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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  9. Popielarz family papers

    Original documents relating to emigration attempts by the Benno Popielarz family, originally of Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Include photostat of a letter of recommendation from the Reichsbund juedischer Frontsoldaten, attesting to the good character of Benno Popielarz (1939); a carbon copy typescript list of the belongings that the Popielarz family had to declare prior to emigration, listing the monetary value of each item (1939); a document authorizing the transfer of 15 shillings to a family member in England, to enable the Popielarz family to obtain a Chinese visa (1939); and a l...

  10. Hans Weil papers

    The Hans Weil papers consist of biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting German educator Hans Weil, his relocation to Italy following his dismissal from teaching at Goethe University, and the school, Schule am Mittelmeer, that he established for German emigrant children in Recco, Italy.

  11. Ruth Oppenheim memoirs

    The Ruth Oppenheim memoirs contains a two memoirs. One entitled "The Sewing Kit," relating to experiences in Nazi Germany prior her family's immigration to the United States in 1940, and an article entitled "Kristallnacht: How It Was," which recalls her experience during the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938.

  12. Julius Beer papers

    Julius Beer papers consists of a 2 page testimony, 1995; a 1 page speech delivered at a synagogue in New Jersey, 1993, regarding Julius Beers Holocaust experiences in Hamburg, Germany and the Auschwitz concentration camp; and an article published in the Washington Jewish Week, September 2, 1993.

  13. Helena Manaster memoirs

    Testimony, three versions (questionnaire, typed, and handwritten, all photocopied), from Manaster, originally of Lesko, Poland, described her experiences.

  14. Nazi infiltration of the International Committee of the Red Cross

    Records relating to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) research into allegations concerning Nazi infiltration of the ICRC: lists of people suspected of espionage, reports about Giuseppe Berretta, reports on activities of ICRC representatives in North Africa, Naples, and Marseille, documentation of the activities of Jean-Robert (Jean-Roger) Pagan in North Africa.

  17. Records of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania

    Contains requests addressed to Maresal Ion Antonescu's office of the Presedintia Consiliului de Ministri of Romania from Jews wanting restitution for confiscated property, and requests by Jews to be considered and treated as non-Jewish Romanian citizens. Also contains records relating to Jews in forced labor in Romania and deportations of Jews from Romania, including records relating to refugees in Northern Transylvania, organization and administration of Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transnistria provinces.

  19. Eva Sekules papers

    School report cards, correspondence, ration books, embarkation papers, identification card, travel permits, and related documents, documenting Sekules' schooling in Vienna from 1932-1938, her subsequent life in Great Britain from 1940 onward, and in particular, her service in the British military during and following World War II. Also includes ration books for food and other goods in postwar Britain, and travel permits issued by the Allied occupation forces in Austria, permitting her to enter that country on several occasions between 1949 and 1954.

  20. Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld memoirs

    Consists of a copy of an article written by Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld concerning his family history and experiences during the Holocaust. The article includes detailed information on the dispersal of Maltiel-Gerstenfeld's relatives who eventually perished in the Lvov ghetto, his activities as a Zionist youth, his life in Romania under an assumed identity, and his emigration to Palestine at the end of World War II.