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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Records relating to Jews and Roma in Berlin Oberfinanzdirektion case files of Roma in Berlin

    Includes approximately 250 case files created by the Oberfinanzdirektion of Berlin concerning the evacuation of Roma in Berlin and the confiscation of their personal property. After comparing the individual case files to the name list, the accessioning archivist discovered that 20 files are missing from the collection. The missing files are: Buchler, Josef; Frolian, Peter; Haustein, Adolf; Haustein, Else; Haustein, Paul; Haustein, Rudolf; Keck, Max; Maatz, Oswald; Meinhardt, Adam; Petermann, Heini; Peterman, Hildegard; Peterman, Josef; Pohl, Hermann; Rebstock, Rosa; Rose, Karoline; Schmidt,...

  2. Day 206 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set A)

    1. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    Day 206 - Monday, August 19, 1946. Mr. Dodd speaks. The German counsel for the Gestapo addresses the court. Courtroom discussion.

  3. Day 207 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set A)

    1. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    Day 207 - Tuesday, August 20, 1946. Counsel for the Gestapo. Courtroom discussion. Defendant Hermann Goering. German counsel for the SA.

  4. Day 210 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set A)

    1. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    Day 210 - Friday, August 23, 1946. German counsel for the SA. Dr. Merkel for the Gestapo.

  5. Day 211 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set A)

    1. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    Day 211 - Monday, August 26, 1946. Witness Schreiber. Dr. Merkel for the Gestapo. US counsel, Mr. Dodd, speaks. German defense for the SD and the SA and the SS.

  6. Day 43 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set A)

    1. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    Day 43 - Friday, January 25, 1946. French Prosecutor Dubost on Gestapo treatment. Witness Marie Vaillant-Couturier on conditions in concentration camps. Part 1

  7. Jacoby family in Biecz and other small towns in SE Poland

    Traveling shot of Biecz, Poland (near Krakow). CUs, Grandmother and Grandfather Jacoby. Family portrait: Mark Jacoby (donor) stands at the left with his Grandmother and Grandfather seated, and his cousin, Ciela (12), next to his brother, Willis. Cousin playing. CU, Ciela and her mother. Family poses again. Various shots of Biecz homes and establishments. A small train station in Siepietnica village, sign reading "Siepietnica". More family portraits. Children play on horse; Mark with local boys. Group shot of a family in the neighboring Polish village of Raclawice, cow, fields, farmland. 00:...

  8. Henny Bernstein Brener papers

    1. Henny Brener collection

    Contains documents related to William Bernstein [donor's father], who was arrested and interned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after Kristallnacht, and released with help from a family friend. The collection includes a letter from a Mr. Moser to the Gestapo asking for Mr. Bernstein's release; letters to and from family members in America and Europe and with organizations such as the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) regarding immigration efforts of family members including Moritz and Laura Stemmer and Bernhard Henisch; documents relating to aid for displaced person...

  9. Certificate of Citizenship document holder

    1. Zyzniewski family collection

    United States Certificate of Naturalization document holder. The certificate was issued to Wesley Cosimer Zineski in 1953. The holder is part of a collection documenting the experiences of the Zyzniewski family before, during and after WWII. The Zyzniewskis were a Catholic family from Łódź who were active in the resistance. Wieslaw Zyzniewski (later Wesley Zineski) and his mother Janina were arrested by the Gestapo in February 1942 for their political activities and first sent to Radgoszcz. In October 1942 they were sent to Auschwitz, where Janina died in January 1943. Wieslaw was sent to B...

  10. Pamphlet

    1. Zyzniewski family collection

    Missal with a holy card and identity card inserted between the pages that belonged to Wieslaw Zizniewski. The Zyzniewskis were a Catholic family from Łódź, Poland, who were active in the resistance organized to oppose the German occupation. Wieslaw and his mother Janina were arrested by the Gestapo in February 1942 for their political activities and sent to Radogoszcz prison. In October 1942, they were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Janina died in January 1943. Wieslaw was sent to Buchenwald in March 1943 where he was liberated by the US Army in April 1945.

  11. Pamphlet

    1. Zyzniewski family collection

    Inscribed Cathlic missal with holy cards and documents inserted between the pages that belonged to Wieslaw Zizniewski. The Zyzniewskis were a Catholic family from Łódź, Poland, who were active in the resistance organized to oppose the German occupation. Wieslaw and his mother Janina were arrested by the Gestapo in February 1942 for their political activities and sent to Radogoszcz prison. In October 1942, they were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Janina died in January 1943. Wieslaw was sent to Buchenwald in March 1943 where he was liberated by the US Army in April 1945.

  12. The destruction of the Salonica Jewry A personal view

    1. Rosa M. Miller collection

    Contains information about the German occupation of Salonica (Thessalonikē), Greece; the establishment of a Jewish quarter in Salonica; and the deportation of nearly 70,000 Greek Jews from Salonica.

  13. Day 206 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 206 - Monday, August 19, 1946. Mr. Dodd speaks. The German counsel for the Gestapo addresses the court. Courtroom discussion.

  14. Day 207 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 207 - Tuesday, August 20, 1946. Counsel for the Gestapo. Courtroom discussion. Defendant Hermann Goering. German counsel for the SA.

  16. Day 211 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 211 - Monday, August 26, 1946. Dr. Merkel for the Gestapo. US counsel, Mr. Dodd, speaks. German defense for the SD and the SA.

  17. Day 43 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 43 - Friday, January 25, 1946. French Prosecutor Dubost on Gestapo treatment. Witness Marie Vaillant-Couturier on conditions in concentration camps. Part 1

  18. Selected records from the Ordnungspolizei

    Records pertaining to the Ordnungspolizei, including organization and daily administration of the Ordnungspolizei, expulsion of Jews, expropriation of Jewish property and assets, the Gestapo headquarters in Vienna at the Hotel Metropol, treatment of homosexuals, and personnel matters (such as promotions to SS).

  19. Giovanni Palatucci collection

    Collection consists of four vintage photographs and one document relating to Giovanni Palatucci [donor's maternal uncle].