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  1. Tschenstochauer Knopffabrik vorm. J. und St. Grosman A.G. Częstochowa Button Factory, of the late Jan i Stanisław Grosman S.A. Częstochowska Fabryka Guzików, dawniej Jan i Stanisław Grosman (Sygn.149)

    This collection contains selected related to the operation of the Częstochowa Button Factory, of the late Jan i Stanisław Grosman S.A. Selected units include copies of statutes of the Częstochowa Button Factory Incorp., minutes of stockholders’ assembly meetings, and minutes of meetings and resolutions of the Board. There are also complete payrolls from the years 1928-1940. The files concerning the staff contain interesting materials related to the everyday life of the factory worker, relating to accidents at work, wages, employment, and the like. The Factory was established by Jews and rem...

  2. Unzer Sztyme

    Announcement issued by the Central Jewish Committee, Bergen Belsen, of the Sharit HaPleitah in the British Zone; "Our Voice / Unzer Szytme" printed in top center; regarding collecting of photos to an album on the life and sorrows of Jews in ghettos, camps, and partisan units; in Yiddish and English.

  3. The Polish Police Station in Częstochowa Komisariat Policji Polskiej w Częstochowie (Sygn.1040)

    This collection contains police reports related to the temporary departure from the post of two Jewish policemen who were members of the Jewish Service of District I: Rafałowicz and Monhajt, as well as an application for employment of Moszek Nachtigal.

  4. Christopher R. Browning papers

    The Christopher R. Browning papers consist of Browning’s expert reports, correspondence, court records, photocopies of historical evidentiary materials, indexes, preparatory and background materials for trial, printed materials, and witness testimony gathered or created during preparations for court proceedings against alleged war criminals Radislav Grujicic and Serge Kisluk in Canada, Andre Sawoniuk and Semion Serafinowicz in England, and Heinrich Wagner in Australia. All five cases relied on evidence from eyewitness accounts. Browning’s role in the proceedings was not to provide evidence ...

  5. Hashomer Hatzair in Germany (R-13-2) השומר הצעיר בגרמניה

    Contains journal "Kameraden" (1924-1931), diaries from various cities (kvuzot) in Germany (1923-1937), a diary and minutes of meetings of leadership in Danzig (1925-1928), records on children camps, correspondence with the central leadership and brunches, circulars, reports on activities, youth aliya issues, names lists of members from different branches, names lists for drafting to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), 1948, publications on Ha Shomer Hatzair history in Yiddish (1946-1948), financial reports.

  6. Jan Gorecki papers

    The Jan Gorecki papers consist of four identification cards documenting Jan Gorecki’s status as a stateless conscripted Polish laborer in Germany, former prisoner of war, member of the Polish Combatants Association, and member of Catholic Caritas for Poles in the British Zone. The papers also include an International Refugee Organization processing card and a World Health Organization vaccination certificate for Gorecki’s son, Stanislaw.

  7. Ernst Guttmann papers

    German identification and travel documents issued to Ernst Guttmann in Breslau, Germany, from where he emigrated in 1939 on a Kindertransport. Documents include a child's identification card and a standard identification card, the latter marked with the letter "J." Also included are identification card issued to Guttmann in Harwich, England, August 1939, and railway and steamship ticket for travel from Holland to the United Kingdom. A copy photograph of Guttmann, shows him in England in 1939, with a note on the verso indicating that he wished to send this to his mother in Breslau, but was u...

  8. Etta and Josef Kurz family papers

    Documents, correspondence, and photographs (65), related to the experiences of the family of Josef and Etta Kurz, and their daughter Helen (donor), in Lwów, Poland, prior to World War II, during the war, and in their immigration to the United States after the war. Includes pre-war financial and business records related to the family owned business and property in Lwów, false identification documents used by Etta Kurz during the German occupation of Poland, immigration and citizenship documents, pre-war family photographs, and post-war photographs of the Kurz family, and various friends th...

  9. Naftali Horowitz correspondence

    Contains two postcards sent to Naftali Horowitz in the Ferramonti camp in Italy. The first postcard is from Naftali's cousin in Antwerp, Belgium, dated March 13, 1942, and explains that it was not possible for her to send food packages, but that she might be able to send money. The second postcard is from Naftali Horowitz's mother Golda in Rawa Rusak, dated May 21, 1942, and complains about the lack of letters from her son.

