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  1. Nicht angeführt (Vernehmungsprotokoll des Dr. jur. Artur Mayer, inhaft. im Konzentrationslager Auschwitz u. a. Konzentrationslagern, sowie versch. Gefängnissen).

    1. Card index of the “general documents” of the collection Incarceration and Persecution
    2. Konzentrationslager
    3. Konzentrationslager Auschwitz
    4. Sondereinrichtungen

    Versetzung zum Kommando Kiesgrube, wo es täglich 4-5 Tote gab. Besuch der Ambulanz im Block 28.Weitere Block 6 A, 21, Bunkerblock 11, Stehbunker erbaut Mitte 1944; Wasserzelle Nr. 20; Erschießung von durchschnittlich 250-275 Häftlingen im Laufe eines Gerichtstages im Jahre 1943. Hinrichtung in der Automobil-Gaskammer; Desinfektionsanstalt "Kanada"; Tötung von. rd. 25000 Häftlingen von 10.1941 - 09.1943 Block 14 a; Häftlingseffekten; Zigeunerlager Birkenau (Kantine); Erhängung von 5 Häftlingen am 30.12.1944; 2 Tage später 4 junge Mädchen von Fr. lg.(Dok. teilweise schwer lesbar).

  2. Nicht angeführt (Vernehmungsprotokoll des Dr. jur. Artur Mayer, inhaft. im Konzentrationslager Auschwitz u. a. Konzentrationslagern, sowie versch. Gefängnissen).

    1. Card index of the “general documents” of the collection Incarceration and Persecution
    2. Konzentrationslager
    3. Konzentrationslager Auschwitz
    4. Sonstiges

    Versetzung zum Kommando Kiesgrube, wo es täglich 4-5 Tote gab. Besuch der Ambulanz im Block 28.Weitere Block 6 A, 21, Bunkerblock 11, Stehbunker erbaut Mitte 1944; Wasserzelle Nr. 20; Erschießung von durchschnittlich 250-275 Häftlingen im Laufe eines Gerichtstages im Jahre 1943. Hinrichtung in der Automobil-Gaskammer; Desinfektionsanstalt "Kanada"; Tötung von. rd. 25000 Häftlingen von 10.1941 - 09.1943 Block 14 a; Häftlingseffekten; Zigeunerlager Birkenau (Kantine); Erhängung von 5 Häftlingen am 30.12.1944; 2 Tage später 4 junge Mädchen von Fr. lg.(Dok. teilweise schwer lesbar).

  3. Blue felt belt with appliqued flowers found by a German Jewish teenage inmate at Auschwitz

    1. Harry and Ruth Krautwirth Meyerowitz collection

    Floral appliqué belt issued or found by 14 year old Ruth Krautwirth upon her April 1943 arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, when her clothes were taken and she was given filthy, ill-fitting civilian clothing to wear. As Ruth recalled: "We endured at the edge of the crematoria. One day, very early on, I found a felt belt. A happy row of flowers on a blue field. Obviously the cheerful work of a child. ...I used the belt to cinch the waistline of my striped prison uniform. I bloused the top to hide the belt or I would have risked a beating. The button closing is long gone. Somewh...

  4. Namenliste der in der Petroleum-Raffinerie in Trzebinia eingesetzten Häftlinge des KL Auschwitz (Lfd.-Nr. 1 - 613 stammen von einer Häftlingsliste vom 24.08.44, lfd.-Nr. 614 - 813 sind einer Zugangsli ...

    1. Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz
    2. Listenmaterial Auschwitz

    Namenliste der in der Petroleum-Raffinerie in Trzebinia eingesetzten Häftlinge des KL Auschwitz (Lfd.-Nr. 1 - 613 stammen von einer Häftlingsliste vom 24.08.44, lfd.-Nr. 614 - 813 sind einer Zugangsliste vom 17.09.44, Zugänge n. Birkenau, entnommen) (Nachkriegsaufstellung)

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- War Crimes Trial: "Butchers of Auschwitz"

    "The Trial of Forty German Butchers of Auschwitz Camp," November 24-26, 1947. LS, building in which the trial of Auschwitz takes place. Market scene. 02:36:45 MS, crowd listening to loudspeaker on steps of building. MS, crowd outside of building listening to prisoners' examination. 02:37:05 VS, German prisoners jumping out of lorries and marching into the Court of Justice. 02:37:22 VS, Maria Mandl, head of women's camp at Auschwitz, between two Germans. 02:37:58 LS, old women jumping out of lorry and going to the Tribunal. CU, President of the Tribunal, Alfred Eimer, verifying identity of t...

  6. Publizist Dokumentation zum Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, 1960-1963. - Originale und Kopien, 88 Bände.

