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  1. Strauss/Lehmann family collection

    Consists of one box of documents, questionnaires, forms, and correspondence (mostly from the 1950s and 1960s) regarding the Holocaust restitution claims for Adolph and Bella Lehmann Strauss and their daughter Hilde, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Also includes information about the extended Lehmann family. The restitution claims include family information and information about their Holocaust experiences.

  2. Max Joseph collection

    This collection includes personal papers of Max Joseph, who kept detailed records relating to his pre-World War II experiences in Berlin from 1935 to 1938. The papers also document his immigration to Australia in 1939, his internment in the Tatura internment camp from 1940 to 1941, and his work with Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors through the 1960s.

  3. Rene and Raya Karschon papers

    The papers document the experiences of Rene and Raya Karschon during the Holocaust. Includes documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Rene's imprisonment in Camp de Gurs in France and his subsequent escape to Switzerland (dated 1941-1942) and letters and postcards written to Raya Levin, Rene Karschon's wife, in Switzerland from her relatives in Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania) (dated 1938-1941). Also includes postcards and correspondence written by Rene Karschon while in Le Chambon, France, between 1941-1942.

  4. Photograph of Dachau shoes

    Consists of one photograph of large piles of the shoes of victims who perished in the Dachau concentration camp. The photograph was taken by United States Army Aircorps member George Donaldson in May 1945.

  5. Richard T. Breidenbach photographs

    Consists of 36 photographs, taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, by Captain Richard T. Breidenbach. Includes photographs of the Dachau grounds, of survivors, of victims, and of the railcars.

  6. "My Life": Dr. Asher Miller memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 46 pages, entitled "My Life," by Dr. Asher Miller, originally of Koszyce, Slovakia. Dr. Miller graduated from medical school in Bratislava, and worked as a doctor in a government hospital until 1944, when he went into hiding in Bully, Slovakia. He was captured in January 1945 and taken to Lichtenrade, Germany, before being transferred to Sachsenhausen. In 1949, he and his family emigrated to Israel.

  7. "A Letter to Shammy"

    Consists of one book of letters and memoirs entitled "A Letter to Shammy," by an author identified as "Kay B.L." The book is addressed to Gitta Shammy (now Gitta Kalderon), originally of Skopje, Macedonia. In the book, the author professes his love for "Shammy" and describes their friendship before the war and how the war has separated them. After Gitta was deported in 1943, "Kay" continued to write to her and left the letters with a neighbor to give to her, should she return.

  8. Saul Loeb collection

    Consists of 41 photographs taken by Saul Loeb, an officer in the United States Army and the assistant to Chaplains Morris Kertzer and Isidore Breslau in Marseille, France. The photographs, taken in the spring of 1945, depict Jews in Marseille, refugees emigrating to Palestine, scenes of Passover, and the Army chaplains. Also includes one scrapbook of photographs of Passover in Marseille, 1945. Most of the photographs are captioned. Collection also includes scrip from Theresienstadt and Łódź and scrip from the American military occupation of Germany.

  9. Spielman family papers

    The collection primarily documents the experiences of the Spielman family of Kraków, Poland after the Holocaust in Budapest, Bratislava, and the Gabersee displaced persons camp in Germany. Included are photographs from Budapest, Bratislava, Gabersee, and a small amount of pre-war family photographs. Documents include a Christian identity paper issued by the Polish Ministerium in Hungary to Simon and Czarna Spielman and their children Arthur and Helen under the false name "Nieczkowski", membership cards, birth certificate, citizenship papers, and a World ORT Union document. Most documents r...

  10. Ichud Newspaper (Łódź, Poland) [Newspaper]

    titled "Opinia." Commemorative newspaper issued on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in Łódź, Poland, by the Ichud Central Committee of a united party of Zionists and Democrat. It has articles by Julian Tuvim, Cyvia Lubetkin, Bernard Mark and Josef Kermisz

  11. Henri Clogenson collection

    Consists of one manuscript, in German, regarding Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of Buchenwald, entitled "Erinnerung an Langenstein-Zwieberge Aussenlager von Buchenwald" by Paul Le Goupil and Roger Leroyer. Also includes the testimonies, in French, of Henri Clogenson, a survivor of Langenstein regarding his experiences in the Holocaust, including his experiences in Auschwitz.

