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  1. Elisabeth Bates papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Elisabeth Bates (born Isabela Wolfowicz), originally of Gąbin, Poland. Documents include a false identification document used by Elisabeth to live under the name of Elzbieta Rybiecka in Warsaw, Poland, dated 21 April 1939; and an identification card belonging to Elisabeth’s grandfather, Icek Majer, circa 1939. Photographs consist of a photograph of Elisabeth with her mother, Mania (née Glas) Wolfowicz, circa 1925; and one of her father, Marek Wolfowicz, undated.

  2. Szyja Faktor papers

    The Szyja Faktor papers contain photographs and documents concerning Szyja Faktor, a Polish citizen who was displaced as a result of World War II. Included in the collection are letters sent by Szyja while living in the Rivoli, Italy displaced persons camp in 1948 to his cousin Morris Himelsztein in Toronto, Canada. Also included are photographs depicting Szyja, his wife, and his daughter while they were living in the camp in Rivoil.

  3. Lola Laks collection

    Consists of two envelopes sent from Ulanow, Poland, to the United States; eighteen photographs taken by the donor in the Bindermichl displaced persons camp, 1946; two letters written in 1941, from Warsaw to the donor; one postcard, dated 28 February 1941, from Lola Ulrych in the Warsaw ghetto to J. Fishbein, for Lola Fishbein, in New York; and one postcard written by Lola Langham in Dzierzoniow, Poland, to Lola Fishbein in New York, January 1948.

  4. Ilana Sherman collection

    Consists of a letter, dated 18 August 1945, from Henia Lewin in Grodno, Poland (Grodno, Belarus), describing her experiences during the war.

  5. Wanda Rotbart papers

    The Wanda Rotbart papers concern Wanda Rotbart, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw, Poland. The collection contains a single blank form, issued to Wanda sometime between 1944 and 1945 while she was a slave laborer in the HASAG slave labor camp in Leipzig, Germany. The form, issued each day to record the amount each person produced in their respective section, is inscribed on the reverse with a handwritten poem for freedom.

  6. Beate Czarlinski collection

    Consists of one I.D. certificate from Shanghai, 26 June 1947; one certificate of travel for Benjamin (Siegfried Czarlinsky); one United Nations. letter of registration, 1947; and one class photograph from a Jewish school, Berlin, Germany, 1938.

  7. Mary Temple Shanghai papers

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn510542
    • English
    • oversize folders 1 folder 2 4 photographs, 1 innoculation certificate, 1 announcement, 1 resident certificate, 1 census certificate, 1 identity card, 1 Shanghai Youth Association School report card, 1 article,

    Consists of photographs from Shanghai; innoculation, resident, and census certificates; a Shanghai Youth Association report card; a newspaper article from 'China Press," Shanghai, 26 November 1946, and an announcement requesting help to leave Shanghai.

  8. Brochure

    Consists of issue no. 18 (33) of the serial publication "TAGAR - STRUGGLE," published in Shanghai, China, by the United Zionist-Revisionsts and Brit Trumpeldor in the Far East.

  9. Łódź Ghetto ration cards

    Consists of two ration cards: no 907 issued to the donor, Hanna Poznanska; and no. 02411, issued to Felicja Poznanska, the donor's mother, in the Łódź Ghetto.

  10. Antisemitic propaganda ticket

    Rectangular form of yellow paper; printed French text in black ink; antisemitic propaganda.

  11. Wislawa Krzymowska collection

    Consists of five photographs depicting the Bandyra family and their house in which they hid two Jewish families during the Holocaust.

  13. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Contains photographs depicting Buchenwald following liberation.

  14. The Leader's Struggle in the East 2 Miniature "button book" issued for charitable contributions by the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes

    Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.

  15. Correspondence regarding the application of Jews and others to emigrate to Australia with the assistance of the Australian Lutheran Church

    Contains correspondence regarding the application of Jews and others to emigrate to Australia with the assistance of the Australian Lutheran Church.

  16. Polizeipräsident in Dresden exit permit

    Consists of a document typed in black ink on white paper, issued to Alfred Salomon Birnberg, by "Der Polizeiprasident in Dresden," 25 May 1939, stating that his family had four weeks to leave Germany.

  17. Archives of the service for war victims Archives du service des victims de la guerre : Series A

    Contains records relating to the fate of Jewish and non-Jewish Belgians throughout Europe during the period of 1939 to 1950. Includes name lists from a wide variety of sources such as concentration and prisoner of war camps, relief and charity organizations, hospitals, prisons, and similar institutions. See also Part Mi, Part P, and Part R (Rg-65.001M; Rg-65.003M; Rg-65.004M).

  18. Archives of the service for war victims Archives du service des victims de la guerre : Series P

    Contains records relating to the fate of Jewish and non-Jewish Belgians throughout Europe during the period of 1939 to1950. Includes name lists from a wide variety of sources such as concentration and prisoner of war camps, relief and charity organizations, hospitals, prisons, and similar institutions. See also Parts Mi, A, and R (Rg- Rg-65.001M; Rg-65.002M; Rg-65.004M).

  19. Records relating to the race regulations of the French Gendarmes

    The collection contains documents from fonds 1A276 and 1A277 of the Service Historique de la Gendarmerie Nationale (SHGN) related to the regulations of October 1940, and June 1941, prohibiting service in the French National Gendarmes to persons of Jewish ancestry. Includes personnel files for individuals either attesting to Aryan status or requesting exemptions on the basis of exemplary service, heroism, etc.

  20. Anna Bloch collection

    Consists of a certificate issued on 14 June 1945 in Linz, Austria, to Israel Bloch, donor’s husband, stating that he was born on 18 September 1911 in Krakow, Poland, and was imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp from 13 March 1942 until liberation on 5 May 1945; and a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, filed by Israel Bloch on 28 March 1951, in Toledo, Ohio, on behalf of himself, his wife, Anna Bloch (the donor), and their daughter, Halina Bloch, born in Munich, Germany, on 30 May 1946.