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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Latvian

  1. Gheller-Millberg papers

    The collection consists of a census card issued to Romanian Jews in 1942, a military book identifying a Jewish member of the Romanian military, an identification card issued by the commissar of Jewish affairs, a death certificate issued to Ifrim Gheller [donor's relative] who was killed in a pogrom in Iași, Romania, in 1941, and four identification/citizenship certificates issued to Ifrim and Sarika Gheller [donor's relatives].

  2. Eliezer Löwi photographs

    The photographs depict Eliezer Löwi's experiences after World War II in Belgium and Israel. The images consist of mostly portrait photographs of Eliezer Löwi as a young boy, at his Bar Mitzvah, and as a member of the Israeli Navy. Also included are a photograph of Mr. Löwi and his mother in Israel and a class portrait of schoolchildren in Antwerp, Belgium.

  3. Nationaal gedenkteken van het Fort van Breendonk Mémorial national du Fort de Breendonk

    Square, tri-folded paper cover with red pre-printed text against white background; includes ten black and white photographs of sences from the Breendonk camp in Belgium attached to each other and cover; on lower left corner of verso of each photograph is printed caption of image on recto.

  4. Teich-Kutner family collection

    The collection consists of a letter written by Berish Teich donor's uncle from Opoczno, Poland, to Jacob and Salomea Teich Kutner [donor's parents] in Jamaica; a photograph of Berish Teich and his wife; and a newspaper clipping of the funeral announcement for Jacob Kutner.

  5. Generalbauinspekteur für die Reichshauptstadt records (A Pr. Br. Rep. 107)

    The collection consists of 407 files related to the construction plans for the new Reichshauptstadt. Jewish-owned properties were converted to housing for tenants displaced by demolitions as well as for important individuals. Each file includes several cases. Contains numerous land register documents with some references to Jewish forced laborers.

  6. Daniel P. Asnes papers

    The Daniel P. Asnes papers consist of a postcard and a document commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp by the United States Army. The postcard depicts the Dachau concentration camp on the right side and the Statue of Liberty framed by a border of thorns or barbed wire. The document is titled "Day of Liberation" and is stamped "Tag der Befreiung Dachau."

  7. Bader family papers

    The papers consist of two letters. One letter was written in Belgium on September 8, 1939, by Alfred Bader donor's uncle to his sister, Regina Bader Webenow. This letter was the last communication that the Webenow family received from Alfred Bader before he perished in the Holocaust. The other letter was written on November 24, 1960, by Lully Bader [donor's uncle] and discusses Holocaust restitution issues.

  8. Invitation

    The document invites the recipient to a fundraiser for Keren Hayesod, the financial branch of the World Zionist Organization, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  9. Selected records of Archives départementales de l'Aude

    Contains alphabetical name lists of various categories of French Jewish, foreign Jewish, and non-Jewish refugees including political refugees and Spanish, German, and Austrian refugees; administrative and other documents concerning the internment camps Bram, Couiza, and Rivel; the prison at Limoux, France; Vichy government and instructions and regulations regarding refugees in labor groups and refugees in internment camps; documents and reports of the local Sûreté; documents regarding "secret organizations," the resistance, and communists; registers of persons killed by the Germans; and r...

  10. Denise Hans photographs

    Contains nine photographs pertaining to the experiences of Denise Hans, her siblings, and cousins in hiding in a Sister of Zion convent in the Netherlands.

  11. Presentation by Nicole Denier Long

  12. Oral history interview with David Nencel

  13. Berthe H. Ford documents

    Consists of two identity cards, one each for Pesi Sylberberg and for Henryk Hanower, identifying them as civilian internees in Mauthausen, Sep. 1945.

  14. Wartime SS officer's diary

    The wartime diary of an SS officer is written in German and is arranged chronologically although the year is unknown. The diary includes descriptions of events along with newspaper clippings and map. The dairy was taken from an SS officer by an unnamed Sergeant in the United States Army.

  15. Prelude to war in Poland; Polish army; Smigly-Rydz

    HAS, Polish army parading through the streets of Warsaw, the cannons are drawn by horses, tanks roll by, men sweeping debris, motorcycle troops: this is a sign/prelude to war. Massive crowds line the parade route. LS, a large number of civilians walking around on a field, there are Polish military regiments lined up along the field, buildings are visible in the distance. All the regiments were rounded up on the field and then marched from the field through Warsaw. MS of dignitaries at the reviewing stand, everyone is wearing top hats, including President Moscicki. HAS, military parade. The ...

  16. Fond du Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions (Police Générale)

    Contains various documents of the Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions including alphabetical name lists of various categories of French Jewish refugees, foreign Jewish, and non-Jewish refugees, political refugees, and Spanish, Polish, Italian, etc. refugees; administrative and other documents concerning French internment camps at Nîmes, Garrigues, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, L'Ardoise, Auch, and others; instructions and regulations regarding refugees in labor groups and refugees in internment camps.

  17. Liz Sonnenfeld nee Rozsi Szalbe-Marecka collection

    Contains a Polish memoir and English translation along with photographs about Rozsi Szalbe-Marecka's Holocaust experiences.

  18. Saved by a Sting How one Jew Survived Five Concentration Camps

    Contains information about Henry Orenstein's participation in the "scientists commando," a phony unit of chemists, mathematicians, and engineers formed by German scientists seeking to elude the draft.

  19. Bronka Krygier papers

    Contains photographs, documents, and postcards pertaining to Bronka Kyrgier's Holocaust experiences as she pretended to be a gentile in order to survive in Poland.

  20. Selected records from the Departmental Archives de la Haute-Garonne

    This collection contains records on internees in the Noé, Récébédou, Vernet, and Brens camps. Records include name, date and place of birth, and (occasionally) date of internment. The collection also includes information about the administration of the camps; arrests and deportations; the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; and legislation concerning Jews and Freemasons.