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  1. Color film on the 2. Staffel 1. Fighter squadron 77 (“Green hearts”) in 1939

    Green hearts, day in the squadron, soldiers in vehicle, tanks, refueling of aircrafts, laughing pilots, men eating, relay dog, pilots napping in meadow, mechanics

  2. Enslein family collection

    Contains photographs, documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Jakob Enslein and his wife, Margarete Einstein Enslei, and their two children Kurt and Hans Gerd [donor, b. 1929]. Gerd was born in Cologne, Germany, and in 1932 his parents relocated the family first to Belgium then in 1933 to France, first to Paris and then Collias, Nimes and Perigaux, before eventually fleeing through Spain and arriving in the United States in early May 1941.

  3. UNRRA selected records AG-018-036 : Latin America-Procurement Offices

    Selected files of the Latin America Procurement Offices: Correspondence of the government officials of Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador; financial reports and budget planning; displaced persons matters and press information.

  4. Hitler Youth; Autobahn; Nuremberg Party Congress

    Private film reels including Hitler Youth camp in color, Hitler Youth appeal, Reichsautobahn, Rothenburg in color, Nuremberg party conference in color, "Horst Wessel", DAF, Chamberlain.

  5. Lester Macharzyuski collection

    Contains correspondence written from various concentration camps and POW camps; photo reproductions (cigarette cards), mass produced by the NSDAP of pro-Nazi propaganda; a copy of the "Chicago Daily News" newspaper, October 31, 1939, with the article "Duce Removes Pro-Nazis."

  6. Oral history interview with Ilse G. (Gerty) Levy

  7. Magnus and van Oosten families papers

    The Magnus and van Oosten family papers consist of correspondence, certificates, printed material, and photographs, related to the experiences of the extended family of Sary Melles (née Magnus) during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. The collection includes correspondence from her brother, Ibertus Magnus, written shortly before and during his imprisonment by the Germans, first in Assen, the Netherlands, and then at Buchenwald, as well as a notification of his death and a death certificate. Also included is a brochure that documents the jazz band that he performe...

  8. Domenic Cuozzo photograph collection

    Photographs taken by the donor's uncle, Domenic A. Cuozzo, member of the 502D Army Engineer Camouflage Battalion, shortly after the liberation of Buchenwald. Includes photographs of victims at Leipzig-Thekla.

  9. Tibor and Margit Schwartz Rückman collection

    Contains postcards, with translations, written by Tibor Rückman (b.1912) [donors’ father] and Margit Schwartz Rückman (b. 1915) [donors’ mother] between 1945 and July 1948, during the time Tibor was imprisoned in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp. Includes photographs depicting Tibor and Margit after the war.

  10. Norman Kamelgard collection

    Contains a manuscript (in Yiddish) written by Norman Kamelgard in late 1945 while being detained by the British in Palestine, which documents his experiences during the Holocaust, surviving multiple concentration camps including Płaszów and Ebensee. The collection also includes "The Storm In My Childhood," which is the direct English translation of the original manuscript, and "My Stormy Youth," an edited copy of the translation for publication with annotations by Joseph Kamelgard for the audio book.

  11. Benjamin Buchsbaum papers

    The collection primarily contains correspondence sent to and from Benjamin Buchsbaum, of Philadelphia, relating to his efforts to rescue relatives, friends, and strangers from Nazi-occupied Europe and bring them to the United States. Correspondence is often from those he sought to help, as well as others who recognized his efforts, and dates from the period of the Holocaust up through the 1960s. The album was presented to Buchsbaum by his family on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1958, but he added letters to the album that he received from some of the correspondents in subsequent year...

  12. Oral history interview with David Krauthammer

  13. Report on Inspection of German Concentration Camp at Buchenwald

    Contains a mimeograph copy of a report, 5 pages, distributed by SHAEF, G-5 Division, entitled "Report on Inspection of German Concentration Camp at Buchenwald," dated April 25, 1945. Includes typed signature by Frank McSherry, Brigadier General, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5. Inspection report made by Eric Wood, Charles Ott and S.M. Dye. Physical inspection includes camp's mission ["extermination factory"], barracks, hospital, "body disposal" rations, attempted evacuation and "tattooing."

  14. Tadeusz Januchta letter

    One letter, dated 12 December 1943, sent by prisoner Tadeusz Januchta, from the Auschwitz concentration camp, to his wife, Zinaida, in Kielce, Poland. In the letter, Januchta reports to his wife that he had received her previous letter, had received a package the previous day, and that while packages have been arriving, she should pay attention to regulations about sending photographs, and not to send him any further money. He closes by sending Christmas and New Year's greetings to his wife and daughter.

  15. UNRRA selected records AG-018-004 : Bureau of Areas

    Selected files of the Executive Office, Office of Country Mission Affairs, and European Mission Affairs: Agreements to establish various country missions, postwar relief plans, reports, polices and analysis on displaced persons, health and medical requirements, field and intelligence reports and statistics on country field missions, European mission affairs, and miscellaneous correspondence.

  16. Reich Labor Service; Women's Labor Service

    With German title cards. Reich Labor Service (RAD) during WWII. Coastal fortifications. Prague. Mercedes-Benz. Erich Fromm. Konstantin Hierl in 1943. Female Labor Service (Arbeitsmaiden)

  17. Max Bloch collection

    Contains a memoir written by Max Bloch (Johanna Marcus's maternal cousin) who in 1938 managed to flee his hometown of Prague to Lisbon and from there to the United States. He served in the US Army as a translator. While working for the US Military Government for Germany, Max Bloch wrote his memoir, starting on February 7, 1947 in Berlin; in German; 208 pages. Includes a photograph depicting General Dwight D. Eisenhower pinning a ribbon on Max Bloch's chest for his service; photo by the US Army Signal Corps.

  18. Konskier and Sierota families photograph collection

    Contains a photo album compiled and captioned by Abram Konskier, “In memory of the time after liberation in 1945 in Poland, and the time in Würzberg Stuttgart, Germany 1949.” Includes images of friends and family in Poland, displaced persons camps in Germany, and in the United States, including Abram's sister Fela (donor's mother) with her husband Mendel Sierota and daughters Blima and Basia; captioned in German. Collection also includes loose photographs of assorted friends and family; some captioned in Polish.

  19. Theodore Mattern family papers

    The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other related documents, documenting the immigration of the Mattern (originally Matfus) family from Vienna, Austria in 1938-1939. Includes correspondence to Theodore Mattern, living in the United States, from his parents, Izak (Josef) and Olga, his grandmother, Leontine Loewy, and his sister, Kitty, during the various stages of their emigration from Europe, including the period that Mattern's parents spent in Shanghai prior to their immigration to the United States. Also includes photographs of the family during this period, earlier f...

  20. Selected records of the Court of the First Instance in Bodzentyn Sąd Grodzki w Bodzentynie (Sygn. 1158)

    Court civil cases, records of individual litigation, e.g. correspondence, restoration of birth, marriages or death certificates; andinheritance cases.