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  1. Records from the Archives of the Jewish Community of Iannina, Greece

    Records of the Jewish Community of Ioannina (1947-2014), one of the oldest Jewish communities in Greece, whose members are predominantly Romaniot Jews. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files of the Community Council as well as documentation related to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust. Among the records are the minutes of the Community Council’s meetings; notes, memoranda, reports, correspondence with other Greek Jewish Communities, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, institutions inside and outside the country; financial documents: l...

  2. Otto Papernik family papers

    Papers of Otto and Irene Papernik, including birth certificates, travel documents, immigration forms, and an unpublished memoir of Otto Papernik, describing his experiences after the annexation of Austria by Germany, his escape to Luxembourg, and after 1940, to southern France, and eventually the Dominican Republic. Collection also contains documents related to Papernik's mother, Karoline, including travel documents and her death certificate, showing that she died at Gurs in 1940.

  3. Hermann family correspondence

    The Hermann family correspondence consists of letters and postcards written by Sophie, Julius, and Gerda Hermann in Munich and Brussels, Paul and Ruth Bohrmann in New York, and Elise Bickart in Munich and shared with Kurt and Gertrude Hermann in Cuba and Florida. The correspondence relates news about the Hermann, Bickart, and Bohrmann families and their relatives and friends, condolences on Julius’ death, and efforts to bring Hermann and Bickart relatives to America.

  4. Personal papers of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth Nachlass Elsa Lüthi-Ruth

    Contains personal papers and photographs of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth, a nurse for the Swiss Red Cross and in various internment camps in France during World War II. Papers consist of biographical materials and documentation on the Elsa Lüthi-Ruth activities. The main part of the collection consists of six personal albums that document her youth and studies, as well as her work during the war.

  5. Legacy of Gershon Dua-Bogen Spuścizna Gerszona Dua-Bogena (Sygn. 329)

    The collection contains the papers of Gershon Dua-Bogen (1892-1948), an eminent activist of the socialist and communist parties. The papers includes personal documents from Gershon Dua-Bogen and his son, Jerzy Bogen, correspondence, notes, fragment of memoirs, press-cuttings, invitations, photographs, an index of the Dua-Bogen’s works, a resume, a collection of Jewish songs: Mir zingen. Lider zamlung, and miscellaneous.

  6. Selected records of the Unitarian Service Committee and the Universalist Service Committee

    Contains selected records of the Unitarian Service Committee and Universalist Service Committee relating to relief efforts and assistance to Jewish and non-Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution before, during and after World War II in a number of countries throughout the world, including France, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, England, Switzerland, and Portugal. The collection includes mainly correspondence, reports, case files, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia, posters, and clippings related to the humanitarian work of the Unitarian and Universalist Service Committees, ...

  7. Representation of Polish Jewry, Tel Aviv Reprezentacja Żydowstwa Polskiego, Tel Aviv (J25)

    This collection includes lists of Polish refugees in the Soviet Union; testimonies of survivors about the destruction of the Jewish communities in Poland; correspondence with the Polish Provisional Government regarding the actions and attitudes regarding Polish Jews in the present and future.

  8. Legation of the Republic of Poland In Madrid Poselstwo Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Madrycie (A. 45)

    Contains documents of the concentration camp Miranda del Ebro, Spain including arrests and internment records of Polish and Jewish people, 1940-1943.

  10. Henry Wasmer papers Nachlass Henry Wasmer (1901-1992)

    Contains records of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Includes reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, speeches and various articles relating to the mission of the “division de secours;” aid to POWs during World War II, POW camps in Germany, and correspondence with Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Roger Gallopin, Max Huber, Albert Lombard, Robert Macduff, Heinrich Zangger, and others. The collection contains also biographical files, personal papers, autobiographical summaries, visual material of the ICRC, and Second World War artifacts. Includes a rare map printed on silk. This ...

  11. Bernard Rolland de Miota collection

    Consists of copies of official documents, identity cards, telegrams, transcripts, and notes submitted to Yad Vashem by Alain de Toledo as supporting documentation for the case that Spanish Consul in Paris Bernard Rolland de Miota be considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jews. Includes part of a masters thesis by Pascale Blin, in which she interviewed those saved by de Miota, and documents from various Spanish archives about his activities.

  12. Salomon Berenholc papers

    The Salomon Berenholc papers concern Salomon Berenholc, a young French Jew who was arrested with his family after fleeing France and illegally crossing the border into Spain in 1942. After a brief internment in a Spanish prison, the family was released and ultimately immigrated to the United States in 1943 by way of Lisbon, Portugal. These papers are comprised of a diary Salomon kept during his efforts to flee France between 1942 and 1943 and documents from the post-war era regarding his and his brother, Victor’s education. The diary details their journey and the conditions of Salomon's cel...

