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  1. Records of the Jewish National Council of Lithuanian and Jewish Parliamentary Group in Lithuanian Sejmas (Parliament) (Fond 620)

    Contains records relating mainly to the period of Jewish national autonomy in Lithuania, 1923-1926. The records of the Jewish National Council consist of miscellaneous correspondence files concerning all aspects of the activities (political, economic, educational, cultural etc.) of the Jewish communities of Lithuania. The collection also includes general records related to the activities of the Jewish parliamentary group in the Lithuanian Sejmas and includes minutes of meetings, reports, statistics, drafts of the various decrees relating to Jewish minority rights, records regarding municipa...

  2. Max Vielgut papers

    The Max Vielgut papers consists of documents and correspondence related to Max Vielgut, a musician originally from Vienna, Austria. The papers include his correspondence from pre-war Vienna, from the period after his escape to Belgium, as well as in France, where he was interned in various concentration camps, including Saint-Cyprien and Gurs.

  3. State Court Graz: Nazi-related court cases Landesgericht Graz : NS-Verfahren

    Postwar court and investigative records of Nazi-related cases in Styria, Austria for the years 1954 to 1992. The collection includes court case against Franz Murer, the deputy of the SS commandant of the Vilna (Vilnius) ghetto ("Stellvertreter und/oder Adjutant des Gebietskommissars der Stadt Wilna und Referent für Jüdische Angelegenheiten"); includes both cases that did and did not reach verdicts.

  4. Samuel Gottesman Collection

    Consists of one memoir, 76 pages, entitled "A Chronicle, 1923-1947," written by Samuel Gottesman, originally of Irshava, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine). He describes pre-war religious life in a small town, and his town being rounded up and deported to the ghetto in Berehove in the spring of 1944. He describes life in the ghetto and their deportation to Auschwitz, where he was forced to work on various construction projects. In January 1945, when Auschwitz was evacuated, he was sent on a forced march and placed in a open rail car, finally arriving at Bergen-Belsen. In the spring of 1945, he wa...

  5. "The First Generations: An early genealogical history of the Shanas, Stracovsky, Kimmelfeld, Gorstein, Mozart, Frimet, Smaller and other related families as they struggle for survival in both the Old World and the New"

    Consists of one manuscript entitled "The First Generations: An early genealogical history of the Shanas, Stracovsky, Kimmelfeld, Gorstein, Mozart, Frimet, Smaller and other related families as they struggle for survival in both the Old World and the New," by Bert Z. Shanas. The manuscript, which includes extensive copies of photographs, family tree information, maps, and documents, also includes a chapter about the members of the family killed in the Holocaust in Ukraine and the family members killed in military service.

  6. Elihu H. Rickel papers

    The bulk of this collection relates to Commander Elihu Rickel’s time in China, and in particular Tianjin, in 1945-1946, while serving as a chaplain with the U.S. Marine Corps. While there, he sought to raise awareness about the condition of the Jewish community in Tianjin, which was comprised primarily of Jews who had fled Europe in the late 1930s. The second series of documents in this collection contains, in part, a report that Rickel wrote about the community, a letter he sent to Rabbi Stephen Wise, and a journalistic account of Rickel’s ministry among the Jewish community. By this time,...

  7. Amoreena Tillman collection

    Consists of a DVD containing a ten-minute documentary on the Holocaust created by Amoreena Tillman as part of a National History Day project in 2013. Also includes a DVD containing an interview by Amoreena Tillman with her grandfather, Dwight Aldrich, who was a member of the 334th infantry and participated in the liberation of the Hannover-Ahlem concentration camp. Amoreena incorporated the interview into her documentary.

  8. Frances Cutler Hahn collection

    Consists of digital images of documents and photographs related to Frances Cutler Hahn, who was born Fanny Lindenberg Kahan in Paris, France, in 1938. Includes photographs of her parents, Schlomo Zalman Kahane and Cyla Lindenberg, letters to their family in Poland, photographs of Fanny in wartime childrens' homes and post-war orphanages, and documents related to her immigration to the United States with the assistance of HIAS.

