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Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Deligdisch family collection

    Consists of six photographs of the Deligdisch family, originally of Cernauti, Romania (present day Chernivtsi, Ukraine). Includes a photograph of Siegfried Deligdisch in a Romanian reserve military uniform; photographs of his son, Otto Deligdisch, as a young teenager; and post-war photographs of Greta Deligdisch Beer with her husband, Simon Beer, in Italy. Also includes a letter, three pages, dated May 2, 2013, from Stuart Eizenstat to Greta Beer, expressing his deep appreciation for the pivotal role she played in alerting the United States government to the issue of Jewish-owned Swiss bank...

  2. Laura Sternberger and Adolf Preizler papers

    1. Laura Sternberger and Adolf Preizler collection

    The Laura Sternberger and Albert Preizler papers include biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Sternberger family from Kostrina, Czechoslovakia, their Steinberg relatives who had immigrated to the United States, the Preizler family from Sighetu Marmației, Romania, and their Einhorn relatives who had moved to England and the United States. Biographical materials include Izak Steinberg’s Czechoslovak military booklet, transatlantic ticket, and United States immigrant identification card, and Laura Sternberger’s Brit Chalutzim Datiim membership card, notebook ...

  3. Silver dinner spoon smuggled into France by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ludwig Wertheim collection

    Silver spoon smuggled by Ludwig Wertheim out of Nazi Germany and into France in the 1930s. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 24 year old Ludwig was in France on business for the family wine import firm. They were observant Jews and it was decided that Ludwig should remain in France. He made a few trips home to Wurzberg during which he retrieved many family valuables. He last saw his parents in April 1936. His German passport was revoked, but he was issued refugee papers by the French government. After the German invasion of France in May 1940, Ludwig joined the French Foreig...

  4. Silver dinner fork smuggled into France by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ludwig Wertheim collection

    Silver fork smuggled by Ludwig Wertheim out of Nazi Germany and into France in the 1930s. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 24 year old Ludwig was in France on business for the family wine import firm. They were observant Jews and it was decided that Ludwig should remain in France. He made a few trips home to Wurzburg during which he retrieved many family valuables. He last saw his parents in April 1936. His German passport was revoked, but he was issued refugee papers by the French government. After the German invasion of France in May 1940, Ludwig joined the French Foreign...

  5. Blumenthal family papers

    The Blumenthal family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration papers, and photographs documenting the Blumenthal family from Hüttengesäß; Albert, Alice, and Ellen Blumenthal’s immigration to the United States before World War II; and Bernhard Blumenthal’s deportation to Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. Biographical materials include Albert Blumenthal’s identification papers and World War I military papers; Alice and Ellen Blumenthal’s immunization records; tracing documents attesting to Bernhard Blumenthal’s imprisonment and deportation; a co...

  6. Striped wool blanket used by Raya Markon during “L’exode” (The Exodus) in France

    1. Alain Markon and Raya Magid Markon family collection

    Striped, Moroccan wool blanket used by Raya Markon, during her escape from Paris to the south of France in June 1940, on what became known as "L'exode" (Exodus). Raya used the blanket to cover the broken and exposed springs in the car seat while she traveled. Raya and Alexander were immigrants from Vilna, Poland, who had married in Paris in 1937. When Germany invaded France in May 1940, Raya fled Paris for Toulouse. She was joined by Alexander after his discharge from the French Army following the June surrender of France. The couple applied for US visas and, while they were waiting to rece...

  7. Toddler's red leather shoe worn by Alain Markon in Vichy France

    1. Alain Markon and Raya Magid Markon family collection

    Red leather shoe worn by toddler Alain Markon while living under the Vichy regime in France with his parents, Alexander and Raya, in 1941 and 1942. Alain's parents were immigrants from Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), who had married in Paris in 1937. When Germany invaded France in May 1940, his mother fled Paris for Toulouse. She was joined by his father after his discharge from the French Army following the June surrender of France. The couple applied for US visas. and, while they were waiting to receive them, Alain was born in June 1941. They received their visas in 1942, and made...

  8. Toddler's white knit undershirt worn by Alain Markon in Vichy France

    1. Alain Markon and Raya Magid Markon family collection

    White, knit, sleeveless undershirt worn by toddler Alain Markon while living under the Vichy regime in France with his parents, Alexander and Raya, in 1941 and 1942. Alain's parents were immigrants from Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), who had married in Paris in 1937. When Germany invaded France in May 1940, his mother fled Paris for Toulouse. She was joined by his father after his discharge from the French Army following the June surrender of France. The couple applied for US visas. and, while they were waiting to receive them, Alain was born in June 1941. They received their visas...

  9. Toddler's red and blue striped rompers worn by Alain Markon in Vichy France

    1. Alain Markon and Raya Magid Markon family collection

    Red and blue striped rompers worn by toddler Alain Markon while living under the Vichy regime in France with his parents, Alexander and Raya, in 1941 and 1942. Alain's parents were immigrants from Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), who had married in Paris in 1937. When Germany invaded France in May 1940, his mother fled Paris for Toulouse. She was joined by his father after his discharge from the French Army following the June surrender of France. The couple applied for US visas. and, while they were waiting to receive them, Alain was born in June 1941. They received their visas in 19...

