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  1. Eskanazi family photographs

    Photographs of Lena (Eskenazi) Morris; her siblings Eli, Sylvia and Emmanuel Eskanazi; and their friends. Also includes photographs from the Vittel internment camp in France. Miriam and Israel Eskenazi emigrated from Salonika, Greece to the United States circa 1917, where their children Eli and Lena were born. The family returned to Salonika circa 1922 where their children Sylvia and Emmanuel were born. In the spring of 1943, Miriam, Israel, Sylvia and Emmanuel were among the thousands rounded up in Salonika and deported to Auschwitz, where they died. Because Lena and Eli were American citi...

  2. Judenrat in Theresienstadt Kolekcja dokumentów z gett i obozów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 1939-1944. Judenraty Rada Żydowska Theresienstadt (Sygn. 268)

    Records of the Judenrat in Theresienstadt. Contains a milk card for Moses Grinbaum, issued in 1941.

  3. Becker family papers

    Biographical materials and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of the Becker family of Budapest, Hungary. Biographical materials include Ivan Becker’s Swedish protection document issued by Raoul Wallenberg and postwar documents from the Bad Gastein displaced persons camp; identification documents of his father Dezsö Becker, grandmother Frida Becker, and sister Anna Becker; his mother Kato Becker’s handwritten Hungarian cookbook; and a family history. Photographs include depictions of World War I, family photographs, and postwar photographs from Bad Gastein. Biographical ma...

  4. Criminal police in Zlín Kriminální policie ve Zlín (B 322)

    Records relating to detained and arrested persons in the city of Zlín during the German occupation. Includes a detailed description of a person, the reason of detention, and lists of persons condemned to death by court martial.

  5. Melania Weissenberg photographs

    Collection of photographic prints including vintage and contemporary photos and copy prints relating to Molly Applebaum and her rescuers, Wiktor and Emilia Kulaga, who were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.

  6. Hilbert Margol papers

    The Hilbert and Howard Margol papers consist of Margol family wartime correspondence and German postcards acquired by Howard and Hilbert Margol after VE Day. The Margol family correspondence consists of a letter with envelope sent to Mrs. Sarah Margol from US Army Major General Edwin M. Watson, Secretary to the President, in response to her letter sent on June 8, 1944 with concerns about the assignments of her twin sons. The letter is written on White House stationary and dated June 12, 1944. Also included are photocopies of two letters sent to Mrs. Margol in response to her June 8, 1944 le...

  7. Bergen-Belsen photographs

    The Bergen-Belsen photographs consists of ten photographs depicting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after liberation in 1945. The collection includes images of the burial of victims in mass graves and the burning of the barracks in the concentration camp. The identity of the photographs is unknown.

  8. Jewish Community in Tarnopol Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska w Tarnopolu (Sygn. 110)

    Documents concerning charity foundations of: Abe Eberman, Feiga Chaja Königsberg, Dawid Francoz, Abraham Kittner, Milka Karpf, Majer Weissglas, Jakub Czosnowski, Jakub Eberman, Salomon Eberman, Sina Fröhlich, Ester Brüner, Mojżesz Parnas, S. Marmorka, Mojżesz Katz, Złata Raisa Dudak, Horowitz, Kurfürst, Markus Eliasz Günsberg, M. Weissglas, Rudolf Gall, Melchior Axlerad, Saul Parnass, Rywka Peller, Józef Perl, Jakub Schmierer, Ozjasz Kaminker, Łukaczer, Jekl Luftig, Hersz Lille, Pasia Ruchla Safier, Mariem Kammerling-Hirschorn, Samuel Schulbaum, Izydor Weissglas.

  9. Oral history interview with Qenan Deda

  10. Institut d'etude des questions juives (GR 28 P 15)

    Contains records documenting the conception and construction of the famous 1941-1942 exhibition at the Palais Berlitz, "Le Juif et la France," including media coverage and the speech given by the IEQJ’s Secretary General Paul Sézille; documentation produced by the IEQJ; studies of Jewish influence in various domains and professions; records documenting the activities of the IEQJ; in-coming and out-going mail; denunciations of Jewish business owners and employees, and offers to buy their confiscated belongings; foreign press; and publicity.

