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  1. Elsa and Selmar Biener papers

    The Elsa and Selmar Biener papers consists of immigration documents, correspondence, photographs, and financial materials related to the emigration of Elsa and Selmar Biener aboard the MS St. Louis, their disembarkation in England, and their internment on the Isle of Man. The correspondence includes letters and telegrams to / from Selmar and Elsa Biener, their family, and various Jewish aid societies, dated 1929-1968, and undated. The papers also includes receipts for sending registered postal packages, 1940, and a collection of messages written and received by members of the Friedler famil...

  2. Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottsága (DEGOB) card file collection

    Collection contains card files created in Budapest, Hungary, in 1945 and early 1946, by the charitable organization called DEGOB (Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottsága/National Committee of Hungarian Jews Supporting Returning Deportees). The individual cards usually carry the name and personal data of the client, and details about the support she/he received (e.g. financial aid, clothing, food, shelter).

  3. Grynfeld and Grynglas families' papers

    The papers consist of a registration form ("Anmeldung") and eight photographs 2 of which are adhered to documents that contain text relating to the experiences of the Grynfeld-Grynglas familes in Łódź, Poland, and the displaced persons camp in Leipheim, Germany.

  4. Minnie Friedman Piha photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album and 77 loose photographs relating to the experiences of Minnie Friedman Piha [donor's great aunt] while working in the Women's reserve or "WAVES" in post-World War II Germany.

  5. Leo M. Drachsler oral history: Nuremberg, 1946

    Consists of one oral history, circa 1985, of Leo M. Drachsler. Mr. Drachsler, an attorney, relates his memories of his work on the I.G. Farben case during the Nuremberg war crimes trials; his interrogations of Hermann Göring; and of being questioned regarding the suicide of Göring. Also includes photocopied documents including copies of pre-war letters to the United States from European relatives in the Drachsler and Neugeboren families.

  6. Koralek family papers

    Consists of correspondence and documents related to the Holocaust experiences of the family of Oscar Koralek. Includes pre-war letters regarding attempts to secure visas to the United States and affidavits of support as well as a post-war letter describing the experiences of various members of the family and a 1950 issue of "New Neighbors" regarding the arrival of displaced persons to the United States.

  7. Selected records from the Vatican Archives

    Contains records of the Munich nunciature 1865-1959, the nunciature of both Pacelli and Alberto Vasallo-Torregrossa (Indice 1096 A: Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Monaco); documents relating to antisemitism and the persecution of Jews (Segreteria di Stato - Sezione per i rapporti con gli Stati Archivio Storico, Indice Affare Ecclesiastici straordinari Baviera, 1922-1939 ("Quarto Periodo"); records of the Berlin nunciature (Indice 1196 Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Berlino) exclusively of the nunciature of Pacelli; the Vatican administration (Segreteria di Stato - Sezione ...

  8. Records of the Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs

    Collection contains Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belügyminisztʹerium) records of Jews who were exempted from the anti-Jewish laws. Reel No. 2 also contains Foreign Ministry (Külügyminisztʹerium) records about interdepartmental issues like the cases of Hungarian Jews who wanted to repatriate after living abroad, foreign nationals of Jewish origin living in Hungary, Hungarian government guarantees issued to emigrating Hungarian Jews, and extradition issues involving Hungarian Jews. Reel No. 2 also contains some late 1944 records of the Arrow Cross-controlled Ministry of Religiou...

  9. Records of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture

    Collection contains records of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (Mezʺogazdasʹagi Minisztʹerium) about Jewish landowners, surveys of agricultural land and other real estate owned by Jews, execution of anti-Jewish measures, requests for exemptions or for postponements of their enforcement, gentile neighbors requesting appropriation of confiscated Jewish property, and decisions regarding the appropriation of Jewish owned land, real estate, and other property.

  10. Selected records from North African colonies

    This collection contains documents pertaining to the treatment of Jews in French North Africa, particularly in Algeria, and the expropriation of their property by Vichy officials. Topics include the "Jewish question," antisemitism, the establishment of camps, refugees from Spain and/or from the International Brigades, the local Jewish community in Algeria, Jews from France, and the commune of Ain Temouchent. Also included are police reports on the general condition of Jews in Algeria, correspondence concerning the 1941-1942 census of the Jewish population; the famous pogrom of Constantine i...

