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Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English

  1. Jewish Community of Thessaloniki collection

    The collection consists of two tombstone fragments from the Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki, Greece, which was destroyed in December 1942 during the German occupation.

  2. Sam and Susan Weiss collection

    The Sam and Susan Weiss collection consists of documents and photographs related to the pre-war and post-war lives of Salomon (Sam) Weiss and Zuzana Lehrmanova (later Susan Weiss), both originally of Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia. The collection includes citizenship documents, identification documents, and immigration documents. The photographs include members of the Weiss family and the Lehrmanova family, most of whom did not survive the Holocaust.

  3. Baer family collection

    The collection consists of two gripper pliers, correspondence, documents, photographs, and a manuscript relating to the experiences of Berthold Baer, his family, and extended family in Germany and the United States before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. George Jellinek collection

    Consists of one photograph taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp of the American military and Holocaust survivors looking upon the bodies of SS officers who were killed as part of summary justice after the liberation of the camp. Includes a note on the verso explaining the photograph written by Lt. George Jellinek, who was part of the liberating forces. Also includes a copy of a 1943 photograph of Lt. Jellinek.

  5. Henri Engel collection

    The collection consists of posthumous award certificates and medals relating to the experiences of Henri Engel as a German Jewish resistance fighter in Lyon, France during World War II.

  6. Jamila Kolonomos collection

    The collection consists of medals, medallions, bar pins, cases, certificates, an oral history, documents, photographs and CDs with songs in Ladino relating to the experiences of Jamila Kolonomos and her family in Bitola, Yugoslavia before and during the Holocaust, her time as a partisan fighter, and of Jamila and her husband in Skopje, Yugoslavia. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Arnold and Bianca Kraus letters

    Consists of a CD-ROM containing scans of letters, most of which were written by Arnold and Bianca Kraus, and their children in the United States, František Petr and Alice (later Alice Stránský) originally of Náchod, Czechoslovakia, between 1939 and 1943. Arnold perished in Theresienstadt (Terezin), while Bianca perished upon arrive in Auschwitz concentration camp. The originals of these letters and documents are preserved and accessible at the Jewish Museum in Prague. Also contains a folder of a detailed family history explaining the context of the letters.

  8. "Piles of Pine Needles"

    Consists of one memoir, 127 pages, entitled "Piles of Pine Needles" written in 2005 by Abraham Shavit (born Strikovsky), originally of Skępe, Poland. In his memoir, Mr. Shavit describes his deportation to the Szczechowo ghetto, life in hiding on a farm near Osowo, and post-war life in the Feldafing displaced persons camps. Mr. Shavit also describes his immigration to Uruguay and from there, to Israel. The memoir, which was translated into English by Mr. Shavit's son.

  9. Council of Ministers Conseil des Ministres

    Contains minutes of meetings of Belgian Ministers and other records relating to the persecution of Jews under German occupation.

  11. SS embossed portfolio cover

  12. Gertrud Mainzer oral history transcript

    Consists of one oral history transcript, 217 pages, of an interview with Gertrud (Traute) Sinzheimer Mainzer, born in 1914 in Frankfurt, Germany. In the interview, which was conducted in pieces between 1984 and 1988, Gertrud describes her father, Hugo Sinzheimer, a famous lawyer, the family's emigration to the Netherlands in 1938, her memories of Anne and Margot Frank (both in the Netherlands and reuniting in Bergen-Belsen), the birth of her children, and separating from her children so they could all go into hiding in July 1942. In late 1943, after discovering her children had been betraye...

  13. Documents and letters from the personal archives of Liubov Rozenfeld

    Contains letters of Mikhail Rozenfeld written to his family from the front in 1942-1944 describing his service in the Red Army, liberation of the Nazi-occupied territories, family news, etc. Includes also personal documents and correspondence of his widow, letters sent to Soviet government authorities regarding her permission to return and obtain residency permission in Kiev, employment, and other topics.

  14. Jiři Eisenstein letter

    The Jiři Eisenstein letter consists of one letter dated 1942, 6 pages of text written in English to Peter Kussi. Though unsigned, the letter was written by Mr. Kussi's uncle, Jiri Eisenstein, who explained his life from 1939-1942 in Prague under the Nazi regime in very poetic, exact terms. The letter was smuggled out of Prague and sent to New York, where Mr. Kussi received it in 1944. In January 1944, Jiri Eisenstein was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Mimi, was killed in Auschwitz in March 1944.

  15. Kurt Goldstein collection

    Consists of a postcard sent to Kurt Goldstein from his father, who was in L'viv, Poland, in 1940. The postcard is dated May 20, 1940. Also includes an envelope sent by Mr. Goldstein to Kurt, who lived in New York, in July 1940. Mr. Goldstein was deported and perished in the Holocaust.

  16. "The Reminiscences of a Young Holocaust Survivor"

    Consists of one memoir, 7 pages, entitled "The Reminiscences of a Young Holocaust Survivor" written by Yuri Prizov, with copies in English and Russian. In the memoir, Mr. Prizov describes his childhood, initially in Zaysan, Kazakhstan, and later near the Polish border, as well as his memories of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the family's escape east, to the region of Karachay-Cherkassia, in the Caucasus, as well as the massacre of Bogdanovka (near Stavropol), where his mother's family lived; posing as non-Jews, and life in Grozny after the war. In the memoir, he described the way...

  18. "Hear Us Speak: Voices of the Second and Third Generations"

    Consists of one folder containing essays by Holocaust survivor Judith Sherman, her daughter, Dr. Ora Gelb, and granddaughter Ilana Gelb. Most of the essays were written for an October 2010 program entitled "Hear Us Speak: Voices of the Second and Third Generations", held at the Monroe Township Public Library and sponsored by the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee. The essays describe the author's personal experiences regarding the family's Holocaust history. Also includes a presentation written by Judith Sherman entitled "My Reflections on God and the Holocaust. God we missed You. D...

  19. Palestine Government. Custodian of Enemy Property

    Contains 34 registers of enemy debts, 1941-1946, and case files of claims to property in the year 1947 in enemy or enemy occupied countries, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Hungary, etc.

  20. Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Department of Registration and Statistics Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Ewidencji i Statystyki (Sygn. 303/V)

    Minutes, reports, briefs, correspondence, personnel files, and statistics on the Jewish communities throughout Poland; the central index books and registration forms for Jewish survivors in Poland (approximately 280,000 cards); portions of the Lublin, Łódź, Gliwice, and Bielsko-Biała card files; a card file created by the Warsaw committee of the CKŻP; and a file on people sent from Lvov to Poland during the population exchange with Ukraine. Accretion of records consists of two important files: #595 and 596, the so-called Lublin Registry Books-the earliest list of Polish Jews who survived th...