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  1. Embroidered blouse worn by a concentration camp inmate after liberation

    Embroidered blouse selected and worn by Ruth Gold immediately after her liberation from Malchow concentration camp by the Soviet Army in 1945.

  2. Jan and Helena Bodakowski photographs

    Consists of three photographs Jan and Helena Cenkar Bodakowski in the Wildflecken and Schwarzenborn displaced persons camps. Includes photographs of the couple's June 6, 1946 wedding in Schwarzenborn, and a 1948 photograph of Jan Bodakowski chopping wood at Wildflecken.

  3. Protective pass issued by Royal Swedish Legation, Budapest, 26 August 1944

    One protective pass ("Schutz-Pass") issued by the Royal Swedish Legation in Budapest, for Cecilie Radó, on 26 August 1944. The pass asserts that the above-named person is protected by the Royal Swedish Legation, and has the right to travel to Sweden under the terms of repatriation authorized by the Swedish Foreign Ministry. The pass contains stamps and a signature from the staff of the legation, but is missing the photograph of Radó.

  4. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of seven photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes images of piles of corpses, of bone fragments, and of soldiers and survivors looking at the corpses.

  5. Testimony of Józef Kuźba: Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg b. Berlin. As remains in our memory. Materials, experiences, comments. Relacja Józefa Kuźba: Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg b. Berlin. Jaki pozostal w naszej pamięci. Materialy, przeżycia, komentarze

    Testimony of Józef Kuźba (1916-2012), a teacher and wartime inmate of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The testimony contains the author's memoirs together with vast information from historical sources and other archival materials. The typewritten text (356 pages) contains photographs, documents, clippings, etc. Józef Kuźba wrote his testimony in 1995 and entitled it “Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg b. Berlin. Jaki Pozostal w Naszej Pamięci. Materialy, Przeżycia, Komentarze."

  6. Prints of Hitler in a shop window in Germany

    Various sizes of framed prints of Adolf Hitler. Somewhere in Germany. German soldier standing in street wearing the spiked helmet. Nazi soldiers marching through the streets. Trolley cars move past soldiers on horseback.

  7. Polish Red Cross, Regional Agency in Częstochowa Polski Czerwony Krzyż. Oddział Terenowy w Częstochowie (Sygn.1050)

    This collection contains lists of Polish civilians murdered by the Germans during the occupation. The booklet contains lists submitted by the families of people killed in Częstochowa and during the September campaign, and the German occupation. Contains also a list of widows, orphans and other family members of fallen participants in the resistance movement. The lists include also Jewish names. Lists were compiled in 1945-1946.

  8. Hank Freedman collection

    The collection includes a color copy of a journal written by Hank Freedman while a POW in Germany, first at Stalag IXB in Bad Orb and then Stalag IXA in Ziegenhain. In the journal Hank keeps lists of foods to eat, things to do after liberation, names and addresses, and notes about his experiences as a Prisoner of War. The collection also includes two copy prints of Hank Freedman taken during his military service with the US Army during WWII, serving with the 106th Infantry Division.

  9. J.D. Neighbors photograph collection

    Contains 49 photographs of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany taken immediately following the camp's liberation on April 29, 1945 by American forces. Includes images of American troops in action in Germany and Austria, moving through bombed and destroyed communities and bridges, downed airplanes, and tanks. Also includes a photograph of Bob Hope and Frances Langford and some Nazi propaganda photos.

  10. Marlene Steger collection

    Collection of postcards, photographic postcards, and a copy print documenting the Dachau concentration camp after liberation. Images include victims and survivors, important sites in the camp, and reeancted scenes of the cremation process.

  11. Marko Spitzer photographs

    The Marko Spitzer photographs include three photographs of the family of Marko Spitzer’s uncle Sandor in Osijek, Yugoslavia (today Croatia). The photographs depict Sandor, Ema and Ivica with Ema's family in Osijek; Ivica walking in Osijek circa 1939; and Sandor and Ema with Ivica circa 1930.

  12. State Agency for Economical Renewal, branch office in Sarajevo Riznično Upraviteljstvo Ured Za Podržavljeni Imetak Sarajevou

    Records of the state agency for economical renewal in Sarajevo relating to the Aryanization and disposition of Jewish property. Collection contains property records of the Jews in Sarajevo in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in 1941-1945, who were forced to leave and were deported to concentration camps.

