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  1. Collection of Jewish pamphlets of contemporary relevance and rare periodicals from the collections of the Library of the Vilnius University, Lithuania

    The collection contains copies of Jewish pamphlets of contemporary relevance and rare periodicals from the collections of the Library of the Vilnius University, Lithuania related to the life, culture, political and educational activities of the Jewish communities of Lithuania before WWII.

  2. Taubenblat family letters

    Consists of a collection of letters written between 1937 - 1941, by the family of Meyer and Bajla Taubenblat of Staszów, Poland, to family in the United States. In the letters, they describe their lives and fears in pre-war and wartime Poland. The authors of the letters (with the exception of Meyer, who passed away in 1938) perished in the Holocaust. Selig Taubenblatt provides translations of the letters and family history information in his book, "To Remember: Letters from Staszów, Poland, 1937-1941." Includes CD-ROMs containing scanned images of the letters.

  3. Irmgard Weinberg Schwartz collection

    Consists of letters, postcards, and telegrams to Irmgard Weinberg from her parents, Jakob and Helene Wertheimer of Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, Germany. The letters concern the Wertheimers' attempts to emigrate from Germany to join their daughter, Irmgard, in England.

  4. "Letter of Resignation of James G. McDonald"

    Consists of one booklet, 33 pages, entitled "Letter of Resignation of James G. McDonald," published in London in 1935. The booklet contains a copy of McDonald's letter of resignation as League of Nations high commissioner for refugees coming from Germany, as well as an annex containing an analysis of German Non-Aryan policy resulting in the refugee problem. This booklet was autographed by McDonald on June 14, 1945.

  5. "Memoirs of Ludwig Bauer, PhD"

    Consists of one memoir, 113 pages, entitled "Memoirs of Ludwig Bauer, PhD", written by Ludwig Bauer, originally of Forchheim, Germany. Dr. Bauer, born in 1926, relates the history of the Jewish community in Forchheim, focusing on his memories of Kristallnacht in Forchheim and the Kristallnacht bombing of the Forchheim synagogue. Includes an article written by Sabine Ponater regarding the Jews of Forchheim, Dr. Bauer's impressions of Forchheim after a 1987 visit and a copy of an emailed interview between Dr. Bauer and a history class from the Ehrenbürg Gymnasium in Forchheim.

  6. Oral history interview with Malveena Rosengarten

  7. Otto Katz collection

    Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war documents, identity cards, and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Otto Katz, born in 1905 in Budranów, Poland. Though his family was able to emigrate, Mr. Katz, who spent much of his pre-war life in Vienna, was arrested in 1939 and sent to Buchenwald where he remained until liberation in 1945. Includes pre-war diplomas for Mr. Katz, who was a jeweler and silversmith, documentation identifying Mr. Katz as a survivor of Buchenwald, and photographs, including a photograph of Mr. Katz in Buchenwald.

  8. Charles Scherz Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of two photographs taken upon the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. One depicts a building in Buchenwald with a sign asking war correspondents to go to the press room for assistance and one depicts Allied liberators walking towards the entrance of Buchenwald, on which is hung a banner regarding the triumph of anti-fascism. The photographs are from the collection of Charles (Jeff) Scherz, who liberated the camp with Patton's Third Army.

  9. "Da Fossoli a Mauthausen" translation

    Consists of the English translation of one manuscript, 121 pages, entitled "Da Fossoli a Mauthausen," originally by Don Sante Bartolai (Msgr. Samuel Bartolai), an American-born Roman Catholic priest and survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp. In the memoir, Father Bartolai recalls his arrest and imprisonment in the Modena, Italy, prison in March 1944, his transfer to the Fossoli di Carpi concentration camp, and his experiences in Mauthausen and Ebensee from June 1944 until liberation.