  9. Eva Weinberger Cohen collection

    Consists of photographs, postcards, a photograph album, photographic negatives, documents, and postcards from the collection of Eva Weinberger Cohen, originally of Kusnice, Czechoslovakia [now Ukraine]. Though her family remained in Kusnice and was deported to Auschwitz, where only two sisters survived, Eva obtained false papers and posed as a Catholic in Budapest. She was able to obtain a spot on the Kastzner train and was deported to Bergen-Belsen in July 1944; she was released in December 1944 and sent to Switzerland. Includes pre-war family photographs; post-war photographs of Eva's sur...

  10. "Naki's Story"

    Consists of one typed story, 8 pages, written by Jack Samarias in the voice of his aunt, Naki (Esther) Touron-Fais, and describing her Holocaust experiences. In the story, "Naki" describes the wartime bombing of her hometown of Larissa, Greece; the family's decision to leave Larissa for Vizitsa, Greece, where they felt they would be safer; her visit to Larissa in March 1944, where she was arrested and taken to an internment camp outside of Larissa. She and a friend, Julie, lied about being Christians and convinced the German guards to release them as long as they could provide proof. Julie ...

  11. Eugenia Goldberg testimony

    Consists of testimony, 26 pages, in German, written in 1993 in the form of a letter by Eugenia Goldberg, originally of Liepāja, Latvia. She describes life under Russian occupation in Liepāja and in Riga, the German invasion, and her wartime attempts to survive. She also mentions the experiences of her extended family, as well as of George Schwab, who her husband, Julius Goldberg, aided.

  12. Houston Deford photographs

    Consists of six photographs taken by Houston "Dee" Deford, a member of the 104th Infantry Division, after the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp The photographs depict the preparation of corpses for burial. Includes handwritten description on the verso, giving the date of the photographs as "April 1, 1945" [likely May 1, 1945].

  13. Kenneth C. Myers photograph collection

    Consists of two original photographs and two enlarged copyprints of the same images, which were taken by Kenneth C. Myers, a mechanic with the 12th Armored Division, which participated in the liberation of Dachau. One photograph depicts the landscape of the camp and barbed wire, while the other depicts corpses on a cart.

  14. Mendel and Marta Miller family papers

    Contains photographs, immigration documents, and identification certificates, related to the period when Mendel and Marta Miller lived in the Feldafing displaced persons camp, and their subsequent immigration to the United States. Also included correspondence relating to Marta Miller's restitution claims against the West German government from 1982.

  15. Scrapbook of the Invasion of France

    Consists of one scrapbook, bound with fabric and a red wooden spine, containing mounted aerial military photographs of areas of France, circa 1940, likely taken during the May 1940 invasion of France by a member of the German military. Also includes photographs of the aftermath of ground warfare; many of the images are captioned and some of the aerial photographs are marked.

  16. Dora Pinkus Staub papers

    Consists of documents and correspondence related to Dora Pinkus Staub, originally of Gleiwitz. Includes correspondence from Dora, who was elderly and living in Berlin, Germany, from 1940-1941, prior to her deportation to Theresienstadt. Also includes a confirmation of her 1862 birth from a registry and notes regarding family genealogy.

  17. P. Victor Morse photograph collection

    Consists of eight photographs taken by United States Army serviceman P. Victor Morse near Essen, Germany, in May 1945. The photographs depict German civilians reburying the corpses of slave laborers who were murdered in a nearby wooded area. Also includes an image of the destroyed Krupp Works factory in Essen, taken in June 1945.

  18. Jacqueline Bernadet collection

    Consists of photographs taken of the forced reburial of corpses in Germany (possibly in Lüneburg) in the spring of 1945. Also includes color copies related to the wartime and post-war experiences of Jacqueline Bernadet, who was a member of the French Resistance, including a photograph, her portrait and French passport, and documentation related to her work with the Allied occupying forces in France.

  19. Harry Felzer photograph collection

    Consists of photographic negatives taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp from the collection of Harry Feltzer, who was a photographer in the United States Army. Also includes a negative of a building displaying Nazi insignia.

  20. "Account of Flight with American Newspaper Editors and Publishers Investigating War Damages and Atrocities in Germany"

    Consists of one photocopy of a typed testimony, 15 pages, entitled "Account of Flight with American Newspaper Editors and Publishers Investigating War Damages and Atrocities in Germany," written by John Whitehead on May 2, 1945. In the testimony, Mr. Whitehead describes flying over the rubble of buildings in Germany, hearing from newspaper editors about their experiences in Europe thusfar, and participating in the tour of the Dachau concentration camp.