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  1. Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    The Record Group includes correspondence with relief and welfare organizations in Britain and Germany during the Nazi period and after the war, reports regarding the activities of these organizations and reports from visits of Jewish leaders in Germany after the war, including much information concerning the situation of the Jews living in various places in the country.

  2. Rabbi Judah Nadich papers

    1. Rabbi Judah Nadich collection

    The Rabbi Judah Nadich papers consist of material related to Rabbi Nadich’s work as a Jewish chaplain in the United States Army from 1942-1945, and his work as the Senior Jewish Chaplain at SHAEF from 1945-1946 reporting to General Dwight D. Eisenhower on the conditions in former concentration camps and in displaced persons camps. Includes Rabbi Nadich’s wartime and post-war diaries and planners; publications given to Jewish soldiers; correspondence; statistical charts relating to Jewish displaced persons in postwar Germany and Austria; and information regarding Rabbi Nadich’s post-war work...

  3. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with prominent people and various relief organizations regarding assistance to refugees and appropriate representation of Agudat Israel in refugee organizations, 1940-1944

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with prominent people and various relief organizations regarding assistance to refugees and appropriate representation of Agudat Israel in refugee organizations, 1940-1944 Also in the file: Lists of names of refugees some of whom are in camps and some of whom have emigrated including the country to which they emigrated.

  4. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural pro

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural property belonging to the communities, 1947-1950 Also in the file: - Letters from 10, 16, 26 and 29 October 1948 pertaining to Dr. Baeck's visit to Germany; - Report regarding Berlin, 10 February 1949; - Letter from A. Scheyer regarding Jewish refugees from Germany who returned to Berlin from the Soviet Union, 05 March 1947; - Letter from Ms. ...

  5. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with various relief organizations in England regarding assistance to refugees and displaced persons in camps in Germany, 1945

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with various relief organizations in England regarding assistance to refugees and displaced persons in camps in Germany, 1945 Also in the file: - Reports regarding Agudat Israel activities; - Reports regarding the situation in various communities in Germany, including Assen, Duesseldorf, Berlin and Cologne.

  6. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports from Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings regarding assistance to Jewish communities in Germany and to Jews in the DP camps, including reports regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in various countries,

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports from Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings regarding assistance to Jewish communities in Germany and to Jews in the DP camps, including reports regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in various countries, 1947-1950 Also in the file: - Statistical report regarding the Jewish population in the American Occupied Zone in Germany,as of 28 February 1947.

  7. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria Also in the file: - Reports regarding Committee activities in the Netherlands; - Various surveys regarding the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; - Survey prepared by Jane Leverson regarding Jews in Belgium; - Survey regarding Morris Feinmann, of Blessed Memory, a Committee activist; - Reports regarding the condition of the Jews in Italy, Austria and Greece; - Excerpts from a report sent by Earl Harrison, the US representati...

  8. Rachel A. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Rachel A., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1921. She recalls celebrating Easter and Christmas; moving to Kiel in 1926; antisemitic abuse in school; moving to Frankfurt in 1931; Nazi demonstrations; leaving school in March 1933; her parents changing her name to the more "Aryan"-sounding "Dora"; traveling to Switzerland in April 1933; moving to Manchester; assistance from the Jewish community, her first contact with other Jews; attending nursing school in London in 1938; the school's evacuation to Wales in September 1940; and emigration to the United States in 1940. ...

  9. Raeder Erich

    • Raeder, Erich
    • Raeder, Erich, 1876-1960
    • Raeder, E. (Erich), 1876-1960
    • Raeder, Erich.
    • Raeder, E.
    • ...

    24/04/1876

    06/11/1960

    Grand Admiral in the German Navy until retirement in 1941

  10. Randolph J. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Randolph J., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1913. He recalls his family's affluence; strong patriotism and food shortages during World War I; being taught Germany had won; his bar mitzvah; attending public school and gymnasium; cordial relations with non-Jews; gradual impoverishment as antisemitism increased in the 1930s; one sister's emigration to the United States; meeting his future wife; attending university in 1931; violent harassment; believing Hitler was a temporary phenomenon; traveling to Zurich in 1933 to continue his education, then to Paris via Geneva,...

