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Folder: Interview of Dr. Reuben Hecht by Professor Penkower
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 62
This interview by Prof. Monty Penkower relates to Reuben Hecht‘s work for the New
Zionist Organization, Vaad Hatzalah, and Irgun Berit Zion to rescue Jews and assist them
with emigration to Palestine. The interview provides details on talks with Vaad Halzalah,
the Catholic church, and Sam Woodson, a U.S. intelligence agent.
Language: English 1982
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Folder: Treblinka Report
This is a report by Jankiel Wiernitz, a former prisoner who worked as a craftsman in
Treblinka. In the report, Wiernitz describes living conditions and the murder of Jews and
Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), the treatment of inmates by Germans and Ukrainians,
everyday life, John Demjanjuk, the rape of Jewish women, and the preparations of the
camp uprising that led to Wiernitz‘s escape.
Language: German N.d.
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Folder: Dr. Kühl‘s Autobiographical Report
This report contains Julius Kühl‘s description of his life, including details about his birth,
his family in Galicia, his years of studies in Switzerland, his service with the Polish
legation in Bern, his mother‘s deportation to and rescue from Siberia, the rescue efforts of
prominent individuals including the Sternbuchs and Papal Nuncio Berndini, and his
emigration to Canada after the war.
Language: English N.d.
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Accession 1989.6 --- The Lili Reisz Collection
This collection features the wartime correspondence of Franz Reisz in Paris and his wife,
Lili, who had emigrated to New York. Also included are Franz Reisz‘s political sketches
and drawings of concentration camp scenes.