• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503431
• English
• 1992
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Consists of a four-page typescript, written by Eli Rock, entitled "A Visit by Eisenhower." The subject is the writer's observations of a visit by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gen. George S. Patton Jr. to the Feldafing displaced persons camp in Jul. 1945.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503636
• English
• 1991
• folders 2
• Updated 6 months ago

Contains information about Joseph Soski's childhood in Busko and Krakow, Poland; German occupation of Krakow; increasing restrictions of Jews; donor's escape to the Soviet-occupied zone of Poland; life in the Czestochowa ghetto; forced labor; deportation to Buchenwald, then to Dora-Mittelbau; evacuation from Dora-Mittelbau; liberation; displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States; and a new life in the United States.

1. Mina Perlberger collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502758
• English
• 1985
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Consists of the typescript memoir entitled "The Life of Alexander Perlberger, Shortly Before and Shortly After the Second World War" written by his widow, Mina Perlberger. The memoir describes the life of Mr. Perlberger from adolescence until his death. She includes information about Perlberger's imprisonment in concentration camps in Poland, his experiences during Kristallnacht, his enlistment in the Red Army, and his emigration to the United States.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn42084
• English
• 2009
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Consists of one memoir, 9 pages, entitled "The Rebirth" by Alfred Henick, who was a member of the United States Army stationed in Germany in 1946. In the memoir, he describes meeting members of his extended family who had survived the Holocaust, and his assistance in enabling them to immigrate to the United States.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn561734
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

The Aharon Lazer papers contain two handwritten diaries and documents that belonged to Jewish Brigade soldier, Aharon Laser (Lazer). Aharon served in the 1st Palestine Light Anti-Aircraft Battery of the 202 Field Artillery Regiment in Cyprus, Italy, Germany, and other locations in Europe. The first diary, which begins in French and then switches to Hebrew, dated November 14,1944, includes numerous edits and deletions. In an entry dated May 27, 1944, and revised on December 1, 1944, he documents the last months of the war. This diary also includes entries about a battle on the Senio River, e...

1. Albert Hutler collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503715
• English
• 1945
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Relates to U.S. Army's military government postwar management and care of displaced persons and their repatriation, particularly in the American Zone of occupied Germany.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn551492
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

The Alicia Altmueller collection consists of three letters written in August 1947 by three survivors requesting assistance (warm clothing, shoes, physical support) from Mr. J. Garfinkel, Kiever Independent Unterstuzung Verein (KIUV). The three survivors wrote KIUV on behalf of themselves, family and friends from Campo Adriatico IRO, Milan DP. The IRO supported camp was also referred to as Transit Camp Bari, located in Apulia. Names in the letters are as follows: Miriam Kegen along with unnamed husband and daughter, Aron Bakalchuk and Lucy Bakalchuk, Girsch Goberman and Sonia Goberman (née T...

1. Manuskripte
2. Erinnerungen, Erlebnisberichte, Autobiographien

• Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
• MS 790 / 1
• German
• 2001
• Manuskripte 30 Seiten
• Updated 9 years ago

Der Verfasser schildert seine Erlebnisse im Munitionslager des Fliegerhorstes Aalborg-Ost in Dänemark, das bei Kriegsende zum englischen Gefangenenlager für die sich dort befindenden Soldaten wird - ihre Aufgaben (u.a. Vernichtung der dort lagernden Munition), ihre Versorgungslage, ihre Beziehungen zu Frauen aus dem daneben entstandenen Lager für ostpreußische Flüchtlinge etc. bis zur Auflösung des Munitonslagers, der Entlassung aus Gefangenschaft und Wehrmacht und schließlichen Heimreise Ende 1945; (1945-1946)Mschr., gedruckt.

1. Albert Hutler collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503065
• English
• 1945
• folders 4
• Updated 6 months ago

Includes copies of military documents and other materials from various U.S. Army authorities (e.g., 7th U.S. Army, Headquarters USFET, SHAEF) in postwar Europe concerning the management, care, living conditions, and repatriation of displaced persons. Also included are two copies of the report written by Earl G. Harrison to President Truman in 1945 concerning conditions for displaced persons in Europe, together with a condensed version of the same report that appeared in the "National Jewish monthly," November 1945 issue.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502681
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Consists of photocopies of newspaper articles relating to the September 1945 war crimes trial of several Bergen-Belsen guards. Included is information about the testimony of Dr. Ada Bimko (a.k.a.Hadassah Rosensaft), selections for the gas chambers at Auschwitz, results of medical experiments on female prisoners, and atrocities committed by the SS guards at Bergen-Belsen.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503019
• English
• oversize folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Consists of several newspaper and magazine articles concerning Jews and displaced persons and the activities of American and British armies in the occupied zones in Europe after World War II. Included are three issues of "UNRRA," which concern the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) with displaced persons after the Holocaust. Also included are issues of Jewish publications in Brazil containing articles about displaced persons and two issues of "Army talks."

