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  1. Booklet edited by Tilly Spiegel, a member of the Austrian Resistance movement, regarding activities of Austrians in the Belgian and French Resistance movement during World War II

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Booklet edited by Tilly Spiegel, a member of the Austrian Resistance movement, regarding activities of Austrians in the Belgian and French Resistance movement during World War II Also in the file: - List of names of Austrian Jews who served in the International Brigade in Spain, 1936-1939; - Material regarding Austrian Jews who volunteered to serve in the British Army during World War II.

  2. Borisewitz family. Collection

    This collection consists of the following files: KD_00577_0001 : Belgian passport used by Robert Borisewitz for fleeing to Brazil in 1940 KD_00577_0002: documents regarding the military career of pilot Oscar Borisewitz ; correspondence between brothers Oscar and Robert Borisewitz ; documents regarding the death of Oscar Borisewitz in Rabat, Morocco, in July 1942 ; photos of the headstone and aviator monument with Oscar Borisewitz’s name ; documents regarding the repatriation of Oscar’s body to Belgium after the war KD_00577_0003: the charter granting pilot Oscar Borisewitz the title of chev...

  3. Borowski-Wajuryk family. Collection

    This collection contains eight photos including a pre-war photo of Zima Herman Borowski with friends Eva Kupferstein and Malvine Reisenfeld, a pre-war photo of Nathalie Borowski's friend Pinkus (Paul) Fremder, a war-time photo of Zima Herman Borowski wearing the yellow Star of David, a photo from Nathalie Borowski's cheder (Hebrew and religious school) in Seraing when celebrating Hanukah in 1941, a wartime photo of Zima Herman Borowski wearing a priest's clothes while in hiding at a Jesuit monastery, and three post-war photos of the leftist Zionist youth movement Dror in Seraing and Liège.

  4. British military armband acquired by a Jewish emigre serving in the US Army

    1. Joseph Strip family collection

    Military uniform armband issued by the Army Council owned by Joseph Strip (originally Striponsky) who was sent to Germany by the United States Army in 1944. Joseph and his parents Menachem Nathan and Regina Stripounsky, and brother Astriel fled Antwerp, Belgium, in May 1940 for France. A year later, they received American visas, and traveling via Spain and Portugal, left for New York in May 1941.

  5. Brown burlap pouch used to carry money by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Small burlap pouch used by Flora Cohen to store Dutch currency while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flora intended to send it to her mother Alijda, but Flora could not find her, so she always kept the pouch with her. Flora's mother Alidja had been deported to Auschwitz in September where she was killed. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They w...

  6. Brown cloth bag with a red, white, and blue stripe carried by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Brown bag with a Dutch flag stripe used by Flora Cohen to store her false papers while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They were rescued by the British military and taken to a hospital in England. After recuperating for six months, they had to leave because Felix, a German, was considered an enemy alien. In May...

  7. Bulgarian Legation in Bucharest (Fond 327)

    Contains reports and press clippings from the Romanian press regarding underground communist activities in Dobruja and Bessarabia; correspondence between the Bulgarian and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding individual persons of Jewish origin and about the sinking of the "Struma" (Sṭrumah); correspondence regarding passport renewals for Jewish volunteers in the Civil War in Spain; and correspondence regarding visas and transit lists for people of non-Jewish origin. Also includes a registry of incoming documents and passports issued.

  8. Bulgarian Legation in Madrid (Fond 256)

    Contains selected records from Fond 256 including registries of visas and passports issued.

  9. Calisthenics; German refugees; Hitler walking his dog; German troops advance; wounded

    Reel 1, Part 1 shows tuna fishing off the Spanish coast. Part 2, youths dig irrigation channels in Serbia. Part 3, athletes participate in mass calisthenics and sports events in Breslau. Part 4, wrecked U.S. bombers. Part 5, German refugees eat at a field kitchen, are given clothing, are evacuated by boat and train, and are cared for at a hospital. Part 6, Hitler walks his dog and stops to talk with Himmler and Mannstein. Shows Hitler, Jodl, Goring, and Keitel in conference. Part 7, German troops move up on the Russian front. A Russian attack is repulsed with artillery, rocket launchers, an...

  10. Camp in Argeles, Southern France

    Argelès - An "escaped prisoners" camp, people who have escaped from "Red Spain." General shots of men sitting around tents, performing manual labor. Men carrying twigs on their backs. Seated by a fire. Smoke from cigars drifts up through the air. LS of camp, little tents, lots of men (dirty and disheveled). Barbed wire.

  12. Canadian Jewish Congress Special Immigration Cases

    1. UNITED JEWISH RELIEF AGENCIES (UJRA)

    Information on settlement of escapees (to Spain, Portugal, Tangier and Japan), refugees with extreme disabilities ("Hard Core Cases") and cases of deportation, inheritance, and Nazi war crimes. Also includes participants in the family unification program, and various subject files by Dr. Saalheimer.

  13. canceled British postage stamp acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    canceled British 2.5 shilling postage stamp acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in Shanghai in 1939. Carl died in 1940 and Elsa in 1942. Shanghai was liberated by the United States Army on September 3, 1945. With the aid of the American Joint Distribution Committee, Peter emigrated to America in December 1947.

  14. Capodimonte figurine of a Jewish gentleman

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Porcelain figurine of a young, Jewish man, manufactured by the Royal Factory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy, likely during the late 18th or early 19th century. The figurine’s pose and dress bear a resemblance to depictions of the commedia dell'arte character, Pantalone. Commedia dell’arte is a theatrical form that emerged in northern Italy in the 15th century. The actors wore masks on stage as a homage to ancient Roman comedies. Pantalone’s mask usually had a large, hooked nose; a stereotypically Jewish feature. The figurine further embellishes the stereotype by featuring Pantalone with re...

  15. Card index of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC /JDC)

    Contains the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee card index of the Emigration Service in Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria; and Barcelona, Spain.

  16. Caricature drawing of Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection

  17. Carlos Stern family collection

    The collection consists of an Iron Cross medal, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Stern family in Germany, Italy, Spain, and South Africa.

  18. Carlos Stern family papers

    1. Carlos Stern family collection

    Photographs, documents and correspondence illustrating the Stern family in Germany, Spain, Italy and South Africa.

  20. Český svaz protifašistických bojovníků – ústřední výbor, Praha

    • Czech Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters - Central Committee, Prague / NAD 1786
    • Národní archiv
    • 1786
    • English
    • 1969-1990
    • Textual material 353,65 linear meters

    The documents of the Czech Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters (ČSPB) are an important source concerning the resistance and resistance of Czechs and Slovaks in 1914-1918, domestic and foreign anti-Nazi resistance in 1939-1945, including Jewish resistance, and the victims of racial and political persecution, prisoners of Nazi prisons and concentration camps. The fonds has a complicated internal structure, consisting of several separate parts: registry; membership records; documents of the publicity department of the Central Committee of the ČSPB; a memorial, documentary and historical competition...