in 1935. In 1938 Jan was drafted into the Polish army and served in Vilna, Poland. A short time before the end of his military service, World War II broke out, and Jan fought with his unit near East Prussia. On September 24, 1939, his unit ...

Marshall Walker Minard (1913-1988) was born in Louisiana and served in the US Army during World War II. As a member of the 182nd Field Artillery Battalion, he landed on Utah Beach in Normandy in July 1944, crossed the Rhine in March 1945, and reached Munich in April.

(LIB 4607) Co "C" 93rd Signal Bn Lays Communication Cable, Nierstein, Germany, March 24, 1945. SEQ: Cable on reel is let out from boat to men on shore who tie it to trees along bank of Rhine River. Engineers dig trench along river and lay cable in it. Telephone terminals are set up on shoreline. Lt. Gen George S Patton Jr and Maj Gen Manton S Eddy speak with engineer personnel. MSs, CU, approximately ...