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  1. Margit Meier papers

    Consists of a document and photographs relating to the experiences of Margit Fuchs Meier during the Holocaust and in the immediate post-war period. Included is a document stating that Margit Fuchs worked at a Jewish children's home in Etterbeek, Belgium from November 1944 to May 1945. Twelve photographs depicting infants and toddlers from the Jewish children's home in Etterbeek and five photographs of the Fuchs family in Vienna and Brussels, circa 1936-1942.

  2. Jan Zlotkiewicz photograph collection

    The Jan Zlotkiewicz photograph collection consists of photographs depicting Jan Zlotkiewicz (born Jakub Salomon Zlotkiewicz) during his military service in the Polish Army.

  3. Jeannette Olson collection

    Consists of a photograph of Jeannette Gerstl with her parents: Pauline and Wilhelm Gerstl, sitting on a bench, dated 1941, location: Nice, France; and a photograph of Emile Lasfarques and Jeannette Gerstl in the garden of the Lasfargues family, who had hidden and kept Jeannette for a year, dated: c. fall 1943; location: Antibes, France.

  4. British Colonial Office : Palestine, original correspondence

    Includes correspondence relating to British policy in Palestine, e.g., discussions with the Jewish Agency, other Jewish organizations, and individuals as well as world reaction to policy; petitions; Arab opposition and disturbances; Jewish immigration issues, granting visas, settlements, and illegal immigration; logistical/administrative concerns relating to public works, police, railways, and other infrastructure concerns; financial issues in Palestine; the Royal Commission on Palestine, Partition Commission, Jordan Valley Authority, and implementation of the United Nations Organizations D...

  5. Robert Goldberg papers, 1943-1946

    The Robert Goldberg collection contains material collected and created by Robert Goldberg during his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, as well as his post-war experiences serving as an administrator in displaced persons camps. His primary responsibility was the monitoring and procurement of supplies for the Pocking displaced persons camp, and Included in the records are military orders and a notebook pertaining to the shipment of supplies. Goldberg’s papers include a typescript memoir, a letter to his family, clippings, and army directives and orders. His memoir details the admi...

  6. Alex Loewenthal papers

    Includes a fourteen-page document that deals with reparation claims by two of Alex Loewenthal's heirs, a series of letters written by Alex in Germany to his family in the United States during the war, a biographical sketch, a letter pertaining to assistance from the German Jewish Aid Committee, and another letter describing efforts to obtain a visa and steamship ticket to Cuba for Alex.

  7. Solomon Meyer papers

    Contains one letter with envelope written by Solomon Meyer to his wife from Germany, twelve black and white photographs from Buchenwald taken by Solomon, and a copy of a Buchenwald concentration camp report (Headquarters 1270th Engineer Combat Battalion).

  8. Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index (HO 396)

    Contains an alphabetical list of records of German, Austrian, and Italian nationals and their spouses who were interned or considered for internment in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia during World War II. Each record contains personal details of the individual and some information about their case. A digital copy of this collection is available via Ancestry.com.

  9. Burgenländisches Landesarchiv records

    Contains records from the Burgenländisches Landesarchiv in Eisenstadt, Austria, related to the Aryanization of Jewish property in Austria. Includes variety of correspondence; files on the individual cases of Anna Fould, Valerie Lederer, Charlotte Stutzer, Sigmund and Stephanie Weiler, Karl Meyer, Hugo Feigelstock, Paul Steiner, Jacob Blau, Adolf Gerstl, and Helene Adalbert Kohn; and name lists.

  10. Dienststelle Rosenberg - Kanzlei Rosenberg. Records from Bundesarchiv, NS 8 (Germany)

    Contains lectures, essays, articles, and newspaper clippings relating to Rosenberg's personal and political activities. Records pertain to the Rosenberg's roles as the editor of the Völkschen Beobachter and the NS-Monatshefte; in the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) foreign office, in the Kampfbund für Deutsche Kultur; the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, the NSDAP Hohe Schule in Vorbereitung, and in the other activities in the NSDAP. Collection also contains some correspondence from the Reichsministerium für die Besetzten Ostgebiete.

  11. Foreign Office: General Correspondence, FO 371

    Contains correspondence relating to persecution and atrocities against Jews; refugees from Germany and Austria; disturbances in Palestine; the formation of a Jewish fighting force; immigration issues; German war criminals, and files on the conditions for Jews in occupied Europe including, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Hungary, Iraq, and Poland.

  12. Deborah Katina collection

    The Deborah Katina collection consists of eleven copy photographs depicting the Deborah Katina (born Dora Schwartz) and her family before the war in Chrzanow, Poland; and one original photograph of the donor's mother and younger sister, 1934, in Chrzanow, Poland.

  13. Henryk Tabaksblat photograph collection

    The Henryk Tabaksblat photograph collection consists of Hendla Korn (later Hendla Tabaksblat) and two unidentified Jewish girls in Łódź, Poland, circa 1920; a group photograph of workers in the Łódź ghetto metal workshop, 1941; a photograph of a sign "Bank of the Jewish Council in the Łódź ghetto" within the ruins of the Łódź ghetto, 1945; and four photographs of memorial services in which Henry Tabaksblat participated in 1967.

  14. Deutsche Arbeitsfront-Splitterbestande (NS 5-I)

    Contains records of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) related to Jewish property, aryanization, the Jewish economic situation, economic value of forced labor, and antisemitic discourses.

  15. Schwarzheide collection

    Contains a memoir, entitled "Das Auβenlager Schwarzheide des KZ Sachsenhausen," written by Jacov Tsur and Richard Svoboda, containing information about the auxiliary camp, Schwarzheide, a part of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Also contains papers regarding the memorial for the Jews of Cĕská Lipa., Czech Republic; a list of those killed in Schwardzheide, compiled by the Association of Former Prisoners of the Concentration Camp Schwarzheide, an English translation of the memoir; and other documents regarding Cĕská Lipa., Czech Republic, and the Schwarzheide concentration camp. Als...

  16. Opava records

    Selected records relating to the persecution of Jewish communities by Nazi and other authorities in Opava, Czechoslovakia.

  17. Leonard J. Leader papers

    Contains a description of events written by Leonard J. Leader, a soldier in the U.S. Army (1942-1946), that pertains to the fate of Belgian Jews.

  18. Friedlander-Schonfeld family papers

    Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and legal documents relating to the emigration of a Jewish family to Ecuador during the 1940s.

  19. Foreign Office: General Correspondence, Russia

    Contains correspondence relating to the treatment of Jewish businessmen in Russia, in general, and of Leon Lewisohn, in particular. Leon Lewisohn, a German-born businessman and naturalized British citizen, was ejected from Imperial Russia and denied the ability to conduct business because he was Jewish. The British Foreign Office interceded with Imperial Russia on his behalf.

  20. Foreign Office: General correspondence, Ottoman Empire

    Contains general correspondence relating to the protection of Jews in Syria, the condition and treatment of Jews in Serbia and Romania, ant the immigration of Jews to Palestine.