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  1. Bar of soap stamped RIF issued to an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau

    1. Margo and Rudolf Selby family collection

    Soap bar received by 21-year old Rudy Zelmanovics when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland in 1945. Rudy was living in Nagybanya, Hungary, when it was occupied by German soldiers in March 1944. In early 1945, Rudy was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and tattooed with prisoner number A-13161. At the end of the month, the inmates were sent on a death march to Buchenwald. They arrived in March, but a few weeks later, were forced on another death march. Rudy and a few inmates escaped and found a place to hide. On April 23, 1945, they were discovered and liberated by Ame...

  2. Trial against the staff of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Proces członków załogi Oświęcimia (Sygn. GK 196)

    Contains investigation materials and court documents relating to the trial of Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp staff, also records on crimes in other concentration camps. Records contain court cases against many war criminals, such as Adolf Eichmann, Rudolf Hoess (Höss), Dr. Goebel, Karl Ernst Moeckel, Maximilian Grabner as well as against SS physicians accused of experimental operations on Polish women, against female SS camp guards, and other Auschwitz SS staff members. Includes documents on historical background on Nazi leadership; an illustrated SS guidebook for German personn...

  3. "Das Heldentum der Besatzung des Krematorium, 1.10.1944, Der Aufstandt im Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau"

    The collection consists of testimony form Stanislaw Gwizdka regarding the revolt of the crematoria work crew in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October 1, 1944.

  4. German Democratic Republic postage stamp, 35 marks, depicting the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial

    1. David Pearlman collection

    Commemorative, 35 Mark, postage stamp depicting the International Monument dedicated to the victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp issued by the Postal Office of the German Democratic Republic in 1982.

  5. Testimony of Chiel Szedler, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Janina, Buchenwald and other places

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Chiel Szedler, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Janina, Buchenwald and other places Life in the Bialystok Ghetto including work as an electrician and a sorter and repairer of Soviet weapons that fell into German hands; smuggling weapons parts into the ghetto by Szendler and other workers; arrival of weapons parts into the hands of the partisans through a Soviet officer; smuggling a radio station [receiver?] into the ghetto; attitude of Schulz, the German policeman; help of Jewish inmates to Soviet POWs worki...

  6. Documentation from 1978-1994 regarding the establishment and work of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the revolt of the Sonderkommando workers, 07 October 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from 1978-1994 regarding the establishment and work of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the revolt of the Sonderkommando workers, 07 October 1944 1. Zalman Gradowski and his notes, some of which were discovered by the Soviets who liberated the camp, and some of which were acquired from a Pole by Chaim Wolnerman; 2. Testimony of the SS man, Dr. Horst Fischer; 3. Testimony of the Polish inmate, Stanislaw Gwidzka; 4. "The Auschwitz Scrolls", a production evaluation report regarding Dr. Miklosz Nyiszli's book; 5. Documentation regarding the Sonderkommando Project based...

  8. Hauptbücher des Zigeunerlagers des KL Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943 - 1944 : - b) weibliche Häftlinge Nummernserie 1 - 10849 (10 Nummern sind unbesetzt)

    1. Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz
    2. Listenmaterial Auschwitz

    Hauptbücher des Zigeunerlagers des KL Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943 - 1944 :b) weibliche Häftlinge Nummernserie 1 - 10849 (10 Nummern sind unbesetzt)

  9. 1) Zugangslisten des KL Groß-Rosen/ Kommando Oberhohenelle vom 12.09.44 und 14.11.44 (Zugänge vom KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) - ...

    1. Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen
    2. Listenmaterial Groß-Rosen
    1. Zugangslisten des KL Groß-Rosen/ Kommando Oberhohenelle vom 12.09.44 und 14.11.44 (Zugänge vom KL Auschwitz-Birkenau)2) Transportlisten des KL Groß-Rosen/ Kommando Wiesau vom 07.12.44 zu den Außenkommandos Bernsdorf, Oberaltstadt, Parschnitz und Schatzlar3) Häftlingsliste des KL Groß-Rosen/ Kommando Bernsdorf (ohne Namen)4) Transportliste des KL Groß-Rosen/ Kommando Sackisch zum KL Groß-Rosen/ Kommando Bernsdorf vom 18.11.44

  10. Testimony of Eli Ulicki, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz; Birkenau; Mauthausen and other places

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Eli Ulicki, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Auschwitz; Birkenau; Mauthausen and other places First "Aktion" in the Bialystok Ghetto, 05 February 1943; hiding of Jews in hiding places in the ghetto; discovery of the hiding places; deportation of approximately 3,000 Jews to Malkinia by train; attempts to escape from the train; suicide on the trains; deportation of the Jews to Auschwitz via Warsaw; arrival in Auschwitz, 07 February 1943; selection; transfer of Jews to the crematorium; transfer of Jews to the labor camp; life in B...

