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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Salek and Anny Rosendorn papers

    The collection documents the post-war experiences of Salek and Anny Rosendorn, both originally from Łódź, Poland, including their lives as refugees in the Neustadt displaced persons camp from 1945-1947 and their immigration to La Paz, Bolivia in 1947. The collection primarily consists of identification cards and documents regarding Salek’s work with the Jewish Welfare Committee, the International Welfare Advisory Council, and the Central Jewish Committee. Other material includes poems authored by Anny on Jewish Committee stationary, a certificate identifying her as a former prisoner of Stut...

  2. Brown cloth and leather trimmed suitcase used by a young Polish Jewish boy

    1. Ira Zames family collection

    Brown leather trimmed suitcase used by 5 year old Israel Znamirowski when he traveled to the US in March 1940 with his mother, Hela (Chaja). When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Israel was staying with his paternal grandmother, Regina Znamirowska, in Warsaw, Poland, because his parents, Mendel and Hela, were on vacation in the US. Following the invasion, Israel’s maternal grandparents, Chil and Sarah Pik, took him to Italy. Hela met them in Italy and was able to secure passage back to New York, with the help of a ship captain who ignored Israel’s lack of proper immigration pape...

  3. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Pentateuch in Russian from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. It is a narrative of the culture, history, and traditions of the Hasidic movement. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practitioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor or musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against J...

  4. Brown leather wallet brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

    1. Paul Zilczer family collection

    Brown leather wallet brought with Paul Zilczer when he left Budapest, Hungary, for the United States, in May 1939. Paul, a physicist, and his wife Margit lived in Budapest, when in 1938, the fascist Hungarian government passed laws restricting the rights of Jews. In 1939, Paul and Margit both traveled to England. On May 17, Paul sailed to New York City where he lived with his cousin Emil and his family. Margit returned to Budapest. In November 1940, Hungary entered World War II as a German ally. In March 1944, Germany invaded Hungary to ensure Hungary's continued involvement with the war ef...

  5. Dark brown leather briefcase brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

    1. Paul Zilczer family collection

    Brown leather briefcase brought with Paul Zilczer when he left Budapest, Hungary, for the United States, in May 1939. Paul, a physicist, and his wife Margit lived in Budapest, when in 1938, the fascist Hungarian government passed laws restricting the rights of Jews. In 1939, Paul and Margit both traveled to England. On May 17, Paul sailed to New York City where he lived with his cousin Emil and his family. Margit returned to Budapest. In November 1940, Hungary entered World War II as a German ally. In March 1944, Germany invaded Hungary to ensure Hungary's continued involvement with the war...

  6. Patchwork leather wallet brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

    1. Paul Zilczer family collection

    Patchwork leather wallet brought with Paul Zilczer when he left Budapest, Hungary, for the United States, in May 1939. Paul, a physicist, and his wife Margit lived in Budapest, when in 1938, the fascist Hungarian government passed laws restricting the rights of Jews. In 1939, Paul and Margit both traveled to England. On May 17, Paul sailed to New York City where he lived with his cousin Emil and his family. Margit returned to Budapest. In November 1940, Hungary entered World War II as a German ally. In March 1944, Germany invaded Hungary to ensure Hungary's continued involvement with the wa...

  7. Brown leather wallet with a strap brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

    1. Paul Zilczer family collection

    Brown leather wallet with a strap brought with Paul Zilczer when he left Budapest, Hungary, for the United States, in May 1939. Paul, a physicist, and his wife Margit lived in Budapest, when in 1938, the fascist Hungarian government passed laws restricting the rights of Jews. In 1939, Paul and Margit both traveled to England. On May 17, Paul sailed to New York City where he lived with his cousin Emil and his family. Margit returned to Budapest. In November 1940, Hungary entered World War II as a German ally. In March 1944, Germany invaded Hungary to ensure Hungary's continued involvement wi...

