Documents found: 18

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    Eduard de Wind | Auschwitz
    Yad Vashem Archives, Czechoslovakia Collection (O.7) Original in German.
    Eduard de Wind was an inmate doctor of block 9 in the Auschwitz men's hospital. In his testimony he describes in detail medical experiments, which were conducted on the prisoners, mostly women. As an inmate physician, de Wind had the opportunity to…
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    1945-08 | Terezín Ghetto
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
    The unknown author describes the history of the Terezín Ghetto from 1941 to its liquidation in the summer of 1945. The author focuses on the most import aspects of the daily life, living conditions, and structure of the Ghetto. He also recalls the…
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    1945-12-05 | Richard Friedmann | Terezín Ghetto
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
    Very detailed report on the activities of Leo Baeck, Jakob Edelstein, and primarily Richard Friedmann. Friedmann was an Austrian Zionist who worked at the Jewish Community in Vienna and, later, in Prague. He managed to smuggle medicine to the Terezín…
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    1945-05-05 | Terezín Ghetto
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
    Detailed report about the Terezín Ghetto from its beginning in November 1941 until the liquidation transports to the East in autumn 1944. The author's name is stated as Helena Faberová, but the text is written from a male perspective. The actual…
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    1945-08-12 | Teplá
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
    Brief report by Josef Winter, a worker at the estate in the city of Teplá. He recalls several prisoner trains that passed through the city of Teplá in March. Winter describes a group of prisoners who marched through Teplá and were tortured by the SS…
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    Terezín Ghetto
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
    Short text, written in a literary, emotional style. Otto Kalwo describes the process of deportation from the Terezín Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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    1945-09-09 | Prague
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
    Erika Wolfová describes the support project, in which some members of the youth Zionist movement in Prague were involved. Their main task was to help with parcels and remain in written contact with deported Jews and the Zionist movement abroad. She…
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    Jaworzno
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
    Short report by Paul Heller on Jaworzno, a sub-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Heller describes the harsh living conditions in the camp, forced labor, and the situation of the inmates. He also focuses on the names of the main perpetrators and the SS men…
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    Buchenwald
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
    Report by Josef Fried on the concentration camp in Buchenwald. Fried describes in detail the harsh living conditions and everyday life of the camp's inmates. He recalls forced labor, torture, and illness.
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    1945 | Teplá
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
    Investigation of the participants in the mass killings in the town of Teplá. The investigation committee interviewed several local inhabitants regarding the events they may have witnessed.