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Language of Description: Ukrainian

  1. William Fraser collection

    Consists of one bound memoir, untitled, by Bill Fraser, a soldier in the British Army who was captured at Anzio in February 1944. In June 1944, he and a group of British POWs, were deported to Auschwitz, where they worked in the IG Farben complex. He describes life in Auschwitz and the group's attempts to sabotage the German war effort, memories of air raids, the comraderie among the soldiers, and his memories of the evacuation of the camp. After a months-long march, he was liberated near Regensburg by the American Army. Includes a copy of a poem entitled "Memories of a Prisoner of War Camp...

  2. Barges; European seashore

    VS, EXT. Along a canal. Barges, carrying metal drums are docked. Strings of international flags on barges. VS, EXT of rocky shoreline and the sea. CU, young girl on beach. LS, shot from above, most likely a hilltop, looking down to unidentified town and rooftops of homes below. More panning shots of trees, hills, the sea and the shoreline.

  3. Dachau photograph

    Consists of one photograph of a pile of corpses, captioned "This was taken at Dachow [sic] concentration camp right after we took it from the Germans. This was the last part of April, 45." Also includes one envelope with the photographic negative.

  4. Avraham Abba Frieder collection

    Consists of a CD-ROM containing scanned images of the diary (both handwritten and typed with photographic and document inserts) of Rabbi Avraham Abba Frieder, originally of Prievidza, Czechoslovakia.

  5. Hashem Ykom Wiktor Brilliant collection

    Consists of one set of copies and one CD-ROM containing a Powerpoint of scanned images, of pre-war and wartime correspondence from Hashem Ykom Wiktor Brilliant (the Levy), originally of Jaroslaw, Poland, and his sons, Edmond, Karol, Maximilian, and Yohanan, between Poland and Palestine. Also includes information about the family history.

  7. BDM (League of German Girls)

    League of German Girls, artillery, rescued ship wreck

  8. "Ruthie's Story"

    Consists of one memoir, entitled "Ruthie's Story," written by Ruth Meta Samson Bamdas, originally of Germany, about her Holocaust experiences. She describes her childhood in Germany and her training in Switzerland as a baby nurse. When she returned to Germany, she was told to report to the Gestapo, was warned to leave the area, and went to the Polish border. She and her aunt were able to obtain visas in 1937 or 1938 for England where she got a job. In 1945, she immigrated to the United States and reunited with her mother. Includes copies of family photographs.

  9. "Only a Goat Walks Backwards: The Life of Fanny Eichenblat"

    Consists of one memoir, 101 pages, entitled "Only a Goat Walks Backwards: The Life of Fanny Eichenblat,",as told to Dr. Alan David Kaye and Dr. Brian Horowitz. Fania Eichenblat was born in a town near Lublin, Poland, in 1938. In the memoir, she reflects upon her life as a Holocaust survivor and how her father arranged for the family to hide in a dirt hole under a stable for 2 1/2 years. In the spring of 1944, her brother and father were killed while trying to find food and the family was forced to leave their hiding place to find a new one in a hay barn. They were liberated by the Soviet Ar...

  10. Daniel Catan collection

    Consists of documents, newspapers, and handbills related to wartime and post-war France. Includes an anti-Mason, anti-war handbill entitled "Assassins!", correspondence regarding and copies of the "Lectures Francaises," "Histoire du Frontisme," and "Resurrection Nationale" publications, 1941 and 1944 copies of the newspaper "France," a 1945 document regarding the history of the "France" newspaper, and five copies, 1948-1949, of "Le Droit de Vivre" newspaper.

  12. Neil Hora papers

    This collection includes photographs of Doris and Nicole Hora as well as the donor's father, Morris Hora. Doris and Nicole were related to Morris's family and survived the Holocaust in France. Additional photographs include images of Odette and Suzanne Leon, also survivors in France; an image of Morris in immediate post-war in France; a postcard to donor's mother; and a hand-written note on a photo studio's card.

  13. Albert Balassa Schutzpass

    Consists of one Swedish safe conduct pass issued to Mr. Albert Balassa in Budapest on October 22, 1944. The document, in which Mr. Balassa's name is filled in to a form, is signed by Raoul Wallenberg.

  15. Ettelbruck, Luxembourg collection

    Consists of scanned articles, on DVD and on CD, which were published in a journal entitled "De Rieder: Informatiounsblad vun der Gemeng Ettelbréck" between 1998 and 2002. The articles, co-authored by Will Dondelinger and Arthur Muller, are entitled "Jüdische Bevölkerung in Ettelbrück," and describe the history and Holocaust experiences of the Jewish community of Ettelbrück, Luxembourg. The articles include scanned images, documents, and family information.

  16. Oral history interview with Sioma Zubicky

  17. Dolly Reichman memoir

    Consists of the memoirs of Peroshka Perl (Dolly) Reichman, who was born on November 2, 1927 in Slanci.

  18. Edit Weinstein Weisz collection

    Consists of copies of photographs, documents, and biographical information regarding the Holocaust experiences of the family of Edit Weisz. Includes information about Ignac Weinstein of Budapest, Hungary; about the family of Herman Weinstein of Szabolcs, Hungary; about Vilmos, Mor, and Jozsef Wiesz, of Szabolcs, Hungary,;and about other relatives who all perished in the Holocaust.

  19. Hanneliese Mendowsky family collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hanneliese Mendowsky Tannenbaum and her mother Martha Mendowsky during and after the Holocaust when they left Breslau, Germany, for the United States.

  20. Liliane Urtreger interview translation

    Consists of an English language translation of a French interview with Liliane (Salamea) Kiejzman Urtreger, who spent two years in Auschwitz, where she worked in the Kanada commando. She describes the Sonderkommando uprising and the evacuation of Auschwitz in 1945. After her liberation in May 1945, she returned to France. In the interview, she reflects on why it is so difficult for her to speak about her experiences.