    1. Sammlungen
    2. Kuby, Erich (KZ Auschwitz)

    Ordnungsziffer: 244, 246, 272-275, 277, 278, 309, 324, 331, 332, 333, 335, 341 betreffend Auschwitz: 244) Auschwitz interne Totenmeldung, Formular Januar 1945, Kopie, 1 Blatt (Kleinformat); 246) Exekution von 40 "Berufsverbrechern" Auschwitz, Kopie gebündelt, 11 Blatt; 272) Statement R. Katzmann, Oktober 1945, betreffend Auschwitz (englisch), 2 Blatt, Kopie; 273) Erklärung Otto Wilhelm Moll Landsberg, April 1946, betreffend Auschwitz, Kopie, 4 Blatt; 274) Nochmal Karl Ernst Moeckel Obersturmbannführer Vernehmung, April 1946, Kopie, 3 Blatt; 275) Vernehmung Grabnner in Wien, Dezember 1945, b...

  7. Documentation from an American source dealing with the Holocaust of the Jews of Europe, rescue attempts, the bombing of Auschwitz, the War Refugee Board, the Emergency Committee to Save Jews and more

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from an American source dealing with the Holocaust of the Jews of Europe, rescue attempts, the bombing of Auschwitz, the War Refugee Board, the Emergency Committee to Save Jews and more

  8. Letter written by a Holocaust survivor in the United States, born in Plonsk, to the New York Forverts editorial board on death marches from Auschwitz in January 1945

    1. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    Letter written by a Holocaust survivor in the United States, born in Plonsk, to the New York Forverts editorial board on death marches from Auschwitz in January 1945 The letter has no date: Description of a death march from Auschwitz, January 1945; the letter was sent in response to the Forverts newspaper writing competition where Holocaust survivors wrote about their new home in the United States, My New Home America.

  9. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of naked women and children entering the showers at Auschwitz

    1. David Friedman collection

    Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1964, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. It depicts two long lines of naked women and children entering a doorway marked Bade Anstalt (Bathing Establishment.) Artist's caption: "This is Auschwitz-Birkenau! This camp, like Maidanek, Treblinka, and many others, was destined to destroy Jewish people. Bathing Establishment was posted outside, but it was also used as a gas-chamber. The Nazis enjoyed to fool us. The camp was full of smoke and a horrible odor, but ...

  10. Disassembled bunk bed from Auschwitz concentration camp

    1. Auschwitz bunk bed collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn550876
    • English
    • a: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) b: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) d: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) e: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) f: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Depth: 110.750 inches (281.305 cm) g: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 107.625 inches (273.367 cm) h: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 107.500 inches (273.05 cm) i: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 107.500 inches (273.05 cm) j: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 107.500 inches (273.05 cm) k: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.500 inches (181.61 cm) l: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) m: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.500 inches (181.61 cm) n: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) o: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) p: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 107.500 inches (273.05 cm) q: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 107.500 inches (273.05 cm) r: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 107.375 inches (272.732 cm) s: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 107.750 inches (273.685 cm) 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inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.500 inches (181.61 cm) ad: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 71.500 inches (181.61 cm) ae: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Depth: 110.375 inches (280.352 cm) af: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Depth: 110.750 inches (281.305 cm) ag: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Depth: 110.250 inches (280.035 cm) ah: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Depth: 110.875 inches (281.622 cm) ai: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Depth: 111.125 inches (282.258 cm) aj: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) ak: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 71.375 inches (181.292 cm) al: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches 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(11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.625 inches (181.927 cm) by: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) bz: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) ca: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 71.875 inches (182.562 cm) cb: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) cc: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 71.750 inches (182.245 cm) cd: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm) ce: Height: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) cf: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) cg: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) ch: Height: 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    Disassembled prisoner bunk bed from Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz was established in the spring of 1940, in an abandoned Polish army barracks near Oswiecim, Poland. During its use, the camp complex was continuously expanded, becoming the largest and most lethal that the Germans built. Once prisoners arrived at the camp, the men and women were separated and went through selection. Those who were not selected for immediate execution were forced to work. Prisoners lived in either brick or wooden barracks, and slept on wooden bunk beds which were sometimes layered with straw bedding. ...

  11. Waffen-SS and Police, Central Construction Office in Auschwitz Zentralbauleitung der Waffen-SS und Polizei Auschwitz (Fond 502)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Orders, reports, correspondence, memoranda, plans, explanatory notes, estimates, blueprints, computations, drafts, diagrams, photographs of installations, bookkeeping records, staff inventories, list of employees, personal files of security guards, index cards of prisoners and workers, death notices, and list of prisoners. The records relate to the complete history of the construction and maintenance of the Auschwitz camps complex. Includes correspondence with the camp commandant’s office, the Silesia Construction Inspectorate and the main office regarding daily operations of camp and crema...

