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Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Larry Gladstone papers

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    This collection largely consists of correspondence between members of the Glattstein family and members of the Blaugrund family, who had immigrated to Mexico and then to the United States prior to the war. The wartime correspondence includes postcards from Julius and Edith Glattstein to Ladislav prior to their deportation to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944, and post-war correspondence from Ladislav and Edith Glattstein immediately post-war to their relatives discussing their wartime experiences. The collection also includes immigration documents related to the Blaugrunds and the surviving m...

  2. Ruth Miller papers

    1. Ruth Kittel Miller family collection

    The Ruth Miller papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting the Kittel family from Berlin, Josef Kittel’s Catholic ancestry, wartime persecutions, and the Kittels’ immigration to the United States. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; school records; military papers; medical records; identification papers; ration coupons; employment records; immigration and travel papers; certificates of naturalization and social security cards for Josef, Marie, and Ruth Kittel. This series also includes Ruth’s r...

  3. Woman Interned in Gurs Watercolor of a gaunt, sickly woman in Gurs created by a German inmate

    1. Gert Wollheim collection

    Watercolor portrait of an emaciated and ill woman with reddened eyes in front of a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and southern France, where ...

  4. Barracks Interior Pencil drawing of people crowded inside a barrack in Gurs created by a German inmate

    1. Gert Wollheim collection

    Pencil drawing of several figures living in a cramped Gurs barrack drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. It shows raggedy clothing hanging from the rafters, with people and beds inches apart, portraying the lack of privacy and squalor. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered t...

  5. Woman Behind Barbed Wire Portrait of an old woman walking behind barbed wire drawn in Gurs by a German inmate

    1. Gert Wollheim collection

    Pencil drawing of a stooped woman walking in mud behind a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. Wollheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France was invaded by Germany in May 1940 and surrendered in June. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and a collaborationist French government was set up in Vichy. Wollheim's work was in the Nazi Degenerate Art exhibit and he was active in leftist, radical politics. Gurs at first interned political prisoners, and then Jews. Wo...

  6. Landscape of Barracks Birds-eye view of the overcrowded Gurs barracks drawn by a German inmate

    1. Gert Wollheim collection

    Pencil drawing of seemingly endless rows of densely packed Gurs barracks drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. There were tall structures, such as a water tower, that could provide this overhead view. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern Fr...

  7. US Army 4th Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch worn by medic, 20th Corps

    1. John J. Truty collection

    US Army 4 Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch worn by John J. Truty, a medic and Surgical Technician in the 20th Corps (Ghost Corps), Third Army, from April 1941-September 1945. John, 24, landed in Normandy around June 24, 1944, twenty days after D-Day. He cared for troops from many divisions behind the front lines as they fought across France and into Germany, then Austria. On April 11th, 1945, units of the Third Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. John and his captain visited the camp a few days later to witness the horrific conditions. He took photograph...

  8. US Army 4th Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch worn by medic, 20th Corps

    1. John J. Truty collection

    US Army 4 Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch worn by John J. Truty, a medic and Surgical Technician in the 20th Corps (Ghost Corps), Third Army, from April 1941-September 1945. John, 24, landed in Normandy around June 24, 1944, twenty days after D-Day. He cared for troops from many divisions behind the front lines as they fought across France and into Germany, then Austria. On April 11th, 1945, units of the Third Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. John and his captain visited the camp a few days later to witness the horrific conditions. He took photograph...

  9. US Army Technician 4th class shoulder sleeve insignia worn by medic, 20th Corps

    1. John J. Truty collection

    US Army Technician 4th class shoulder sleeve insignia worn by John J. Truty, a medic and Surgical Technician in the 20th Corps (Ghost Corps), Third Army, from April 1941-September 1945. John, 24, landed in Normandy around June 24, 1944, twenty days after D-Day. He cared for troops from many divisions behind the front lines as they fought across France and into Germany, the Austria. On April 11th, 1945, units of the Third Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. John and his captain visited the camp a few days later to witness the horrific conditions. He took photog...

