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  1. Proclamations regarding boycott of German products and the Transfer Agreements

    Contains seven proclamations regarding the boycott of German products and the Transfer Agreements, printed in Palestine; undated, likely 1930s. Includes propaganda and publicity handbills regarding the ban which the Yishuv imposed on German products. The proclamations are (in translation): "Begone German products!", advertisement for Velux razor blades made in Switzerland which "declared that it will protect all Jews"; a blank form addressed to the survey committee "regarding the Transfer and the boycott of German products"; "Until when will the Yishuv support Hitler?" proclamation calling ...

  2. Stolz and White families papers

    The Stolz and White families papers include biographical material, correspondence, school records, writings, restitution material, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Erika Stolz and her parents, Leon and Rosa, originally of Vienna, Austria. At the beginning of the war Erika was sent on a Kinderstransport to Christian boarding school in England. Leon and Rosa were divorced in Austria before the war. During the war, Leon and his future-wife Hermine fled to Italy and then Shanghai, where they remained until the invasion of the Japanese Imperial Army. ...

  3. Gold bracelet made from melted-down coins owned by an Austrian Lutheran émigré

    Gold bracelet designed by Elizabeth Deutschhausen and commissioned by her parents before she fled Vienna, Austria in 1939. The bracelet was made using 98.6-percent gold from Austrian ducats (coins), which were melted-down and repurposed into panels depicting different Alpine flowers. Elizabeth and her husband, Lutheran Pastor Wilhelm Deutschhausen, were living in Vienna when Germany annexed Austria during the March 1938 “Anschluss.” Many in the Austrian Protestant Church, which included Lutheranism, supported the creation of the “Reich Church” in Germany and a “nazified” version of Christia...

  4. District Authority Valašské Meziříčí Okresní úřad Valašské Meziříčí

    Administrative records of Valašské Meziříčí (German: Wallachisch Meseritsch, colloquially Valmez), a town in the Zlín region. Features records pertaining to the Jewish community in Vsetín, police matters concerning Jews, anti-Jewish measures, the expropriation of Jewish properties and assets including the appointment of commissioners, the treatment of refugees, and other relevant records.

  5. Breth family papers

    The Breth family papers include biographical materials, correspondence, and a photograph album. The biographical materials document Czech Holocaust survivor Fred Breth and his wife and son, Adele and Steven, who fled Czechoslovakia for Sweden and America. Correspondence consists of letters between Fred and Adele and Fred’s parents, Ernst and Hermine Breth, and his sister and brother, Gertrude and Hans, who were still in Czechoslovakia. The photograph album contains photographs by Adele documenting her and Fred’s prewar travels. Biographical materials include birth certificates, education an...

  6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Internal political conditions. Deported communists (Group 120 D.4-5)

    Records relating to the arrest and detention of Danish communists and others in June 1941, the illegal printing of "Land og folk," shipping of food packages, medicine to Danish communists transferred to German prisons, correspondence with relatives, some single case files, as well as relating to the visit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to concentration camps in Germany and Theresienstadt.

  7. District National Committee Velké Meziříčí Okresní národní výbor Velké Meziříčí

    Administrative records of Velké Meziříčí, a town in the Vysočina region pertaining to the post-war restitution of Jewish property. Features citizenship lists and post-war records pertaining to the restitution and confiscation of expropriated Jewish properties under Act 108/1945.

  8. Provinzialverwaltung Oberschlesien in Kattowitz Selected records of the Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice Zarząd Prowincjonalny Górnego Śląska w Katowicach (Sygn. 118)

    Selected records of the Provinzialverwaltung Oberschlesien in Kattowitz (Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice) relating to the region of two regencies: Regierung Kattowitz and Regierung Oppeln. Consists of correspondence, reports, bills, photographs, newspaper clippings and schedules for trainings. Records relate to organizational and general matters of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) and Hitler-Jugend parties on these territories. Included are lists of members of the Hitler Jugend organization.

  9. Albert Ehrlich collection

    Collection of a document and photographs which were acquired and captioned by Staff Sgt. Albert Ehrlich (donor’s father) during his service with the US Army in Europe during WWII. Includes documenta from the hotel they stayed in, a photo of SS troops, a SS troop’s wedding photo, image of the atrocities at Gardelegen, and a photo of Albert Ehrlich sitting on an Army jeep.

  10. Selected records of the Provincial Headquarters of the State Police in Łódź Komenda Wojewódzka Policji Państwowej w Łodzi (Sygn.183) : Wybrane materialy

    Police reports, include name lists of police officers, surveys and surveillance journals, arrest warrants, and photographs of detainees from the register of the State Police, 1938-1939.

  12. Schutzpass

    Contains a Swedish protective passport (Schutz-Pass) issued to Ernst Vidor in Budapest, dated 26 September 1944; endorsed by Carl Ivan Danielsson, head of the Swedish legation in Budapest. Single printed page with typed entries, original signatures and bearer’s photograph. Text in German and Hungarian. Numbered 82/31. Central heavy creases, extremities with chips and some tears, old tape repair on verso.

  13. Police headquarters in Bratislava, Passport administration Policajné riaditeľstvo v Bratislave, Pasová agenda

    Passports and passport applications with supporting documents of Jewish applicants from the Bratislava region, 1939 to 1945. Included are also files of Slovak perpetrators and war criminals. This is an ongoing project.

  14. Joseph Greenblatt family photographs

    Consists of three photographs depicting the sisters of Joseph Greenblatt, formerly Josel Narachinsky (Naruszczynski), who perished in the Holocaust.

  15. Selected records of the First Instance Court in Łódź Sąd Grodzki w Łodzi (Sygn. 184) : Wybrane materialy

    Records of the Civil Department of the Sąd Grodzki in Łódź. The records relate to various private cases: estates (e.g. cases concerning portioning out family property), payments of rent and expulsion from apartments, cases concerning dues of different kinds, drafts, and the like. There are files of writ cases and tutelary cases in the Civil Department (e.g. applications for guardianship of a minor).

  16. Einstein family collection

    Contains correspondence sent and received by Alfred Einstein (donor’s grandfather), co-owner of “La Tribune Juive” Journal in Strasbourg, France; dated 1935-1936.

  17. Shutters

    Pair of shutters from Taize, France, from the house in which between 1940 and 1942 Brother Roger, founder of the Communaute de Taize, hid refugees including Jews. The shutters served as a sign indicating to the refugees after police visits to the premises, the point at which the refugees could come back to the house without danger.

  18. Matheus and Frieda Sandisku letter

    Letter written in Yiddish from Matheus and Frieda Sandisku (donor's grandparents) in Kaunas, Lithuania, to relatives in the United States, undated (1930s).

  19. Kehile newspaper clippings named after Boruch Hager Kehile prese oysshnitn on nomen fun Boruch Hager

    Articles and press clippings organized by Boruch Hager, a Jewish refugee in Argentina. Records relate to antisemitism, the Holocaust, and the arrival of Jewish refugees and survivors to Argentina. Included in the collection are indexes, clippings, photographs, and other materials. The collection shows the strong influence of the survivors and the impact of the memory of the Holocaust in all aspects of community life. From 1952 until the decade of 1980, the material was systematically organized in fourteen categories and arranged in enveloped labeled with category number, month and year. For...