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  1. Selected records related to history of the Jewish communities of the Volhynia region, Ukraine

    Records of various regional administrative bodies of the Polish government related to the prewar history of the Jewish community of Volhynia region (Wołyń), Ukraine. Consist of documents relating to the socio-economic history of the Jewish communities of the region before WWII. They include lists of Jewish residents from various localities within the region, vital statistics of Jewish population (birth, marriage, and divorce registry books), lists of Jewish draftees, personal files of Jewish doctors and midwives, statistical information about Jewish property, technical certification of the ...

  2. Mania Lichtenstein collection

    Contains photographs, almost entirely of unknown postwar displaced persons camps. Many photographs are labeled on verso as images of pro-Palestine gatherings, weddings, families, and events. Two photographs included in the collection depict Janina Zawadska in Włodzimierz, Poland, a Roman Catholic woman who hid Mania Lichtenstein and another child in the winter of 1943-44. Janina gave Mania the photographs.

  3. Selected records of the Offices and institutions of Galicia District Urzędy i Instytucje Okręgu Galicja (Sygn.119)

    Files of 10 gendarmes from the Galicia District. Includes personal documents of the gendarmes.

  4. American Red Cross pin

    Pin received by Helen Weisberger during her service with the American Red Cross in World War II.

  5. Singer family collection

    Photographs and negatives documenting the lives of Ludwig Singer of Uzhhorod (Ukraine) and his wife Atalia Rosenheck of Nadwórna, Poland (Nadvirna, Ukraine). Includes depictions of family life in Nadwórna and Jerusalem, Ludwig's opera performances, and various friends and relatives. Negatives are housed separately.

  6. Oral history interview with Suzi Smeed

  7. Selected records related to the Holocaust in Serbia

    The collection contains selected records of the Administration of the City of Belgrade (Fond 1) established by the collaborationist Government of Serbia under the authority of the German authorities in April of 1941. The bulk of the selected records include dossiers, correspondence files, reports of movable and unmovable assets of Jews in Belgrade etc. all kept by the Section No 7 created specifically for the persecution of Jews and Roma (Odeljenje za Jevreje i Cigane/ Sedmo odeljenje ) and other sections of the Special Serbian police department (Odeljenje specijalne policije) of the Belgra...

  8. Phyllis Shaw collection

    Collection of photographs taken in a sanatorium in Sweden, depicting liberated Jewish women originally from Rumania and Hungary. Among them is Regina Pollak (donor's mother) born on August 10, 1925. The women were liberated from Bergen-Belsen and gave each other photographs as mementos. Includes two photographs of "Ester" with her family taken in Rumania before the mass deportations, dated February 15, 1944. Other photographs show Josef Ganz (donor's father), born February 21, 1919, who survived Mauthausen and Dachau concentration camps. Regina survived Auschwitz, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen c...

  10. Rosenberg and Mosler families papers

    The collection documents the families of Elsie Mosler (born Ilse Rosenberg in Hamburg) and her husband, Claude Mosler (born Klaus Mosler in Berlin). Both families fled Germany due to antisemitic persecution by the Nazis during the 1930s. Biographical material includes Hermann Rosenberg’s German army papers from World War I, birth and marriage certificates, a diary written in German and English kept by Elsie as a teenager, report cards of Ernest Mosler, and Claude Mosler’s United States Army papers. Photographs primarily document pre-war family life and travel in Europe and wartime life in N...

  11. Broadside

    Poster announcing the establishment of the 20th of Sivan as the date to commemorate and memorialize loved ones.

  12. Watercolor

    Watercolor that forms part of a portfolio depicting the Officer's Quarters in Dachau, Germany. The watercolor is unttitled but depicts a view of the living room.

  13. Tax records of racially persecuted persons Steuerakten rassisch Verfolgter

    Contains tax records of racially persecuted persons, held by the Staatsarchiv München.

  14. Archive of Ministry of Internal Affairs. Refugees from Germany Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken (BiZa)/Vluchtelingen Duitsland

    Records of the Bureau General Secretariat and Compatibility, the Bureau Armwezen/Vluchtelingen and the refugee camps Westerbork, the Lloyd-hotel (later Oostelijke Handelskade) in Amsterdam, the quarantine station Beneden-Heyplaat in Rotterdam and the Koninginnehoofd refugee camp in Rotterdam. The collection consists of records relating to financial and personnel matter, the construction and the layout of the camps. There are also weekly reports and strength records of camp residents, personal cards, sightings etc., and records relating to the Committee of Jewish Refugees, concerning the med...

  15. Georges Brunschvig papers Nachlass Dr. iur. Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973)

    Private papers of Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973), Swiss lawyer and president of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG). The collection consists of memories, correspondence of Georges Brunschvig’s parents Selma and Henri Brunschvig (1914-1918), obituaries, diaries and brief notes (1934-1973); trial documents: Bern Trial concerning the "Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion" (1933-1935), Chur Trial against David Frankfurter (1936-1945), trial against Maria Popesco (1946-1955), trial against Max Ulrich (1957), Yosef Ben-Gal Trial (1963), El-Al-Trial (1969) against Mordechai Rachamim; pap...

  16. Max Kohler letter to Cordell Hull

    Contains a letter from attorney Max Kohler addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, dated 1933.

  17. Freiburg market and Corpus Christi Day parade

    “MARKET FREIBURG” Sellers and shoppers in the Munsterplatz Market in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A man looks over goods in a large basket. “CORPUS CHRISTI DAY FREIBURG” Religious procession for Corpus Christi Day. Marching band. Young girls in white dresses wear flower wreaths on their heads. A large reliquary is carried down the street. German bishops, friars, and other clergymen march. Canopy. Marching band, men walking, and flag bearers.

  18. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate in Szczecin (Stettin) Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Szczecinie (Sygn.484)

    Reports, instructions, correspondence, studies, and other materials related to the condition, activities and migration of national minorities in Poland: Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, and communist groups.

  19. Photographic print of a boy with earlocks, Warsaw

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613749
    • English
    • overall: Height: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.380 inches (33.985 cm) | Width: 10.630 inches (27 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of a boy with earlocks (payos), Warsaw, ca. 1935-38.

  20. Depsztok and Apelojg families correspondence

    The Depsztok and Apelojg families correspondence includes letters exchanged among members of the Depsztok and Apelojg families in Warsaw, Poland, and the Szlomo and Syma Depsztok family in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Most of the letters date between 1936 and 1939, and postcards from the Warsaw ghetto are dated 1941. The Warsaw relatives ask about the possibility of making a living in Argentina, thank the family in Argentina for sending money, and described being taken care of by Szlomo’s and Syma’s brothers and sisters. The postcards written from the Warsaw ghetto primarily describe hunger, as...