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  1. Cubist lithograph of a female head created by a Jewish Polish refugee

    Green ink lithograph, 38/50, a Cubist study of a woman's head created by Morice Lipsi, an artist known for his sculptures, at an unknown date, but probably postwar. The print was given to Micheline Weinstein, a psychoanalyst, in the 1970s by a patient who had kept it hidden under his floor for years. Morice, who was Jewish and originally from Poland, had lived in France since 1912. When Germany invaded France in 1940, he, his wife Hildegard, and daughters Verna and Jeanine left their farm near Paris and fled to the Free French zone in the south. Hildegard then took the girls to her native S...

  2. Albin family photographs

    Consists of 28 photographs of the funeral of Frieda Neska Gold Albin; the photographs, taken in Riga, Latvia, in 1936, show religious ritual life. Also includes captions and caption translations.

  3. Selected records from the Central State Archive of St. Petersburg, Russia

    Selected records from several archival collections related to the prewar history of the Jewish community of the Petrograd-Leningrad region and archival records related to the German occupation of this region during World War II. Prewar records contain: Correspondence, minutes of the meetings of the Jewish Committee in Petrograd (EKOPO) and others, statistics and reports of the Commissariat for Jewish National Affairs (Moscow) for January-March 1918, various records of Jewish organizations to assist the Jewish population, 1917-1938: correspondence with Jewish organizations in the US, Germany...

  4. "History of Dachau Station"

    Consists of a three-page document entitled "History of Dachau Station" which explains the history of the location on which the concentration camp operated, covering pre-war (the use of the buildings), wartime (operating as a concentration camp) and post-war (use of the camp as a site for war crimes trials). The document focuses on the use of the physical buildings and space.

  5. POWs cross Elbe; interrogation of Hans Goebbels; Latvian troops surrender

    (LIB 5988) CROSSING THE ELBE FOR PWS, Arneburg, Germany, 25 April 1945. Slate by cameraman #93, Sergeant Krueger. Soldiers row a canoe and unload on the Elbe River. Soldiers in a large boat unload. French, British, and Belgian prisoners of war wait on the river bank. 01:01:01 POWs load into boat and smile for camera. Unload and walk up stairs into building. 01:01:19 POWs in uniform and civilian clothes listen to US soldiers' directions before loading into boat. Scenes of POWs left waiting for next boat. 01:02:20 (LIB 5991) INTERROGATION OF HANS GOEBBELS, Dusseldorf, Germany, 26 April 1945. ...

  6. Print

    Print from a set of eight reproductions of lithographed drawings by Gheorghe Ceglokoff depicting scenes he witnessed in 1941 while a political prisoner in the Romanian concentration camp Târgu Jiu in Transnistria.

  7. James Georg Lau papers

    The James Georg Lau papers consist of five diaries written by James Georg Lau between 1939-1941 and 1944-1953, describing his life in Liepāja Latvia, the Soviet occupation, being forced out of school because he was half-Jewish, and his mother being forced into the ghetto. There is a gap in the diaries from 1941-1944 while James was in Germany. When Lau continued his diary in 1944, he describes the end of the war, when he and his father went to Germany, and working as a journalist in Bayreuth from 1945-1953. The collection also includes loose pages and newspaper clippings from the diaries, w...

  8. Illustration 9 from a handmade portfolio of illustrations by Herbert Heyne and Erich Kästner

    Book of illustrations sent by Herbert Heyne to Walter Furst. The book was a gift from Heyne to Furst and was written with Erich Kästner in 1945. It features color illustrations by Heyne and offers a comical and critical depiction of National Socialism and Nazi militarism.

  9. Henry Dressler papers

    The Henry Dressler papers consists of biographical material, writings, restitution material, photographs, and correspondence related to the Holocaust experiences of Henry (Heinz) Dressler and his family. Joachim and Martha, along with their children Henry and Susi, survived the war by working in Oskar Schindler’s factory. The collection consists of Henry’s wartime and post-war diary, the family’s work papers for Oskar Schindler, immediate post-war correspondence of Henry and Joachim Dressler to various family members, friends, and associates, and photographs depicting the Dressler family be...

  10. Hanna Moneta photograph collection

    Collection of photographs depicting the Moneta family in Krakow, Poland before the war; members of the "Akiba" Zionist youth organization in Kielce, Poland during "Hachshara"; Hanka Moneta, who survived Płaszów, Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen, after the liberation in Sweden during recuperation; photographs of Mordechai Moneta (Hanka's husband) with his "Beitar" group.

  11. Anti-Semitic Nazi sticker

    Anti-Semitic Nazi sticker: "Gestorben am/5 Marz 33." Depicts a man lying in bed. Red, white and red ink on paper with adhesive backing.

