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  1. Ernest and Ruth Chambre collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, a book, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ernest Chambre before the Holocaust in Germany, Belgium, and Palestine, during the Holocaust in Miranda del Ebro internment camp in Spain, and of both Ernest and his wife, Ruth, in Palestine and then the United States following their emigration in 1946-1947. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Werner Gumprecht letter

    The 16-page, typewritten letter was written by Werner Gumprecht in Seville, Spain, and details the beginning of his family's experiences during their immigration from Hamburg, Germany, to the United States in 1941. The Gumprechts left Germany on July 21, 1941, and arrived in N.Y. on September 12, 1941. Their relatives who remained in Germany were deported between October and December 1941 and never heard from again.

  3. "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945"

    Consists of one manuscript, 56 pages, entitled "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945" by Philip Zion. The Jablonkas were Polish Jews who immigrated to France in 1929. In 1941, Boruch Jablonka was imprisoned in Pithiviers and was eventually deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Helen, and children, Paulette, Rachel, and Raymond, were eventually able to escape into Spain and subsequently to the United States; Paulette and Raymond in 1943 and Helen and Rachel in 1945. Includes copies of photographs and documents. Also includes one DVD-ROM oral history interview with Helen Jablonka,...

  4. William Lush collection

    Collection consists of a German passport (Reisepass) issued to Paul Steinharter on January 13, 1937 includes visas from Belgium and England and an immigration visa from the United States. The passport issued to Lea Steinharter includes visas issued for Spain and Portugal and an immigration visa from the United States. Documents inserted into her passport include a Declaration of Intention for U.S. citizenship, receipt issued on board the SS Exeter on August 13, 1941, and a note and letter to Paul from Clara Lussheimer in Chicago dated June 4, 1951; in German.

  5. German News Agency Selected records from the collection "Deutsche Nachrichtenbüro" (R 34)

    Contains records related to rejection of the non-Aryan members of the Berlin Sports Club; reports from abroad (Spain, Switzerland, Italy); e.g., Jewish Security Police, Soviet cruelties in the east; documents about school attendance of Jewish Mischlinge; reports about movies, operas, dramas, books, and music; folk sport and sport education; antisemitic comments; reports about Jewish editors and actors.

  6. Schildkraut family papers

    1. Schildkraut family collection

    Letters and postcards between Joseph Schildkraut in Cincinnati, Ohio and his sister Lea Schildkraut, from Tarnów Poland during the Holocaust. Included are postcards purchased on his exit from Poland, via Italy, Spain, and Panama, as well as a photo album, with press clippings, that he created while in Panama awaiting immigration to the United States, and a 1943 photograph with family in Covington, KY.

  7. International Red Cross photographs

    Consists of 20 photographs depicting the work of the International Red Cross, primarily in Europe but also in Asia, at the end of the Second World War and in the immediate postwar period. Original Spanish language inscriptions on the reverse describe the scenes captured and provide additional context related to aid efforts undertaken by the organization.

  8. "Memoirs of Violet Dattner"

    Consists of a transcript of the dictated memoir of Violet Dattner, originally of Transylvania. She studied in Paris in the 1930s and met and married her husband, Willy, in Belgium in 1938. They lived in Antwerp until May 1940 when they escaped into France. They were temporarily arrested in 1940, attempted to escape through Spain, but were turned back to Belgium. In 1940, they were able to escape to Havana, Cuba. She also describes her experiences trying to help other family emigrate and in the post-war years, to obtain restitution and information regarding family who perished, as well as he...

  9. Flight from the Nazis A memoir

    Contains information regarding the Silverstein family's flight from Antwerp, Belgium, to France as seen through the eyes of Philip Silverstine [donor] at age 10. In the early part of 1941, the family was able to obtain visas, passports, and boat passes to sail to America via Spain.

  10. Maria Kauderova-Fordham papers

    Contains mainly post-war documents regarding the personal history of Maria Kauderova-Fordham, originally of Czechoslovakia. She was liberated from Auschwitz at the age of 20 and eventually settled in Spain. The collection was donated by a woman who helped to care for Mrs. Fordham in the last months of her life, and therefore the life story of Mrs. Fordham is difficult to determine.

  11. Leopoldine and Hermann Rintel collection

    Two (2) Deutsches Reich Reisepass [passports] which had been issued in Vienna to Leopoldine Rintel on January 23, 1939 and her son Hermann “Israel” Rintel on August 9, 1940; Hermann’s passport is marked with a red “J”; both include visas and stamps from Spain and Portugal and immigration visa for the United States dated April 22, 1941.

  12. Spanish General; Spanish Street Scene

    00:04:05 - 00:04:50 MCU General Weyler, Spanish General, who fought against the Americans in War of 1898. 00:04:53 - 00:05:49 Horsedrawn carriages with women in fancy traditional costume (mantilla, etc.). A few people sell flowers from pots balanced on their head.

  17. Portrait of a German Jewish refugee

    1. Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families collection

    Watercolor and pencil portrait of Rudi Hockenheimer (later Ralph Hockley) painted by G.W. Mooy, another refugee in 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Rudi, his parents, Julius and Lilli, and his sister Marianne escaped from Nazi Germany to Marseille, France. Julius was held in Les Milles and Gurs internment camps of Les Milles and Gurs. But in 1940, the family left for the United States on the ship Winnipeg, sailing by way of Trinidad.

  18. Franco with de Arrese at El Escorial

    Ufa logo onscreen. Francisco Franco visits the royal palace at El Escorial. General Franco is met by Minister of Party Juan Luis de Arrese. Franco arrives at El Escorial and greets the troops and officials there to meet him. Wide shot of a large contingent accompanying Franco across a courtyard. Franco greets a bishop. Shots of the interior of a tomb, followed by some still photos of the tomb. With Franco, although hard to distinguish, are Minister of Party Juan Luis de Arrese and Minister of Foreign Affairs General Count Jordana. Arrese was an admirer of Hitler and German fascism. Franco a...

  19. Mina Loeffler passport

    1. Kurt N. Grübler collection

    Contains a German passport ("Deutsches Reich Reisepass") issued to Mina Loeffler (mother-in-law of donor's cousin), March 1941, Vienna, Austria. Issued by Chief of Police, Vienna, Germany (Austria); letter "J" stamped in red ink; middle name "Sara" added; contains official stamps allowing travel through Spain and Portugal; contains immigration visa for the United States dated May 19, 1941.

  20. Enslein family collection

    Contains photographs, documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Jakob Enslein and his wife, Margarete Einstein Enslei, and their two children Kurt and Hans Gerd [donor, b. 1929]. Gerd was born in Cologne, Germany, and in 1932 his parents relocated the family first to Belgium then in 1933 to France, first to Paris and then Collias, Nimes and Perigaux, before eventually fleeing through Spain and arriving in the United States in early May 1941.