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  1. "Against the Odds"

    Consists of one memoir, 79 pages, entitled "Against the Odds," written in 1998 by Greta Grossman Lake, originally of Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Czechoslovakia. She describes her childhood in Mikulov, her family life, her memories of World War I, and her marriage in 1932 to George Lakenbacher. Despite difficulty, the couple, who were converted Catholics, along with Greta's brother Joe and his family, were able to immigrate to France in 1938. In 1942, after the first waves of arrests in the Langeac area, George escaped to Spain, but was arrested across the border and interned at the Miranda del Eb...

  2. "An unpublished chapter in the history of the deportation of foreign Jews from France in 1942"

    Consists of a copy of "An unpublished chapter in the history of the deportation of foreign Jews from France in 1942" written by Roswell McClelland, a representative of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), in 1942 or 1943. The "Unpublished chapter..." is McClelland's personal account of the round-up of foreign Jews in France during 1942 under the direction of the Germans, including a deportation from the Les Milles camp in August 1942. Included in the piece are descriptions of various French concentration camps, the treatment of Jewish children, the division of age groups for depor...

  3. "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945"

    Consists of one manuscript, 56 pages, entitled "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945" by Philip Zion. The Jablonkas were Polish Jews who immigrated to France in 1929. In 1941, Boruch Jablonka was imprisoned in Pithiviers and was eventually deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Helen, and children, Paulette, Rachel, and Raymond, were eventually able to escape into Spain and subsequently to the United States; Paulette and Raymond in 1943 and Helen and Rachel in 1945. Includes copies of photographs and documents. Also includes one DVD-ROM oral history interview with Helen Jablonka,...

  4. "Memoirs of Violet Dattner"

    Consists of a transcript of the dictated memoir of Violet Dattner, originally of Transylvania. She studied in Paris in the 1930s and met and married her husband, Willy, in Belgium in 1938. They lived in Antwerp until May 1940 when they escaped into France. They were temporarily arrested in 1940, attempted to escape through Spain, but were turned back to Belgium. In 1940, they were able to escape to Havana, Cuba. She also describes her experiences trying to help other family emigrate and in the post-war years, to obtain restitution and information regarding family who perished, as well as he...

  5. "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.

  6. "Sunday's Child"

    Contains a manuscript entitled "Sunday's Child," by Lili R. Andrieux.

  7. "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...

  8. "Urlisten": Ursprüngliche Effektenverzeichnisse von Häftlingen des Konzentrationslagers Neuengamme

    1. Verwaltungsamt für innere Restitutionen, Stadthagen
    2. Bestandsaufnahme von Effekten von Verfolgten des NS-Regimes

    Enthält: Schleswig-Holstein, Land: Other valuable articles identifiable, non-monetary gold-articles unidentifiable, non-monetary gold-articles identifiable, List of entvelopes and contents found at Neuengamme Camp but not included in lists compiled by Land Schleswig-Holstein, Inventory of articles received from Neuengamme Concentration Camp and not listed by Land Schleswig-Holstein - France, Poland, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Esthonia, Chzechoslowacia, Yugoslavia, Serbien, Kroatien, Germany, Spain, Greece, Norway, America, Brazil, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Ukraine, Rumania; List of ...

  9. 1st Anniversary commemorative pin for the victims of Theresienstadt acquired by a Czech Jewish survivor

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    First anniversary commemorative pin for the May 12, 1945, liberation of Theresienstadt concentration camp acquired by Frank Meissner, whose family had been imprisoned in the ghetto/labor camp in Czechoslovakia. On September 16, 1945, there was a public ceremonial burial for 601 victims exhumed from six mass grave sites uncovered at the Small Fortress. From 1940-1945, the Small Fortress served as the prison at the Terezin camp. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend ...

  10. 5 Pesetas scrip

    1. Sue Elder collection

    Five pesatas scrip issued in 1945 in Spain by the Banco de Espana, part of a collection documenting the experiences of Sue Elder who worked as a translator at the Nuremberg trials from 1946-1948.

  11. [Communist Pamphlets, Germany 1927-1934]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains four leaflets released between 1927 and 1934 in Germany by various Communist and social democratic groups and parties. The typewritten leaflet by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)/Young Communist League of Germany (Kommunistischer Jugendverband Deutschlands, KJVD) in 1934 calls its readers to boycott the fundraising activities organized by the Nazi government within the framework of the “Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes” (Winter Relief of the German People). The second leaflet is undated and was created by the “Allgemeine Arbeiter-Union/Freie Arbeiter-Union (Syndika...

