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  1. Selected records from collection CCVII, Belgium, Ministry of Reconstruction

    Contains records pertaining to Belgian forced labor in Germany, particularly Belgian-Jewish forced labor, and the repatriation of Belgian nationals after the war.

  2. Report on Norwegian Resistance

    Consists of one report, 43 pages, presumably written in early 1945 by a German officer, regarding the history of the Norwegian resistance to the Nazis between 1940-1945. The report details the methods of resistance and gives specific examples of resistance activity.

  3. Indyk family letters

    Contains letters and photographs regarding the Holocaust experiences and post-war life of Eva Indyk, originally of Poland. Eva's older sister, Telma (Tillie), had immigrated to the United States as a teenager, and tried to convince her parents to allow her siblings to join her in America before the war. After the war, Tillie found out that only Eva had survived and had been in Auschwitz. The collection contains letters from Eva to Tillie, in which she dreamed of reuniting with her sister in the United States. Eva was unable to obtain the proper visas and eventually immigrated to Israel, whe...

  4. Selected records from collection CCVIII, Belgium, Ministry of Reconstruction

    This collection contains information on internment camps in France and Belgium during World War II, including information on the fate of Jewish children.

  5. Leizer Ran collection

    Consists of two booklets from the collection of historian and author Leizer Ran; one, a songbook entitled "Jidische Melodier af Ch. Ritterband Kobenhavn" in Yiddish, published in Vilna in 1935, and the other, entitled "Lest You Forget," a description and history of the Jewish Contemporary Documentation Centre in Paris, in English, published in 1949.

  6. Gardelegen atrocity photographs

    Consists of three photographs taken at Gardelegen in the spring of 1945. Includes two photographs of victims of the atrocity and one photograph of American soldiers examining the building.

  7. Menashe family collection

    Consists of documents, identity cards, photographs, and haggadot related to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of the Menashe family, originally of Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes birth certificates, marriage certificates, and United States naturalization certificates, as well as two family copies of the haggadah. Also includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of members of the Menashe family. Of the nine children of Issac (Ino) and Sara Menashe, only four survived the war: Pauline immigrated to the United States before the war, Oro and Sylvia survived Auschwitz, and Ni...

  8. Rosenmund family collection

    Consists of documents and identity paperwork regarding the Rosenmund (also known as Katyganer) family, originally of Vienna, Austria. Having been born in Poland, the family, consisting of Elie Kune Rosenmund, his wife Debora (Dora) Penner Rosenmund, their daughter Regina Rosenmund, and Debora's mother, Chaje Penner, had a difficult time obtaining the proper paperwork in order to immigrate to the United States. Collection contains Nazi-issued consular documents and stateless passports for Elie and Debora. The family finally managed to immigrate to the United States in 1940 after spending a y...

  9. Erwin Hirsch and Martel Sommer collection

    Consists of documents, photographs, and a CD of music related to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Erwin Hirsch, originally of Strasbourg, France. Includes pre-war photographs of Mr. Hirsch in Mannheim, Germany, and articles and tributes related to his work as a cantor, both in the Mannheim synagogue from 1937 until Kristallnacht, and at Congregation Habonim in New York City from 1940-1983, as well as an audio CD entitled "Erwin Hirsch: A Voice Not Forgotten," of Hirsch's music. Also includes a scrapbook kept by Martel Sommer of clippings regarding her work as an organist wi...

  10. The World Jewish Congress New York Office. Series D. Relief and Rescue Department

    Contains records relating to social relief and rescue activities, location of survivors, immigration and migration, refugees, displaced persons, extermination of Jews, reaction to Hitler's Final Solution, and relations with international relief organization including the UNRAA and Red Cross. Seven sub-series of World Jewish Congress New York Office records, Series D contains the following files: 1. Executive files, 1939-1969: The majority of the material deals with applications and affidavits for individual immigration cases; 2. Immigration Division, 1940-1953: Includes correspondence and r...

  11. James Worley collection

    Consists of a description, written by James Worley, of the liberation of Dachau. Mr. Worley was a member of the 977th F.A. Brigade of the American Army. Also includes twelve poems, written by Mr. Worley, regarding the Holocaust; these poems were influenced by his experiences as a liberator.

  12. "Blut und Ehre"

    Consists of one small book, 78 pages, entitled "Blut und Ehre: Lieder der Hitler-Jugend," published by the Deutscher Jugendverlag in Berlin and printed by Drud der Spamer A. G. in Leipzig, Germany, in 1935. The book contains lyrics to Hitler Youth songs and also contains a printed "handwritten" message from Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach.

  13. Jaslo, Poland massacre site footage

    Contains one videocassette of footage shot in Jaslo, Poland, by George Lerner in 1994. The footage is of the site of a massacre which occurred in 1942 when the Nazis shot the Jews of the town.

  14. Elmer Rothermich letter

    The Elmer Rothermich letter consists of a nine page letter with an envelope, written by Elmer Rothermich on April 10, 1945, in Germany, describing his experiences liberating the Ohrdruf concentration camp as a member of the 81st Field Infantry Battalion of the United States Army. Also includes additional information regarding Mr. Rothermich's service record, his wife's memories of the receipt of this letter, and a copy of an article in the St. Charles, MO "Banner News" quoting from the letter.

  15. Selected records from collection DXXXIII, correspondence sent to Drancy

    This collection contains postcards sent to Drancy by French prisoners of war in German POW camps. (Many Jewish soldiers in the French army were interned as POWs.)

  16. Martin Primack papers

    Consists of files collected and indexed by Martin Primack for his use in completing his unpublished book, "Not All Were Silent: The Story of Efforts in American to Rescue the Jews from the Holocaust." Collection contains a copy of the manuscript as well as photocopies from the Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver papers, the Stephen S. Wise papers, various collections from the Yivo Institute and copies of contemporary publications. The files are thoroughly indexed by subject on a document and folder level.

  17. Presentation by Ernest G. Lion

  18. Oral history interview with Rachel Wallach

  19. Selected records from collection DXLIX, Archives of the Sixième et de la Resistance Juives

    Contains forged, falsified, and stolen documents used by the French Jewish rescue organization “Sixième” in the conduct of their operations during the German occupation of France.

  20. "A Testament of the Survivors, A Memorial to the Dead: The collection of Gross-Breesen Letters and Related Material"

    Consists of one CD-ROM containing three volumes (consisting of a total of 1537 typed pages) entitled "A Testament of the Survivors, A Memorial to the Dead: The Collection of Gross-Breesen Letters and Related Material." The volumes consist of correspondence, photographs, and documentation related to the Gross-Breesen institution, a training farm for Jewish youth founded in May 1936 by Professor Dr. Curt Bondy, and the pre-war, wartime, and post-war lives of those who lived in Gross-Breesen. The volumes were created for the 70th anniversary of the founding of Gross-Breesen.