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  1. Brand family papers

    The Brand family papers consists of correspondence, documents, and pre-war photographs illustrating the Brand family of Frankfurt, Germany and the United States. Includes correspondence from Leo and Else Brand in Frankfurt to their older son Horst in the United States, and letters from their younger son Heinz. The documents illustrate the unsuccessful efforts to bring members of the Brand family and Thekla Strauss, Horst's grandmother, to the United States.

  2. Selected records from the State Archives of the Samara Region, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records of the former Communist Party Archives of the Samara (Kuĭbyshev) Region related to the evacuation of Soviet civilians to the Samara Region during WWII. It includes correspondence files related to their resettlement and name lists of communists evacuated to the region from various regions of the former USSR.

  3. Meitner family photograph collection

    Collection of photographs depicting Arpad Meitner and Berta Mahler Meitner before the war in Budapest, Hungary.

  4. Jewish family life in Germany before the war

    Car on the street, police directing traffic, trams, shop signs. People peer into shop window of Süsskind shop. Norbert, Erna, and her mother Bertha stand on a street corner. 01:00:26 INT, woman in front of a window. Man walks on a cobbled street with an overcoat thrown over his shoulder. Sally waves and runs backwards away from the camera. Alice, Erna, and Norbert joke and run on the street. INT, woman in an apron cleans dishes in the kitchen. [VQ shifts to poor] Alice in a drop-waist dress walks in yard, others gather. 01:01:26 Leo Greif, Bertha, and others get out of a car with Saarbrueck...

  5. Snatager family papers

    The Snatager family papers include biographical material, correspondence, documents and journals relating to Bernard, Olga, and Leonie Snatager’s pre-war and wartime experiences in the Netherlands. The collection includes Bernard’s birth certificate and telegram announcing his birth, documents relating to his business, and records relating to his death as well as Olga’s birth certificate, vaccination certificates, marriage certificates, and letters regarding her pension. The collection also includes a Dutch ID card for Leonie, poetry written by Leonie for her father, papers relating to her ...

  6. Heilborn and Fassberg family papers

    The Heilborn and Fassberg family papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, and family research related to the family of Theodor and Recha Bloch Heilborn, originally from Berlin, Germany and Harold Fassberg, from Ohio. The collection documents the Heilborn family’s history in Germany from 1840-1939 including Theodor Heilborn's career as an attorney, being stripped of his position in 1933, and the family's emigration documentation. Also included is extensive correspondence between the Heilborns’ only child, Vera, and Harold Fassberg, a member of the American military during Wor...

  7. Damaged Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered postwar in Latvia

    Corroded Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered in a Latvian swamp many years after World War II. Production of the Ssh40 model helmet began in 1940 and continued until 1960. It was issued to Soviet soldiers on all fronts during World War II. The Ssh40 was designed to replace the Ssh39, which had a liner that made it difficult for the wearer to place the helmet over a winter hat or garrison cap. The Ssh40 was designed to solve this problem by attaching the liner to the exterior shell near the rim, which allowed the helmet to slide over another hat. The Soviet Union occupied the independe...

  8. Frieder family on holiday

    The Frieder family on holiday. Women pose with Jane and Peggy on a mountain, probably in Hawaii. Pan of the ocean vista and city below, probably Honolulu. 00:00:29 Two adult couples lounge outdoors. The girls and their mother Julia pose before going to the beach and swimming in the ocean. Jane and Peggy on a ship deck with flowered leis around their necks. Smoke stacks from other boats are visible behind the rail of the ship deck. 00:01:21 People aboard an ocean cruiser. Shores. Someone dives from the boat. 00:02:14 Jane, Peggy, and Julia wear heavy coats on the ship deck. Other Frieder fam...

  9. Harvard football game

    In United States, houses in neighborhood. Women and children in front of house. Men rowing on the Charles River, flag. Harvard University marching band on a sports field. Men play American football, sign: "Harvard 14, Visitors 13." Marching band plays in the stands. Car driving on highway past trees and power lines. Aerial pan. Car drives up a snowy road. A group of young people exit the vehicle and walk towards the camera.

  10. Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families papers

    The collection primarily documents the prewar and postwar experiences of the Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families, originally of Sosnowiec, Poland, and consists of biographical and immigration documents, restitution paperwork, and photographs. The bulk of the material documents the postwar experiences of Fela Schwarzbaum (Fela Lesorgen) and Lewek Lesorgen (Leon Lesorgen) as displaced persons prior to immigration to the United States, where they later met and married. Documents include identification cards, vaccination cards, immigration documents, correspondence, and clippings. Photographs inc...

