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  1. Lamet-Grosbard collection

    Consists of a pre-World War II photograph of the Lamet family of Warsaw, Poland, and post-war photographs of Esther Lamet Grosbard and Joseph Grosbard. Also includes one Polish driver's license issued in 1938 to Joseph Grosbard.

  2. Margalit Ben Ami papers

    The Margalit Ben Ami papers consist of a ration book issued to Margalit Ben Ami under a false name (Ingrid Maria Theresia Tulleners), two letters written by Ben Ami's rescuers, and a letter written by Ben Ami to Santa Claus. The letters were sent to Ben Ami's mother, Elisabeth Dotsch, who was also in hiding. Also included in the papers are three photographs of the Banens family who rescued and hid Ben Ami during the Holocaust.

  3. Theodore Fendrich photograph collection

    The collection consists of one photograph of Salomon Klein, his wife, and his daughter, originally of Fulek, Hungary (Filakovo, Slovakia), and one photograph of a couple with two little girls taken in Pilis, Hungary, in 1936.

  4. Kozienice, Poland, photographs

    Consists of five pre-war photographs taken in Kozienice, Poland, of posed groups. Includes photographs of yeshiva classes in pre-war Kozienice.

  5. Susan Heller photographs

    Consists of ten photographs of Slovakian Jewish refugees in Canada.

  6. Zoltan Farkas photographs

    Consists of a pre-war photograph, circa 1930, of Zoltan and Erwin Farkas, originally of Ombod, Romania, as children; a wartime photograph of Zoltan Farkas at the Jewish Gymnasium in Oradea (Nagy Varad), Romania; and numerous post-war photographs taken at the Prien am Chiemsee, Germany, displaced persons camp. Includes photographs of a practice of the Prien men's gymnastic team.

  7. Dr. Sándor Vig memoir

    Consists of a memoir, 131 pages, detailing the Holocaust experiences of Dr. Sándor Vig, originally of Slovakia. Dr. Vig kept a very descriptive daily account of his experiences in a Hungarian forced labor battallion, and wrote this memoir using those notes after the war. The memoir is available in both Hungarian and Hebrew versions.

  8. Ann Curiel papers

    Consists of documents related to Vilma Avolia (b. 1921, later Wilma D'Urbino) and her mother, Fortunata D'Urbino (b. 1893), who survived the war as Jewish women in Italy. Includes a 1941 identity card identifying Vilma as a resident of the Comune di Catanzaro, a 1944 copy of Fortunata's birth certificate, a 1945 refugee and ration card for Fortunata (with photograph) and a document listing her as a resident of the Prato displaced persons camp in 1945.

  9. Edith Monique Schneidman papers

    The papers consist of seven photographs and two documents relating to the Saias family and their experiences in France before and during World War II and documenting Louna and Issac Saias' [donor's parents] deportation to the Drancy transit camp and then to Auschwitz concentration camp.

  10. Panzer Division in city square and setting up field tents

    Reel 1: 00:00:01 German Panzers (Panzerkampfwagen IV) in a city plaza. Civilians in the street. Destroyed buildings. Tanks traveling through the Russian countryside. Burned out truck/tank. Soldiers waiting in a forest. Russian civilians traveling by horse and wagon, including CU. Team of horses pulling a Howitzer out of a river. Russian POWs running with German guards on horseback. Camouflaged tank and Howitzer. Reel 2: 00:04:32 Soldiers of the 3rd Panzer Division setting up camp. Camouflaging vehicles, setting up tents. Checkpoint sign. Soldiers walking around, typing, playing with dog, re...

  12. Local women civilians posing for U.S. soldier

    MCU, EXT, woman holding up a red cleaning/scrub brush. VS, four local women, in peasant dress, hamming it up for the camera, posing with scrub brushes, etc.

  13. Sam Rafel visits his hometown of Gombin in 1937

    1937 trip to Gombin, Poland (123 km northwest of Warsaw) filmed by Sam Rafel at the request of Nathan Zolna Solomon, who had emigrated from Gombin to Newark NJ and provided Sam Rafel with the camera. The first shot is a grainy, dark interior shot of a crowd of people. This might be the crowd that assembled for Sam Rafel's 1937 visit. He wrote, "the affair took place in the Firemen's Hall, in the presence of three thousand people, virtually the whole Jewish population of Gombin." The quality is much improved in the next scenes, which are street portraits, where Rafel posed people in groups a...

  14. Nazi Party membership booklet

    The Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) membership booklet was issued to Leopold Kocher of Tamsweg, Austria, in June 1941.

  15. Ilona Penner Blech collection

    Consists of documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Ilona Penner Blech, originally of Berlin, Germany, who participated in a Kindertransport to England in 1939. Includes wartime letters written by her aunt, Rose Kiegel, who lived in London, to Ilona's mother in Germany; a photograph of Rose; a photograph of her mother, Janka Penner, in a French internment camp in 1941; and a copy of Ilona's autograph book, filled with entries made by German and English friends. Also includes certificates of achievement from English schools and the cardboard tube used to send these certificates. Al...

  16. Fattel Wolf photograph

    Consists of one photograph of Fattel Wolf, born in 1892, in the uniform of a Polish Army officer. The photograph was taken circa 1920, in Krakow, Poland.

  17. Lustig/Lieberg family photographs

    Consists of 38 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Lustig family, originally of Drohobycz, Poland, and of the Lieberg family, originally of Kassel, Germany. Includes pre-war family photographs and a post-war photograph of Leopold (Paul) Lustig and members of the Jewish Student Union of the University of Erlangen.

  18. "Crying is forbidden here" Rachela Olewski testimony

    Consists of a copy of the testimony and experiences of Rachela Zelmanowicz Olewski, originally of Be̜dzin, Poland, entitled "Crying is forbidden here." Born in 1921, Rachela was deported to Auschwitz from the Be̜dzin ghetto in 1943. In Auschwitz, she was a member of the women's orchestra as a mandolin player, and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Rachela immigrated to Israel where she lived until her death in 1987.

  19. Max Burin collection

    Consists of two official certificates presented to Max Burin, originally of Recklinghausen, Germany: one is presented in May 1933, by the Preussischer Landes-Krieger Verband; and one one is presented in February 1935, by the Polizei-Prasident der Recklinghausen. The certificates attest to Max Burin's participation as a soldier in World War I. Also includes a certificate presented March 6, 1936 by the Chevra Kadischah of the Recklinghausen Jewish community, wishing Max Burin luck on his upcoming immigration to Palestine and making him, as the fomer chairman of the group, an honorary member. ...

  20. "17 Rue Saint Fiacre" documentary

    Consists of one documentary, entitled "17 Rue Saint Fiacre," by Daniel Meyers. The documentary tells the story of Leon and Rachel Malmed, who were hidden in Compiegne, France, by the Ribouleau family. The DVD includes personal interviews and family photographs of the Malmed and Ribouleau families, as well as a reunion between Leon and Rachel and the Ribouleaus. Yad Vashem has named the Ribouleaus "Righteous Among the Nations."