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  1. Julius Hirsch family papers

    Manuscript drafts of song and poetry texts, mostly written for Jewish holidays, and used by various members of the family of Julius Hirsch, originally of Hamburg, Germany, circa 1935-1940. Some of the poetry may have been written while Hirsch was interned as an enemy alien in Great Britain in 1940-1941 at the Hutchinson camp on the Isle of Man, but much of it dates from earlier years. Collection also includes a printed sheet with lyrics and music of the "Hutchinson Camp Song," written by internees at the Hutchinson camp, 1940, as well as newspaper clippings from British newspapers, circa ea...

  2. Auschwitz concentration camp scrip 1 Reichsmark, in 2 pieces, received by an inmate

    Auschwitz scrip, valued at 1 Reichsmark, received by Morris Sobo when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp. The scrip is torn into 2 pieces. Scrip was issued in the camps as a means of improving worker productivity.

  3. ICRC, Spanish Civil War Guerre d'Espagne (C ESCI)

    Records related to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formed the so-called Commission d'Espagne (Commission of Spain) on August 26, 1936 which directed and coordinated all of the ICRC's humanitarian activities and operations within both the Republican and Nationalist territories. The collection covers the ICRC's humanitarian activities in Spain, in particular its work to identify prisoners and missing persons, facilitate prisoner exchanges, reunite families, and convey personal messages. Contains...

  4. Brandes family correspondence

    Correspondence from Keila and Anna (Hanna) Brandes in Vienna to their son and brother Richard Brandes (donor's grandfather), who following his emigration from Austria and the outbreak of World War II, was classified by the British government as an "enemy alien" and interned in a camp in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. File contains a letter of reference from Richard Brandes' employer in Vienna in 1934, and six letters sent to him by his mother and sister in Vienna, between December 1939 and May 1941. One on of the last letters, Richard Brandes wrote a reply, intending to send it back to them. K...

  5. Court of the First Instance in Częstochowa II Sąd Grodzki w Częstochowie II (Sygn. 626)

    This collection contains records related to the civil cases investigated by the court, i.e.: cases related to estates, various kinds of dues, inheritance, recognition of debts, files of cases transferred to the Courts of Conciliation, and the like. This collection provides information on Jewish life during the wartime period.

  6. Photograph of Chaim Rumkowski with Łódź ghetto residents

    Consists of an undated photograph of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski posing with Jewish residents of the Łódź ghetto. Those, including men, women, and children, all appear to be wearing Magen Davids.

  7. Brig. Gen. Harry J. Huff, II photograph collection

    Collection of photographs (17) taken in the Buchenwald concentration camp soon after liberation and annotated by Harry J. Huff, II (donor's father) who served in the US Army Air Forces as a pilot with the 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. He flew 47 missons.

  8. Factory with women sewing; rubble; family poses for camera

    INT women sewing seated at a table. Men working with sewing machines too. EXT two men standing on a street, looking at the camera. Camera tilts down towards their feet. They stand and talk. A woman talks to one of the men. The other man walks away, looking at the camera while eating something. INT men shovel at rubble inside of what appears to be a church. Women help with the rubble as well. EXT man shoveling dirt into wagon. A man walks with a horse rotating a wheel. Dark shot of a man wearing a hat, and clouds in the back above a dark horizon line. INT of a home. Two men, two women, and o...

  9. Henry M. Heinrichs photographs

    Consists of 20 copyprints from the collection of Private First Class Henry M. Heinrichs documenting his experiences as an American soldier, mainly as an ambulance driver, during World War II, particularly his experiences witnessing the Dachau concentration camp. Includes portraits, Heinrichs posing with his ambulance, piles of corpses at Dachau, the corpse of a guard dog, and liberated prisoners riding in a military jeep with a banner thanking the Allies.