  11. Nina Negrin memoir

    Consists of a photocopy of handwritten testimony written by Nina Naoum Negrin, originally of Volos, Greece. In the testimony, she describes the military battles between Italy and Greece in 1940-1941 and the Italian and German occupations of Greece. She describes hearing of the deportation of the Jews living in Thessaloniki and her family's decision to take on false, Christian, identities. She also describes her sister's arrest by the EASAD Greek terrorist organization, from which she was able to escape. Also includes an English language summary and translation completed by Ninetta Feldman.

  12. Jacob Silvermintz papers

    Documents related to the post-war experiences of Jacob Silvermintz (aka Jakob Silberminz), originally of Szkosin, Poland; issued while he was living as a displaced person in and around Munich, Germany, 1945-1949. Includes identification cards, including those certifying that he had previously been a prisoner at Buchenwald; residence permits; health documents; and letters of reference related to his apprenticeship as an auto mechanic at a number of German companies after 1945, including Robert Bosch, GmbH. Includes his typescript memoir, 71 pages, entitled "I'm Still Here: The Story of Jacob...

  13. Zyndorf and Rosenbaum family collection

    Collection of photographs, correspondence and document (Registration/Identity Card) of the Zyndorf and Rosenbaum families in Bedzin and Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland before the war, during the war in the Srodula ghetto, in the Bobrek concentration camp a sub-camp of Auschwitz, ILAG XVVII in Austria, and after the war in the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Fela Zyndorf (donor's mother) was imprisoned in the Bedzin ghetto, the Bobrek forced labor camp, and in the Peterswaldau forced labor camp. Szlamek Rosenbaum (donor's father) survived nine forced labor and concentration camps, including Buche...

  14. Moritz Rubinstein papers

    The collection includes a Swiss refugee identification card for Moritz Rubinstein (born 1919), a businessman originally from Lublin, Poland, a document from a work camp for internees in Birmensdorf (Zürich), and a pamphlet addressed to refugees issued by the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police.

  15. Isenberg family at leisure; children play

    Sally Isenberg walks out of a door, followed by an older Artur and grandmother Bertha. Coy pond in the garden. [VQ - film not registered in camera well, poor] Helmut runs toward the camera and takes off his hat. The Isenberg family, Alice, and Bertha Marx walk toward camera, posing. Norbert plays with a yo-yo. House. The adults and children pose for camera, walk along the street, and joke. 01:27:16 Pan of the house and gardens. Norbert on his bicycle. Family members (including Bertha, Leo, and Margot Greif) gather in yard, Sally appears at 01:28:32. Boys and girl play, Helmut and Norbert ri...

  16. Hungarian officials tour Hajduhadhaz labor camp

    Andras Galambos and fellow laborer Ladislaus Radnai documented their Jewish forced labor battalion's efforts with still and motion picture cameras. This film shows an official visit of politicians and military officers to Hajduhadhaz labor camp, likely for an exhibition of the laborers' photographs. Several high-ranking officials are probably pictured, including Defense Minister Karoly Beregffy, General Geza Lakatos, and politician Lajos Szasz. Cars approaching Hajduhadhaz labor camp on a country road. Small railcar with Hungarian flags and personnel. Official exits car. Men in uniforms and...

  17. Illustration 6 from a handmade portfolio of illustrations by Herbert Heyne and Erich Kästner

    Book of illustrations sent by Herbert Heyne to Walter Furst. The book was a gift from Heyne to Furst and was written with Erich Kästner in 1945. It features color illustrations by Heyne and offers a comical and critical depiction of National Socialism and Nazi militarism.

  18. Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic

    Public information film about the immigration of Jewish refugees from Europe in the Dominican Republic. Jewish refugees work hard to create a prosperous home for themselves in Sosua. Everyone plays a part in the efficient and self-sustaining community that is mainly powered by physical labor. There are several scenes where settlers act as hairdressers and doctors, occupations the settlers most likely had before leaving Europe. The film opens with a pinpoint of San Domingo on a map. Scenes of a beautiful seascape. Mountains and houses dot the landscape, abundant wildlife. Houses under constr...

  19. Selected Records from the State Archives of Verona

    This collection contains records from the Prefettura and Questura di Verona (1938-44) regarding racial laws and their implementation in Verona; census of Italian Jews and confiscation Jewish property.

  20. Charles Rojer photographs

    Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs from the collection of Charles Rojer, including family photographs and photographs taken at post-war orphanages, including at the Home de La-Bas in Perwez, Brabant, Belgium. Also includes a card written by Rojer's sister, Cecile Rojer Jeruchim, which refers to their wartime separation.