  12. [Correspondence between Nazi-German offices and foreign manufacturers]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains correspondences of Nazi organizations, like the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Reichsleitung Auslands-Organisation and the Aussenhandelsamt, with sympathizers and employers in Spain and Portugal. For example letters with the OSRAM-Direction in Madrid are attached. The Fábrica de Osram (official name: Fábrica de lámparas eléctricas de la DGA de Berlín) is a factory building located on the Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza in Madrid. The Stammwerk (main factory) was in Berlin. Incandescent lamps with a filament made of tungsten have been produced there since ...

  13. [Fragebogen zu einem Erlass der Presseabteilung und der Abt. VI an die deutschen Auslandsvetretungen und Generalkonsulate.]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report of the German Embassy of Spain to the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin dated 30.05.1933 regarding anti –German agitation and propaganda in Spain. Anti-German agitation can only be found in the Spanish press, there is no considerable counter-propaganda in film, literature, theater and public speeches. The Madrid leftist press agitates sharply against Germany, the Madrid rightist press upkeeps their very friendly opinion towards Germany. France is unfolding a very strong political and cultural propaganda and the French Embassy is influencing the Spanish Press again...

  14. [Letter about rising antisemitism in Spain addressed to Doctor Weil]

    1. Bern Trial, Bern, Switzerland, 1934-1935

    This file contains a letter by an unknown author addressed to Doctor Weil written in 1935 about the rising antisemitism in Spain.

  15. [Letter about rising antisemitism in Spain addressed to Doctor Weil]

    1. Judge Hadassa Ben-Itto collection 1926-2018

    This file contains a letter by an unknown author addressed to Doctor Weil written in 1935 about the rising antisemitism in Spain.

  16. [Letter about rising antisemitism in Spain addressed to Doctor Weil]

    1. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    This file contains a letter by an unknown author addressed to Doctor Weil written in 1935 about the rising antisemitism in Spain.

  17. [letter]

    1. Bern Trial, Bern, Switzerland, 1934-1935

    This file contains a letter from 13th June 1935. It is written in German and addressed to a certain Doctor Weil living in Madrid. The signature at the end of the letter is to illegible. The letter focuses on the rising antisemitism in Spain due to the massive Nazi propaganda and the publishing of the Protocols in Spanish newspapers. The Bern trials are not mentioned in the media. One of the biggest newspapers in Spain, the ABC, will publish more antisemitic books. The author of the letter tried desperately to stop the publishing but didn't succeed. Now he's seeking material and asks his fri...

  18. [letter]

    1. Judge Hadassa Ben-Itto collection 1926-2018

    This file contains a letter from 13th June 1935. It is written in German and addressed to a certain Doctor Weil living in Madrid. The signature at the end of the letter is to illegible. The letter focuses on the rising antisemitism in Spain due to the massive Nazi propaganda and the publishing of the Protocols in Spanish newspapers. The Bern trials are not mentioned in the media. One of the biggest newspapers in Spain, the ABC, will publish more antisemitic books. The author of the letter tried desperately to stop the publishing but didn't succeed. Now he's seeking material and asks his fri...

  19. [Magazine]

    1. Margit Meissner collection

    Photo Review Magazine with Truman on the cover acquired Margit Morawetz Gyorgy when she worked for the Office of War Information. Before the war, Margit's mother, Lilly, sent her to study in Paris in 1938 because the expansion of German rule posed a threat to their life in Prague. Lilly joined Margit there a year later, but because she was an Austrian citizen, was imprisoned as an enemy alien after France declared war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Lilly was released when Germany occupied France in May 1940. She and Margit escaped to Portugal and, in 1...

  20. [Magazine]

    1. Margit Meissner collection

    Photo Review Magazine with MacArthur on the cover acquired Margit Morawetz Gyorgy when she worked for the Office of War Information. Before the war, Margit's mother, Lilly, sent her to study in Paris in 1938 because the expansion of German rule posed a threat to their life in Prague. Lilly joined Margit there a year later, but because she was an Austrian citizen, was imprisoned as an enemy alien after France declared war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Lilly was released when Germany occupied France in May 1940. She and Margit escaped to Portugal and, i...