  11. Realistic drawing of a wooden barn by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn517910
    • English
    • 1920-1939
    • a: Height: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) b: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm)

    Sketch of a wooden building 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 feelings ...

  12. Rebeka Rosenberg collection

    This is a supplement to the collective history of the Blanknstein family compiled by Sisa Svidovsky. It comprises printed translations of letters and postcards received by Rebeka (Rita) Rosenberg née Blankstein from her relatives and friends between 1939 and 1942. The letters describe family life in occupied Poland, neutral Switzerland, Great Britain at war, USA and Palestine.

  14. Reconciliation: displaced persons and emigration

    Contains selected files from the War Office, Foreign Office, and Home Office relating to Jewish immigration to Palestine, displaced persons, including administration and policy records, reports on movements of DPs, nominal rolls and statistics, as well as the post war situation in Europe and restitution.

  15. Records of Ignacy Schwarzbart Akta Ignacego Szwarzbarta (Sygn. 543)

    The collection contains correspondence, notes, press clippings, articles, regulations, speeches, reports, and correspondence. Materials relate to the following subjects: Aid rendered by Schwarzbart to the Jewish emigrants and war refugees from Poland; Jewish emigration, editing of the Jewish newspaper “The Future” in France in 1940 and newspapers in other countries; and Schwartzbart’s activity in the National Council of the Republic of Poland in France during 1939-1940.

  16. Records of the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain: Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens (FCRA)

    The collection contains minutes of the Germany Emergency Committee, which was later renamed the Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens (FCRA). Records relate to the situation of Jews in Germany, support for refugees, internment, political prisoners, and visits to concentration camps. The collection also includes the pamphlet “An Account of the Work of the Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens, first known as the Germany Emergency Committee of the Society of Friends 1933-1950,” by Lawrence Dalton, issued in 1954, as well as various other pamphlets relating to the work of the Committee...

  17. Records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) (previously the Academic Assistance Council (AAC))

    Contains records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) relating to assistance to academics fleeing the Fascist regimes in Europe between 1933-1955. Contains also administrative and financial files, reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence with international and local refugee organizations, records assisting interned refugees, as well as a sample of personal files of scholars assisted by the Society. Includes name lists of scholars in various disciplines from many European countries.

  18. Rectory house in Bodenheim Drawing of a rectory in Bodenheim, Germany by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    Ink drawing of a rectory in Bodenheim, Germany 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 Eng...

  19. Red and black plastic cigarette holder used by a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Frank Meissner family collection

    Cigarette holder used by Franz Meissner. Frank, age 16, left Czechoslovakia in October 1939 because of the increasing Nazi persecution of Jews as Czechoslovakia was dismembered by Nazi Germany and its allies. With the encouragement of his family, he left for Denmark with members of Youth Aliyah, a organization that helped people to emigrate to Palestine. In 1943, the Germans began to deport all Jews from Denmark. Frank was warned that the Gestapo was looking for him and he was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden. He had been receiving weekly letters from his family, even after their deport...

  20. Red checked dress with smocking made for a young Jewish girl who escaped Germany on the Kindertransport

    Red checked dress with smocking made for Esther Rosenfeld by her maternal aunt Friederika Lemberger in Aachen, Germany. Esther, age 2, was sent on a June 1939 Kindertransport [Children's Transport] from Germany to Great Britain. Her older sisters, Bertl, Edith, and Ruth, had gone in March. See 2012.451 for two pairs of boots also brought on her journey. Esther was placed with Dorothy and Harry Harrison and their son Alan in Norwich. Hitler's assumption of power in 1933 resulted in increasingly harsh persecution of the Jewish populace in Germany. Esther's extended family got affidavits of su...