  12. Small white bag with a button saved from the coat of a young Jewish girl deported to Auschwitz

    1. Frances and Julian Hirshfeld family collection

    Small, sealed, cloth pouch containing a button from the coat of 10 year Fryda Hirshfeld who was deported from Łódź Ghetto and murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. The button was returned to her father, Julian, after the war in late 1940s in Paris, by Mr. Mechtiger, a prewar family neighbor from Łódź, Poland. Julian sewed the button in the pouch and attached the string. Łódź was occupied by German troops on September 8, 1939. Fryda, her father, and her mother, Hela, were forced into the sealed Jewish ghetto in February 1940. Fryda was deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1942 and Hela met the sam...

  13. Auschwitz concentration camp scrip type 3, .50 Reichsmark, received by a Polish Jewish inmate

    1. Chaim and Regina Hollander collection

    Type 3 Auschwitz scrip, valued at .50 Reichsmark, received by Chaim Hollander when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Scrip was issued in the camps as a means of improving worker productivity. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Chaim and his family went into hiding. In August 1942, they were deported from Sosnowiec to the Srodula ghetto. After his wife and two young daughters were deported, Chaim escaped the ghetto and lived under a false identity until he was betrayed and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in December 1943. He found Fajwal there and they were transferred tog...

  14. Documentation from 1984-1987 regarding [four] female inmates from the Union ammunitions factory in Auschwitz who were involved in the planning and implementation of the transfer of gunpowder from the factory for use by the Sonderkommando men in the revolt

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from 1984-1987 regarding [four] female inmates from the Union ammunitions factory in Auschwitz who were involved in the planning and implementation of the transfer of gunpowder from the factory for use by the Sonderkommando men in the revolt that broke out 07 October 1944

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Krakow scenes; War Crimes Trial: "Butchers of Auschwitz"

    Hodgson's Poland, 1947. Krakow, Poland. LS, old market place seen from crossroads, policewoman directing traffic. MS, merchants at main square, large umbrellas opened over small carts. LS, gate of the old market. LSs, Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, in FG, old market place. MS, shop window of market with dolls made in Krakow. CU, child looking at dolls. 02:03:15 "The Trial of Forty German Butchers of Auschwitz Camp," November 24-26, 1947. LS, building in which the trial of Auschwitz takes place. Market scene. MS, crowd listening to loudspeaker on steps of building. MS, crowd outside of b...

  16. Records relating to Auschwitz and other camps from the Central State Archive of the Ministry of Defense, Podolsk

    Contains commission reports on the following: mass graves, disposition of elements of the Polish population towards the Red Army, damage inflicted on Polish towns by the Germans, the construction and running of a concentration camp in Lublin, the killing of populations at Sobibor and Odessa, and atrocities in the Minsk area. It also includes photographs of camp victims and executed people; descriptions of concentration camps at Auschwitz, Brzezinka, and Jaworzno; a declaration describing atrocities committed by the Romanian Army against the Jews; and a declaration by a captured German soldi...

  17. Documentation of Ludwig Breier and his family, residents of Vienna, who were taken off the deportation list to Auschwitz, July 1942, and their deportation to Theresienstadt, October 1942

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Documentation of Ludwig Breier and his family, residents of Vienna, who were taken off the deportation list to Auschwitz, July 1942, and their deportation to Theresienstadt, October 1942 Cancellation of deportation of the Breier family to Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 by order of Alois Brunner; Brunner signs and stamps the documents; Ludwig Breier, the carpenter, makes furniture also for the home of Alois Brunner; Ludwig is taken off the Vienna Jewry deportation train list to Auschwitz by personal order of Brunner because he had not completed the furniture for him; refusal of Ludwig to separate...

  18. Charred electrical insulator from Auschwitz found by a Sinti inmate

    Partial charred porcelain electrical insulator from Auschwitz concentration camp acquired postwar by Hans Braun, a German Sinti man who was imprisoned there with his family from March 1943 to May 1944. It was the type used to connect electrical wires to the concrete fence posts around the camp. In early 1940, Hans, a forced laborer, broke a machine at a factory and was accused of sabotage. The Gestapo came after him and he fled Bernau and went into hiding. Hans was arrested twice, but escaped, until March 1943, when he was deported to Auschwitz, where he was reunited with his family in the ...

  19. Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand mourning the cremation of her father at Auschwitz

    1. Daisy Brand collection

    Ceramic wall sculpture created by Daisy Brand to express her grief over her father's cremation at Auschwitz after being murdered in the gas chamber. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her father went directly to the gas chamb...