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Testimony, handwritten, 4 pages, in Russian, describing experiences of Pilper and his family in the Chernivtsi ghetto.

The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Dr. Arthur Kessler, originally of Czernowitz (Chernivtsi, Ukraine), including his imprisonment in the Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria and his efforts to treat and manage an outbreak of paralysis of fellow prisoners due to consumption of Lathyrus sativus. Included are artifacts, objects gifted to him, biographical materials, correspondence, ...

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Consists of one memoir, 147 pages, entitled "Dear Family," by Hans Joachim Haller, originally of Berlin, Germany. He describes his childhood in a wealthy family in Berlin, being persecuted by the Nazis, his family's escape over the border to Czechoslovakia and joining family in Czernowitz.The family moved to Bucharest and Hans describes the Russian occupation, the beginning of the war, being moved ...

Candelabra owned by Mina Drukman Deac, born on March 14, 1932 in Chernivtsi, who was deported with her family of five to Transnistria, where her father was killed. This candlestick was taken with them to Transnistria and was used there by the family during Shabbat.

Contains a typewritten, English-language translation by Martha Luchsinger of Klara Ostfeld's memoir relating to life in Cernauti, Romania (now Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine), under the Iron Guard (Garda de Fier) and the Ion Antonescu regime; her deportation to Transnistria (Ukraine) in 1941; conditions in "Mogilev Podolsk" (Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ, Ukraine) and Scazenetz forced labor camps; and her postwar life ...

<p>This collection contains the personal papers of Austro-Hungarian Jewish couple, Hermann and Malvine Rares.</p>

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Bernhard Weinberg (1872-1943) was born on 30 January 1872 in Czernowitz (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to Moses Weinberg and Rachel Gottlieb. His wife Lotte Weinberg (née Zimbler, 1873-1942) was born on 10 April 1873 in Sadagora (Sadhora, Ukraine). Their daughter Regina Weinberg was born on 17 September 1912 in Lviv, Ukraine. The family lived in Vienna, Austria. Bernhard and Lotte corresponded with cousins ...

Contains correspondence, requests, and reports from the Jewish Center in Romania. Correspondence relates to forced labor camps in various places in Bucharest, Romania, and Jewish schools including a list of 42 women at forced labor at Institutul Central de Statistica. Some letters addressed to Radu Lecca by Nandor Gingold concern requests of exemption from forced labor for various Jews. Other requests ...

Documentation of the administration of the Balki district, 1942-1943&#x0D; &#x0D; Included in the collection are secret orders by the governor of Transnistria and the command of Guard Division no. 1 regarding the establishment of a ghetto in the district area; persecution of Communists; order given by the governor of Transnistria regarding the deportation of the Jewish residents to ghettos; correspondence ...

Contains records of the following Jewish communities in Romania: Botosani, Alba Julia, Bacău, Bucharest, Cernauti (Chernivt︠s︡i), Dorohoi, Falticeni, Galați, Iași, Piatra Neamț, Craiova, Constanța, Ploiești, Suceava (Suchava, Succava) and others. Also contains information about the ships Struma and Mefkure, antisemitism, Aserei Zion (arrested for Zionism), aliyah (going to Israel), parachutists, ...

<p><strong style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration-color: initial;">Readers need to book a reading room terminal to access this material</strong><br /></p><p>This collection consists of the personal papers of the Fokschaner family, Rumanian Jews from Czernowitz (Chernivtsi, now Ukraine).</p><p>Family papers including the papers and authenticated copies of papers of Max and Sarina Fokschaner (1728/1-2), ...

Greta Beer was born in 1921 in Cernauti, Romania, the daughter of Siegfried and Rachelle (née Gutter) Deligdisch. She had one brother, Otto. Siegfried had trained as a pharmacist, but became an industrialist and the owner of Hercules, the largest textile mill in Romania. The family was very wealthy, and Greta studied first at a Romanian lyceum and then at a then finishing school in Switzerland. The ...

Area liberated by Soviet troops. Rebuilding road and destroyed bridges. Captured Romanian soldiers, barefoot, in leg irons. Red Army enters Chernovicy. Plane drops leaflets. Kishinev: people, including Jews, waving. Fists in the air.Nikita Khruschev, in uniform. Translation of narration: Along its way the Red Army received great support from the local population. Romanian soldiers (deserters), who ...

Arie Sagi’s mother, Rachel Roza Weksler, was born in October 1917 in Swiéciany. Lithuania. She was one of six siblings. Roza’s older brother, Hirsz Zvi Weksler, was married to Fanny and had two daughters. In June 1941, following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Hirsz and Roza fled Swiéciany. They both joined a partisan unit in the nearby forest, and Roza met her future husband, Mordechai Sergowicz, ...

Abraham (Abram) Winiger (1905-1993) was born December 21, 1905 in Nadwórna, Poland (now Nadvirna, Ukraine) to Israel and Sarah Winiger. Mina Winiger (1913-1979) was born May 5, 1913 in Majdan Górny, Poland to Markus and Sobel Händel and moved to Nadwórna. The couple were married in 1938, and their son Jakob (Jankl) was born March 1, 1941. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a ghetto ...

Arthur Kessler (1903-2000) was born on 11 October 1903 in Gewitsch, Moravia (Jevíčko, Czech Republic) to David (1866-1945) and Anna (née Gottfried, 1875-1947) Kessler. He had three brothers: Joseph (b. 1902), Julius, and Leo. The family moved to Czernowitz (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) in 1913 where David worked as a theology professor and rabbi. During World War I the family moved back to Gewitsch, but returned ...

Arthur Kessler (1903-2000) was born on 11 October 1903 in Gewitsch, Moravia (Jevíčko, Czech Republic) to David (1866-1945) and Anna (née Gottfried, 1875-1947) Kessler. He had three brothers: Joseph (b. 1902), Julius, and Leo. The family moved to Czernowitz (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) in 1913 where David worked as a theology professor and rabbi. During World War I the family moved back to Gewitsch, but returned ...

Consists of correspondence in Yiddish and photographs sent by Meyer and Esther Miller of the United States to Chaya Bruche and Dovid (later Brenda and David) Huss in the Dieburg DP camp. After the war Brenda and David Huss mistakenly contacted the Millers searching for relatives in the United States. Though they were not relatives, the Millers befriended and assisted Brenda and David while they were ...