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  1. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  2. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  3. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  4. Communications report regarding the attitude of the International Commission of Jurists that acts as an advisory body for the United Nations and UNESCO in Geneva towards legislative changes regarding freedom of the press and communications in Spain, 1966

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

    Communications report regarding the attitude of the International Commission of Jurists that acts as an advisory body for the United Nations and UNESCO in Geneva towards legislative changes regarding freedom of the press and communications in Spain, 1966 The notice was published by the Union of Austrian Volunteers in the Spanish Republic, 1936-1939 and Friends of Democratic Spain (Vereinigung Oesterreichische Freiwiilger in der Spanischen Republik 1936-1939 und Freunde des Demokratischen Spanien).

  5. Comunita Israelitica Ragusa Jewish Community of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) Jüdische Gemeinde Ragusa (Fond 1439)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Records of the Jewish Community of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). Consists of marriage, death, and birth registers, financial documentation, registers of dues and fees, and an account book of the Jewish community of Dubrovnik.

  6. Correspondence between M. Keller with the Finaly family relatives (Fischel, Kaufmann and Rosner) regarding the legal struggle against Mlle. Brun, headmistress of the Grenoble orphanage, and the French Church officials, concerning returning the Finaly chi

    1. P.11 - Moshe Keller Collection: The Finaly Children Affair

    Correspondence between M. Keller with the Finaly family relatives (Fischel, Kaufmann and Rosner) regarding the legal struggle against Mlle. Brun, headmistress of the Grenoble orphanage, and the French Church officials, concerning returning the Finaly children, 1949-1972 Two volumes: 1: 06 July 1949-22 July 1953. 2: 26 July 1953-10 September 1955. Also in the files: - Letters of the Finaly children to their uncle Moshe Rosner from different hiding places; letters slandering the Jews, and the letters from children in Israel, 14 April 1953; - Notebook and compositions by Robert Finaly regardin...

  7. Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-P)

    1. P.3 -Isaac Weissman Archive: Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon

    Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-P) Also in the file: - Correspondence with Pierre Mendès France, 1943-1960; - Copies of letters from P. Lichtenstein, Jewish Agency representative in Portugal and Spain, regarding the relations among the Jewish organizations there, 1943; - List of rabbis who received visas to Mauritius (the list is attached to correspondence with the Chief Rabbi's Religious Emergency Council in London).

  8. Correspondence from Gurs concentration camp, France

    These two postcards offer a brief insight into conditions at Gurs internment camp experienced by Berta Kahnheimer, a German (?) Jewish inmate.

  9. Correspondence with Ainsztein, Reuben

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents Ainsztein’s long-term freelance work for The Wiener Library, primarily by contributing numerous pieces - articles, reviews, summaries - to its Bulletin. Moreover, work related fees are subject of some letters.

  10. Correspondence with El Mundo - Ernesto Bonasso

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    A request to write an article about the Wiener Library in connection with the upcoming trial of Adolf Eichmann as well as an unaddressed project outline for a publication on the extermination of Jews and the role Eichmann played in it.

  11. Cover pages of sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France

    1. Elizabeth Kaufmann Koenig collection

  12. Cross of Merit medal, ribbons, and pins awarded to a Dutch Jewish soldier, Prinses Irene Brigade

    1. Jack and Hedi Justus Grootkerk family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47134
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) c: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) d: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) e: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)

    Kruis van Verdienste [Cross of Merit] medal, ribbon, and presentation box, two ribbon bars, and a gold bar pin awarded to Jack Grootkerk, a Dutch Jewish soldier in the Prinses Irene Brigade, Dutch Free Forces from September 1942 to September 1945. The Brigade was formed in England in 1941 by the Dutch government in exile and Dutch Army personnel. The unit wore British battledress uniforms with Dutch insignia. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. In December 1941, Jack was told to report for forced labor in Germany. He and his brother Erich fled to France and Spain, and were int...

  14. Cutting Wood for the Camp Kitchen Black ink wash drawing of woodcutters by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn115
    • English
    • 1941
    • overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)

    Drawing of woodcutters in Gurs internment camp, drawn by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, ...

  15. Czech Air Force pilot badge issued to a Jewish veteran

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    Czech Air Force pilot badge issued to Frank Meissner for his service in the Czech Air Force from 1944-1945 for the Czech government in exile in Great Britain. It may be an observers badge. 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 agricultural school. In fall 1943, when the Germans decided to deport all Jews from Denmark, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden. During his exile, he received weekly letters from his family, even after their deportation to Theresi...

  16. Czech lion coat of arms cap badge owned by a Jewish veteran of the Czech Air Force in exile

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    Tinnie, or pressed tin pincap badge owned by Frank Meissner, who served in the Czech Air Force from 1944-1945 for the Czech government in exile. It features the Czech coat-of-arms with the rampant split-tailed lion of Bohemia. 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 agricultural school. In fall 1943, when the Germans decided to deport all Jews from Denmark, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden. During his exile, he received weekly letters from his family, e...

  17. Danielle Salley papers

    The papers consist of a map of southern France, a photocopy of the "Etat-Major" map showing the route used by refugees to flee into Spain, newspaper clippings, a postcard of a painting ("La Defense du Col de Banyuls") showing typical "Banyulese" costume, a circulation permit dated 1939 allowing an individual to work, and a declaration of the wine production of M. Ferrer Sauveur's grape harvest.

  18. Dans mon chemin j'ai rencontré

    1. Judith R. Cohen Collection

    Dans mon chemin j'ai rencontré: Songs of Meetings and Travelling, Radio Canada/Interdisc (Prix Marcel Blouin 1994), features Judith's talented daughter, Tamar (born in 1986), and fellow ethnomusicologist Robb Simms, performing songs from the 13th - 20th centuries grouped around the theme of meetings and encounters. In addition to traditional Sephardic songs, the recording features tunes from French Canada (Quebec and the Maritimes), France, Italy, Spain, England and Bosnia. Cohen even adds a few Yiddish songs to round out her collection of European and North African music. With Judith R. Co...

  19. Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee

    1. Ernest and Ruth Chambre collection

    Dark blue suitcase used by Ernest Chambre, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. In 1933, Ernest, originally from Belgium, was a law student in Berlin when Hitler was appointed Chancellor. The persecution of Jews by the Nazi government caused him to flee to Belgium and then, in 1934/1935, to Palestine. Ernest left for Spain, presumably to get to the US, but was imprisoned in Miranda de Ebro internment camp. After his release, he returned to Palestine and married Ruth Elsoffer, a fellow refugee, in 1937. Ruth emigrated to the United States in 1946; Ernest arrived in October 1947.

  20. Das antifaschistische Kriegsziel

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The paper is an issue of the weekly “Freies Deutschland” which was published until 1939 in France. In the end of August 1939, it could not continue its work in France and was published in Sweden. The article discusses the outbreak of the war, the civil war in Spain, and the role of the Sowjetunion. The Molotow-Rippentrop pact is criticized, and its consequences are analyzed. The role of the Western powers and their goals are subject of the second article “Das Antifaschistische Kriegsziel – (The anti-fascistic War Aims)”. The last article discusses the role of the German people and its posit...