  11. Testimony of Szyje Bartnowski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Pruzana, as a partisan, in Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Blechhammer and in other places

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Szyje Bartnowski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Pruzana, as a partisan, in Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Blechhammer and in other places Deportation from the Bialystok Ghetto to Pruzana with his family, October 1941; life in Pruzana until December 1941; escape into the forests in Bialowieza with two Polish Communists; joins a Soviet partisan battalion; works at providing clothing from the Pruzana Ghetto to the partisan battalion with help from the Judenrat; move back to the ghetto when he contracts typhus; deportation of the Jews f...

  12. Memoirs of Herrmann Heinz, born in Opava, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Terezin and Auschwitz-Birkenau, translated to Hebrew and titled "Mein Kampf versus the Final Solution", 1984

    1. P.62 - Peter Erben Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of Czechoslovakia, and specifically the Jews of Ostrava, during the Holocaust period

    Memoirs of Herrmann Heinz, born in Opava, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Terezin and Auschwitz-Birkenau, translated to Hebrew and titled "Mein Kampf versus the Final Solution", 1984 The essay was originally called "Mein Kampf gegen die Endloesung"; it was translated to Hebrew by Yehudit Beichler and can be found in the Yad Vashem Library.

  13. Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna and other places

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna and other places Deportation with 40 men and 150 women from the prison in Bialystok to Stutthof, late November 1943; escape attempt en route to Stutthof; murder of the escapees; life in Stutthof for seven weeks; transfer of the inmates to Auschwitz, 12 January 1944; transfer of the inmates to Block 13 in Birkenau; life in Birkenau including abuse of the inmates by a Jewish Kapo; deportation of Jews from Bedzin to Birkenau, 29 January 1944; murder of the ...

  14. Memoirs of Tzvia (Woller) Elbaum, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow camp, Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz-Birkenau and more

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957
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    Memoirs of Tzvia (Woller) Elbaum, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and in Plaszow camp, Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz-Birkenau and more Life before the war; move to Krakow, 1937; life in Krakow; attends the Hebrew high school. Life in the Krakow Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto, 1943; deportation to Plaszow camp together with her father, 13 March 1943; escape of her mother together with her sister to the Aryan side; life of her mother and her sister on the Aryan side of Krakow until the end of the war; life in Plaszow camp; standing for hours at ro...

  16. Zugänge der Frauen im KL Auschwitz von Warschau - a) von August - September 1944 (ohne H.-Nr.) - b) vom September 1944 zum KL Auschwitz-Birkenau (ohne H.-Nr.)

    1. Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz
    2. Listenmaterial Auschwitz

    Zugänge der Frauen im KL Auschwitz von Warschaua) von August - September 1944 (ohne H.-Nr.)b) vom September 1944 zum KL Auschwitz-Birkenau (ohne H.-Nr.)

  17. Meldungen der Häftlings- Zahnstation des KL Auschwitz und Auschwitz-Birkenau an die Politische Abteilung über die Entfernung von Zahnersatz aus Edellegierungen und Gold bei Leichen, innerhalb des Zeit ...

    1. Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz
    2. Listenmaterial Auschwitz

    Meldungen der Häftlings- Zahnstation des KL Auschwitz und Auschwitz-Birkenau an die Politische Abteilung über die Entfernung von Zahnersatz aus Edellegierungen und Gold bei Leichen, innerhalb des Zeitraumes vom 26.06.- 10.12.42, Nationalitäten nicht angeführt

  18. Meldungen der Häftlings- Zahnstation des KL Auschwitz und Auschwitz-Birkenau an die Politische Abteilung über die Entfernung von Zahnersatz aus Edellegierungen und Gold bei Leichen, innerhalb des Zeit ...

    1. Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz
    2. Listenmaterial Auschwitz

    Meldungen der Häftlings- Zahnstation des KL Auschwitz und Auschwitz-Birkenau an die Politische Abteilung über die Entfernung von Zahnersatz aus Edellegierungen und Gold bei Leichen, innerhalb des Zeitraumes vom 08.07. - 10.12.42, Nationalitäten nicht angeführt