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Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. UNRRA selected records AG-018-008 : European Regional Office (ERO). Registry Files

    Selected records of the UNRRA European Regional Office (ERO), Registry Files relating to: legal matters affecting UNRRA Missions, assistance to displaced persons and prisoners of war, relations with allied governments (Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, Middle East, Egypt, Ethiopia, Brazil, China, Iran, Austria); mission reports from particular countries, Relief Services Conferences, Londin,1946; allegations against UNRRA administration; UNRRA Program of Op...

  2. Leonie Roualet papers

    1. Leonie Roualet collection

    The collection consists of documents and correspondence regarding the Holocaust-era experiences of Leonie Roualet, an American imprisoned in the Vittel internment camp in France. Included is corresondence of Leonie's sister Henriette Roualet with various U.S. government agencies trying to locate Leonie and her mother, two wartime letters exchanged between Leonie and Henriette, Leonie's DP card, and documents related to her post-war involvement with the Red Cross.

  3. Muehlstein family: Papers

    This collection contains the family papers of the Muehlstein family, Jewish refugees from Vienna.Family papers including correspondence and supporting documents relating to restitution and pension claims and war-time Red Cross correspondence between parents and children. Also included is a photograph of Erika and Herbert Muehlstein before their emigration in 1937.In an audio interview the donor describes: being born in Vienna 2 years after her brother in 1932; how her father was beaten up and persecuted by the Nazis; how her brother, who was also badly affected followed his sister after a f...

  4. UNRRA selected records AG-018-024 : Luxembourg Mission

    Consists of correspondence and reports of the mission. Records relate to tracing of displaced persons, settlement of non-repatriable Poles, and help to deported Jews.

  5. UNRRA selected records AG-018-002 : Controller and Public Information (S-0554)

    Routine administrative files and preliminary drafts of releases and other publicity materials, accounting files, reports and correspondence of international organizations; reports from particular missions and displaced persons camps, UNRRA administrative organization charts and statistics. Much of records were destroyed by UNRRA or later by the Archives Section.

  8. Leather wallet with flap closure carried by a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to the US

    1. Gustav and Stefi Geisel collection

    Leather wallet used by 18 year old Stefi Siegel when she emigrated to the United States in September 1938 from Mosbach, Germany. After Hitler came to power in 1933, policies were put in place that persecuted and excluded Jews from German society. In 1938, Stefi's parents, Siegfried and Friedel, managed to send her to the United States; her 15 year old brother, Walter, was sent to the Netherlands to learn a trade and possibly emigrate to Palestine. Her parents emigrated to England in 1939 and would get to the US in 1943. In spring 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands. Walter eventually was...

  9. Ink drawing of a stone building with walkway by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Ink drawing of two buildings and a fence created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had strong...

  10. Ink drawing of a barn by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Ink drawing of a barn and trees created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Following the Reichstag Fire in late February, Germany became a police state and anti-Jewish legislation was enacted. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish and in 1935, she was fired from her job due to a government decree that Jews could not work in the publishing industry. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly...

  11. Drawing of two buildings and fields by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Sketch of a house and a building in the country by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had strong ...

  12. Pencil drawing of a street with three buildings by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Sketch of 3 structures and a wall along a street by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had strong...

  13. Drawing of a park walkway with seating areas by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Sketch depicting a pathway, seating areas, trees and flowers by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly stil...

  14. Drawing of a tree and flower garden by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Sketch of a flowering tree and flower garden by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had strong pro...

  15. Study sketch of a forest scene by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Study sketch a forest scene with a body of water created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still ha...

  16. Study sketch of two cows by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Pencil study sketch of two cows in a pasture created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had st...

  17. Ink drawing of root vegetables by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn517929
    • English
    • 1920-1935
    • overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) pictorial area: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)

    Still life of root vegetables created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had strong pro-German...

  18. Study sketch of a mountain landscape by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Pencil sketch of a landscape with mountains and a valley created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly ...

  19. Drawing of two buildings by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn517931
    • English
    • 1933
    • overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)

    Drawing of two buildings and a fence created by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had strong pro...

  20. Drawing of an infant and doll lying on a blanket by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Pencil sketch of a baby and doll lying on a coverlet by Nelly Rossmann. Nelly was a graphic designer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, a progressive newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany, when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Antisemitic legislation soon took away the rights of Jews. Nelly was a Quaker, but she had been born Jewish, and in 1935, she was fired due to a decree that Jews could not work in publishing. Nelly taught children crafts to support her 5 year old son, Michael. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, her parents left for England, but Nelly still had st...