The collection consists of an identification card and certificate issued to Jan Josef Gasior, originally of Dukla, Poland, confirming that he was a persecuted Pole who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1942-1945. A photograph of Gasior and his second wife, Maria Grzesik, is also included.

Menachem Bader (Hebrew: מנחם בדר‎, born 20 September 1895 in Dukla, Poland, died 31 January 1985) was a Labor Zionist activist during the Mandate era, and later a politician who served as a member of the Knesset.

In this interview Maurice Horoit alias Horowitz talks about: his youth in Antwerp, Belgium ; antisemitism in Antwerp ; his friends at the Tachkemoni school ; fleeing to and hiding in France ; making his way to Switzerland with his brother and surviving there ; the reunion with his parents and their repatriation to Belgium.

Adam Emmanuel Appenzeller (donor's father) was born November 20, 1889 in Krakow. His wife Josefa Peppi Appenzeller was born March 16, 1902 in Jurcoutz, Bukovina. Adam studied in Vienna and became an architect. He moved to Chernovitz in Romania. Their son Otto was born there on December 11, 1927. Otto attended school until it stopped being possible and his parents hired tutors. In addition they purchased ...

Efraim Silberman was born in Iwla, Poland, on 14 December 1901 as the son of Josef Silberman and Malka Teitelbaum. In 1921 Efraim settled in Berlin where he earned a living as a salesman and a decorator of shop windows. On 3 January 1928 he arrived in Antwerp on a tourist visa to visit his brother, who was ill and who lived in the port city. However, upon arrival Efraim immediately requested a permanent ...