  12. "Autobiography and Memoirs of Zeida Harry Barr"

    Consists of one memoir, 64 pages, entitled "Autobiography and Memoirs of Zeida Harry Barr," written by Mr. Harry Barr, originally of Maków-Mazowiecki, Poland. Mr. Barr describes his childhood and family in Maków-Mazowiecki, his immigration to Australia in 1939, his wartime and post-war life in Australia, and his work with the Jewish community. Collection includes 3 copies of the memoir.

  13. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of 55 photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of corpses, various buildings in Dachau and photographs of survivors' post-liberation and life in the displaced persons camp.

  14. William B. Duff collection

    Consists of photographs of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp as well as photographs of the repatriation of survivors. The photographs were taken by William B. Duff, a member of the medical detachment of the 117th Infantry division. Also includes Mr. Duff's medic's armband, as well as a copy of the July 10, 1945 issue of "Army Talks," which discusses Buchenwald, and clippings regarding Mr. Duff's service and the brutality of the SS.

  15. Alexander Loewinger collection

    Consists of three DVD-ROMs containing a videotaped oral history with Alexander Loewinger, originally of Reteag, Romania. In the oral history, Mr. Loewinger discusses his childhood in Reteag, the events leading up to his deportation in 1944, and his experiences in the Dej Bungar ghetto and the Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Magdeburg, and Swalber concentration camps. He also discusses his post-war experiences in Europe and in the United States. Also includes four copyprints of pre-war and wartime family photographs.

  16. Archiv der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien - Wiener Bestand Archive of the Jewish Community Vienna-Vienna component collection

    Contains the Holocaust related archival records of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (Jewish Community Vienna), including material predating the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in 1938, and post war records related to social welfare cases and personal inquiries from survivors worldwide received by the Jewish Community Vienna, Cataloging is in process (Sept. 2020)

  17. Personal papers of Mark Aguf

    Contains letters sent by Mark Aguf to his relatives as well as letters received by Mark Aguf from his wife and close relatives who were evacuated from Kyiv to Central Asia. Correspondence relates to problems with the apartment in Kyiv, everyday life of evacuees, their re-evacuation to Kyiv, and the Mark's active service in the Soviet (Red) Army of 1917-1921. The collection also contains poems written by Mark Aguf during and after the war, and memoirs of Mark's father, Mikhail Aguf "V gornile revolucii: Vospomynanyia" (In the hearth of Revolution: Memoirs) completed circa 1966 in Kyiv. Mikha...

  18. Hella and Heinz Wartski memoirs

    Consists of one memoir, 77 pages, split into two parts. Part I, entitled, "Auschwitz and Freudenthal," was written by Hella Wartski, originally of Uszhorod-Ungvàr, Hungary. She writes about her life in Hungary, her 1994 deportation to Auschwitz, and her transfer to Freudenthal, where she was liberated in 1945. Mrs. Wartski and two of her sisters were the only survivors of her family. Part II of the memoir is entitled "Surviving the Holocaust," by Heinz Wartski, originally of Danzig. He describes the antisemitism of the 1930s and his family's escape to Italy, where they remained until liber...

  19. Works of Moisey Beregovsky

    Contains a copy of the typed manuscript of the book "Purimshpili" with author' handwritten remarks and the Jewish folk musical and theatrical performances (Akhvesharoshshil) with the text and musical scores. Also contains copies of the handwritten musical scores (volume 3, part 1 & 2) from the Moisey Beregovskiy monograph "Jewish Musical Folklore."

  20. "The Butterfly"

    Consists of one musical score entitled "The Butterfly," by Seymour Sherman. The music and lyrics were inspired by a poem from "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" by Pavel Friedmann. Mr. Sherman composed the score for a 2003 Yom Hashoah service.