  11. Roman Kawalek collection

    Consists of correspondence, forms, newspaper clippings, certificates, and report cards related to the experiences of Dr. Roman Kawalek. Originally of Zborów, Poland, Dr. Kawalek received his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1938. He emigrated to the United States in 1940 after a brief period in England and joined the United States Army. He participated in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Contains papers regarding Dr. Kawalek's education, including his framed medical school diploma, and his immigration experiences and in the Army.

  12. The World Jewish Congress Paris Office records

    Contains correspondence, reports, and other materials related to the work of the Paris Office of the World Jewish Congress, including correspondence with a variety of organizations including including non-governmental (NGOs), governmental, and Jewish groups. Also contains reports and other records related to the following subjects: the search for missing Jews; liberated Jews; restitution and compensation claims; situation of Jews during the war; and Jewish affairs in France and North Africa. The bulk of materials in this collection are from 1945-1954.

  13. Doernberg family papers

    The papers consist of two passports and two identification cards relating to the Doernberg family's flight from Eschwege, Germany, to Portugal. The collection includes German passports ("Reisepass"), German identification cards ("Kennkarte"), and Portuguese identification papers (Bilhete de Identidade) for Hedwig and Carl Doernberg, David Doernberg's paternal grandparents, who fled from Germany to Portugal in 1939, arriving in the United States in 1941.

  14. Michael Wertman letter

    The letter was written by 18-year-old Michael Wertman [donor's husband] in Munich, Germany, to his maternal uncle who was living in N.Y. In the letter, Wertman writes about his mother's death during the liquidation of the ghetto in Tarnogród, Poland, on November 11, 1942. He also inquires about other family members and his desire to start a new life.

  15. Selected War Crimes Trial Records from the Rastatt Zone in French Zone of Occupation in Germany

    Contains various transcripts and minutes from war crimes trials in Rastatt, Germany, a zone under French control after the war.

  16. Mühldorf photographs

    Consists of 20 photographs taken after the liberation of the Mühldorf labor camp. These photographs were taken by United States Army officer Ivo E. Sciarra, who was involved in war crimes intelligence gathering. The photographs depict survivors of the camp as well as bodies which were removed from mass graves in preparation for reburial.

  17. George Schwab photograph collection

    The George Schwab photograph collection consists of twenty photographs relating to the experiences of George Schwab during the Holocaust. Seventeen photographs are images from Blankensee displaced persons camp near Hamburg, Germany; images on board the "Marine Perch" to the United States; and images from Bremen and Berlin, Germany. Three photographs depict images from Rīga, Latvia.

  18. Letters 1938 to 1945 The Grunwalds' journey from oppression to freedom

    Consists of a book, written and edited by Susanne Sommer, entitled "Letters 1938 to 1945: The Grunwalds' Journey from Oppression to Freedom." The book mainly consists of copies and transcriptions of the correspondence between Max and Marga Grunwald of Berlin, Germany, and Paul and Jean Lewinson, of Arlington, Virginia. The Lewinsons were the American sponsors of the Grunwald family who traveled from Germany to the Philippines where they remained for two years before arriving in the United States in 1941. Also includes copies of correspondence between the Grunwalds and other family members.

  19. Maccabi athletes in Antwerp

    Jewish athletes at the Maccabi Games in Antwerp, Belgium in July 1930. Title: "In Antwerpen feiert man die Weltausstellung." Street scenes in Antwerp, fountain, "France" building. CUs, civilians in local costume, on small train, joking in front of the camera, on boat, boats on the bay, 4 men kneeling in back seat of automobile driving through city street, tram in BG. Cameraman filiming himself in a mirror. VAR MCUs pedestrians, Maccabi athletes parading on city streets, motorbikes, spectators/crowd being pushed back, marching band, boys with flags parading, spectators, athletes pass by salu...

  20. Selected records from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) Archives, Jerusalem

    Contains records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) offices in Geneva, Stockholm and Istanbul and odd files of the offices in Lisbon, Brussels and Barcelona. Most of the records consist of correspondence of various JDC offices with other international Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, and with local Jewish communities and organizations, concerning post-war rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors, emigration from Europe, restitution and heirless property. Also includes a large number of name lists of Holocaust survivors and emigrants.