  10. Selected records from collections of the Vrancea branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. It includes selected files from the following organizations: District Prefecture of the Town of Putna (1938-1946)-includes records of the revision of the citizenship of Jews, the legal status of the Jewish Community of Focşani, the forced labor of Jews, the confiscation ofJewish properties, including radios, the surveillance of Jews, Jewish hostages, and permits for Jewish travel; Mayor's Office of Focsani (1941-1944)-includes records of the confiscation of Jewish properties, the relocation ...

  11. November 1945 Dachau negatives

    Consists of 8 photographic negatives taken on November 28, 1945 in the former Dachau concentration camp. Includes negatives of various structures and signs, and includes photographs of recreated scenes in the camp. Also includes a description of each negative.

  12. Hilda Günzburg Dumire memoirs

    Consists of two untitled memoirs, one 8 pages, one 14 pages, by Hilda Günzburg Dumire, originally of Mainz, Germany. In these memoirs, she describes her childhood in Mainz and her memories of life in the area after 1933.

  13. Heilbronn and Wertheim families papers

    The Heilbronn and Wertheim families papers consist of correspondence to German Jewish immigrants Hugo and Else Heilbronn in Pennsylvania from their Heilbronn and Wertheim family members in Germany, England, Belgium, and Rhodesia and French concentration camps at Gurs and Les Milles; correspondence arranging aid for relatives in Germany and France; and a 2005 newspaper article in which Ruth Gottlieb, daughter of Hugo and Else Heilbronn, describes her family’s experiences of Nazi persecution in Germany and immigrating to the United States in 1939. Ruth Gottlieb’s article describes her very ea...

  14. Robert Hopper collection

    Consists of post-war letters sent to survivor Hrissetta Badescu, restitution paperwork related to the family of Alexander Weinrich, identity cards and paperwork related to survivor Alexander Dolin, a copy of "Tale of a City" published by the Office of War Information (OWI), the May 1939 issue of "Current History" which includes a large section on refugees, and other miscellaneous documents related to American preparation and policies towards Germany. Also includes one album, containing clippings of articles regarding displaced persons camps, written by Jack Delaney, a journalist with the Jo...

  15. Oral history interview with Maurice Frydman

  16. Heute eine neue illustrierte Zeitschrift

    The papers consist of photographs and a magazine relating to the Ruth Rintel's family in the time period of the Holocaust. The magazine, "Heute," - July 15, 1946, has a black and white photograph of Ruth Rintel as a child on the cover with the caption "Judisches Kind in Landsberg."

  17. Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique documents

    Consists of documents related to anti-Jewish employment ordinances issued in 1941 and how they related to the staff of the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique in Paris, France. Includes a blank questionnaire used to determine Jewish ancestry.

  18. Max Brenner photographs

    The Max Brenner photographs include five Eichenbrenner family photographs, including one affixed to part of an identification card. The images depict members of the Eichenbrenner family in prewar Dęblin, Poland and as displaced persons in Italy after the Holocaust. Depicted family members include Max, Sarah, Helen, Meir, and Kraindl Eichenbrenner; Meir’s parents Aron and Rochma; his brother Idle (Haiman); his sisters Leitema and Zlata; his sister-in-law Rivka; his nephews Hank and Pinkus; and Kraindl’s sister Golda Dickstein.

  19. Gordon Bronitsky collection

    Telegram sent by Hedwig (Hedy) Alexander Bronitsky (donor's mother) in Brooklyn, NY to her father Robert Alexander in Vienna, Austria informing him that his immigration visa has been approved and he is to be ready to depart immediately.

  20. Antisemitic Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate found by a US soldier

    Anti-Jewish and anti-Allied forces Nazi propaganda leaflet acquired by Charles E. Pugh while he served as a United States paratrooper in France during World War II. These leaflets were dropped from planes over Paris in late 1943, as part of a German propaganda campaign to raise suspicions against the United States and its part in the worldwide Jewish conspiracy which threatened the safety of France and all of Europe. The streets would appear to be littered with real dollar bills. Then, after picking one up, a person would discover that it was fake and see the information detailing how Jews ...