  10. Dachau liberation photographs and narrative "Remembering the Holocaust"

    Consists of enlarged prints, photographs, and photographic negatives of images taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, including a print showing the headline of the 45th Division News when the war ended, prints of images of survivors, perpetrators being arrested, and of the Dachau death train. Also includes one narrative entitled "Remembering the Holocaust" by Marilyn Spencer, describing the experiences of a Jewish intelligence officer (unnamed in the text, but identified as Chester Kaplan) who participated in the liberation of Dachau.

  11. Daniel Jacobson papers

    Letter, with envelope written by Sgt. Daniel Jacobson, of Baltimore, Maryland, while serving with the US Army's 179th Infantry, 45th Division in Munich, Germany, to his wife Julia Jacobson, 6 May 1945. The letter written on Hitler's personal stationery, describes the irony of being Jewish and using Hitler's stationery, and how he acquired it during a visit with other American soldiers to the ruins of Hitler's home in Berchtesgaden. He also describes a porcelain figurine that he took as a souvenir, and other impressions of Munich, where he was stationed at the time. Also included are three p...

  12. Michael Kay collection

    Consists of postwar papers and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Michael Kay, originally of Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania. In 1933, Michael moved to Paris, then relocated to Bourbon-L'Archambault, France, and, in 1942, fled across the Spanish border and joined the British Army, participating in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Includes photographs of Kay's parents, his "Autobiographical Sketch," documents related to his immigration and naturalization, as well as a copy of the Louisville Courier-Journal Magazine of April 3, 1983, containing an article written by Joan Kay about...

  13. Larry Berke photograph collection

    Contains 23 wartime photographs of German soldiers, destroyed synagogues in Austria, and printed photographs of Adolf Hitler.

  16. Visiting England, 1947

    Maurits Schaap visits England in 1947 to get supplies for his hatmaker shop. Forested area. Fence marked "The Vale." Schaap visits acquaintances - house and expansive flower garden. Busy city streets. Back at the house, people greet the camera and offer small garden tours. 04:27:37 Man in what appears to be military dress. City life. Crowd gathers around a man speaking in front of a banner that reads "The New Health Crusade." Sign for Aldgate East Station in London. Vendors sell various goods, including newspapers, in the busy streets of the city. Various buildings in London. Large cathedra...

  17. Country Security Division, Prague Zemský odbor bezpečnosti Praha (300)

    Miscellaneous records related to evidence collected by the Czech secret police in the course of the investigation of Nazi crimes committed in the occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The following file is a small sub-collection within the larger collection of 9.5 linear meters. A large accretion of the files to follow at a later date.

  18. RZ 214, Referat D/Abteilung Inland

    Contains records relating to Nazi party movements in Germany and other countries, concentration camps, elections, emigration, the Kapp Putsch, reports on Jews around the world, expatriations, individuals like Thomas Mann, the exile press, Vatican reports, Pius XII, and Bishop Hudal. Included also are reports on hostility against Germans around the world, records on “relocation” issues in Eastern Europe, youth movements in Europe, "Jewish Question'" around the world, Dienststelle Ribbentrop, Jews in Bulgaria, the sterilization of “ Rheinland Bastarde”, and on racial questions.

  19. Daniil Romanovsky collection

    Collection of testimonies of the Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses recorded by historian Daniil Romanovsky and Mikhail Ryvkin in 1980-1990s in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.

  20. Liberman and Tencer families papers

    Contains correspondence from the Liberman family in Lublin, addressed to their daughter Stefania Liberman Tencer (donor’s mother) in Lvov and later in Rovno, dated 1940-1941; from Rozka Zafsztajn and from Mrs. K. Tencer in Radom (donor’s paternal grandmother); postcard from Kazimierz Tencer (donor’s father) during his service in the Polish Army to his wife in Rovno, c. 1944; certificate regarding Stefania Tencer’s employment in Rovno in 1944 and her CV, in Russian; letters from cousins in Tel Aviv, c. 1947, in Polish; from Mr. Borensztajn c. 1947, in Yiddish; and letters from Elek in Torun ...