P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author P.25 - ארכיון אריך קולקה

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10642836
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1911-1939
• Handwritten, original Typed and Handwritten Typewritten copy דפוס מקור 13 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Birth certificate and school certificates from schools attended by Erich Schőn (afterwards Erich Kulka), born 18 February 1911 in Vsetin, Czechoslovakia, from 1911-1939

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10642897
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1939-1981
• Original העתק פוטוקופיה 15 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944 - Letter (original) written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in the city of Brno by the Gestapo, 20 July 1939; - Copy of a letter written by Erich Schőn (later Kulka) from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law (and future wife) Olga, 02 August 1944; - Copy of the farewell letter written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich ...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10642964
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1945-1950
• Handwritten, original Print Typewritten copy Typewritten original 32 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Personal documents belonging to Erich Schőn from Nový Hrozenkov, 1945-1950; confirmation of the name change from Erich Schőn to Erich Kulka, 1946 - Confirmation issued by the Regional Committee in Vsetin regarding the Czechoslovakian citizenship of Erich Schőn, 1945; - Letter from the Committee for the Investigation of Crimes of Germans in Krakow from 1946 regarding the search for documents attesting to the murder of Jews from Czechoslovakia during the night between 08 and 09 March 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp; - Confirmation issued by the National Committee in Brno reg...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643004
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1951-1966
• Handwritten copy Handwritten, original 47 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Personal documents and certificates belonging to Erich Kulka, and his request to make aliya to Israel, 1951-1966 - Curriculum vitae attached by Erich Kulka to his request to make aliya to Israel in 1951, and the notice from the Israel Embassy in Prague regarding the agreement of the State of Israel to his request, 1952; - Letter written by Erich Kulka to the administration of the Prague Archives in 1965 regarding his request to study the documents pertaining to the deportation of Jews from Theresienstadt to the family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 15 and 18 December 1943, and murdered afterwa...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643138
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1980-1992
• Print Typewritten 67 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Personal documentation, documents and certificates belonging to Erich Kulka, 1980-1992 - Letters and certificates of appreciation given to Erich Kulka, 1980-1985; - Receipt of an Honorary Doctorate from Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago, USA, 1989, and a congratulatory letter from Herman Wouk, the writer; - Newspaper article regarding the struggle of the Jewish survivors who were in the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz to clear their names, 1985; - Documentation regarding the activities of Erich Kulka to initiate connections with the new government in Czechoslovakia after the fall of Communi...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643171
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1939-1989
• Typewritten copy Typewritten original xerox 95 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Personal documentation belonging to Erich Kulka, as well as documents and certificates pertaining to relatives who perished during the Holocaust, 1939-1989 - Documents and certificates issued by the Court in Holešov regarding declarations concerning the deaths of relatives of Erich Kulka in concentration camps and arrangement of inheritance matters, 1945-1948; - Correspondence of Erich Kulka with the International Tracing Service (ITS) (Bad Arolsen) regarding receipt of details pertaining to his first wife, Elly Schőn and other relatives who perished in the Holocaust, 1969-1988; - Registrat...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643225
• angielski, hebrajski
• Handwritten Print xerox
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Genealogical documentation pertaining to the Kulka family

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643533
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1988-1994
• Photo Print Typewritten 199 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Documentation regarding the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate to Erich Kulka by Spertus College of Judaica, Chicago, USA, 1988-1994 - Congratulatory letters on receipt of the Honorary Doctorate, 1989; - Invitation to the ceremony, lists of those invited, photographs from the ceremony with the writer, Arnošt Lustig, and with various friends, 1988-1989; - "From Suffering to Resistance", memoirs of Erich Kulka in Czech and English; - Invitation from Yitzchak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and his wife, to Dr. Erich Kulka and his wife to a dinner in honor of Dr. Václav Klaus, the Presiden...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643566
• angielski, hebrajski
• Typewritten original
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Pages of Testimony completed by Erich Kulka-Schoen for members of his family

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643631
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1972-1973
• Typewritten xerox 30 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Articles and essays from 1972-1973, which were published in the media in Czechoslovakia against Erich Schön Kulka who had made aliya to Israel after 1968, accusing Kulka of collaboration with the Nazi regime during World War II and subversive Zionist activity against Czechoslovakia Correspondence with various lawyers in Prague in 1973 regarding the possibility of submitting a lawsuit in the name of Erich Kulka on the change of defamation of his name in the media.

