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  1. Gerald Kaiser papers

    1. Gerald Kaiser family collection

    The Gerald Kaiser papers consist of two photographs of Teofila Kowalik, a Polish woman, who hid Gerald Kaiser for three years in the village of Przylęk, Poland; one letter with envelope, written by Cesia Kaiser (née Zaks) in Tel Aviv, Israel to Stanislaw Wlodek, who hid Gerald Kaiser during the Holocaust, in Deszno, Poland; and one letter written by Tola Zaks, Gerald Kaiser’s maternal aunt in the United States, to Stanislaw Wlodek in Deszno, Poland.

  2. Gerald Kaiser papers

    1. Gerald Kaiser family collection

    The Gerald Kaiser papers consist of three photographs. The first depicts Gerald Kaiser (born Jurek Kaiser), age of seven months, in the Kielce ghetto, Kielce, Poland, August 13, 1940, and dedicated to Aunt Geniusia from Jehuda (Jurek). The second photograph is a family portrait of Bernard Kaiser and Cesia Kaiser, with their son, Jurek Kaiser (later Gerald Kaiser) in the Kielce ghetto, Kielce, Poland, August 1940. The third is a photograph of Benard Kaiser holding his son, Jurek Kaiser, while Cesia Kaiser looks on, Kielce ghetto, Kielce, Poland, October 1940.

  3. Gerald Kaiser papers

    1. Gerald Kaiser family collection

    Gerald Kaiser papesr consists of testimornies and memoirs related to the Holocaust experiences of the Kaiser family. Also included are the Yad Vashem certificates for the Wlodek and Kowalik families as Righteous Among Nations for saving Gerald Kaiser; A Memoir of the Nazi occupation by Janusz Wlodek and Krystyna Wlodek; War Memoirs by Aurelia Rudyk; and Can Indifference Kill? A talk given at the Warsaw Conference, Gerald Kaiser, July 1993.

  4. War Crimes Trials: Medical Case

    (Munich 488) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 1 (Medical Case), Nuremberg, Germany. SILENT: Judges enter courtroom. An unidentified woman who was a victim of the Ravensbrueck experiments on the stand, questioned by Dr. Alexander about the wound received at Ravensbrueck. She walks to dock and points out the defendants Gebhardt, Oberhauser, and Fischer. MLSs, defendants in dock. 10:13:02 SOUND: Polish survivor Jadwiga Dzido on the stand. Dr. Leo Alexander identifies the X-ray of Dzigo's leg and explains the nature of the medical experiment performed on her at Ravensbruec...

  5. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Discussion of the UGIF and Izieu raids

    16:23 President Cerdini continues presenting an exhibit relating to the raid at the UGIF [Union générale des Israélites de France] in Lyon on February 9, 1943 16:25 A clerk reads a report signed by Barbie on the 11th of February 1943 16:29 Cerdini presents Barbie's reaction to being shown the report 16:31 Prosecution lawyer Klarsfeld gives further arguments relating to Barbie's report from February 11, 1943 16:34 Cerdini introduces into evidence a telegram sent by Barbie on February 11, 1943 16:35 Clerk reads the telegram 16:37 Jury examines the telegram (French translation), and Barbie's s...

  6. Hana Wieder collection.

    The Hana Wieder collection consists of postcards written to Konrad Budzanowski in Brussels by Reginsa Budzanowski in Breslau (Wroclaw), Germany; Chaim and Itta Birnbaum in a Soviet labor camp near Konosho, Archangelsk district, USSR; and an aunt, Stefanie Leschizer, in Izbica Lubelska ghetto, Poland. Also included are documents relating to Konrad Budzanowski and Helena Hudes Budzanowski’s inquiries with Polish authorities regarding their civil status, and a photograph of them.

  7. Barbie Trial -- Day 16 -- Two witnesses and a civil party testify

    14:57 the Attorney General asks the witness, Mrs. Vansteenberghe, to discuss her husband's mission within the Resistance, which was to follow Barbie 14:57 Prosecutor Iannucci asks the witness to describe the execution of Resistance members after the last transport, on August 11, 1944 15:00 Prosecutor Zelmati comments on the particularity of Barbie's pinky finger, and asks President Cerdini to circulate a photograph of Barbie to the jurors 15:07 Prosecutor Zelmati asks President Cerdini to circulate a group of photographs of the Montluc prison, which demonstrate the witness' view of the hall...

