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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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...

  4. Oral history interview with David Krauthammer

  5. 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."

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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)

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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...

  12. 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.

  13. Personal files of Jewish students who studied in Warsaw University before World War II Teczki osobowe studentów Żydów studiujących przed II wojną światową na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim

    Students’ personal files related to the admission to studies (application, resume, matura (A level) certificate, other documents, e.g. an excerpt of a population book, birth certificate), a course of studies (applications, a student’s book, marks, official letters, documents concerning granted scholarship, reminders of payment), as well as the completion of studies (diplomas, certificates). Most of the files contain photos for identity or membership documents of the given person. Personal files contain personal data of a given individual, most of the Jewish students of the Warsaw University...

  14. Palestine in the 1920s

    Bethlehem. Birthplace of Christ: Pan across the city, Church of the Nativity: Arab population. View of the church, street scenes, Jerusalem. The Holy Land: View through an archway to the city, The Jaffa Gate: Arab population, horse drovers, riders on donkeys The Church of the Holy Sepulcher above the grave of Jesus: In front of the small gate a guard in uniform, The Wailing Wall: View from above, many people on the wall, including women

  15. Frank's headquarters at Wawel castle

    Wawel Castle where Hans Frank set up residence after being named Governor General of the German-occupied (General Government) Polish territories in October 1939. LS and CU of Nazi flag waving from the castle. Pans of Wawel's open courtyard. View of courtyard of Jagellonian University's Collegium Maius, and a memorial statue of Nicolaus Copernicus. 01:04:32 Pan down stone sign for the Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit (established at Krakow on April 20, 1940 as a German-dominated scientific and historical arm of the General Government of Poland to investigate race and nationality in Poland. It...

  16. Selected records of the Court of the First Instance in Kielce Sąd Grodzki w Kielcach (Sygn. 1159)

    Court files of civil and criminal cases from 1939-1944 as well as indexes to the cases. Many cases refer to evictions and cases against Jewish inhabitants of Kielce by the Social National Insurance for outstanding payments.

  17. Selected records from the State Archives of the Western-Kazakhstan Region in Uralsk

    Records related to the evacuation of civilians.

  18. Wehrmacht in France; French POWs

    German soldiers in field. Sign "Achtung Minen Lebensgefahr" warning about mines. Various views of men on the front, fences. Minefields. Cemetery. Ruins. Soldiers shave, cook, rest. 10:19:19 Pak at street. Local French town in ruins. Germans pass on horseback, tanks. Roadside gravesites. Monument. 10: 21:13 French bunker. More graves of German soldiers who died on June 15, 1940). Destroyed village, downed French plane. 10:22:10 Pak at the coast. Troops advance. 10:22:14 Brief shot of French civilians en route. German troops on road. "RAON L'ETAPE (Vosges)" 10:23:13 French prisoners of war ma...

  19. Pomerania and Baltic Sea beaches

    Home movies. 10:01:36 - 10:05:46 Pomerania, beach life, island of Wolin on the Baltic coast, probably Misdroy [Międzyzdroje], a town and a seaside resort in northwestern Poland, cruisers in the background. 10:06:19 - 10:06:51 Misdroy, beach life

  20. UNRRA selected records AG-018-021 : France Office

    Selected records of the UNRRA Offices in France: correspondence between London and Paris, 1944-49, subject files, reports, and medical office files, 1944-48, monthly mission reports, daily bulletins, displaced persons reports, organizational charts, field operations, statistical reports of emigrants including unaccompanied children.