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  1. Records of the central council of the Jewish Communities in Russia (TsVaad)

    The collection consists of minutes of the meetings of the TsVaad ‘s Executive Council, declarations and circular letters regarding Jewish pogroms in Poland and Galicia, correspondence with Jewish communities and public organizations regarding evacuation of Jewish civilians from the zones of war conflict, food supplies for refugees and other needs of the evacuated Jewish population. Collection also includes various newspaper clippings, drafts of articles and questionnaires.

  4. Peter Mittler memoir

    Consists of the first chapter, entitled "Childhood," of the memoir of Peter Mittler, originally of Vienna, Austria. In the memoir, 27 pages, Dr. Mittler describes his memories of the Anschluss. Kristallnacht, antisemitism in Vienna, and his experiences as an eight-year-old on a Kindertransport to England, leaving 11 January 1939. He reunited with his parents in England in the spring of 1939, and describes their efforts to become Anglicized. He also records biographical narratives of his parents, Gustav and Gertrude Mittler, and of other family members, some who passed away before World War ...

  5. Louis Satvsky collection

    Louis Satvsky collection consists of photographs and documents relating to the efforts of Otto and Gitla Waga to immigrate to the United States from Vienna, Austria with the assistance of their cousins, the Stravsky family. The documents include letters written to the Stravsky family in the United States requesting assistance in securing an affidavit of support, copies of correspondence with the American consulate in Vienna, copies of documents compiled in support of immigration, and a photograph of Gitla Waga. Also included is a photograph of a young boy, likely Meiloch Waga, who escaped t...

  13. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Cantal

    This collection contains records from the Prefect’s Office, under headings “Foreigners”, “Jews”, “War Damages” and “Internment and Shelter”. It includes local objections to use of the thermal bath resort of Chaudes-Aigues as an internment site for Jews (under house arrest), correspondence concerning foreign Jewish refugees, Jews’ response to a call to work at Organisation Todt construction sites, and reports on war crimes committed during the war, including those concerning Jews.

  20. Collection on Vught, concentration camp in Herzogenbusch (Collection Prisons and camps) Collectie gevangenissen en Kampen-deelcollectie Vught, Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch (Fond 250g)

    This collection contains documents relating to the Vught concentration camp in Herzogenbusch between 1943-1944. Including are documents, maps and some photos as well as pre-war correspondence and court proceedings.