  10. Varian Fry letter to Jean Gemähling

    Jean Gemähling (1912-2003) was a French Catholic educated at an English boarding school and worked as one of Varian Fry's assistants in Marseilles. In his January 9, 1945 letter to Gemähling, Fry asks for news of Gemähling’s survival and arrests in Vichy France and describes his 1945 memoir Surrender on Demand, his work at the New Republic and establishing the American Labor Conference on International Affairs, and his personal life as well as those of common friends and acquaintances. Among others, he mentions Jay Allen, Heinz Behrendt, Daniel Benedite, Georg Bernhardt, Victor Brauner, And...

  11. Morgenthau family vacations in Mexico, the Alps, and Israel and at leisure at their farm in New York

    Various exterior shots in color: boat on an ocean, apple orchard on the Morgenthau farm at springtime, the pump house, trees and rivers in a forest and the flowers in front of one of the Morgenthau homes. Elinor in a car. 00:48:39 Bullfight in Mexico, around 1946. Scenes in Mexico, where Henry Jr. brought Henry III on vacation following his release from the Army. Henry Jr. and Henry III ride horses. 00:49:44 In 1938, the family vacations at a seaside resort in Cap D'Antibes on the French Riviera, then in the Alps in southern France. Villa with paintings in Switzerland. 00:51:35 Henry Jr. so...

  12. George Schwab photograph collection

    The George Schwab photograph collection consists of twenty photographs relating to the experiences of George Schwab during the Holocaust. Seventeen photographs are images from Blankensee displaced persons camp near Hamburg, Germany; images on board the "Marine Perch" to the United States; and images from Bremen and Berlin, Germany. Three photographs depict images from Rīga, Latvia.

  13. Meyer family fonds

    Fonds consists of records pertaining to the life, military service and work of members of the Meyer family in Germany before 1939, records related to their attempts to leave Germany and personal objects owned by Paul Meyer in Vancouver. Records include identity and transit documents, records related to taxes and fines, diaries, photographs, publications and correspondence. The fonds has been arranged by the archivist into the following five series:Family records series (1875–1939), Correspondence series (1938–1939), Writings, publications and ephemera series (1915–1976), Photographs series ...

  14. Fogel, Mermelstein, and Klarman families photograph collection

    The collection consists of six photographs of the Fogel family, the Mermelstein family, and the Klarman family and their life in Botragy, Batyu (Vuzlove, Ukraine), and Szuszko, Czechoslovakia before the Holocaust. The photographs picture both Holocaust victims and survivors. There is also a photograph taken of sisters Irene and Serena Fogel upon their arrival in New York in 1947.

  15. Stefan and Frederike Deutsch family papers

    1. Stefan and Frederike Deutsch family collection

    The Stefan and Frederike Deutsch family papers contain a detailed account of one family’s emigration attempts from Nazi Germany to refuge abroad. The collection includes citizenship, naturalization, and immigration papers, as well as passports (Reisepass) for Stefan and Frederike Deutsch used during their 1939 emigration from Breslau to Bolivia, and after the war, to the United States. The collection also contains a passport and military deferment papers for Salo Hahn, the father of Frederike Deutsch, from the late 19th century, and a passport (Reisepass) for Robert Buch, the father of Stef...

  16. Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt papers

    The Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt papers include biographical material, immigration material, correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to the life of Leonore and her husband, Ernst Goldschmidt, in Berlin, Germany and Folkestone, England before and during WWII, as well as Leonore’s professional career as an educator. The collection also includes documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the establishment, development, and operations of the Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt Schule, a private Jewish school originally located in Berlin, Germany. Biographical materials include a birt...

  17. US Army Bronze Star ribbon bar pin awarded to a Jewish soldier

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Bronze Star awarded to J. George Mitnick by the United States Army after World War II. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945; nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops. This was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops and descriptions of the conditions horrified the world. Mitnick’s unit continued on into Austria and...

  18. US Army Bronze Star ribbon awarded to Captain J.G. Mitnick

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Bronze star ribbon awarded to George Mitnick by the United States Army for his service in World War II. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945; nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops. This was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops and descriptions of the conditions horrified the world. Mitnick’s unit continued on...

  19. US Army Bronze Star ribbon awarded to Captain J.G. Mitnick

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Bronze star ribbon awarded to George Mitnick by the United States Army for his service in World War II. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945; nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops. This was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops and descriptions of the conditions horrified the world. Mitnick’s unit continued on...

  20. US Army, 45th Infantry Division, Class A Thunderbird patch issued to a Jewish soldier

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Red patch with an embroidered yellow Thunderbird issued to J. George Mitnick when he served in the 45th Infantry, US Army, during WWII. The Thunderbird division adopted this Native American symbol in 1939 to replace the previous symbol. a swastika. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945; nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops....