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  1. Johann Przyborowski letter

    Comprised of correspondence sent by Dachau prisoner Johann, "Jan" or "Janek," Przyborowski (b. 1905), a non-Jewish Polish prisoner of Dachau, to his family in Poland concerning the lack of mail he received that year from his loved ones. It also includes guidance not to send parcels since Przyborowski was not permitted to receive them. He also writes that during the recent holidays his thoughts were with his wife and children. Przyborowski was arrested in Łódź in 1940 and sent to Dachau that same year. He was ultimately liberated at Dachau in 1945.

  2. Court of the First Instance in Włoszczowa Sąd Grodzki w Włoszczowie (Sygn. 1847)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  3. Testimony of Sidney Finkel

  4. Endzweig family papers

    Comprised of correspondence, photographs, and identity documents, such as work permits and registration certificates for Leopold Endzweig, annotated by his son, the donor, Manfred Endzweig. Documents capture Leopold Endzweig's experiences once liberated from Buchenwald.

  5. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark

    2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armo...

  6. Franz Hahn photograph collection

    Comprised of 14 photographs pertaining to the experiences of Franz Hahn (b. 1920-) who served in a Wehrmacht propaganda company. The bulk of the photographs depict Allied prisoners at an unidentified Stalag.

  7. Unger family papers

    Consists of a letter and its translation written by the donor's grandmother-in-law, Toni (Seckel) Flatow, and her husband, Max Flatow, right before they were both deported to Auschwitz in 1942. The letter was addressed to the donor's wife, Ruth Altman (nee Unger), and her family in the United States after they left Germany in 1938. Also included is a copy of a photograph of young Ruth at the Berlin Zoo.

  8. Yvette Farnoux collection

    Consists of clippings from Le Combat newspaper of an article written by Yvette Baumann Bernard Farnoux with a cover page in Yvette's handwriting and an English translation of the article. There are also copy prints of Yvette and her family during the war, as well as post-liberation, when she reunited with her second cousin Rene Bine, Jr, MD (the donor's father) in Paris in 1945.

  9. William Kauder collection

    Willam Kauder's Royal Air Force (RAF), United Kingdom, flight log, documents, including a Letter of commendation, a photo of a memorial tombstone for his sister, Edith (Edita), her husband, Erich, and their son, Harry, and a photo of three unidentified people, two men and a woman, walking down a street. William (born Vilem) was originally from Prague (now Czech Republic), and escaped while German forces were invading during World War II. His parents, Hugo and Pauline, and sister Edith and her family, were unable to leave. They were deported in 1942 and killed in concentration camps.

  10. Esther Fox papers

    Consists of certificates, reference letters, and some photos documenting Esther Fox's (formerly Dr. Ester Nysenhaus) experience as a doctor in the Łódź ghetto and her service as a physician in the United States after 1949. Also includes her writings on her experiences and their English and Swedish translations

  11. Escape from Treblinka: The Joseph Polonski Story

    This documentary film details the Holocaust experience of Joseph Polonski, one of two known individuals to escape from the Treblinka death camp. The film profiles Polonski's life before, during, and after the Holocaust. It includes original narration, excerpts from an interview with Joseph Polonski, as well as archival photographs and film. 01:35 Early Life. 02:40 Lukow Ghetto 07:45 Deportation 10:04 Cigarette Ally 12:12 Treblinka 14:31 Escaping Treblinka 15:44 On the Run 18:47 Becoming a Partisan 20:37 Starting Over 26:01 Closing credits

  12. Guthaner family papers

    Consists of prewar photographs of the donor's parents, Regina and Ernst Guthaner, before they immigrated to Australia in 1939. Also includes a manuscript of Ernst's biography and Regina and Ernst's family papers.

  13. George Kolinsky collection

    Consists of the handwritten memoir of George Kolinsky (1892-1974), the donor's maternal grandfather, and its English translation, titled A History of the Recent Past, 1939-1945. It was written originally in Yiddish following his arrival in the United States from Poland in 1951 after serving in the underground there between 1939 and 1945.

  14. Gene Samborik photograph collection

    Consists of nine photographs of various scenes relating to the Holocaust

  15. Rosalie Herman and Max Honigsberg family papers

    The Rosalie Herman and Max Honigsberg family papers include biographical materials and photographs documenting the Honigsberg family’s prewar life in Poland and Germany. The collection also includes a digital copy of Max Honigsberg’s self-published memoir, Maxie: An Autobiography (2013).

  16. Helmut Georg Schreima papers

    Consists of photographs, postcards, and a memoir pertaining to the experiences of Helmut Georg Schreima (1917-1981). Schreima, a Czech-German teenager from Lower Silesia, was arrested as an anti-Nazi teenager on a charge of high treason. Following his release after several years of imprisonment, Schreima later served in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front and in France. While in France, Schreima defected and joined the French Forces Interior. At the end of the war, Schreima worked with OSS behind the lines and then immigrated to the United States where he pursued a legal career, becoming bot...

  17. Katie Altenberg collection

    Consists of prewar, wartime, and post-war photographs from the collection of Katie Altenberg, born Kate Engel, in Vienna, Austria. Includes prewar family photographs in Edmunshof, near Hungary, and post-war photographs of Katie and her parents, Ludwig and Greta, as well as photographs taken after their 1948 immigration to New Berlin, NY. Katie and her family spent most of the war in Budapest, where they were liberated from the ghetto by the Russian Army in January 1945.

  18. Ministerstwo Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego w Warszawie (Sygn. 14)

    Correspondence and subject files on matter relating to religious, educational, and cultural organizations. The Ministerstwo Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego w Warszawie (Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment, MWRiOP) was established in 1918 during the Second Polish Republic. It held authority it matters of education, science, literature, art, archives, libraries, reading rooms, museums, theaters, and the implementation of state tasks in religious matters.

  19. Court of the First Instance in Miechów Sąd Grodzki w Miechowie (Sygn. 1847)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  20. Gotlieb family collection

    The Gotlieb family collection is comprised primarily of documents and photographs the experiences of Szajndla (later Sally) Frydman Gotlieb and her husband, Zacharias (later Sam) Gotlieb [donor's parents] who were both from Radom, Poland, and were both survivors of the Holocaust.The documents include Sally's DP card issued in Germany and paperwork issued by the United States Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany, in April 1946 to serve "in lieu of passports" for both Sally and Sam. There is also a ship ticket for the Marine Flasher from May 1946 and documentation of transportation fee being cover...