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  1. Lilly Geringer Drukker memoir

    Consists of one typed memoir, circa 95 pages, written by Lilly Geringer Drukker, originally of Vienna, Austria. In the memoir, she describes the history of her parents' families in Poland, Greece, and Austria, her own childhood in Vienna, the effects of the German annexation of Austria on her family, her emigration to Great Britain in 1939 as part of a Kindertransport, and her emigration to the United States in 1940 at age 13. In addition, she describes her family's life in New York during the 1940s, her brothers' service in the military, and her father's search for work as a musician. She ...

  2. Jewish community in Wrocław Synagogen Gemeinde zu Breslau Gmina Żydowska we Wrocławiu (Sygn.105)

    Contains records of the Jewish Community in Wrocław from 1796-1944 (Gmina Żydowska we Wrocławiu). Includes Board minutes,1922-1939; Board correspondence with offices,1796-1939, communities and Jewish associations as well as private individuals, including correspondence concerning the protection of refugees from Russia, Romania, Galicia, the Grand Duchy of Poland, 1867-1874, 1892-1907, 1914-1930; documentation on preparations to the Third Convention of the Association of German Jews in 1909, the District Association of Jewish Communities in Prussia in Breslau,1926-1933; correspondence with t...

  3. Jagiellonian University collection

    This collection contains unpublished studies by Michała Weichert, the Chairman of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna, ŻSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) in the Generalne Gubernatorstwo (Generalgouvernement) during the war, biographical documents, as well as other documents from the Head Office of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna in Kraków. These records refer to many Jewish communities on the territory of the Generalne Gubernatorstwo. Also included are newspaper clippings, studies by Wincenty Stypuła about the history of Jews in Kraków, and by Zygmunt Felczyński about the Jewish hospital in Przemy...

  4. Frieda Greenspan memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 4 pages, entitled "Some of my personal memories of the dark years of the Holocaust" written by Frieda Greenspan in May 1981. In the memoir, she describes her experiences at Płaszów concentration camp, her transfer to Auschwitz, switching identities with another prisoner to be able to stay in Auschwitz with her younger sister, escaping from a forced march after the evacuation from Auschwitz, and her experiences in hiding with her sister and friend. They were liberated by the Red Army in Poland in February 1944.

  5. Ludwig and Hedwig Klein collection

    Consists of passports, documents, and correspondence related to Ludwig and Hedwig Klein, originally of Frankfurt, Germany. Ludwig and his wife Hedwig were able to emigrate to the United States after Ludwig, who was arrested on Kristallnacht, was released from Buchenwald. Includes documents related attempts to bring his brother, Josef, to the United States from France; as well as documents pertaining to Josef's life in France as a refugee from Germany, his interment in various camps as an enemy alien, and his eventual deportation to Auschwitz via Drancy, including postwar correspondence and ...

  6. Selected records of the Holocaust collection: Postwar testimonies and Jewish Social Mutual files (RG VII-123)

    Contains approximately 922 survivor testimonies of Holocaust survivors collected by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Bucharest, Romania immediately after WWII, in April or early May 1945, and original files of the Zespół Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (Jüdische Soziale Selbsthilfe; Jewish Social Mutual Assistance), related to the Jewish communities in Poland: Bobowa, Bychawa, Busko, Cyców, Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Ropczyce, Rudnik, and Uniejów.

  7. DP camp collection (RG VII-126)

    Contains rare posters, flyers, communications, and reports originating from various DP camps, mostly in Austria. Examples include reports from the DP camp Bergen-Belsen, 1946; flyers and reports from the Hashomer Hatzair Austria, 1947; election materials for DP camp leadership, Austria; writings and illustrations created by children survivors from Łódź on their way to Palestine.

  8. Dan Mihailovici and Gers Meirovici collection

    Consists of a notarized document from the Library of the Academy of Romania attesting that Dan Mihailovici and Gers Meirovici were in forced labor in the village of Fierbinti when, in 1942, they were arrested for distributing Communist propaganda. They were sentenced to death and executed in March 1942. Also includes a copy of the final letter sent by Dan Michailovici to his family.

