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  1. Gregg and Michelle Philipson Collection and Archive

    The collection consists of poster stamps and a letter relating to the United States and Poland before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  2. Gregg G. Kantak photographs

    The collection consists of 13 prints from original negatives taken after the liberation of Dachau concentration camp by the United States Army.

  3. Gregor and Otto Strasser: A footnote to the history of Nazi Germany

    Relates to the early lives of the brothers Gregor and Otto Strasser, their early prominence in the Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, the development of differences between them and Adolf Hitler, the assassination of Gregor Strasser in 1934, and the anti-Nazi activities and later life of Otto Strasser.

  4. Gregor S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Cantor Gregor S., who was raised in Liepa?ja, Latvia. This testimony includes much of the information in an earlier interview (HVT-104). Additional topics discussed include learning of mass murders in the Bikernieki Forest; resistance activities; feelings of being a "non-person" for years after the war; and his postwar marriage to an American. Cantor S. recites a Yiddish poem he wrote about meeting his wife.

  5. Gregor S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Gregor S., the only survivor of a family of twenty-two, who grew up in Libau, Latvia. He speaks of his prewar life in a close-knit Hasidic family; his childhood education; his musical education in Vienna and his career as an opera singer (he is now a cantor.) He tells of his return from Switzerland to Latvia, shortly before the Russian occupation, where he was employed by the state opera; the rapidly worsening situation for the Jews following the German occupation; and the willing collaboration of the Latvians. He relates his internment in the large ghetto and, upon i...

  6. Gregorii Frid collection

    Contains a newspaper clipping, a concert program, and an advertisement poster for the mono-opera "Anna Frank's Diary," written by Gregorii Freed and conducted by Leonid A. Shulman. Gregory Frid composed the mono-opera "Anna Frank's Diary" in 1969. It was scheduled to premiere in the Grand Hall of Moscow in 1971; however, antisemitic attitudes in the Soviet Union a the time brought about the cancellation of the opening. Leonid A. Shulman, conductor, succeeded in premiering the mono-opera in May 1977 in Kisolovdsk.

  7. Gregory B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Gregory B., who was born in Rovno, Poland (presently Rivne, Ukraine) in 1930, an identical twin. He recounts his family's move to Radziwiłłów (presently Radyvyliv) in 1933; having a governess; attending Hebrew school; Soviet occupation; his father's arrest in April 1940 (they never saw him again); deportation three days later with his mother, twin brother, older sister, and paternal grandparents to a small village in Siberia; his grandparents and sister returning to Poland prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union (they did not survive); his mother's vain atte...

  8. Gregory F. Holocaust testimony

    Video testimony of Gregory F., a non-Jew, who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1941. He relates experiences as a "displaced person" in his own country when he and his family were relocated by the Germans from Vienna to a small Austrian town.

  9. Gregory Frydman collection

    The collection consists of various certificates and official documents regarding Grzegorz Frydman, originally of Warsaw, Poland, his life in Leninabad, Tajikistan, during the war, and his wife, Gusta Wincygster Frydman's emigration to the United States. Includes an Allied travel permit, immigration documentation, and a translation from Polish to English, of his law degree.

  10. Gregory K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Gregory K., who was born in Pleshchenit︠s︡y, Belarus in 1912. He describes becoming a blacksmith; antisemitic violence; moving to Minsk; enlistment in the Soviet Army; discharge three years later; working in Leningrad; returning to Minsk; marriage in 1938; his daughter's birth in 1939; German invasion in June 1941; being beaten by a German officer; forced labor; becoming temporarily deaf from a beating; an order for all men to gather; separation of the Jews; their imprisonment and release; ghettoization; deportation to Lublin, then Budzyń; beatings by guards and kapo...

  11. Greissman and Aronsfrau families collection

    Correspondence; from relatives in Berlin, dated September 1933, in Yiddish; from Anna Greissman Aronsfrau, sister of donor’s grandmother; dated December 12, 1940, from London, UK, in English; letter from Sophie Kanarek Aronsfrau from Lisbon explaining whose names should appear on an affidavit, dated January 22, 1941; and a telegram sent by Sophie Kanarek Aronsfrau from Lisbon on March 15, 1941 asking about the status of the affidavit. Also includes the front cover of a prayer book; inside, Mary Greissman wrote the names of her children, their dates of birth and Bar Mitzvah.

