Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL1848
• angielski
• 1938-2011
• 3 boxes
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

This collection contains the personal papers of Freddie Knoller, an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor from Vienna. His parents, David and Marja Knoller, insisted that he and his two brothers, Erich and Otto, emigrated to avoid increasing anti-Semitism and Nazi persecutions after the annexation of Austria. Freddie's parents were murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp whilst his two brothers survived in England and the United States respectively. Included are letters (with translations) from Freddie Knoller's parents, mainly addressed to his brother Erich, giving an insight into their f...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL1726
• angielski
• 1 folder
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

This collection contains the witness account of Holocaust survivor Irma Petrasek describing her long journey through the labour and concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Irma Petrasek was deported to Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp, labour and concentration camps in Estonia, Strutthof labour camp in Poland, a labour camp in Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She describes the conditions during transport and in the camps, the fate of some of her fellow prisoners and the hardship she had to endure.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL MF 52
• angielski
• 1943-1957
• 64 reels (80 boxes).
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Apart from general documents such as minutes of meetings, statistical documents, leaflets and articles, correspondence, various reports, … this fonds contains a couple of files specifically regarding the Jewish population in Belgium. First of all, some files contain reports on Belgium (written by the Research Department or by individuals) – see nr. 52/10 (two reports on Belgium, resp. 1946-1947 and 1948) and 52/45 (two reports on Belgium, s.d. and 1945). File nr. 52/32 contains information (on complaints) on requisitioning from persecuted individuals, among them the case of [E.K.] regarding...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 612
• angielski
• 1945
• 2 files
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Papers compiled by the Komitee ehemaliger politischer Gefangener, 1945, including original reports and personal accounts concerning conditions in concentration camps with special reference to Neuengamme and Dachau and papers on topics including political resistance to Nazism and plans for creating a free, democratic Germany.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL1854
• angielski
• 1942
• 1 folder
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

This collection contains the papers of the Lasker family, a Jewish family from Breslau. The parents, Alfons and Edith Lasker, were deported in 1942 leaving their two daughters Anita and Renate behind. Both sisters survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps but their parents perished. Included are an inventory of personal belongings and related correspondence. The inventory was drawn up on the day of the parents' deportation in April 1942. The correspondence concerns missing items and arrangements for the children to be moved to a home for Jewish children.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1040
• angielski
• 1939-1945
• 4 files
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Personal correspondence of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch with family members, documenting in part the experiences of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and her sisters in Bergen Belsen concentration camp and in England, 1945, and the experiences of their parents prior to transportation to their deaths, close to the Lublin Ghetto, 1942.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL1705
• angielski
• 1904-1992
• 2 boxes
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

This collection contains the personal papers of Senta Hirtz, Medau technique teacher and physiotherapist, who emigrated to London as a refugee in 1936. She was involved in the work of the Jewish Relief Unit and supported displaced people in Germany after the Second World War. The papers include school and professional training certificates; papers relating to her work as a physiotherapist; report on her Jewish Relief Unit work at the welfare centre near the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, in 1945 (1705/1/9) describing the conditions at the hospital, search office and ...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1222
• angielski
• 1945
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Copy letter from Josef Weisz in Loosdrecht, Netherlands to his family, 1945, in which he describes his experiences as an inmate in Westerbork and Bergen Belsen concentration camps; copy statement made by Josef Weisz regarding his experiences as a victim of Nazi persecution, Amsterdam; copy part statement made by Josef Weisz regarding conditions in Bergen Belsen.