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  1. Jack Cherniss papers

    The collection primarily consists of letters written by Jewish American soldier Jack Cherniss to his wife Shirley while he was serving in the United States Army during World War II. His frequent letters describe his training in the United States and his deployment overseas in December 1944. Significant letters include one from 11 January 1945 describing an altercation with an antisemitic fellow soldier, and his letter from 27 April 1945 contains his account of the Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after liberation. Also included are administrative papers regarding his military career an...

  2. Selected records of the Worker's Society of Children's Friends. Main Board in Warsaw Robotnicze Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Dzieci. Zarząd Główny w Warszawie (Sygn. 783)

    Statutes and regulations, organizational structure, circular letters, instructions, correspondence, preliminary budgets, minutes and protocols of conferences, lists of children, various questionnaires and official forms, photographs and other records from various Children's Homes, 1945-1950. Included are the “Tutelary Institution Circular Gazette” (Gazetka Międzyzakładowa) of 1947 from the Orphanage in Zatrzebie, 20 articles written by children and refer to their experiences during the Holocaust, e.g. “Warsaw ghetto uprising”, “The hero of human race” (about Janusz Korczak) or “The Korczak’...

  3. Selected records related to the history of the Jewish community of Dupnitsa and Kustendil

    Records of the Jewish community of Dupnitsa (1915-1978) and Jewish community of Kustandil (1940-1972) relating to various activities of the Jewish communities of Dupnitsa and Kustandil before, during and after WWII. Included are correspondence of communities officials’ with local authorities, Central office of the Jewish Consistory, financial and budget reports of the Jewish communities, minutes of the board meetings, record books of the Dupnitsa Jewish school, statistical information, annual reports, and bylaws etc. The collection also includes personal collection of Assen Grigorov Suitsch...

  4. Romanian Jewish wedding invitation

    Contains an invitation to wedding of Fanchette Schlanger-Calafaleanu and Adolf Cohn on July 22, 1945 at the Great Synagogue of Bucharest.

  5. Comedy about a family eating

    Lizzy Film Produktion. “Familie Unterernährt isst Gansl. Lustspiel in 2 akten” “Es folgen nun zu diesem stück die akteure: alle disk” “Glühlampen putz ich bei der watt doch ess’ ich gans sind alle platt” (00:00:36) A man addresses the camera in a slightly exaggerated way. “Ich bin immer renitent das ist mein temperament” A women (possibly Lizzy or her mother/mother in law) smokes and talks. “Ich bin der susi, den a jeder kennt hochintelligent” Jakob? speaks to the camera. “Eine mastkur soll ich machen? Ah, da muss ich selber lachen!” Lizzy? speaks, then laughs. “1.Akt” (00:01:23) Man in che...

  6. Wooden chest

    Hand-decorated family chest (adorned with Stars of David) which commemorates the Hirsch family's service to Hungary during World War I. Local shop owner Bela Hirsch was deported from Rascruci (Keresztut), Romania in 1944 to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. Before his deportation, he gave the chest to a non-Jewish neighbor for safekeeping. Donated by local resident Zoltan Kallos (who gave an oral history interview to the USHMM in 2017 in which he describes Bela and the Hirsch family).

  7. Jewish community of Kastoria in 1937

    Title card: “Horpistah, Village Near Kastoria.”Color. People walk in the streets of Horpistah. Men pose for the camera. Outdoor merchants sell their wares. Goats, horses, donkeys, and other livestock. People tend to the livestock. Benjamin Honen, the town crier. Many people walk around at an outdoor market. A cobbler fixes shoes. Black and white. Fabric merchants pose for the camera. More market scenes. Josef Confino with tie. Title card: “The Archbishop of Kastoria.” The Archbishop of Kastoria, surrounded by a small group, walks by. Title card: “Picnic in Do-Pia-Koos.” A large group of peo...

  8. Selected records related to history of the Jewish community of Luts'k and Sedlishche (Male Siedliszcze)

    Various correspondence, statistics, reports and registers relating to Jewish communities in Luts'k and Male Siedliszcze (Ukraine), included are records of Jewish schools and hospitals, and general administrative records of community affairs.

  9. Selected records from State Archives in Pazardzhik related to the history of the Jewish community of Pazardzhik

    Selected records of the Pazardzhik District Administration, District Court and District Office of Agronomy, included are correspondence and documentation related to the sale of Jewish property in Pazarzdhik, correspondence with the Ministry of Interior and Commissariat of Jewish Affairs concerning the local Jewish population and confiscation of Jewish property, registration of the Jewish-owned companies etc. The second part of this collection contains surviving parts of the Archives of the Jewish Community of Pazardzhik (1915-1946).

  10. Monique Trompetter family papers

    The Monique Trompetter family papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Monique Tompetter, her sister Betty, and their parents, Lou and Rose Marcelle Trompetter. Biographical materials include identification papers, postcards, and certificates documenting Betty’s musical education, Monique’s internment at Vittel, and the deportation of her sister, mother, and grandmother to Auschwitz. Photographs depict members of the Trompetter family and document Lou Trompetter’s vaudeville career, Betty’s 1938 visit with her father the United States, Monique’s ...