  10. US Army Technician 5th class shoulder sleeve insignia worn by medic, 20th Corps

    1. John J. Truty collection

    US Army Technician 5th class shoulder sleeve insignia worn by John J. Truty, a medic and Surgical Technician in the 20th Corps (Ghost Corps), Third Army, from April 1941-September 1945. John, 24, landed in Normandy around June 24, 1944, twenty days after D-Day. He cared for troops from many divisions behind the front lines as they fought across France and into Germany, then Austria. On April 11th, 1945, units of the Third Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. John and his captain visited the camp a few days later to witness the horrific conditions. He took photo...

  11. US Army Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch worn by medic, 20th Corps

    1. John J. Truty collection

    US Army Armored Division shoulder sleeve patch worn by John J. Truty, a medic and Surgical Technician in the 20th Corps (Ghost Corps), Third Army, from April 1941-September 1945. John, 24, landed in Normandy around June 24, 1944, twenty days after D-Day. He cared for troops from many divisions behind the front lines as they fought across France and into Germany, then Austria. On April 11th, 1945, units of the Third Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. John and his captain visited the camp a few days later to witness the horrific conditions. He took photographs ...

  12. US Army 20th Corps shoulder sleeve insignia worn by unit medic

    1. John J. Truty collection

    US Army 20th Corps shoulder sleeve insignia issued to John J. Truty, a medic and Surgical Technician in the 20th Corps (Ghost Corps), Third Army, from April 1941-September 1945. John, 24, landed in Normandy around June 24, 1944, twenty days after D-Day. He cared for troops from many divisions behind the front lines as they fought across France and into Germany, then Austria. On April 11th, 1945, units of the Third Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. John and his captain visited the camp a few days later to witness the horrific conditions. He took photographs o...

  13. Berg and Hermanns families papers

    1. Berg and Hermanns families collection

    The Berg and Hermanns families papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Berg family and their escape to Kenya and the Hermanns family and Julius Hermanns’ journey aboard the MS St. Louis, return to Europe, and internment. The Berg family papers consist primarily of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Berg family from Germany and their escape to Kenya. Biographical materials include birth certificates, a military passbook, a marriage certificate, two family registers, certificates of good conduct, a letter o...

  14. Drawing by Esther Lurie of a panoramic view of daily life in the Kovno ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Ink drawing of Kovno Ghetto created by Esther Lurie in the 1960s, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1943 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts the Elders Committee meeting place and the large blocks. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine ...

  15. Esther Lurie sketch of people entering the main gate to the Kovno Ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Sketch of an entrance to the Kovno Ghetto drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1943, while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts the main gate to the Ghetto with the Slobodka Bridge in the distance. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, ...

  16. Ghetto panorama and two buldings drawn by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Ink drawing of Kovno Ghetto created by Esther Lurie in the 1960s, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1943 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts the Elders Committee meeting place and the large blocks. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine ...

  17. Drawing by Esther Lurie of the Yad Vashem Memorial Shrine

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Image of the Yad Vashem Memorial Shrine and surrounding hills drawn by Esther Lurie in Jerusalem in 1963. Lurie was a professional artist whose drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, and her later reconstructions, of life as a prisoner in Kovno Ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, present eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno in summer 1941 when it was occupied by Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create por...

  18. Etching by Esther Lurie of a group lined up for expulsion to the camps

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Sketch drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1942 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts a ghetto street lined with buildings near a row of trees on a hillside with a building in the distance. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, se...

  19. Drawing by Esther Lurie of the Vilijampole neighborhood in Kovno Ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Drawing of deserted streets with barracks and small buildings in the Vilijampole blocks of Kovno Ghetto drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1943, while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while interned in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine ...

  20. Drawing by Esther Lurie of the path behind the ghetto leading to the Ninth Fort

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Sketch of the hills behind the Kovno Ghetto leading to the Ninth Fort drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1943, while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. The Germans used the Ninth Fort as a prison and site for the torture and mass executions of 25,000 Jews from Kovno. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while interned in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Est...