  8. Official photo ID stamp and handle, Director of the Vaad Hatzala Emergency Committee postwar

    1. Nathan Baruch collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn37141
    • English
    • 1946-1948
    • a: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)

    Rectangular rubber stamp and handle used by Rabbi Nathan Baruch when he was the director of the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Organization in Germany from September 1946 - September 1949. Vaad Hatzala was originally established to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who escaped to Lithuania at the start of World War II in 1939. It expanded to include assistance to all Jews. Rabbi Baruch was responsible for the reestablishment of Jewish religious life in post war Europe. He supervised the creation and distribution of religious texts and items to displaced persons camps as well as to Jewish commu...

  9. Official address stamp, Director, Vaad Hatzala Emergency Committee postwar

    1. Nathan Baruch collection

    Circular rubber stamp used by Rabbi Nathan Baruch when he was the director of the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Organization in Germany from September 1946 - September 1949. Vaad Hatzala was originally established to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who escaped to Lithuania at the start of World War II in 1939. It expanded to include assistance to all Jews. Rabbi Baruch was responsible for the reestablishment of Jewish religious life in post war Europe. He supervised the creation and distribution of religious texts and items to displaced persons camps as well as to Jewish communities worldwi...

  10. US Army officer's summer weight tunic worn by the director of the Vaad Hatzala Emergency Committee in postwar Germany

    1. Nathan Baruch collection

    United States Army uniform jacket worn by Rabbi Nathan Baruch when he was the director of the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Organization in Germany from September 1946 - September 1949. It has its officer's buttons but no rank insignia. Vaad Hatzala was originally established to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who escaped to Lithuania at the start of World War II in 1939. It expanded to include assistance to all Jews. Rabbi Baruch was responsible for the reestablishment of Jewish religious life in post war Europe. He supervised the creation and distribution of religious texts and items to d...

  11. Calling card brought to the US by an Austrian refugee

    Calling card for Lilly Bergl found in the autograph album, 1994.53.6.1, owned by Irene Rosenthal. Irene fled Nazi ruled Austria for the United States in March 1940. German troops marched over the border into Austria in March 1938. The next day, Austria was annexed to Nazi Germany. Anti-Jewish legislation was enacted to strip Jews of their civil rights. The November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom vandalized Jewish businesses and homes and destroyed most of the synagogues in Austria. Irene received a visa to leave Austria in March and sailed that month from Genoa, Italy, to New York.

  12. David Glick's JDC mission to South America

    EXT, Lima Peru. LS, camera pans a shanty town at the base of the Andes Mountains. VS of clear blue sky, clouds and mountains as seen from the window of an airplane, the plane's wing is visible in the FG. EXT, a city in the main plaza and on city streets. The cameraman concentrates on capturing images of the indigenous people in traditional dress with bundles, packages and even their children on their heads or backs. Men, women and children are featured. People in the BG of several shots wear contemporary Western style clothing, and look much more European. 01:26 La Paz and surroundings. The...

  13. Selected records from Massuah Institute for the Study of the Holocaust

    The selected archives comprise a collection of documents and publications related to the Holocaust, the Jewish world prior to the Holocaust-community institutions, youth movements, immigration of Jews to Palestine, personal documents, Brichah [Escape, the organized effort that helped Jews escape post-Holocaust Europe to Palestine] and Sh'erit ha-Pletah [the surviving remnant]. It is the chief archive of the history of the Hanoar Hazioni and Akiva youth movements. Consist also of the unique collections of postal items from the time of the Holocaust, personal testimonies of Holocaust survivor...

