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  1. Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly

    Freedom and Food cover story with a photographic image of woman standing in front of barbed wire fence, holding a box of rations.

  3. Machtinger family collection

    The Machtinger family collection includes photographs of Sophie Machtinger, Paul Machtinger, and their daughter Ruth Machtinger in the Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) in 1946, as well as Sophie Machtinger's memoir "Recollections from my life's experiences" written in Polish in 1955 and translated into English in 1988.

  4. Charred electrical insulator from Auschwitz found by a Sinti inmate

    Partial charred porcelain electrical insulator from Auschwitz concentration camp acquired postwar by Hans Braun, a German Sinti man who was imprisoned there with his family from March 1943 to May 1944. It was the type used to connect electrical wires to the concrete fence posts around the camp. In early 1940, Hans, a forced laborer, broke a machine at a factory and was accused of sabotage. The Gestapo came after him and he fled Bernau and went into hiding. Hans was arrested twice, but escaped, until March 1943, when he was deported to Auschwitz, where he was reunited with his family in the ...

  5. Large embroidered needlepoint designed by Yankel Ginzburg

    Colorful, embroidered wall hanging created by Yankel Ginzburg for the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington in 1976. The three-panel image was designed by Ginzburg and then executed in needlepoint by sixty-one artisans, 60 women and one man, between 1976 and 1986. The design is intended to symbolize the Jewish people's arduous journey to freedom.

  6. Tony Simon-Wolfskehl collection

    Plastic-bound portfolio with 11 pages containing 11 photographs of Tony Simon-Wolfskehl's charcoal sketches of people in extremis during the Holocaust, as well as nine poems, which are photocopies of typescripts.

  7. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark note

    10 (zehn) mark note receipt created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt by Nazi Germany after they occupied the city in September 1939. When the Germans transferred Jews to the ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. Although the notes are dated May 15, 1940, the inital printing occurred in March. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.

  8. Charlene Schiff papers

    The collection primarily documents the postwar experiences of Charlene Perlmutter Schiff, originally of Horochów, Wolyn Poland (Horokhiv, Ukraine), including her life in the Föhrenwald and Bensheim displaced persons camps (DP camps) and immigration to the United States in 1948. Included are documents, correspondence, and photographs. Documents include a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) immunization card, notes, a copy of a legal document, and songs and poems. One poem, “I Remember” was written in 1985 and read by her at a Holocaust memorial service at Fort Bel...

  9. Roma documents from the Otto Pankok Museum, Düsseldorf

    Contains information relating primarily to Otto Pankok and his strong interest in Roma, especially Roma of Düsseldorf, Germany. Of special interest in the collection are articles relating to the artwork and career of Otto Pankok and his play "Wie Wir Leben."

  10. Eigil Jorgensen papers

    The Eigil Jorgensen papers consists of a framed original letter from the Danish bishops to the supreme authorities of the Nazi occupation forces in Denmark.

  11. Abstract painting by Jimmy Ernst

    Allegorical oil painting created by Jimmy Ernst in memory of his mother, Louise, who was killed in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during the Holocaust.

  12. Ukrainian Nationalists

    Documentary that combines Ukrainian newsreel and documentary film footage about the crimes committed by Ukrainian fascists--bourgeois nationalists--who murdered Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, and Jews. This short documentary uses footage of the trials held in the Ukraine post war, wartime newsreel footage, and oral history interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses. This film addresses the issue of war criminals who are believed to be still missing, or in hiding. There is an interview with a contemporary Ukrainian official who states that over 7,000 Ukrainian war criminals are still at large ...

  13. Robert Pettit collection

    Consists of 27 photographs taken by Robert Pettit, a member of the United States Army, after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of liberated prisoners, of captured German soldiers, of Mr. Pettit in the camp, and of camp architecture. Also includes photographs taken during the Battle of the Bulge and of destruction in Germany. The photographs are described by Mr. Pettit.

  14. Joseph Tenenbaum papers

    The collection documents the career of urologist, author, and activist Joseph Tenenbaum, originally of Sasów, Poland. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and scrapbooks that document his medical career; his writings on medical topics, Judaism, and the Holocaust; his involvement in Jewish organizations such as the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Zionist Organization of America; and his work as the founder and chairman of the Joint Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress (1933-1941...

  15. Photographs of Armenian genocide from the Armin T. Wegner collection

    The collection consists of 56 copy photographs depicting the results of the Armenian genocide from 1915 to 1923 in the Ottoman Empire. Images are of children and adults in various activities, corpses in ditches, hangings, Armenians as refugees living in tents in the Syrian desert, and piles of skulls and burned bodies.

  16. Adam S. Buynoski photograph collection

    The photographs were taken by Adam S. Buynoski in Apr. 1945 during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, civilians, buildings, and bodies. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.

  17. John F. Manning collection

    Contains seven photographs taken by John F. Manning Apr. 28, 1945, during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, cyclists, jeeps and cars, a guard platform and gatehouse, bodies, and burned buildings. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.

  18. Ironic drawing celebrating VE day by a Hungarian concentration camp survivor

    Cartoonlike drawing of a hand with two fingers, one dripping blood and missing the top half, raised in the V for Victory sign. It was drawn by Ernu Homanye-Grytze on May 8, 1945, VE (Victory in Europe) Day, the day the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. The coloring was added in 1946. Homanye-Grytze was a self taught artist from Hungary with moved to Paris. In September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and World War II began. In June 1940, the Germans occupied France. Around this time, Homanye-Grytze returned to Hungary. Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. At...

  19. Cynthia Jaffe McCabe papers

    The Cynthia Jaffe McCabe papers consists of correspondence, photocopies of archival documents, photographs, slides, and other ephemera collected by art historian Cynthia Jaffe McCabe in preparation for a planned exhibit regarding the work of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee. Includes photographs of Fry and various artists and intellectuals, including Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse, in and around Villa Air Bel, the Emergency Rescue Committee offices in Marseille, and other locations in unoccupied southern France in 1940-41. Also includes clippings, exhibition catalogs, unpublish...

  20. Ukraine under Nazi occupation presentation photo package from USSR

    Contains photographs of sites in Ukraine under Nazi occupation; some photographs include descriptions.