  11. Jacob Kriegel papers

    The collection documents the efforts of American Jacob Kriegel, originally of Nadworna, Poland, to assist with family and friends in Poland and Israel trying to immigrate to the United States during the Holocaust and afterwards. The bulk of the collection contains affidavits written by Kriegel, wartime financial and related documents including his efforts to help other local businesses encourage their workers to purchase war bonds, and correspondence. There is significant correspondence from Anna and Max Hutt, his only relatives in Europe, along with their daughter Zimmia, who survived the ...

  12. Selected records of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare in Warsaw Ministerstwo Pracy i Opieki Społecznej w Warszawie (Sygn.402)

    Plans,reports, minutes, applications, circulars, correspondence related to assistance to war invalids, relief of daily life, training and employment, physical rehabilitation, distribution of help to war victims, distribution of gifts of Jeannette Hove from England. Includes registers and statistics of disabled war veterans organized by cities.

  13. Selected records from the State Regional Archives in Montana related to the history of the Jewish community of Montana (Ferdinand) region

    Selected records from the Montana (Ferdinand) regional administration, Regional Court School Inspectorate as well as records from the City Administration of Lom, and Berkovitsa. Included are correspondence between regional administration, local Jewish communities and individual Jews pertaining to the registration of the Jewish-owned commercial companies, Jewish public organizations, elections of Jewish Community Board and Jewish school board; applications pertaining to the discriminatory Ant-Jewish legislation in accordance with the "Law for the Defense of the Nation", passport applications...

  15. Souvenir coin with a swastika and Star of David

    Promotional coin issued by the nationalist German newspaper, Der Angriff. The coin was struck in 1934 to memorialize the journey of Baron von Mildenstein, a Nazi party member, to Palestine. The trip resulted in a pro-Zionist report encouraging Jewish emigration to Palestine and elsewhere, published in Der Angriff. It is embossed with the text, Ein Nazi fahrt nach Palastina, [A Nazi goes to Palestine] which is also the title of a book published by the Nazi Party in 1934.

  16. Selected records from Utena Branch County Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of Jewish property after WWII

    Records of various county agencies (State Notary, County Executive Council, People's Court etc.) related to the restitution and inheritance of the individual and communal Jewish property located in the Utena County after World War II.

  17. Visiting Italy

    Lizzy Film Produktion. Mitglied des Klubs der Kinoamateure Osterreichs. “Riccione 1932” “Domus Mea. Unsere Pension” (00:00:25) Hans and his father Jakob Kessler walking out in the yard in a rented pension in Riccione, Italy. “Gang ins bad” Hans plays with a dog. Lizzy shows a sign above the gate that says, “Domus - Mea” and Jakob and Hans walk out of the gate under it. “Das meer” (00:01:41) Jakob and Hansi run and play along the beach. “Der strand” Hans and Jakob on the beach. “Badeleben” Lizzy is doing handstands in the water and then practices different swimming strokes. “Wettlauf” Hans a...

  18. William Rosenwald Family Association selected records

    The collection contains affidavits, correspondence, reports, financial documents, and similar materials documenting the philanthropic activities of the children of late Sears, Roebuck and Company president Julius Rosenwald. Referred to as the “German Relatives Program,” their activities enabled numerous members of the Rosenwald and Nussbaum families, members of their extended relatives, and numerous others emigrate from Germany and escape anti-Semitic persecution in the late 1930s. The records also document the financial and other material support provided by the project to those whom they ...

  19. Munich streets; war memorial; Reichswehr

    “MUNICH” “LUDWIGSTRASSE.” People walk along Ludwigstrasse in Munich, some turn to look at the camera. “ODEONSPLATZ.” Funeral wreaths on the stairs of Feldherrnhalle. Nazi soldiers walk down the stairs on the left. Children, pigeons in the Odeonsplatz. “HOFGARTEN” Munich, Germany, white chairs and covered tables in the pavilion. “OKTOBERFEST” Procession of men on horseback, marching band. They are dressed in traditional costume. Spectators and children on the sides. Men in military uniform march. “WAR MEMORIAL” The World War I memorial in front of the Old Army Museum in Munich. Tomb covered ...

  20. Bettelheim family collection

    Contains a passport issued by the German Reich "Reisepass" to Dr. Bruno Bettelheim stamped with a red letter "J" to mark the bearer as a Jew, issued in Vienna on January 26, 1939 and stamped with the US immigration visa, dated April 18, 1939; a driver's license issued to Bruno Bettelheim in Vienna in August 1932; birth certificates of Anton Bettelheim, Bruno Bettelheim and Pauline Seidler; Heimatschein [certificate of citizenship] issued to Anton Bettleheim; University Diploma issued to Bruno Bettelheim bestowing the title of Doctor of Philosophy, in Latin, dated February 2, 1933; a US natu...