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  1. Georges Brunschvig papers Nachlass Dr. iur. Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973)

    Private papers of Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973), Swiss lawyer and president of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG). The collection consists of memories, correspondence of Georges Brunschvig’s parents Selma and Henri Brunschvig (1914-1918), obituaries, diaries and brief notes (1934-1973); trial documents: Bern Trial concerning the "Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion" (1933-1935), Chur Trial against David Frankfurter (1936-1945), trial against Maria Popesco (1946-1955), trial against Max Ulrich (1957), Yosef Ben-Gal Trial (1963), El-Al-Trial (1969) against Mordechai Rachamim; pap...

  2. Max Kohler letter to Cordell Hull

    Contains a letter from attorney Max Kohler addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, dated 1933.

  3. Freiburg market and Corpus Christi Day parade

    “MARKET FREIBURG” Sellers and shoppers in the Munsterplatz Market in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A man looks over goods in a large basket. “CORPUS CHRISTI DAY FREIBURG” Religious procession for Corpus Christi Day. Marching band. Young girls in white dresses wear flower wreaths on their heads. A large reliquary is carried down the street. German bishops, friars, and other clergymen march. Canopy. Marching band, men walking, and flag bearers.

  4. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate in Szczecin (Stettin) Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Szczecinie (Sygn.484)

    Reports, instructions, correspondence, studies, and other materials related to the condition, activities and migration of national minorities in Poland: Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, and communist groups.

  5. Photographic print of a boy with earlocks, Warsaw

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613749
    • English
    • overall: Height: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.380 inches (33.985 cm) | Width: 10.630 inches (27 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of a boy with earlocks (payos), Warsaw, ca. 1935-38.

  6. Depsztok and Apelojg families correspondence

    The Depsztok and Apelojg families correspondence includes letters exchanged among members of the Depsztok and Apelojg families in Warsaw, Poland, and the Szlomo and Syma Depsztok family in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Most of the letters date between 1936 and 1939, and postcards from the Warsaw ghetto are dated 1941. The Warsaw relatives ask about the possibility of making a living in Argentina, thank the family in Argentina for sending money, and described being taken care of by Szlomo’s and Syma’s brothers and sisters. The postcards written from the Warsaw ghetto primarily describe hunger, as...

  7. Displaced persons camp at Henonville

    DP stands in a garden in front of a palatial but dilapidated building. Pan of the DPs gathered in front in Hénonville. A woman and her baby. More lovely shots of the men, women, and children in front of this building. 01:10:06 The vegetable garden. Kids walk towards the camera with a man in a light-colored suit. Men work on the soil in the garden.

  8. Joseph Barko photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs found by United States Army serviceman Joseph Barko during WWII. Includes photographs taken from a Wehrmacht soldier depicting various military troops and activities, and liberation photographs taken at the Ebensee concentration camp. There are additional liberation photographs from Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Ludwigslust Palace, Solingen-Ohligs, and Dachau.

  10. Selected records of the town Busko Akta miasta Busko (Sygn. 2128) : Wybrane materialy

    Registers and census of Busko town, including are registers of births, marriages and deaths and annexes to the registers (Files 1673-3086); files of registers for the years 1935-1939, 1941, 1942, 1945 and 1946, lists of artisans (File 622-alphabetical list of 1934), lists of commercial, industrial and craft companies, and related correspondence, records concerning industry and trade, e.g. leasing of stalls, halls and municipal lands (Files 1216-1218); education matters, as well as lists of schoolchildren and students. The collection also includes documents related to the Jewish community in...

  11. Aron and Rosa Goldstein collection

    Contains documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Aron and Rosa Goldstein (donor's grandparents) during World War II, and afterwards in Cremona, Italy, where they were married.

  12. Two short amateur films featuring Hansi and the Kessler family pets; Hansi visits Schonbrunn zoo

    Lizzy Film Produktion. Mitglied des Klubs der Kinoamateure Oesterreichs. “Unsere Lieblinge” “HANSI” “2 ½ Jahre alt” “Sie leben wie Hund und Kat” “Wer ist er” “Bucht Buster Keaton” “Nicht Charlie Chaplin” “ER” Graphics of dogs. “Ruht Friedlich vor Seinem” “Weekendhaus” “Horch! Ein Geraeusch!” Animated dog, dog house. “Was ist denn da los?” Graphics of the dog and dog-house again. “Wutend!” The dog wags his tail while sitting in the dog house. A cat appears. “Die Streitlustige Nachbarin” “Sie!” “Animated cats standing on top of a building, hissing at the barking dog. “Auf einen wurf!” Cats hi...

  13. Yvonne Kohen Bourla correspondence

    Contains a letter sent by Yvonne Kohen Bourla (donor’s grandmother) in Istanbul to her cousin Estherina Scaloni in Salonika, Greece, dated April 9, 1942; Estherina’s reply on verso dated June 10, 1942. The letter is written on Vatican Embassy paper, which Yvonne Bourla was able to use courtesy of Julia Foskolo, a Catholic woman who was taking care of Yvonne's daughters.

  14. Gertrude and William Nagel papers

    The Gertrude and William Nagel papers include photographs, birth certificates, education records, correspondence, and passports documenting Gertrude and William Nagel’s prewar experiences in Vienna, Austria as well as their wartime immigration to the United States, William Nagel’s service in the United States Army, and their families. Documents include records of William Nagel’s education in Vienna, Austria; naturalization as a U.S. citizen; enlistment in the U.S. Army; service as an intelligence officer interrogating German POWs in Germany; and honorable discharge with several commendation...

  15. Sephardic school for children in Kastoria

    Man and woman stand near a sign that says “Hello America - This the school of Kastoria speaking to you everyone send you their love.” Sam Elias poses with the sign. Another sign in Ladino [names of the members of the Community Council]. Victor Hazan shakes teacher’s hands in the courtyard of the school. Rabbi Mevorah (bearded man). Students march in a circle in the courtyard. Victor Hazan gives chocolate to the children. Lena Elias and Rita among group of schoolchildren; Beni Russo. Children stand in a line, pushing one another, march in a circle again. Victor Hazan gives out more chocolate...

  16. Selig Pomerantz letter

    Antisemitic letter received in 1926 by Selig Pomerantz, the donor's grandfather, while living in Detroit, MI. The letter, sent by a tenant of Mr. Pomerantz, includes disparaging remarks about Jewish families in the neighborhood. Selig Pomerantz, born 1887 in Poland, was himself a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe who had come to the United States in the early twentieth century. Selig settled with his wife Ida and their three children in Detroit, where he was the proprietor of a hardware store.

  17. German speaking Jewish community in Bolivia

    Records of the German-Jewish community in Cochabamba, Bolivia, consisting of newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts of articles, photographs of the synagogue inaugurated in 1947, and other documents from several different Jewish assotiations and institutions, including the Landesverband der Jüdischen Gemeinden Boliviens, Federación Sionista Unida en Bolivia, Comunidad Israelita Cochabamba, and Asociación Israelita Cochabamba.

  19. Oral history interview with David Abir

  20. Benjamin Myerow collection

    Contains photographs taken shortly after the liberation of Dachau, showing the death train.