  10. Chana Ann Moszkowicz Wittenberg collection

    The collection primarily consists of post-war photographs related to Ann Wittenberg (born Chana Moszkowicz in Chrzanów, Poland) and others in the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Also included is a 1988 copy of her Polish birth certificate.

  11. Hashomer Hatzair in Israel, Headquarters (RG-1-3) הנהגה הראשית השומר הצעיר-ישראל

    Contains minutes of meetings, circulars, correspondence with branches in Israel, reports, educational publications and ideological materials of the movement, articles of the Hashomer Hatzair leaders, journals : "El Ori",, "Igeret", "Be Sha'ar", lists of kibutzim in the Eretz Israel (Land of Israel), historical data on Hashomer Hatzair in Israel. Includes also a report of Moshe Czizhik (Klif) on the Ha Shomer Hatzair in the Nazi occupied territories and its attitude toward Soviet Union.

  12. Protractor with the Nazi Imperial eagle acquired by a US soldier

    Plastic protractor brought home by a soldier who was serving with the US military during WWII. It has a wooden handle and a Reichsadler, an eagle holding swastika in its claws.

  13. Solomon Littman collection

    Photocopied documents from the National Archives UK, consisting of the records from the record group TS 26/903, titled "Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General: War Crimes Papers. World War II, 1939-194. U.N.W.C.C. Lists of War Criminals. Concentration Camps. Miscellaneous Papers." Most of the material consists of transcripts of depositions filed in cases prosecuted by the British against alleged war criminals, along with supporting documentation, such as lists of personnel at various concentration camps, compiled May - November 1945. Also includes one report from the U.N. War Crimes C...

  14. Martin Elkort photographs

    Consists of enlarged black and white photographs taken by Martin Elkort at an ORT training center in Manhattan, New York, circa 1948-1950. The photographs depict a sewing training center, and some of the trainees bear visible Auschwitz tattoos.

  15. Building a synagogue in Rotterdam; celebrating Hannukah

    Street sign, "Walenburger Weg." In Rotterdam. INT, wood workshop. Building a synagogue in the late 1930s close enough to the Schaap family home so the elder Salomon Schaap could walk there; the synagogue was not destroyed during WWII. 06:22:07 Star of David on door. Men carry wood into doorway. Menorah in INT of workshop/store. Hebrew letters on tiles Men unload materials for work on synagogue. 06:26:08 INT, crowd of religious Jews. Cantor sings. Men in top-hats and tuxedoes. Bride and groom under pieces of cloth. Light candles. Wedding. Bride and groom smile and shake hands. Little boy lig...

  16. Lustig family papers

    Two (2) photo albums of the Lustig family (donor's maternal family), documenting their life in Augsburg, Germany with family and friends between the years 1919-1931; collection of photographs (56) of the Lustig family in Germany and US before and after the war. Correspondence between Ludwig Lustig and different people in Chicago, IL regarding immigration visa to the US, c. 1938-1939; Passenger list: for the U.S.S. Vandyck which sailed from Liverpool, UK to New York on September 1, 1939 and includes the names of the Lustig family; Passport issued to Ludwig Grunbaum which has been marked with...

  17. Selected records from the collection of the District Court in Piotrków. Regional Branch in Częstochowa Sąd Okręgowy w Piotrkowie. Wydział Zamiejscowy w Częstochowie (Sygn. 44)

    Contains records related to the history of Częstochowa and its industries, and social and economic activities at this time. Includes files relating to mortgages, estate property, allocation of property, alimonies, indemnities, draft debts, cancellations of draft agreements, and the cancellation of notary acts. Also included are files of civil cases such as the clarification of certificates of marital status, adoptions of children, death certificates, auctions of estate property, and concessions of the rights of the poor. Includes commercial registration files which contain the date of the e...

  18. Baruch Yehieli personal archives (RG-95-54) ברוך יחיאלי - ארכיון אישי

    Personal archives of Baruch Yehieli (1915-1998) contains correspondence, articles, documents on the kibbutz Nir David (Tel Amal) and the kibbutz "Lohamei Hageta'ot" (Ghetto Fighters ), manuscripts and materials for the book "Akiva" and discussions after its publishing.

  19. Children

    A crowd of young children look at the camera. CU of one boy smiling. A man looks out through a window. Two men in a doorway observe. Another shot of the children lined up for the camera.

  20. Marsh Stanley Marshall photograph collection

    Photographic prints: Six images of the Ohrdruf concentration camp after its liberation and inscribed on verso. Images taken by Marsh Stanley Marshall, a member of the US Army.