  8. "Daughter" Lodges of the Great Lodge of Germany of the Jewish Order, B'nai B'rith Bnei Brith-Tochterlogen in Deutschland (Fond 1219)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Correspondence and minutes of meetings (1936-1937) of the "Leibnitz" lodge of B'nai B'rith in Hannover. The documents relate mainly to organizational matters, listing of lectures, etc. Included is a notice of May 26, 1936, that all meetings must be registered with the Gestapo and with a Gestapo representative in attendance, as well as correspondence with a nurses' association that was an affiliate of B'nai B'rith in Allenstein, East Prussia (currently Olsztyn, Poland). The Gestapo also reserved the right to cancel any meeting which does not take place at the exact time as registered. Note: ...

  9. Ardeatine Caves; FFI; torture chamber; corpses

    Corpses of Italians executed by the Nazis are removed from the Ardeatine caves; last rites are given the victims; this was most likely filmed in July 1944 by the March of Time. A funeral cortege for FFI dead moves through Paris. Shows a Gestapo torture chamber in the city; corpses of US airmen in a field at Gambsheim; the removal of corpses from a cellar in Bande, Belgium; and last rites and burial of the victims.

  10. Roman Antoniak papers

    The Roman Antoniak papers consists of two identification documents issued by the East German Enamel and Metal Factory and the Ukrainian support committee to Roman Antoniak of Lwow, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine) in 1942.

  11. Invitation card to a Gala Concert to aid Danish refugees in Sweden

    1. Ellis Gordon collection

    Invitation Card to a Gala Concert to aid the Danish Refugees in Sweden at the Metropolitan Opera House held on Thursday evening, February 17th, 1944. Lists participating artists, prices, special guests, contact for tickets. "There are about 11,000 Danish Refugees in Sweden who have fled Gestapo terror, they must be fed, clothed, housed until Denmark is free again. Denmark is not yet in the Nation-wide National War Fund Drive, as this unfortunately was closed before the latest tragedy to our country occurred, therefore this Benefit Concert has been arranged by Lauritz Melchior to help reliev...

  13. Drawing by William Sharp

    1. William Sharp collection

    Created by William Sharp, circa 1930-1945.

  14. Drawing by William Sharp

    1. William Sharp collection

  15. Drawing by William Sharp

    1. William Sharp collection

    Created by William Sharp, circa 1930-1945.

  16. Police headquarters in Brno Policejní ředitelství Brno (B 26)

    Records pertaining to anti-Jewish measures, the treatment and deportation of Jews and Roma, the aryanization and expropriation of Jewish properties and assets, lists of Jews and foreigners including prisoners at the Gestapo headquarters on Orlí street, and other relevant records

  17. Beyersdorf family papers

    1. Joel Beer collection

    The papers consist of two identification cards issued to Ruth Beyersdorf; a membership card issued to Joe Beyersdorf [donor]; an identification card, four certificates, and a document relating to the vaccinations of Joe and Daniel Beyersdorf [donor's brother]; four documents relating to "College Moderne de Garcons;" 11 documents relating to Joe and Daniel Beyersdorf and their father; four documents relating to medical visits after World War II; two photographs and a photocopy of a document for Edgar Beyersdorf [donor's father]; two documents on letterhead; two documents and a photocopy rela...

  18. Joel Beer photograph collection

    1. Joel Beer collection

    The collection consists of 32 photographs relating to Joe Beyersdorf (Joel Beer) and his experiences in hiding with his brother, Daniel, his parents, and his grandmother in France during World War II, including his activities with a Yeshurun youth group in Lyon, France.

  19. Barbie Trial -- Day 12 -- Bailiff introduces witnesses; lawyers demand Barbie's presence in court; recess; Lanfranchi testifies

    Bailiff introduces witnesses who will testify on Day 12 (May 26, 1987); they stand before the court. The trial is suspended for ten minutes at 13:53:23; tape recording stops and skips to real time 14:03:12 where judges re-enter court. Lawyers plead for Klaus Barbie's presence in the courtroom. Jacques Verges, Barbie's attorney, demands that Barbie remain in prison which is his legal right. The judges recess to make a decision at 14:14:22 [14:24:05 real time]; tape recording stops again and skips to real time 14:48:52. The judges return to the courtroom and report that Barbie will be forced ...

  20. Records of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (R 8150)

    Records include the office files of the various departments (finance, sport, education, culture, liaison office with government agencies, director's office, liaison office with foreign Jewish agencies, etc.) of the last national-level Jewish organization in Germany during the Third Reich.