  13. Theresia Bauer papers

    The Theresia Bauer papers consist of genealogical books, identification papers, and apprenticeship, military, and accounting records documenting the Bauer family of Horitschon (Austria) and the Koller family of Neckenmarkt (Austria), Theresia Bauer’s participation in the Bund Deutscher Mädel, and Stefan Bauer’s captivity as a Soviet POW after World War II. Theresia Bauer documents include a genealogical book and a picture of Theresia with other Bund Deutscher Mädel girls at a political event in the village. Stefan Bauer documents include a genealogical book, two apprenticeship diplomas, an ...

  14. Allies clear debris; children sent to England to recuperate

    The Allies commissioned this four part documentary from Maurits Schaap after liberation. Titles: "Zeeuwsch Vlaanderen", "Documentaire Film der Verwoesting", "Bulldozers aan den arbeid". An Allied bulldozer clears debris. Cranes and other tractors push, pull, lift and haul destroyed materials. Title, "Afscheid Kol. J.V. Leeuwen. Gezagsoverdracht aan Maj. F. Koch" Military and civilian personnel sit together at a large banquet table, enjoying a meal before the departure of Colonel. J.V. Leeuwen. Titles: "Nieuwe Mil. Commissaris van Z. Vlaanderen Majoor", "F.P.O.M. Koch". Koch works at a desk,...

  15. Henry Kalmus papers

    The Henry Kalmus papers consist chiefly of correspondence received by Kalmus from Vilmos Forgács, and from other friends and professional colleagues that he knew from his time in Budapest, when he worked as an engineer at Orion Radio (Hungarian Tungsten Lamp Works). Most of the correspondence dates from 1938 - 1948, beginning in the year that Kalmus left Hungary to immigrate to the United States. Initial letters inquire after Kalmus’ life abroad as well as report on day to day events in Budapest. In a few letters, references are made to attempts to emigrate from Hungary, both on the efforts...

  16. Poster announcing a postwar event in memory of thuose who perished in Vilnius

    Broadside for a 1947 memorial event for the victims of the Holocausr in Vilnius, Lithuania, to be held by the Union of Immigrants from Vilnius and the vicinity for Assistance and Rescue, in Tel Aviv, Palestine. It wa to be held on September 8, 1947, in Ohel assembly hall, with speakers including Rabbi Unterman, Joseph Klausner, and Aba Kovner. It was published by A. Strod and designed by M. Behlfer and Moshe Vorobeichic.

  17. German military postcard

    Consists of a Feldpost postcard, postmarked December 7, 1942, written by a member of the German military. The postcard commemorates "Weihnachten in Russland" [Christmas in Russia] and indicates the location where the military unit (as yet unidentified) spent previous Christmases [1939--Hanau; 1940--Caen; 1941--Charkow (Kharkiv); 1942 Woronesh (Voronezh)]. The writing on the postcard is largely illegible.

  18. Karl Koch diary

    Consists of one digital file of color scans of the World War I (1917-1918) diary of Karl Koch, while he was serving as a soldier in the German military.

  19. And they do not toll the bells... The story of the family of Dr. Hillél Friedmann, Chief Rabbi of Dombóvár

    Consists of one memoir, 243 pages, entitled "And they do not toll the bells...": The story of the family of Dr. Hillél Friedmann, Chief Rabbi of Dombóvár," written by Erzébet Rab Friedmann, circa 1945-1948. In the memoir, Mrs. Friedmann describes the family's 1944 deportation from Dombóvár to the Kaposvár ghetto. In great detail, she describes her memories of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, forced labor at an aircraft factory near Leipzig, and a forced march to Theresienstadt from which she was liberated. She and her daughter Judit, who remained together during these experiences, returned to Hung...

  20. Jacobson and David families papers

    The Jacobson and David families papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and journals of poetry documenting the Jacobson and David families of Liepāja, Latvia; Paula Jacobson Sandler’s youth in Liepāja; Meyer and Nanny David’s exile to Siberia; and Meyer David’s last years in Minsk, Tallinn, and Nemenčinė. Several of the letters and poetry are translated into English. T Correspondence is primarily addressed to Paula Sandler and her daughter Milly Bennie in South Africa from Meyer and Nanny David in Europe. The correspondence documents the Davids’ refuge in Riga during World War I, pre...