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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. George Katzman photographs

    Contains two black and white photographs from a Christmas party in Bamberg, Germany, and six black and white signal corp photographs of organized calisthenics in the Wetzlar Displaced persons camp, the 4th Armored division's area at Regensburg, Germany, and views of the Jagerskasserne in Wuerzburger Str. in Aschaffenburg, Germany. The Jagerskasserne was occupied by displaced persons in the former 313th Infantry Regiment area of the 79th Infantry division.

  2. Selected records from the HAPAG-Reederei (HAPAG Shipping Company), Hamburg

    Contains records relating to the St. Louis’ voyage from Hamburg to Havana and its return to Europe.

  3. 1981 International Liberators Conference collection Saarbrücken labor camp

    1. 1981 International Liberators Conference collection

    Contains letters written by Edward C. Gustely in 1981 and 1982 concerning his liberation experiences at a labor camp near Saarbrücken, Germany, and his subsequent work as a sanitation officer with the 83rd US Infantry Division at the Bindermichl housing camp in Linz, Austria.

  4. Israeli postage stamp commemorating the rescue of Jewish residents of Denmark

    1. David Pearlman collection

    5.00 shekel stamp issued by the Postal Office of the State of Israel, commemorating the Thirtieth Anniversary of the rescue of the Jewish people resifing in Denmark by the Danish people.

  5. Ida Gebel, Wilhelm Wensing, Else Wensing, and Klara Ditschi papers

    Consists of copies of documents relating to the experiences of Ida Gebel, Wilhelm Wensing, Else Wensing, and Klara Ditschi, all Jehovah's Witnesses, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  6. Paul Singer identification card

    An identification card issued to Paul Singer by the Jewish Administration of Displaced Peoples' Camp after his liberation from Dachau. The card contains biographical information about Singer and indicates that he participated in a special transport to visit the zone of Poland occupied by the Russians.

  7. Hermann Katz papers

    Contains various documents relating to Hermann Katz during the Holocaust. Among the topics covered in the documents are Katz's emigration attempts prior to the Holocaust, his imprisonment at Westerbork concentration camp, and his liberation from Westerbork.

  8. Souvenir book of remembrance from the Liebenau displaced persons camp

    Souvenir remembrance book of inmate signatures compiled by the inmates of the Liebenau displaced persons camp on September 7, 1945.

  9. "A Visit by Eisenhower"

    Consists of a four-page typescript, written by Eli Rock, entitled "A Visit by Eisenhower." The subject is the writer's observations of a visit by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gen. George S. Patton Jr. to the Feldafing displaced persons camp in Jul. 1945.

  10. Selected records from the Foreign Office: Library and the Research Department: General Correspondence from 1906 (FO 370)

    Contains general correspondence from the Library and Research Department of the Foreign Office relating to various matters including: legislation in Great Britain relating to Jews in 1939, inquiries on locations of archival collections, and resolutions and decisions from the Third Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress London, 1953.

  11. Benjamin Schwartz letter and photograph relating to Jewish displaced persons from Bergen-Belsen

    Contains a photocopy of a V-mail letter and a photocopy of a photograph. Benjamin Schwartz wrote to his brother on September 22, 1945, describing his concern for two Jewish women he found who were inmates of the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; also includes a photograph of the two women.

  12. My story 50 years later

    Describes Helen Hellman's (née Bamberger, b. 1926) childhood in Würzburg, Germany; her family's emigration to Denmark in 1933 and their escape to Sweden in 1943; their experiences in Denmark and Sweden; the family's return to Denmark after World War II; Helen's marriage to Norbert Hellmann, a Holocaust survivor from Germany; the birth of their children; and their immigration to the United States 1954.

  13. Memoirs of Liselotte Kahn

    Describes Liselotte Kahn’s childhood in Germany; her marriage to Dr. Ernst Müller and the birth of their sons; Nazi antisemitism; their immigration to Greece; her husband's medical practice in Athens, Greece; the Italian and German invasion of Greece; their escape to Palestine; and their immigration to and experiences in the United States in 1941.