1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3689662
• English, Hebrew
• 1938-1944
• Original Photo Stencil Typewritten original 73 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Cultural activities of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1938-1944 In the file: Documentation regarding cultural activities of Jewish refugee organizations in Switzerland. Among other things in the file: Periodicals from "Sarcis", the YMCA/YWCA relief service to refugee citizens in Switzerland, for leisure time matters, May 1944; - Report submitted by a group of young refugees regarding their trip during Easter vacation, with photographs, April 1944; - Pamphlet regarding Culture Week, 01-07 August 1944, at the Champery refugee camp; - Announcements and newspaper c...

1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3689493
• English, Hebrew
• 1943-1963
• Handwritten, original Typewritten copy מקור וקסרוקס 95 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the establishment of ORT (World Union for the Vocational Training of Jews) in Switzerland and its activities on behalf of the Jewish refugees, 1943-1945 In the file: - Draft of the announcement regarding the founding meeting of ORT-Switzerland in Zurich, 21 November 1943; - List of members of the ORT-Switzerland Central Comite (Central Committee), late 1943; - ORT work plans, 1943-1944, and activity plans in Switzerland, 3 September 1943; - Agenda for the founding meeting of the Ort-Switzerland Central Comite, 21 November 1943; - Report o...

1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3689661
• English, Hebrew
• 1927-1949
• Handwritten, original Original Typewritten copy xerox 122 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the refugees in Switzerland; personal documents belonging to the Weissenberg family from Berlin, 1927-1949 In the file: - Various documents collected by Armand Brunschvig, head of the Geneva Jewish community, regarding the return of Jewish refugees from Switzerland including names and testimonies, and regarding treatment of the refugees in the absorption camps in Geneva, as well as in other cantons; the documents mention many instances of antisemitism on the part of those responsible for the absorption of the refugees; - Various documents...

1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3689653
• English, Hebrew
• Original 112 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Memo from JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1933-1945 In the file: Memo from JUNA regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees in Switzerland during the Holocaust; in addition to the memo, there are many copies of documents related to the subject, mainly dealing with conditions in the work camps.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503351
• English
• 1945-1950
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Contains information about the establishment of health care facilities after liberation, the activities of Hadassah and Josef Rosensaft as leaders in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, and the closing of the camp in 1950.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502677
• English
• 1945-1980
• 3.75 linear in.,
• Updated 6 months ago

The records relate to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, displaced persons, the Belsen memorial, and Jewish emigration to the Palestine after the Holocaust.

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 6356171
• English, Hebrew
• Article Correspondence Document Laws and decrees Letter Newspaper Testimony
• Updated 3 months ago

Collection of David Cohen, head of the Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council) and leader of the Jewish community in the Netherlands, 1922-1954 Included in the collection: Testimonies in favor of Professor David Cohen, from a trial held against him after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, 1947-1948; Various documents submitted by Professor David Cohen to his lawyers during the trial held against him and against A. Asscher in the Netherlands after the war, 1947-1949; Documents regarding the possibilities for emigration for Jews from the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation perio...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 6370414
• English, Hebrew
• 1938-1942
• Official documentation
• Updated 3 months ago

Collection of the Department for Relief to Refugees from Germany in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1938-1942 Collection of the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken: Zorg voor de Vluchtelingen uit Duitsland (Department for Relief to Refugees from Germany of the Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands), 1938-1942; thousands of refugees from Germany began to arrive to the Netherlands starting in 1933; the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands established approximately 60 refugee camps, including the Hotel-Lloyd and the Zeeburgerdijk isolation institution in Amsterda...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 6383830
• English, Hebrew
• 1929-1945
• Official documentation
• Updated 3 months ago

Collection of the Rijksvreemdelingendienst (Government Service for Foreigners in the Netherlands), 1929-1945 Koninklijke Marechaussee - the Border Police, subordinate to the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands, was responsible for the implementation of the policies toward foreigners in the Netherlands until 1940; its function included the issuing of entrance visas, registration of foreigners, and guarding of the country's borders; during the Nazi occupation period, the Germans controlled the borders of the Netherlands and set the policies towards foreigners; despite this, the Dutch borde...