  13. Robert Cowley collection

    Consists of photographs taken by Robert L. Cowley while he was a member of the 861st Field Artillery Battalion as part of the United States military. Includes photographs of wartime France and Spain, photographs of the discovery and reburial of about 800 victims of a mass atrocity, and photographs of Russian forced laborers. Some of the photographs are annotated.

  14. "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis"

    Consists of one manuscript, 104 pages, entitled "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis," with a copy in French, by Giacomo Nunez, originally of Tunis. In the manuscript, Mr. Nunez describes the history of the Jewish community in Italy, Spain, and Tunis throughout history, focusing specifically on the experiences of the Nunez family. He also describes his own childhood in Tunis and memories of World War II as a Jewish boy in North Africa, including his memories of bombings and forced labor.

  15. "The Story of my Life"

    Consists of one memoir, 28 pages, entitled "The Story of my Life" by Berta Rosenblatt Berlin, originally of a small town near Buczacz, Poland. In the memoir, written in July 1974, Mrs. Berlin describes the family's move to Vienna during World War I, her marriage to Hersh Berlin, and the anti-Jewish persecution in Vienna after the Anschluss. After Kristallnacht, the Berlin family was able to reunite in Belgium, as Mr. Berlin, then their son Kurt, and finally Berta Berlin, were able to escape Vienna. The family immigrated to the United States through France, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 and 19...

  16. Polish Embassy in London Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Londynie (A.12)

    Contains selected records of the Polish Embassy of the Polish government-in-exile in London relating to political relations with European countries, aid for the Warsaw ghetto uprising, deportation of Jews from the territories annexed by Germany, evacuation of Poles and Jews from the USSR, international aid for Polish civilians, situation in Poland under Soviet and German occupation, Polish prisoners of war, desertion of Jews from the Polish Army, 1944-1945, contacts with Jewish organizations in England, as well as other Jewish affairs. Documentation comprises correspondence, reports and spe...

  17. Tola Ratz collection

    Contains letters written by Dr. Ignacy Izak Trocki (donor’s paternal uncle) in France to his cousin Renee Leszczynska in New York, dated May 1939-June 1941. Also includes photographs of the Trocki family in Zgierz, Poland and Benjamin Trocki with his cousin Renia in Nice in 1948. Dr. Trocki was born in Zgierz, Poland. He joined the Republican forces in Spain during the Civil War and in 1939 was imprisoned in Gurs internment camp. His wife Stefa and daughter Carmen lived in Paris and later the family lived in Narbonne. Dr. Trocki tried to leave France, without success. His brother Benjamin T...

  18. Franco with de Arrese at El Escorial

    Ufa logo onscreen. Francisco Franco visits the royal palace at El Escorial. General Franco is met by Minister of Party Juan Luis de Arrese. Franco arrives at El Escorial and greets the troops and officials there to meet him. Wide shot of a large contingent accompanying Franco across a courtyard. Franco greets a bishop. Shots of the interior of a tomb, followed by some still photos of the tomb. With Franco, although hard to distinguish, are Minister of Party Juan Luis de Arrese and Minister of Foreign Affairs General Count Jordana. Arrese was an admirer of Hitler and German fascism. Franco a...

  19. Fascist volunteers from various countries; Invasion of USSR

    Volunteers in various countries. Danish volunteers for "Germany's fight against Bolshevism" enter a building with a sign that reads "Arbejdsfronten DNS." Norwegian men sign up for military service. Men in black uniforms march down the street in the Netherlands. Rowdy volunteers saluting and carrying anti-Bolshevik banners march down a street in Spain. Members of the Blue Division from Spain depart the Bordeaux train station for the front. They lean out the windows and wave. Mussolini bids farewell to Italian volunteers in Verona. The volunteers parade down the street in motorcycles and othe...

  20. Volunteers from various countries

    Danish, Spanish, and Italian volunteers leave their countries for Germany to join the "fight against Bolshevism." In Denmark the youths parade through the street while being saluted by onlookers. They carry a Danish flag and a woman in uniform hands out flowers. CU on a poster reading "Germanerne". A train full of volunteers leaves the station. Good shots of crowds of people giving Hitler salute. In Spain, a train crowded with volunteers leaves a station. A huge crowd watches the train go. The narrator notes that most of these volunteers, now member of the Blue Division, are veterans of the...