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Language of Description: Latvian

  1. Inge Spitz papers

    Contains information about Inge Spitz's experiences as a hidden child during the Holocaust: two photoprints; one identity card; and one membership card for Makkabi Hazair.

  2. Nursery

    Nurses with babies. Medicine, taking care of children.

  3. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark

    1 Reichsmark coupon of the type issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Six...

  4. Irene Engelman correspondence

    The Irene Engelman correspondence includes letters to Engelman and her husband in New York from her parents, sister and brother-in-law, and grandfather documenting her family members' lives in the Łódź and Warsaw Ghettos and their emigration efforts. Additional letters from a family friend describe her grandfather's death, her parents' transport to Auschwitz, and her sister and brother-in-law's unknown fates.

  5. Haas family photographs

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Eleonora Haasova, originally of Bytča, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), and her brother Ivan Haas, who perished at Auschwitz. Included a pre-war photograph of Ivan, a photograph of Eleonora in 1944 around the time of her high school graduation, and a post-war high school reunion.

  6. Dr. Joachim Neander collection

    Contains 'Vestorbene entlassene Uberstellte oder geflohene reichsdeutsche haftlinge des KL Auschwitz I 19 Januar bis 19 August 1942," "Reichsdeutsche im Transport von 1500 Judischen Haftlingen von Auschwitz nach Dachau, als Zugange unter dem 10. Oktober 1944 registriert," by Joachim Neander," Reference to all Reichsdeutsch Auschwitz Prisoners (incl. Jews and Roma) mentioned in USHMM Archives RG-06.005.07M-US Case Files-Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1943-1947; Ordered by Nationality and within it alphabetically," by Joachim Neander, correspondence between Joachim Neander and Erich Scholz, Jan...

  7. Morris Shuster document

    Contains donor's Hakoach membership card.

  8. Oral history interview with Rita Joa

  9. Rufa Kotlyarskaya photograph collection

    One photograph is a family portrait of the grandparents of Rufa Kotlyarskaya and their children, including her mother. The other photograph depicts a memorial to the murdered Jews in Starokonstantinov, Soviet Union (now Starokostiantyniv, Ukraine).

  10. Grigory Kotlyarski photograph collection

    The photographs depict Grigory Kotlyarski and his older brother, Chaim Misha, as children and during their military service in the Soviet Army.

  11. Wiktor Poznanski papers

    The papers consist of Wiktor Poznanski's provisional identification card from Mauthausen, a copy of his diploma from Uniwersytet Warszawski, his certificate of incarceration from the International Red Cross, and other documents relating to the experiences of Wiktor Poznanski before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  12. Ruth Fiedler papers

    Contains documents and photographs pertaining to Ruth Fielder's attempts to obtain visas for her parents, Fedor Zernik and Hedwig Tichauer Zernik, her own escape from Germany to England on a Kindertransport (1939), and leaving England for Australia (February 1939).

  13. Warum ich Europea verlassen, und was ich in Amerika erreicht habe

    The collection includes Dr. Eduard Bloch's autobiography titled “Warum ich Europea verlassen, und was ich in Amerika erreicht habe,” written between 1941 and 1945. In his autobiography, Eduard provides a history of his family and details his life in Austria and his family’s immigration to the United States as well as and his career as a physician, including his professional acquaintance with the Hitler family. The collection also includes a translation of the autobiography titled “Why I left Europe and what I have achieved in America.”

  14. David Siegel papers

    The David Siegel papers document Siegel’s time working for the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), serving as a liaison to the Canadian immigration department, assisting with Jewish displaced persons from 1948-1949. Included in the records are documents from Siegel’s time with the CJC, such as his diary, address book, and travel documents. In addition, a photograph album documents Siegel’s travels across Europe. The biography series contains Siegel’s reflections on his time with the CJC, both in written responses to questions via mail, and an historical narrative that Siegel gave that broke dow...

  15. Juhn family documents

    Contains documents pertaining to the Juhn family's Holocaust experiences, including: identity cards; telelgrams; and certificates concerning Lygmiut Horszowski, Zigmund Horsovseky, Willy Hass, and Adolf Hass.

  16. Jüdische Gemeinde Hamburg collection

    Contains community records of five main Jewish communities in Germany: Münster, Oldenburg, Detmold, Lippe, and Lübeck. It includes correspondence with the Centralverein, the Reichsvertretung, and other organizations; and records relating to financial and social welfare matters within these Jewish communities.

  17. Jüdische Gemeinde Köln collection

    Contains records from the Jewish communities in Köln. Includes undated deportation lists; death registers at the Israelisches Asylum 1932-1942; Gestapo card files and name lists, 1939 and 1943; records relating to the refugee camp on Blankheimer Str.,1945-1946; postwar letters and reports about persecutions of Jews, 1946-1960; postwar reports about many subjects including restitution, name lists, confiscation of property; and family document collections.

  18. Jüdische Gemeinde Stuttgart collection

    Consists of records pertaining to the Jewish communities of Stuttgart, Esslingen, Hechingen, and Ulm and various other records. Includes postwar name lists of survivors from Theresienstadt and Bergen Belsen living in Switzerland; name lists and deportation lists of Jews from the Stuttgart area (1935-1945); deportation lists to Theresienstadt (1942-1944); community records of the town Hechingen (1942-1945); organization of food supply (1944-1945); correspondence of Mr. Marx, who was the "Vertrauensmann der Reichsvereinigung" in Stuttgart until 1944; records of the high council of Israelites ...

  19. Jüdische Gemeinde Wiesbaden collection

    Includes file of 1,100 cards with individual personal data, created by Wiesbaden Gestapo until 1942; list of deportees from Wiesbaden to the "East," with some annotations made after the war; burial register of the Platterstrasse cemetery, 1940-1942; postwar card file of approximately 350 cards on individuals to 1950.

  20. Jüdische Gemeinde Erfurt

    Contains records concerning laws on Jews; records on the organizations Keren Hayessod, and Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Gotha; protocols of the Elders of Zion in German; financial and political reports.