  12. Rosenthal family papers

    Correspondence, affidavit, identification and immigration documents relating to the experiences of Erich and Maria (nee Goldschmidt) Rosenthal, originally of Hamburg, their daugther Elisabeth (born in the Netherlands), and other family members, primarily documenting wartime experiences, the immigration of Maria and Elisabeth to El Salvador after the war, and following Erich's death at Bergen-Belsen, and their subsequent immigration to the United States.

  13. Brown leather and cork men’s dress shoes crafted in Sedan Kaserne Ulm DP camp by a Jewish Polish soldier

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47425
    • English
    • a: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) b: Height: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)

    Brown leather dress shoes crafted by Noel Galicki in Sedan Kaserne displaced persons camp in Ulm, Germany, between 1946 and 1949. Noel was taught and certified as a shoemaker in the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT) vocational training program at the camp. Noel, 27, was a soldier in the Polish Army during the German invasion on September 1, 1939. Seventeen days later, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland and Noel was captured. On June 29, 1940, the Soviets deported Noel and his wife Henja to Komi ASSR. Henja died during childbirth on March 30, 1941, and their daughte...

  14. Hitler returns to Berlin in July 1940

    Camera pans over Upper Rhine. Hitler's motorcade crosses pontoon bridge eastwards; tracking shot shows children in swimsuits waving near a customs post and adults showing signs of love, loyalty and gratitude. Hitler, now aboard train, accepts flower from girl and shakes hands of HJ boy. Train journey continues past Marbach (Neckar), peasant on his plow, and stops at stations where Hitler autographs postcard portraits of himself. Camera shows Hitler in profile. Berlin prepares welcome; swastika flags fly, BDM girls spread flowers along route from Anhalter Bahnhof to Reichs Chancellery, polic...

  15. John Paul Wronski photograph collection

    Contains photographs taken in the Dachau concentration camp after the liberation in April 1945. Staff Sergeant John Paul Wronski (donor’s late husband), born on April 21, 1917 in Buffalo, NY, who served as a radio operator in 312th Air Fighter Control Squadron, under General Patton. Mr. Wronski wrote on the back of the photographs description of what he saw in the liberated camp. Mr. Wronski participated in D-Day crossing into Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Also includes a postcard with an image of propaganda painting by Nazi painter Adolf Reich (1887-1963) depicting German citizens voluntari...

  16. Soup drudgery Print 8 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting desperate prisoners struggling to scoop and eat soup that has been spilled on the ground at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both men were marked “Nacht and Nebel”, individuals presenting a threat to German security that had been abducted in the middle of the night and were meant to be...

  17. Yehuda Avisar papers

    The Yehuda Avisar papers consist of biographical and military materials, correspondence, creative writing, and photographs documenting Avisar’s activities as a Company Sergeant Major (CSM) in the 1st Camouflage Company of the Royal Engineers, Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF). Biographical and military papers include Avisar’s service and pay book and discharge book and a movement order. Correspondence includes letters among Avisar, E. Aronov, Yisrael Karmi, and others discussing the war. Creative writing includes skits, poetry, songs, and essays documenting the cultural life of Avisar’s mi...

  18. Jewish family visits relatives in London before the war

    David Cohen-Paraira and his daughter Ellis visit London in 1938 before Ellis started high school. Brief shot of Ellis and her father David. Spectators observe the changing of the guard in London. 01:07:03 Aunt Jessie (Jessica Vaugh) watering her garden. Jessie (a Scottish non-Jew) was married to David's brother Salomon. Ellis, her aunt, and her cousin, Pamela, play with a ball. 01:07:30 Ellis and Pamela wear equestrian riding clothes (Pamela rode horses as a hobby) and take tea in the garden. Uncle Salomon acts as a waiter. Quick shot of a boat. Salomon was killed during the Blitz in London.

  19. Abraham Heckman collection

    Consists of original documents related to life in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes a brief history of the camp, written in short paragraphs and highlighting major events and executions; a narrative, one page, entitled "Mord und Hunger im November 1939" by Dr. Gustav Herzog, originally of Vienna; a blank form for reporting on the execution of inmates; and documents related to services honoring those who perished at Buchenwald.

  20. Bernard Solonche collection

    Contains three photographic prints documenting corpses in one of the open railcars of the Dachau death train, taken immediately following liberation; handwritten caption written on verso of one print; dated April-May 1945. Includes a photographic print of large field of corpses; caption on verso identifies the bodies as those of American soldiers killed during the Battle of Bulge in the Ardennes in Belgium; dated 1945. These photos were sent home by US Army medic Bernard Solonche (donor’s brother), who served with the 45th Infantry Division during WWII