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643718
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1972
• Typewritten 16 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Interview conducted with Erich Kulka on Radio Free Europe in reaction to the slanderous articles published against him in the media in Czechoslovakia, 1972

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643737
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1987-1990
• Typewritten original 77 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Attorney-at-Law Dr. Josef Danisz from Prague regarding the trial to clear Erich Kulka's name conducted against the media in Czechoslovakia, 1987-1990 - Agreement of Attorney-at-Law Dr. Josef Danisz from Prague to represent Erich Kulka in his lawsuit against the publication of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?), by Josef Sebesta and against the Melantrich Publishing House, which published the book, on the charge of libel. In the book, Erich Kulka is accused of collaboration with the Gestapo; the book has an anti-Israel character; - Co...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10643994
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1987-1989
• Typewritten 77 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Pavel Bergmann from Prague, 1987-1989 Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Pavel Bergmann regarding the conduct of the libel trial that Erich Kulka brought in the Prague Court against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?) and against the Melantrich Publishing House which published the book. In the book, Kulka is presented as a Gestapo agent during World War II, and as a Zionist activist against Czechoslovakia after his aliya to Israel in 1968. The book has an anti-Zionist and anti-Israel character.

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10644089
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1987-1989
• Print Typewritten 273 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Documents, letters and articles published in the Israeli and foreign press regarding the libel trial conducted by Erich Kulka in the Prague Court against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?) and the Melantrich publishing house, 1987-1989 Correspondence with various bodies and articles published in Czechoslovakia and various countries regarding the trials initiated by Erich Kulka in his struggle against Josef Sebesta and his book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?), in which Kulka is presented as a Gestapo agent during World War II and a...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10644134
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1988-1992
• Print Typewritten xerox 271 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Articles, essays and reports in the Czechoslovakian and the world press including Israel regarding the libel trial conducted by Erich Kulka against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?) and against the Melantrich publishing house, 1988-1992 Press clippings from Czechoslovakia, Israel and many countries from around the world (Austria, Australia, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, the United States and Canada) regarding the developments at the libel trial conducted by Erich Kulka against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, ...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10644771
• angielski, hebrajski
• Handwritten, original xerox
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Lists of topics pertaining to the Holocaust

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10644840
• angielski, hebrajski
• Typewritten 148 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Testimonies collected by Erich Kulka regarding the war period, 1945-1984 1. Testimony of Dr. Zizlavsky and Jašek Bohumil from Erich Kulka's hometown,Vsetin, regarding the participation of the Jews in the underground movement that was active in the Vsetin area, 1938-1939; 2. Testimony of Ruth (Messner) Chládková from Ostrava regarding her rescue and the rescue of her mother Irma Messner by non-Jews, 1942-1945; 3. Testimony of Pavel Weisz from Surany regarding the annexation of the southern area of Slovakia to Hungary, and the deportation of the Hungarian Jews, 1938-1944; 4. Testimony of Ela ...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10645452
• angielski, hebrajski
• Typewritten xerox 233 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Testimonies collected by Erich Kulka regarding the war period; articles concerning the war, 1945-1988 1. Article regarding the protest of Auschwitz survivors of Czech origin against the absence of representation of Jewish victims from Czechoslovakia at the Czech exhibition at the Auschwitz Museum in the 1960s; 2. Information and photograph of ten Jewish women from Slovakia who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942, and worked at SS Headquarters. The photograph was taken immediately after the liberation in the city of Schwerin/Mecklenburg in May 1945; 3. Letter from Emil Vodicka regarding the l...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10645625
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1942-1981
• Print Typewritten copy Typewritten original פוטוקופיה 75 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Testimonies collected by Erich Kulka pertaining to the war period; articles and documents from the war period, 1942-1981 1. Death certificate of Erna (Orovan) Singer from Zilina, issued by a physician in Auschwitz, 29 November 1942; 2. Publication in a newspaper regarding the participation of Ernst Schoen in the Resistance Movement in Auschwitz in 1944; 3. Newspaper articles from England and the United States regarding the announcement of the Czechoslovakian Government-in-Exile in England concerning the annihilation of Jews, including the Jews of Czechoslovakia, 1944; 4. Documentation from ...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 10646658
• angielski, hebrajski
• 1964-1985
• Photo Typewritten 176 pages/frames
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Testimonies and interviews pertaining to the war period, collected by Erich Kulka, 1964-1985 1. Interview with Jaromir Kopecky, a representative of the Czechoslovakian Government-in-Exile, and Dr. F. Ullman, the representative of the Czechoslovakian Jews, who were based in Geneva, 07 May 1967; 2. Interview with Ervin Steiner, a member of the Bratislava based Working Group regarding assistance to Jews who escaped from camps in Poland, April 1965 (in the Czech language); 3. Testimony of Alfred Wetzler and Walter Rosenberg, known as Rudolf Vrba, from 1964, regarding their escape from Auschwitz...