  11. Police headquarters in Jihlava 1932-1942 Policejní ředitelství Jihlava 1932-1942 (B 74)

    Aryanization and anti-Jewish measures in Jihlava. List of Jewish-owned firms and companies in Jihlava; list of Jewish-owned apartments and houses in Jihlava; report of a boycott of German products by the Jewish community in Jihlava.

  12. Mass family papers

    Immigration papers, restitution claims, photographs and other documents related to Moses and Dina Mass, Polish Jews who immigrated to Barbados from the Netherlands in 1932 and later to the United States in 1949. Immigration documents include Moses and Dina’s declarations of intention and letters from the Mizrachi Organization of America, which sponsored several members of the family. Restitution claims relate to inheritance claims of property of Moses’s father and uncles. Other papers include two letters in Yiddish, a newspaper clipping in Yiddish, and documents related to Jack Mass’s educa...

  13. Mein Kampf 2 movie poster

    An Italian poster of the Swedish documentary "Mein Kampf 2." The film, which was distributed in the world under the name "Secrets of the Nazi Criminals," deals with the Nuremberg trials and Nazi atrocities.

  14. German soldiers in Paris, 1941; cinemas

    REX building with painted sign: “REX DEUTSCHES SOLDATENKINO”. This is a cinema for German soldiers in German-occupied Paris. People walk by marketplace stalls. “LA VACHE QUI RIT.” Pont au Change of the Conciergerie. A truck, a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians move across the bridge. Théâtre de la Ville: “Châtelet.” Notre-Dame de Paris. Statue in the Place de Clichy. “Gillette” building displays sign: “Soldatenheim lese-und schreibzimmer.” Gaumont cinema on Rue Caulaincourt. Le Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, Paris. A street lined with trees. Woman steps out with two dogs. She holds ...

  15. Gendarmerie County of Ciechanów Żandarmeria Powiat Ciechanów (Sygn. 499)

    Reports on activities and functions of the gendarmerie, regulations and other documents.

  16. Archive of the City of Velké Meziříčí Archiv města Velké Meziříčí

    A registry of Jews born in Velké Meziříčí in the 19th century, a town in the Vysočina region. The expropriation and sale of the Jewish cemetery by the Auswanderungsfonds für Böhmen und Mähren (Emigration Fund for Bohemia and Moravia) to the municipality of Velké Meziříčí, 1943 to 1944.

  17. Erwin Stern collection

    Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Erwin Stern, born in Rechnitz, Germany and later of Vienna until 1939, when he and his sister Theresa were sent to France and hidden in the Château du Masgelier children's home. They came to the United States in June 1941 through a transport organized by the United States Committee for the Care of European Children. Includes documentaiton compiled in preparation for that journey, such as an affidavit in lieu of passport.

  18. General Directorate of Studies and Investigations : Special Section devoted to Germany Direction generale des etudes et recherches : Section Speciale Allemagne (SSA) (GR 28 P 7)

    The collection contains the archives of the SSA and primarily documents the organization and personnel of the German special services (RSHA and Abwehr) during World War II. The archives come from two different sources: 1) the archives “ DALO” from the Bureau of Documention in Germany (Bdoc 9000) and to which the second office gave a classification scheme of two to seven digits beginning with 4, and 2) the archives “K” arranged thematically. The collection includes reports on the German special services and documents pertaining to the Abwehr and the SIPO-SD/ RSHA, collaboration, the Wehrmach...

  19. Antisemitic propaganda handbill warning Americans that Jews are against serving in the military

    Handbill, printed in New York City, with fraudulent quotes on the front and an antisemitic cartoon on the back. The cartoon shows two men with stereotypical Jewish features outfitting a Christian American man for combat, while the radio broadcasts Jewish pro-war messages. The Talmud quote is ripped from its original context and used to legitimize the antisemitic canard that Jews sought exemption from military service, while simultaneously advocating American intervention in World War II. The handbill’s purpose was to provoke anti-Jewish sentiment in the United States by perpetuating the myt...

  20. Fedde and Albert Gozen Van Terwisga collection

    Contains two death announcements for father and son, Fedde and Albert Gozen Van Terwisga, who were not Jewish but but imprisoned in Herzogenbusch in the Netherlands and then deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Family death announcements stating Albert "died February 9, 1945" and Fedde "died" March 5, 1945, both at the Dachau concentration camp, victims of Nazism.