  12. Greta and Fred Burg papers

    The collection documents the experiences of Manfred (Fred) and Greta (née Neumann) Burg, both originally from Vienna, Austria, who separately fled Europe to Sosúa, Dominican Republic during World War II. The collection includes letters to Fred in England and Sosúa from his family in Vienna and Lwów, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine); two immigration documents regarding Fred’s attempts to bring his mother and brother to Sosúa; Greta’s birth certificate and naturalization certificate; and photographs of the Burg and Neumann families, including depictions of family life in the Dominican Republic.

  13. Greta Braude Heiman photographs

    The Greta Braude Heiman photographs consists of photographs and copy prints of Greta Braude Heiman and her Meyer and Michel relatives and friends in Hamm an der Sieg, Germany before the Holocaust and in Milwaukee following their immigration to the United States. Photographs depict Greta, her parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, and uncles, and Thea and Fritz David. Copy prints depict Ilse David, Jewish children in Hamm an der Sieg, landmarks in Hamm an der Sieg, and a death announcement for Henrietta Meyer.

  14. Greta E. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Greta E., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1937. She speaks of her very traditional, orthodox family; her parents' arranged marriage; their move to Hungary in 1938; their life in Budapest in 1940; and her father's service in a compulsory labor battalion. Ms. E. recounts her mixed feelings when her father was taken away including fear; being left alone in her crib; separation from her mother and sister, who went to a Wallenberg safe house when she was sent to a non-Jewish Red Cross home with her brothers; and transfer to a Jewish orphanage. She relates her return hom...

  15. Greta Fischer collection

    The Greta Fischer collection consists of biographical materials about Fischer's UNRRA career; concentration camp materials including a map and a ration card; photographs of children and employees at the D.P. children's centers at Kloster Indersdorf, Prien, and Gstadt; printed materials, reports, memoranda, and speeches about UNRRA's work with displaced children; and souvenirs from the children's centers, an UNRRA badge, a napkin, and a coaster.

  16. Greta Herensztat Wizenberg collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge and photographs relating to the experiences of Greta Herensztat and her family before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  17. Greta M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Greta M., who was born in Bocholt, Germany in 1924. She describes her family's strong sense of German identification; cordial relations with non-Jews; increasing anti-Jewish restrictions after 1936; being forced to sell the family business; the trauma of witnessing the violent destruction of a Jewish-owned store during Kristallnacht; expulsion from school in 1938; support from some German friends; being sent to Frankfurt for six weeks in 1939; her brother's departure for England; and her leaving, with her younger sister, on a children's transport in July (they never s...

  18. Greta M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Greta M., who was born in Kra?sny Brod, Czechoslovakia in 1937. She recounts moving to Humenne? when she was two; her large, extended family; her grandmother, aunt, and uncle emigrating to the United States; her father losing his government job due to anti-Jewish laws; expulsion from school; having to wear the yellow star; non-Jews helping them avoid deportation; obtaining false papers as non-Jews; leaving Humenne? in 1943 when it became too dangerous; living in Kosic?e and Bratislava; renting an apartment in a small town; fleeing from a German raid while being shot a...

  19. Greta Meier papers

    The papers consist of one certificate of registration for the Perse School for girls in Cambridge and one ration book issued to Greta Lowenstein.

  20. Greta Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Greta Z., who was born in the Hague, Netherlands, in 1913. Mrs. Z. recalls the German occupation in 1940; imposition of anti-Semitic restrictions; round-up of her parents and brother in 1942 (they never returned); and deportation with her husband and two daughters to Westerbork in September 1943. She describes the family's transport to Bergen-Belsen in early 1944; daily routine in the camp, including her exemption from work because she was a woman with children; and visits by her husband (he was in a different barrack). She tells of the family's evacuation in April 19...