  14. Persecution of Jews; isolating, labeling, deporting, murdering Jews

    Pre-title sequence: Bookburning in Berlin, Joseph Goebbels speaking. View of bodies stacked with wood for burning, and Heinrich Heine quote. Film title: DER GELBE STERN: Ein Film ueber die Judenverfolgung 1933 - 1945. Events of January 30, 1933, when Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany. NSDAP (Nazi Party) organization, new members, SA marching in streets. S.A. Heim [Sturmabteilung headquarters]. Joseph Goebbels speaks at Sportpalast in Berlin, against the lying Jewish press etc. This preceded Hitler's first speech as Chancellor, February 10. Still of burned Reichstag building, and a...

  15. Fritz Rosenthal family papers

    The Fritz Rosenthal Family papers measure 0.5 linear foot and date from 1900-1995. The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence files, photographic materials, and professional records documenting major life events of Rosenthal family members, the immigration of Fritz, his wife Marty, and his father Karl Rosenthal to America, the lives of the Rosenthals in the United States, and Fritz Rosenthal’s career in chemistry. Records documenting Karl and Claire Rosenthal’s experiences in Würzburg during and after Kristallnacht are particularly noteworthy. Other family members highli...

  16. Calling card brought to the US by an Austrian refugee

    Calling card for Edith Fraenkel/Hamburg found in the autograph album, 1994.53.6.1, owned by Irene Rosenthal. Irene fled Nazi ruled Austria for the United States in March 1940. German troops marched over the border into Austria in March 1938. The next day, Austria was annexed to Nazi Germany. Anti-Jewish legislation was enacted to strip Jews of their civil rights. The November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom vandalized Jewish businesses and homes and destroyed most of the synagogues in Austria. Irene received a visa to leave Austria in March and sailed that month from Genoa, Italy, to New York.

  17. Collection of Nathan Rapoport prints and sketches (RG-94-4) נתן רפופורט

    The collection contains Nathan Rapoport prints for his monument "Scrolls of Fire," and his other skeches. The monument "Scrolls of Fire" found in the Jerusalem hills, and it commemorates Jewish history from the Holocaust until Independence. The monument was inaugurated in 1971. The sculpture is made of bronze and is eight meters high. It is in the shape of two scrolls, a gesture to the Jewish nation being the "People of the Book." One of the scrolls describes the Holocaust and the other describes independence. It tells the story of the rebirth of the nation from the Holocaust up to the Six ...

  18. Blau family papers

    1. Adolph Blau family collection

    The Blau family papers consist of certificates, identification papers, immigration documents, school report cards, and a poetry and autograph book documenting the Blau family from Vienna, Austria, their imprisonment in Theresienstadt, their postwar lives at the Deggendorf displaced persons camp, and their immigration to the United States in 1947. The poetry and autograph book likely belonged to Gertrude and contains entries from friends in Vienna and Theresienstadt, including many references to Palestine. School report cards document Herbert’s education in Vienna and Deggendorf. Identificat...

  19. American military at Nordhausen; Eisenhower lands in Frankfurt; soldiers on leave in England

    Reel 14: (1945) Concentration camp in Nordhausen, Germany; Ike, Frankfurt; Air trip to England; Cambridge American soldiers board military planes in a field. Sign, "Leave Flight Officers." Ansco (film) logo. At Nordhausen concentration camp, soldiers inspect rocket debris. [Fedeli reports visiting the contentration camp at 'Buchenwald' near Weimar, Germany in late April 1945.] Brief LS of camp buildings along road. Pan of liberated camp and environs from a moving vehicle. Dozens of large containers of ammunition stacked side by side in fields, behind a sign: "Tor II." Displaced families pus...

  20. Abraham Atsmon papers

    The Abraham Atsmon papers consist of identification papers, biographies, correspondence, reports, narratives, photographs, newspapers, protocols, and minutes documenting Atsmon’s family and pre-war life in Poland, his participation in a partisan brigade in the areas of Słonim and Brest during the war, his organization and leadership of a Holocaust survivor group (Sh'erit ha-Pletah) in the American occupation zone of Germany after the war, his support for the state of Israel, his emigration to Israel in 1948, and his subsequent efforts to record the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. Bi...