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Language of Description: Danish
Language of Description: English

  1. Leva Borshcher collection

    Consists of a photograph of the donor at age 15, shaking hands with his brother.

  2. War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, and Directorate of Military Intelligence; Ministry of Defense

    The collection consists of military intelligence documents from the War Office related to the final days and death of Adolf Hitler, together with documents related to allegations that Hitler was still alive. Also contains documents from the War Office related to war crimes committed by German officers.

  3. Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office; Legal Division: Trial of Fritz Erich Lewinski von Manstein

    The collection consists of the court files and case registers for the war crimes trial of Fritz Erich Lewinski von Manstein, accused of crimes against humanity in connection with extermination of Jews during the war.

  4. Foreign Office: Confidential correspondence

    The collection consists of correspondence and reports of the British Foreign Office concerning the situation for Jews in the Balkans. Also contains a file concerning the investigation of Nazi medical experiments on human beings.

  5. Suszek-Peczenik family photographs

    Collection of eight photographic images of members of the Suszek and Peczenik families in Sosnowiec, Poland.

  6. Simon Mamberg collection

    Collection of three photographs of members of the Mamberg family before the Holocaust.

  7. Hilde Robbins photograph collection

    Consists of 35 photographs from Shanghai.

  8. Edith Kaufler letters

    Contains letters from Edith Kaufler who escaped from a concentration camp and settled in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

  9. Theater program (Berlin)

    Consists of a program for the European premiere of the play "Ghetto" by Joshua Sobol, as performed at the Theater der Freien Volksbuehne in West Berlin, 1984. Oversize format, and in addition to photographs of the production and information on the cast, it contains historic photographs, maps and copies of documents related to the story of this play, which appears to have been set in the Vilnius ghetto.

  10. Rysia Bialostocka collection

    Collection consisting of four photographs of class portraits for school, one photograph of group of girls and a boy seated at table, and one photograph of men and women seated at table; all photographs have text written in ink on verso.

  11. Elsa Lustig-Moser letter

    The letter and envelope were sent to Emilie Lustig in New York, N.Y., from Elsa Lustig-Moser in Prague, Czechoslovakia, advising her of the desperate situation for Jews in the Sudetenland and requesting an affidavat of support for immigration to the United States.

  12. Lea Abel collection

    Bi-folded rectangular form constructed of gray designed paper; handwritten and printed text; interior reveals two finger prints; black and white photographic image of Lea Abel adhered to back cover; white rectangular paper insert with printed and typed text on recto and verso, issued to Lea Abel, and titled "BEWIJS/VAN/AANMELDING,.."; plastic sleeve for holding card.

  13. Adriana Indik collection

    Contains 26 postcards with images of portraits of Nazi generals and poltical leaders, exterior street scenes, and interior scenes.

  14. Bill John Seregi collection

    Photograph album of images taken in Hungary during World War II.

  15. David Zugman collection

    Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, written by Dov Zugman (now David Zugman) originally of Sokal, Poland. In the memoir, Mr. Zugman describes the German invasion of Soviet-occupied Poland, the establishment of the ghetto, multiple aktions, escaping to Wolyn, the death of his mother, who was captured and killed by Ukrainians, and hiding with a family of Jehovah's Witnesses until liberation. After liberation, he emigrated to Canada. Also consists of eight photographs (six original and two copyprints) of the Zugman family before the Holocaust; one identity card, dated Feb. 6, 1946, issued to Dow...

  16. Nanette Jakobs-DeVries collection

    The collection consists of photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of Nanette de Vries and her brother David de Vries, both of whom were hidden children in Haarlem, Netherlands. Modern inscriptions are written on the verso in English.

  17. Swiss Federal Archives records

    Contains files concerning control of Jewish and other refugees coming into Switzerland; on activities of Swiss-Jewish rescue and charity organizations; on Swiss legations in various European countries reporting on relevant matters; on communications of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany; on establishment and operation of labor camps and homes for refugees, and the like. It includes material on Jewish self-help organizations in Switzerland, Jewish communities in Switzerland, and labor camps for Jews in Switzerland. Includes approximately 3,500 case files from the child refugee aid...

  18. War crimes investigation and trial records from the former Lithuanian KGB Archives (Fond K)

    Contains documents from the criminal investigation files and trial records of Lithuanian citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) accused of wartime crimes related to the Holocaust.

  19. Shneidman documents

    Contains documents pertaining to Iliya Shneidman's role as volunteer in the Red Army (Leningrad Army 3rd volunteer division). Iliya Shneidman was later captured by the German Army and executed as a Jew.

  20. Reichsorganisationsleiter der NSDAP selected records (NS 22)

    Contains selected records from the group NS 22, Reichs Organization Leader of the Nazi Party.