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  1. Sicherheitsdienst photograph

    A photograph of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SD, with a typewritten caption en verso that references the "Jodenjager" or "Jew Hunters" in the photograph.

  3. Weksler family correspondence

    Includes the memoir of David Weksler, two postcards from Fela Weksler, and letter written from Fela to David Weksler with its English translation

  4. Selected Records of the College of Journalism in Warsaw Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska w Warszawie (wybrane materiały) (Sygn. 221)

    Personal files of students of the College of Journalism in Warsaw from 1925-1939 (number of students approx. 300-400). Initially, the school was located in Warsaw at Małachowskiego Square no 1, then transferred to 44 Rozbrat Street. A typical folder contains a photo, an application for admission to school containing personal data, a short curriculum vitae, original or a copy of birth and secondary school-leaving certificates, various other documents and student book with exam grades.

  5. Bonta and Ronay families papers

    Documents the experiences of the Bonta (formerly Rothschild) and Ronay families before, during, and after the war through letters primarily sent between Rose Ronay (nee Gyemant) and her family from the 1930s to the 1950s. Also includes some documents and photos and an English translation of Janós Bonta's memoir, "A Jewish Doctor Recalls the Past," recalling his experiences when he was forced to work as Josef Mengele's assistant at Auschwitz.

  6. Paulis liberation photographs collection

    Includes photographs taken or inscribed en verso by United States soldier Andrew Paulis of the 628th Medical Clearing Company, one of the first soldiers' units to arrive at Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its liberation on April 11, 1945.

  8. Selected records from the State Archives of the Andijan Region related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII

    Collection contains records related to the evacuation of civilians to the Andijan Region of Uzbekistan during WWII. It includes correspondence of the state authorithies regarding resettlement and employement of evacuated civilians, list of factory workers relocated to Andijan, lists of orphans, correspondence related to search of misssing relatives and other documentation

  9. Oral history interview with Luigi Baldan

  10. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  11. Fruma Broude Gurevich letter

    Consists of a one-page typewritten letter sent by Dr. Fruma Broude (b. 1899, Fruma Broude Gurevich or Gurvich) from Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania) in which she explains what happened, who was killed, children who were placed in hiding that she was trying to locate, how she survived, and what their needs are. Also includes a blank envelope with the return address for Dr. M.J. Kardon (donor's father) in Philadelphia.

  13. Collection of insurgent and underground press Zbiór prasy powstańczej i konspiracyjnej

    Contains an underground press collection of 1283 titles (the biggest collection in Poland) from all pre-war Poland territory and published by all underground organizations.

  14. Grycz family postcard

    The final postcard sent by Samuel and Chana Grycz from Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, in December 1940, to their son, Alex Gritz, in Brooklyn, NY. The Polish-language message asks how everyone there is doing, and mentions that Chana was not feeling well. Alex and his siblings, Sophie, Aron, Shifra, and Rhue, has all immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Samuel and Chana were killed during the Holocaust.

  15. Salpeter family collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, claim forms, documentation, banking statements, and receipts for payments to file paperwork illustrating the experiences of Claire (Klara) Salpeter Greenwald and her attempt to gain reparations from the German government in the 1950s and 1960s and Swiss banks in the 1990s and 2000s. The claims relate to her parents and sisters, including efforts to claim losses for her father's business as well as life insurance policies related to each individual. The paperwork dealing with claims against Germany is in German and English, and often involves the Un...

  16. Stephen J. Schweitzer diary

    The Stephen J. Schweitzer diary is a small pocket diary Schweitzer maintained secretly and hid in his socks while he was a POW in Stalag IXB and as a forced laborer in the Berga forced labor camp. The diary contains brief entries describing events and conditions in the camps, the moods of his fellow prisoners, and his thoughts of his family.

  17. Provincial Land Office in Kielce Wojewódzki Urząd Ziemski w Kielcach (Sygn. 188)

    Information on agricultural land and its owners, including Jews.

  18. Servator family correspondence

    Primarily consists of envelopes and letters written between members of the Servator family in 1945. Includes correspondence between Morris and Helen Servator and Cpl. Emanuel Sevator regarding their cousin Ida Szymkowicz, her husband Joseph, and their son Maurice, in addition to a note and photo of Ida and Maurice. Also includes a letter from Ida Szymkowicz to David Servator regarding Emanuel's visit.

  19. Gedenket der Hungernden

    Consists of a donation card from the Shanghai Ghetto printed on behalf of the "Gedenket der Hungernden", or "Remember the Hungry", charitable organization of the Jewish community in Shanghai during WWII. One side has mimeographed text appealing to members of Shanghai's Jewish community, in German. The verso has a small printed donation form to fill out (in German), and the address of the organization (in English). Also includes an imprinted Chinese mailing stamp of Sun-Yat Sen and additional Chinese text in green.

  20. Więzienie w Olkuszu (Sygn. 698) Prison in Olkusz

    Personal files of prisoners of Jewish origin convicted of various crimes, e.g. theft, fraud. In addition, other materials, e.g. lists of prisoners, statistic data. Personal files contain the prisoner's personal data and characteristics, as well as an accusation and official correspondence.