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  1. Simmonds family collection

    Consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of the family of Traute Simmonds, who spent the war in hiding in France. Includes correspondence between Traute's father, Otto, a German-born physician, and brother Steffen, both of whom perished at Auschwitz, as well as a note from a railway worker who found a letter written by Otto while on the train to Auschwitz. The majority of the documents show the extensive restrictions placed on Jews living in France and the collection also includes photographs of the Simmonds family. Also includes two Simmo...

  2. Berta Kaufmann collection

    Consists of immigration and naturalization documents for Berta Kaufmann, originally of Hechingen, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in February 1940. Includes her German passport, naturalization petition, a postcard and menu from the SS Westernland, identification paperwork, and study materials for her naturalization exam.

  3. Manya and Abraham Lebensold collection

    The Manya and Abraham Lebensold collection consists of two CDs containing scanned images of documents and correspondence related to and written by Manya and Abraham Lebensold while imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto. The bulk of the material is correspondence written by the Lebensolds between 1939 and 1942 to their children who were living in England.

  4. Records of investigation and documentation of the Main Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Poland (B.d) Akta badawczo-dochodzeniowe Głównej Komisji Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce (B.d.)

    Contains investigation files on crimes committed by Nazi criminals in the concentration camps in Poland and Germany, as well as in ghettos, towns, and villages in Poland.

  5. F. Keith Davis memoirs

    Consists of two memoirs, "16th FAOB" by F. Keith Davis, written in March 2000, and "KZ" compiled by F. Keith Davis in 1995. In "16th FAOB," Mr. Davis describes being drafted in 1943, his army training, landing in France in August 1944, his memories of the Battle of the Bulge, and his experiences at the liberation of Ohrdruf. Includes copies of his personal wartime photographs. In "KZ," Mr. Davis presents clippings and photographs about the liberation of Ohrdruf and his memories of that day with annotations.

  6. "A Man is Stronger Than Iron" "My Years Under the Nazis in Ukraine"

    Consists of one memoir, 150 pages, entitled "A Man is Stronger than Iron: My Years Under the Nazis in Ukraine," 150 pages, by Moishe (Michael) Woszczyna, originally of Stepan, Poland. In his memoir, Mr. Woszczyna describes the German invasion of his town in 1941, anti-Jewish measures imposed by the Germans and Ukrainians, parachutists dropping on his town, the arrival of partisans, and life in the Stepan ghetto. He also describes witnessing the massacre in the ghetto, which he survived by hiding under an oven, and after it was over, he escaped the ghetto and joined the partisans in the Kore...

  7. Ettel Bomze photograph

    The Ettel Bomze photograph is an undated photograph of Ettel Bomze of Vienna, Austria. Ettel Bomze was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt on July 15, 1942. She was deported from Theresienstadt to Treblinka concentration camp on September 21, 1942 where she perished upon arrival.

  8. District Court in Warsaw Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Sygn. SOW)

    Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted at the District Court in Warsaw during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles during the German occupation. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of war criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes committed durin...

  9. Rose Doery memoir

    Consists of one memoir, untitled, 21 pages, by Rose Doery (born Roza Hartz), originally of Amsterdam, Holland. She describes pre-war life in Amsterdam, her memories of the Jewish holidays, and her non-Jewish friends. In 1941, the family store was confiscated and in 1942, Roza managed to temporarily escape deportation by feigning appendicitis. On October 2, 1942, the family was deported to Westerbork, where they lived until February 1944, when they were sent to Bergen-Belsen. In the spring of 1945, they were placed on a train evacuating Bergen-Belsen, and were transported throughout Germany ...

  10. District Court in Łomża Sąd Okręgowy w Łomży (Sygn. SOŁ)

    Contains selected files of trials that took place in the District Court in Łomża, 1945–1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles by Germans and their collaborators during the German occupation. Most of investigation were discontinued. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's fi...

  11. The District Commission in Częstochowa to Investigate the Nazi Crimes Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Częstochowie

    Contains diverse records relating to the activity of the District Commission in Częstochowa to Investigate Nazi Crimes in the Częstochowa region. Includes files related to the investigation of German crimes; administrative files, including lists of the members of the commission and day-books; questionnaires with information about places and facts of German crimes; name lists of the people sentenced for death by the German Sondergerichte; name lists of the people shot or deported from Częstochowa it's vicinity to concentration camps; name lists of the German officers of the Częstochowa town ...

  12. Evan R. Luskin collection

    Contains a concert program for the performance of the Jewish Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra at the Opera House in Nürnberg, Germany on May 7, 1946; interior of the program lists 11 selections that they will be playing along with a composite photograph of the members of the orchestra; dated May 1946.

  13. District Commission in Lublin to Investigate the Nazi Crimes Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Lublinie

    Contains records of the District Commission in Lublin to Investigate the Nazi Crimes of the Lublin province. Records are very diverse and include files of investigation of German crimes; administrative files, including lists of the members of the Commission; reports and correspondence of the Commission; log books of correspondence, questionnaires with information about places and facts of German crimes; name lists of the deported, arrested and murdered people during the WWII; witnesses’ testimonies; registration cards of the wanted war criminals; name lists of the German officers of the Lub...

  14. Yom Hashoah commemoration programs

    Consists of programs for the Yom Hashoah commemorations sponsored by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington in 1984, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009. The programs include poetry, statistical information about the Holocaust, song lyrics, and readings.

  15. District Commission in Katowice to Investigate the Nazi Crimes Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Katowicach

    Contains records of the District Commission in Katowice to Investigate the Nazi Crimes of the Silesia territory. Records are very diverse and include files of investigations of German crimes; files on wanted war criminals and verdicts of criminal trials against war criminals, including the case of the crew of KL Auschwitz and its chief officer, Rudolf Hoess; administrative files, including lists of the members of the Commission; case files of SS and Gestapo officers, German physicians, and collaborators, the verdicts of German Sondergerichte; also contains questionnaires concerning location...

  16. Official Nazi photographs

    Consists of thirty-two official photographs taken of Adolf Hitler, members of the SS, Nazi parades, military installations, and various other staged and propaganda events. The photographs are numbered with stamps on the verso.

  17. Dachau liberation photographs

    The Dachau liberation photographs consists of thirteen photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in April 1945. Some of the photographs are mass-produced liberation photographs, while others, including photographs of survivors in the camp and of the collection and burial of bodies, are less common images.

  18. District Court in Kielce Sąd Okręgowy w Kielcach (Sygn. SOK)

    Contains selected records of criminal trials conducting at the District Court in Kielce, Poland during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles by Germans and their collaborators during the German occupation.Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals their collaborators guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the w...

  19. Municipal Commission in Lublin to Investigate the German Crimes Miejska Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Lublinie

    Contains records of the Municipal Commission in Lublin to Investigate the Nazi Crimes of the Lublin territory, Poland. Records are very diverse and include files of investigation of German crimes; administrative files, including lists of the members of the Commission; reports and correspondence of the Commission; log books of correspondence, questionnaires with information about places and facts of German crimes; name lists of the deported, arrested and murdered people during the WWII; witnesses’ testimonies; registration cards of the wanted war criminals; name lists of the German officers ...

  20. Ramon Wallen collection

    Consists of one photograph of Adolf Hitler in discussion with three unidentified men in military dress uniforms. On the verso of the photograph, there is a faded printed number "43."