  9. Elsie Deeks collection

    Consists of photographs, correspondence, and documents from the collection of Elsie Deeks, originally of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ms. Deeks worked with the St. John's Ambulance Brigade of Canada as part of the 29th British General Hospital and was stationed at the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp between May and July 1945. Includes handwritten letters about life in the hospital, personal photographs, documents related to her wartime service and copyprints of official photographs taken upon the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.

  10. Central Committee of the Jews in Poland (CKŻP).The Presidium and Secretariat Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Prezydium i Sekretariat (Sygn. 303/I)

    Contains reports, name lists, minutes of sessions, domestic and foreign correspondence, e.g. with the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) and World Jewish Congress, personal files of the staff and others, records relating to pogroms of Jewish people in Kielce and other places, religious matters, graveyards, and exhumations, newspaper clippings, and documentation of various commissions of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP): the Centralna Komisja Międzypartyjna, Centralna Komisja Mieszana, Komisja Mieszkaniowa, Centralna Frakcja Polskiej Partii Robotniczej (PPR), Polska Zjed...

  11. Central Committee of the Jews in Poland (CKŻP). Legal Department Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Prawny (Sygn.303/XVI)

    Contains financial records of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP), as well as correspondence and files related to Jewish property in Poland and other countries, war crime trials (Rudolf Höss), personal files and the files of several dozen regional offices. Includes correspondence of the Wojewódzki Komitet Żydowski we Wrocławiu relating to Jews–German citizens who stayed in Poland after the war, as well correspondence relating to aid rendered to Poles who helped Jews during the war, denouncements of people who collaborated with Germans during the occupation, requests for interventio...

  12. Historical Archive of the Alliance of Swiss Jewish Women's Organisations (BSJF) Bund Schweizerischer Jüdischer Frauenorganisationen (BSJF) (gegr. 1924) Historisches Archiv

    The collection consists of the complete working papers of the Bund Schweizerischer Jüdischer Frauenorganisationen (BSJF), including minutes, reports, correspondence, publications, etc.

  13. Personal papers of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth Nachlass Elsa Lüthi-Ruth

    Contains personal papers and photographs of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth, a nurse for the Swiss Red Cross and in various internment camps in France during World War II. Papers consist of biographical materials and documentation on the Elsa Lüthi-Ruth activities. The main part of the collection consists of six personal albums that document her youth and studies, as well as her work during the war.

  14. Personal papers of Erich A. Hausmann Nachlass Erich A. Hausmann

    Contains personal papers of Erich A. Hausmann, the Swiss-Jewish educator and pedagogue. Papers consist of his biographical materials and documentation on helping Jewish refugee children and youth during and after the war. Erich A. Hausmann worked with many organizations as the Schweizer Hilfswerk für Emigrantenkinder (SHEK), Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen (VSJF), Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), Jüdisches Lehrerseminar Basel, and the Jüdische Schule Zürich (JSZ).

  16. Freud familie (Sig.19)

    Contains correspondence, reports, autobiographical writings, genealogical material, certificates and awards, financial, legal, and business records pertaining to the Freud family. Includes a photocopy of the 1938 registration of the property of Alexander Freud (April 19, 1866– April 23, 1943).

  17. Records of Sigmund Freud pertaining to his University Studies and Professorship Freud dokumente studienzeit/professur (Sig. 23)

    Contains correspondence, reports, autobiographical writings, genealogical material, and certificates and awards pertaining to the university studies and professorship of Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939).

  18. Nachlaß Harry Freud (Sig. 68)

    Contains correspondence, reports, autobiographical writings, genealogical material, certificates and awards, financial, legal, and business records pertaining to Harry Freud (1909-1968), son of Alexander Freud. Features correspondence from, to, and among Alexander Freud, W. Ernest Freud, Anna Freud, Esther Freud, Marie Freud, Sophie Freud, and other Freud family members; photographs of Alexander Freud and Anna Freud, among others; various newspaper clippings about mostly Sigmund Freud, the establishment of the Freud Museum in Vienna, and Anna Freud; also features photo albums containing pho...

  19. Alexander Freud restitution records (Sig. 71)

    Contains legal correspondence pertaining to Holocaust restitution and reparation claims of Alexander Freud, Harry Freud, and Sophie Freud.