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Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Asriel and Mascha Berkmann papers

    The collection contains documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Asriel and Mascha Berkmann’s experiences in concentration camps during the Holocaust, and in Munich, Germany after the war. Included are identification documents; immigration papers; documents regarding Asriel’s involvement with the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria and the Jewish Committee Munich; correspondence; an affidavit signed by 30 prisoners at Dachau concentration camp stating that Asriel was also there and worked to help his fellow prisoners; a document stating that no paperwork exists rega...

  2. Kiki the monkey puppet used by a young US soldier to entertain children in a liberated internment camp

    1. Eldon G. Nicholas collection

    Monkey hand puppet named Kiki used by 23 year old US Army private, Eldon G. Nicholas, to entertain children in September 1944 at the recently liberated Vittel internment camp in France. The Germans established the Vittel camp in 1940 to imprison citizens of neutral or enemy countries for possible exchange with German prisoners. However, over 100 Jewish inmates were deported from the camp and killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The camp was liberated by the 3rd Army on September 9, 1944. Private First Class (Pfc.) Nicholas served as an ambulance driver for the 548th Medical Ambulance Co...

  3. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail

    1. Henry F. Kahn collection

    The Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail primarily consists of envelopes, letters, postcards, and philatelic materials Kahn collected between approximately 1945 and 1985. The materials document mail systems in and around Holocaust-era ghettos and concentration camps and, by extension, the survivors and victims who passed through them or perished in them. Kahn arranged the materials in three annotated scrapbooks, providing context and history for the ghettos, camps, and mail systems. Most of the materials date from the 1930s and 1940s while the reproductions and commentary date fro...

  4. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of a group of standing men, women and children huddled together, three military figures in right background, mounted on cardboard

  5. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of standing military figure in green with orange-red flames, other figures in background

  6. Halina Olomucki painting

    1. Halina Olomucki collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn519888
    • English
    • overall: Height: 11.880 inches (30.175 cm) | Width: 15.880 inches (40.335 cm) Height: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm) | Width: 24.380 inches (61.925 cm)

    Abstract image of a group of figures in the center holding opened bags and military figures in green on either side, mounted on cardboard and framed

  7. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of group of walking figures, military figures in green uniforms at front and back, thick black lines

  8. Halina Olomucki painting

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of groups of people surrounded by military figures dressed in green and carrying guns, orange-red color below and blue-green color above, very thick paint layer, on stretcher (poor condition- canvas torn on edge).

  9. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract iamge of two groups of figures on the left and right, military figure in green standing with each group, building in background

  10. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of female Danish rescuer

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41812
    • English
    • 1993
    • overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.380 inches (33.985 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman of Karen Lykke Poulsen, a rescuer active in the Communist underground in Denmark. Karen arranged for hundreds of Jews to be safely sent from Zealand to Sweden. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and began to face military setbacks, a Danish resistance movement developed. On August 29, 1943, the Germans declared martial law and began to address t...

  11. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who hid and ferried Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41829
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Jens Moller, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Jens met a large group of Jews at the train station and brought an old couple and young couple with twins home. Neighbors brought food and it was 3 days before Jens found a boat that could transport them. He continued to rescue Jews and transport them on his own boat. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet U...

  12. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who helped take Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41826
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Neils Sorenson, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Neils and his father helped 2 people escape.They took them on their boat, covered them with nets, and left in the morning. German boats patrolled the waters and the fishing boat reached a blockade but was not stopped. They continued into the harbor and the Jews were lowered into a dinghy and pushed to safety. Neils and his father continued their rescue efforts. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. ...

  13. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who ferried Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41824
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in Gilleje, Denmark, in 1992 of Frede Svendsen, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Frede used his boat to ferry Jews to Sweden. A rumor that a boat was leaving at 10pm resulted in hundreds trying to gain passage. There was a false alarm that the Gestapo was coming and as his boat left the dock, a man came running and at the last minute was pulled aboard. After the war, he returned to thank his rescuers. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not moles...

  14. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who took Jews to safety across the Oresund

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41827
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.120 inches (33.325 cm) | Width: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Jens Moller, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Jens met a large group of Jews at the train station and brought an old couple and young couple with twins home. Neighbors brought food and it was 3 days before Jens found a boat that could transport them. He continued to rescue Jews and ferried them across the Oresund to Sweden on his own boat. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the G...

  15. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of man who rowed several groups of Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41825
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in Gilleje, Denmark, in 1992 of Karl Egon Petersen, a Danish rescuer. Karl hid 36 Jews in his apartment for a day. Later that night he participated in an escape, rowing people 6 at a time to safety, including some of those he had hidden in his home. On the last transport, 2 policemen boarded the boat, found the Jews, but permitted the rescue operation to continue. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limit...

  16. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Jewish woman rescued by Danes

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41831
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm) | Width: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Susse Pundik, a Danish Jew who escaped Denmark with her family. Resistance members organized the escape of 14 year old Susse, her parents, and maternal grandparents to a fishing village where they waited for a boat. As daylight approached, they were informed that there was not enough room for everyone. Susse and her parents boarded the boat and her grandparents followed in another soon after. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not mo...

  17. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of a Danish man who organized rescue efforts

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41822
    • English
    • 1993
    • overall: Height: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.380 inches (33.985 cm) | Width: 9.120 inches (23.165 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1993 of Dr. Ole Secher, a Danish rescuer. As a medical student, Ole organized rescue efforts for Jews hiding at Bispebjerg hospital. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and began to face military setbacks, a Danish resistance movement developed. On August 29, 1943, the Germans declared martial law and began to address the Jewish problem. A mas...

  18. Markov-Grinberg photograph of a smiling female peasants and a baby in a wheat field

    Photographic print created in 1935 by Mark Markov-Grinberg, depicting an official, idealized version of Soviet women farm workers. Markov-Grinberg was a Soviet Jewish photographer, World War II correspondent, and major Social Realist photographer during the Stalinist era of the 1930s-1940s. He worked for major newspapers and journals, including TASS. Markov-Grinberg was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish War from 1939-1940 and, in 1941, was drafted to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he continued his work as a photographer and army correspondent. After the war, he returned...

  19. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 39 and 40 -- Whether Musmanno can testify; other leaders implicate Eichmann

    Sessions 39 and 40. Attorney General Hausner, citing that a certain witness could not make it for that day, breaks the current narrative to call Justice Michael Musmanno, a judge at the Nuremberg trials who was responsible for interrogating Nazi leaders, as a witness. Dr. Servatius objects and argues that he has already made judgments and would only present hearsay evidence to the case. 00:08:51 Tape jumps. Hausner is arguing that the cases of Musmanno do not affect this case. He says that since none of Eichmann's superiors are around, nor anybody directly related to this case, he must obta...

  20. We follow the leader you enjoy! Everyone says Yes! Poster for Hitler's election as Führer acquired by an American tourist

    1. William A. Nelson collection

    Large poster produced for the August 19, 1934, referendum to approve Hitler as Führer, the consolidation of President and Chancellor. The poster has a photograph of Hitler in uniform superimposed over a large crowd of people giving the Heil Hitler salute. It was acquired by 17 year old William A. Nelson, an American tourist traveling in Germany that month. Hitler assumed the role of Fuhrer on August 4, two days after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. The vote was held to legitimize the position and solidify his dictatorial authority. Ninety percent of the population voted in favor...