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  1. Rechtmann family photographs and documents

    Photographs (57), predominantly pre-war, of Wolf (Vladislav) and Serena Rechtmann, originally of Slovakia; and post-war identification, repatriation, and immigration documents.

  2. Carolyn Henneforth collection of letters from Otto Frank

    Consists of one letter, with envelope, sent to Carolyn Jones [now Carolyn Henneforth] from Otto Frank, dated April 14, 1958. In his letter, he addresses the inspiration she received from Anne's diary and his feelings regarding the current state of persecution in the world. Also includes one card, with envelope from Otto Frank's offices, dated 1957, letting her know that the Franks are traveling and Mr. Frank would respond to her letter upon his return.

  3. Vilma Grunwald letter

    Consists of one letter written by Vilma Grunwald to her husband, Dr. Kurt Grunwald, on July 11, 1944, while she was imprisoned in the Czech family camp at Auschwitz. The letter was written shortly before Vilma and her 16 year old son, John, were taken on trucks to the gas chambers. In the letter, she describes that she is aware of her impending fate, that she is calm, and thinking about him and about their son, Misa [later Frank Grunwald]. Also includes the blank piece of paper in which the letter was wrapped.

  4. Selected records from the Sąd Okręgowy w Rzeszowie (SOR), (Sygn. GK 283)

    Selected records from trials at the district court in Rzeszὀw, 1945‒1966, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

  5. Selected records from the Sąd Okręgowy w Częstochowie (SOCz), (Sygn. GK 236)

    Selected records of trials at the district court in Czestochowa, 1945‒1966, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

  7. Komar and Frey families collection

    The Komar and Frey families’ collection consists of articles, clippings, and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Dr. Leo Komar, who emigrated from Poland to England in 1933 and served in the British Merchant Navy as a physician during World War II. Also included is information regarding Erich and Elsbeth Frey, the parents of Liselott Frey Komar, wife of Dr. Leo Komar. Erich Frey was legally blind and worked at the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind in Berlin, Germany. Also included are photographs of 2009 visit to the workshop, which is now the Museum Otto Weidt; a ; a DVD of...

  8. Selected records from the Sąd Wojewódzki we Wrocławiu (SWWr), (Sygn.GK 319)

    Selected records of trials at the district court in Wrocław, 1945‒1966, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as German collaborators.

  9. District Court in Gdańsk Selected records from the Sąd Okręgowy w Gdańsku (SOGd), (Sygn.GK 240)

    Selected records of trials at the district court in Gdaṅsk, 1945‒1966, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka), by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as German collaborators.

  10. Selected records related to camps and prisons Zbiór akt obozowych i więziennych (Ob.)(Sygn.GK 165)

    Selected materials related to concentration camps Bełżec, Treblinka, Chełmno, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Płaszòw, and Gross-Rosen; ghettos in Warsaw, Siedlce, and Limanowa; and the labor camps for Jews in Poznań: testimony of witnesses and suspects, photographs, postcards, letters, certificates of death, travel passes, texts of prayers, staff lists, lists of ex-prisoners, documents of Poland’s military mission in London, daily reports of the Leiter des Ordnungsdienstes (Head of Order Service) of the Warsaw ghetto.

  11. Kolekcja "Z", No. 1141 (Sygn. GK 166). Lista Polskich Żydów deportowanych z Trzeciej Rzeszy do Polski przez obóz w Zbąszyniu w 1938 r

    List of 4,560 individuals, persons deported from Germany to Poland through the camp in Zbąszyń, Poland. This “List of Jews Deported from Zbąszyń” in 1938 includes: first and last names (and maiden names), parents’ names, mother’s maiden name; date, place, and country of birth; confession, marital status, current address, military service (including rank), occupation, and degree of mastery of Polish; place and date of passport issue, issuing authority, and passport series and number.

  12. Selected records from the Prokurator Sądu Okręgowego w Lublinie (Sygn. GK 418)

    Selected files from investigations by the prosecutor’s office of the district court in Lublin, 1945‒1950, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws punishing crimes of World War II .Decree also applied to former partisans of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), whom Communism propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

  13. Selected records from the Prokurator Sądu Apelacyjnego w Kielcach (Sygn. GK 375)

    Records from trials at the appellate court in Kielce, 1945‒1950, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Communism propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

  14. Prosecutor's Office of Provincial Court in Kielce Selected records from the Prokurator Sądu Wojewódzkiego w Kielcach (Sygn. GK 461)

    Selected files of investigations conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office of the District Court in Kielce during the years 1945-1950, for crimes by Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

  15. Selected records from the Prokurator Sądu Okręgowego w Kielcach (Sygn.GK 411)

    Records from trials at the district court in Kielce, 1945‒1950, for crimes by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Communism propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

  16. Polish Red Cross, District of Lublin Polski Czerwony Krzyż-Okręg Lubelski (Sygn. XI)

    Files of the Polish Red Cross documenting assistance to prisoners in the Lublin-Majdanek camp and the Lublin castle: approximately 10,400 card files (first and last names, date and place of birth, names of parents, camp numbers) of prisoners who received parcels (1943/1944), lists of prisoners receiving assistance, correspondence with families of prisoners; 150 postcards and letters of prisoners to the Red Cross; list of 2,750 prisoners who died in Majdanek camp (compiled by Lublin parish); documents related to prisoners of the Buchenwald, Dachau, Gross-Rosen, Oranienburg, Auschwitz, and Ra...

  17. KL Lublin-Majdanek, Private documents of prisoners Dokumenty Prywatne Więźniów (Sygn.V)

    Personal documents of prisoners of KL Lublin-Majdanek taken from them upon arrival: approximately 1,800 items such as identity cards, certificates, diplomas, birth certificates, work books, books, financial documents, memoirs, correspondence, photo albums, and so on. One treasure is the memoir by a woman arriving from the Warsaw ghetto.

  18. Collection of various documents Obce registratury (Sygn.VI)

    Records collected by various institutions, organizations, and offices: correspondence of prisoners from several camps and of prisoners of war; documents regarding individuals released from camps at Bliżyn, Dębica, Zamość, and Krochmalna Str. in Lublin; minutes of meetings of chief village headmen and town mayors in Kraśnik district (1941‒1944); lists of people arrested in the village of Jamy; documents of the Arbeitsamt (labor office) in Lublin; files from the St. Paul parish in Lublin regarding prisoner deaths; other documents.

  19. Umwandererzentralstelle Posen Centrala Przesiedleńcza w Poznaniu (Sygn.1009)

    Records of the Posen (Poznań) office of the Umwandererzentralstelle, which organized expulsions of Poles in preparation for German colonization. Incomplete documentation includes lists of Poles scheduled for displacement.

  20. Treuhandstelle Posen Urząd Powierniczy w Poznaniu (Sygn. 759)

    Contains records of the Urząd Powierniczy w Poznaniu (Treuhandstelle Posen). This office was created to identify and control Polish national and private property. Treuhandstelle Posen confiscated, seized and distributed Polish property to the administration of the trustee /Treuhandstelle through leasing, offering it for sale or liquidation.