Greenman was born in 1910 in London to a Jewish family; in 1913 he and his widowed father settled in Rotterdam. Greenman failed to escape to England when the war began, and in 1940 was caught by the German occupation. He lost his British identity papers and, because of bureaucratic procrastination on the part of Dutch officials and of the Swiss consulate that represented British interests, could not ...

Strafsache gegen den Lagerarzt des KZ Auschwitz III Monowitz Horst Fischer; Recherchen zu Mitarbeitern der Gestapoleitstelle Breslau; Übersicht zu Häftlingen der Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück und Auschwitz.

This report provides an account by a former Auschwitz inmate of the last days of the camp and of the subsequent fate of prisoners who ended up in Sachsenhausen.</p><p>In addition to the original typescript report, there is a transcript by the depositor and notes regarding provenance and authorship by the depositor. The report is missing at least one page and the transcript is incomplete. The partial ...

Subject: The almost unbelievable story of Denis Avey, now 92, began in 1944 when he was captured and sent to a POW work camp. He was put to work every day in a German factory, where he labored alongside Jewish prisoners from a nearby camp called Auschwitz. The stories they told him were horrifying. Eventually Avey's curiosity, kind-heartedness, derring-do, and perhaps foolhardiness drove him to suggest--and ...

17:38 Civil party Esther Majerowicz testifies regarding her arrival at Auschwitz, including having her head shaved and being tattooed; she gives specifics of her daily life in the camp, and details her subsequent transport to another camp, Kratzau, where she worked in an arms factory 17:52 President Cerdini asks Mrs. Majerowicz to give precision regarding the number of times and circumstances under ...

Dr. Ralph Bloch was the son of two physicians: Dr. Jacques Bloch M.D., a surgeon who spent most of that time in military service and Dr. Charlotte Bloch-Springer M.D. was a medical resident during the war. They resided in Zurich, Switzerland. In mid-1938 or early 1939 the Jewish Community of Zurich organized vacation programs for Jewish children from Southern Germany. Ingrid Billigheimer, born on September ...

Ermittlungen wegen der Beteiligung an Verbrechen gegen die jüdische Bevölkerung Polens; Informationen über die Beteiligung an der Verfolgung jüdischer Einwohner der Stadt Neustrelitz, der Reichskristallnacht und der Deportation jüdischer Bürger der Stadt Bützow, der Erschießung jüdischer Bürger von Thorn, dem Einsatz in den Konzentrationslagern Auschwitz und Monowitz, wegen Verfolgung der jüdischen ...

Comprises five essays, first presented as radio addresses on the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in March 1966, dealing with Améry's experiences in the Holocaust. Améry was born Hans Mayer in Vienna in 1912, to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. In 1938, following the "Anschluss", he fled to France (with his Jewish wife) and then to Belgium where he became active in the anti-Nazi resistance from 1940 ...

A history of the Dora labor camp, organized in August 1943, whose inmates manufactured rockets in underground tunnels under inhuman conditions. Emphasizes the organization and resistance of political prisoners. Of the other prisoners, many were Jews. Pp. 96-104 contain reminiscences by Wolfgang Gross, who was an 18-year-old Jew from Breslau when he came to Dora from the Monowitz labor camp adjacent ...

Collectie 250k: Concentratiekampen buiten Nederland Auschwitz Joden

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Wilhelm Fuchs (later William, 1865-1949) was born on January 10, 1865 in Weingarten, Germany to Maier (1838-1911) and Eva (née Praeger, 1833-1878) Fuchs and had three siblings: Sarah (b. 1863), Babette (1866-1950), and Nanette (b. 1868). Wilhelm lived in Weingarten and owned a clothing store. In 1894 he married Katchen Bruchfeld (1871-1946, born in Crumstadt, Germany) and they had four children: Ludwig ...

Jacob Gora (b. August 22, 1896, Poland - d. June 6, 1976, Ottawa) was an antiques dealer, author, and survivor of the Holocaust. Jacob lived in Warsaw prior to WWII, where he owned a business. He lost his wife, his 20 year old daughter and his 17 year old son not long after the German invasion of Warsaw. He lived in the Warsaw Ghetto, and spent time in several different camps before the end of the ...

This collection contains : pre-war studio portraits of Berta Landskroner ; wartime photos of the religious and the municipal wedding of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner, 1942 ; a photocopy of the civil marriage certificate of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner ; a torn star of David, worn by Leib (Leon) Reig, 1942 ; a photocopy of a certificate indicating that Holocaust survivor Berta Landskroner ...

Memoirs of a Jew born in 1923 in Leipzig, who was expelled from Germany to Poland, with his parents and two brothers, in October 1938. The family settled in Tarnów, the father's native town. In November 1939, Kalter was taken for forced labor; in April 1940 he was transferred to the Dębica labor camp. In December 1940 he managed to escape, returned to Tarnów, and hid there, but several months later ...

Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow. A guide to Jewish Historical and Cultural Collections in the Russian State Military Archive, ed. by D. E. Fishman, M. Kupovetsky, V. Kuzelenkov, Scranton - London 2010.

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Rachel Barish was born Rachel (Chellie) van Leeuwen on September 21, 1936 in the Hague, Netherlands, to Judith Degroot and Isaac van Leeuwen. Her older sister Elly had been born in 1931, her family had lived in the Hague for generations, and her father owned a bicycle and small appliance shop. In May 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands, and the following year, Isaac volunteered to go to Westerbork ...

The collection consists of original and copy print photographs relating to Hadassah Goldreich's family in Poland before World War II and after the war in Landsberg DP camp.

Copyright Holder: Renée de Jong

Gerhard Wiese was born in Berlin on August 26, 1928. Deployed as an anti-aircraft assistant, he was taken as a prisoner of war by the Soviets. He was released in 1946. Subsequently, he studied law in Berlin and Frankfurt (Main). He passed his state examination and then worked as a state prosecutor, first in Fulda and as of 1961 in Frankfurt. Starting in 1962, Gerhard Wiese participated in the preparation ...

Tobias Schiff emigrated from Poland to Belgium in 1928, with his mother, Rywa Templer, and his older sister Bajla Basia (Lunia). Tobias' father, Mojzesz, had already been employed in Antwerp for several years as a diamond sorter. The Schiff family were living there when war broke out on 10 May 1940. Identified as a Jew, Lunia was arrested in July 1942 and deported via the Dossin Barracks. Tobias and ...

The historian Joseph Wulf was born in Chemnitz, Poland, in 1912, raised in Krakow, and educated in Poland and France. After the German takeover of Poland he was confined to the Krakow ghetto but later escaped and joined the underground resistance. Captured by the Gestapo in 1943, Wulf was sent to the slave labor camp Auschwitz III (Buna-Monowitz) where he helped organize concerts and cultural gatherings ...