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  1. Model crematorium II – Birkenau Sculptural model of gas chamber and crematorium #2 at Auschwitz-Birkenau

    White, plaster of Paris, 1:15 sculptural model of Crematorium II and a gas chamber at Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz II) killing center, commissioned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and created between 1989 and 1992 by Mieczyslaw Stobierski. “Model crematorium II – Birkenau” illustrates the entire process that killed 1.1 million people at the Auschwitz camp complex. While the model is technically accurate in the architectural construction, Stobierski employed more creative interpretation with the figures. This sculpture is one of three replicas of a model he originally made i...

  5. Testimony of Abram-Berl Sokol, born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau

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

    Testimony of Abram-Berl Sokol, born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau Murder of Jews by a shot in the back of their necks art the entrance to the gas chambers in Birkenau, 1944; burning of the murder victims' bodies; murder of Karl, the Kapo, by Jewish inmates from Wysokie Mazowieckie as revenge for his abuse [of inmates], Sukkot (early October) 1944; arrival in Auschwitz of rich Jews from Warsaw in anticipation of their being transferred abroad, autumn 1944; snatching of a gun from a German by a woman at the crematorium [should be: at the gas c...

  6. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942-1944, submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp, 07 April 1944, and arriving in Slovakia Also in the file: - Gestapo telegram regarding the escape of these two inmates, 09 April 1944; Two Gestapo telegrams regarding the escape of inmates from Auschwitz: Siegfried Lederer, Cz...

  7. זיכרונותיו של הסמן אברהם על קורותיו בגטו Lodz , ב-Auschwitz-Birkenau ,ב- Braunschweig וב-Ludwigslust

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957

    זיכרונותיו של הסמן אברהם על קורותיו בגטו Lodz , ב-Auschwitz-Birkenau ,ב- Braunschweig וב-Ludwigslust חיי היומיום בגטו Lodz לאחר שנת 1943; חיסול הגטו; גירוש ל-Auschwitz; החיים במחנה; העברה ל-Birkenau; החיים במחנה; העברה למפעלי Buessing במחנה Braunschweig ; החיים במחנה; העברה ל- Ludwigslust במאי 1945; החיים במחנה; שחרור.

  8. Documentation from 1961-1973 regarding Rudolf Vrba and his escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944

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

    Documentation from 1961-1973 regarding Rudolf Vrba and his escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 In the file: - Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Rudolf Vrba (in the Czech language), 1964-1965; - Scientific article by Rudolf Vrba on Chemistry (in English), 1964; - Sketches of the Auschwitz camps; - Newspaper surveys regarding the escape of Rudolf Vrba (in English); - Testimony of Rudolf Vrba (in English), 1961.

  9. Documentation regarding SS man Hans Stark who murdered Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau

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

    Documentation regarding SS man Hans Stark who murdered Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau

  10. Documentation from 1984-1986 regarding the memorialization of the Jews who escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau in the spring of 1944

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

    Documentation from 1984-1986 regarding the memorialization of the Jews who escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau in the spring of 1944

  11. Bestand van de Vereniging van ex-politieke gevangenen van Auschwitz-Birkenau, kampen en gevangenissen van Silezië.

    • Fondation Auschwitz / Auschwitz Stichting
    • BE / Stichting Auschwitz-Fondation Auschwitz / Bestand van de Vereniging van ex-politieke gevangenen van Auschwitz-Birkenau, kampen en gevangenissen van Silezië
    • Dutch
    • ca. 2000 stukken (15 dozen).

    Dit bestand bevat stukken die getuigen van de interne werking en activiteiten van de vereniging. Het gaat om documenten die typisch zijn voor verenigingsarchief zoals statuten, briefwisseling, omzendbrieven, boekhoudkundige stukken, diverse administratieve documenten, documentatie, dossiers, enz. Voor de jaren 1957-1980 is een quasi volledige reeks notulen van vergaderingen aanwezig. De stukken hebben vooreerst betrekking op contacten met andere organisaties zoals patriottische verenigingen (vb. Comité La Flamme), verschillende oud-gevangenencomités (vb. uit Frankrijk en Nederland, maar ook...

  13. Hauptbücher des Zigeunerlagers des KL Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943 - 1944 : - a) männliche Häftlinge Nummernserie 1 - 10094

    1. Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz
    2. Listenmaterial Auschwitz

    Hauptbücher des Zigeunerlagers des KL Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943 - 1944 :a) männliche Häftlinge Nummernserie 1 - 10094

  14. Brown leather belt worn by a Dutch Jewish political prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau

    1. Arie Torner collection

    Leather belt worn by Arie Torner during his internment in various ghettos, labor camps, and concentration camps in German-occupied Poland from October 1941 through May 8, 1945. While being held, Arie had to add seven hand-cut holes to the belt to compensate for all of the weight he lost due to malnutrition and the small quantity of food provided to prisoners. Arie was born in Wloclawek, Poland, but was living with his family in Rotterdam, Netherlands by 1940. His parents Chaim and Malka, his sister, and his five brothers were all killed when the German Luftwaffe bombed the city on May 14, 1...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. "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.

  18. 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.

  20. 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...