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Displaying items 22,101 to 22,120 of 22,191
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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Multiple
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Zeev Schuss memoir

    Testimony, photocopy of typescript, 10 pages, titled "My Glorious Journey," by Zeev Schuss, describing wartime experiences of his childhood, which led him from his native Krakow, to Lwow, Bukhara, Tehran, and finally Jerusalem. Also contains Hebrew and Polish versions of the memoir.

  2. Zehava Bendor papers

    Collection of photographs, identification cards, correspondence, and other documents relating to the experiences of the Dars and Bernstein families during the Holocaust.

  3. Zehava Epstein collection

    Collection photographs and identification cards documenting the experience of Zehava and Jehoshua Epstein [donor and husband] during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. The collection includes identification cards issued to them in Poppendorf Displaced Persons camp stating that they were on board the Exodus 1947 and forced to return to Germany from Haifa. Identification photos of each, post-war photographs with friends and family dated 1946-1947 and a photo of Zehava Epstein taken in Łódź, Poland, dated 1941. The couple met while on board the Exodus.

  4. Zehngut and Weiss families collection

    Documents, correspondence, and photographs concerning the Zehngut and Weiss families in Europe; papers concerning the emigration of Inge and Kitty Weiss among the 50 Children rescued from Vienna by Brith Sholom and Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus as well as the emigration of their parents Stella Zehngut Weiss and Leon Weiss; and related materials from their lives in the United States including school records, government documents, a draft of a memoir written by Inge, and a Camp Ray-Oot swimming medal.

  5. Zeilsheim DP Camp

    Life at Zeilsheim DP camp (a small German town converted into a DP center), including a protest march and Robinson family members in various settings. All footage shot in camp. Fay and Alice play in snow, houses in BG. Joseph (born in Zeilsheim on August 25, 1946) in the baby carriage. Children play near house. Children and adults march, carrying flag of Star of David, in celebration of Lag B'Omer. Robinson family, including parents Ephraim and Sarah and children Fay, Alice, and Joseph, walk past sign "Zeilsheim Assembly Center, UNRRA Team." Robinson family entertains visitors. Children pla...

  6. Zeilsheim DP Camp (color)

    Color film of Zeilsheim Displaced Persons camp taken by Jewish survivor Albin H. White [under the false identity Albin Ostrowski] around June 1947, including shots of the assembly center, an office, outdoor performances, children, the monument to murdered Jews, soccer, school, and machine shops. Opening pan over the countryside, street scene with homes, residential area. Sign: “Zeilsheim/Assembly Center/UNRRA Team 1022” with two stars of David. “Achtung" [announcement] poster underneath dated 25 June 1947. Woman and child walking near to an entrance: “UNRRA TEAM…[1022]” Street scenes in wha...

  7. Zelda Abramson collection

    Oral history interviews produced by Zelda Abramson as research for her book The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After the Holocaust

  8. Zelda Deitell memoir

    Contains Zelda Deitell's handwritten memoir, six pages, describing life in Warsaw, Poland, before and after the German invasion; her marriage in December 1939 and move to Otwock, Poland; the help given by a Catholic friend caring for her young daughter and in finding a hiding place for her and her husband;and immigration to the United States in 1949.

  9. Zelig Wasser diary

    Consists primarily of handwritten diary pages that were kept by Sidney "Zelig" Wasser, a survivor from Kielce, Poland, while he was living in hiding in the woods after his escape from Henryków Arbeitslager, a forced labor camp, in May 1944. The diary pages were hidden in glass bottles and a majority were recovered after the war. The collection also includes correspondence, an illustrated map of Henryków with an identification key, Wasser's various translations of the diary and transcriptions of notes in both English and Polish, and a timeline capturing his experiences from when war broke ou...

  10. Zelkowicz family photograph

    The photograph is a studio portrait of the Zelkowicz family. The photograph is hand-numbered in ink over each person depicted. Identified as follows: 1- Mother / Chaja; 2- Sister / Rochma; 3- Brother / Jeruchim; 4- Ichock; 5- Father / Jankel; 6- Brother / Szloma. Inscribed in ink on reverse but illegible due to paper glued to backing.

  11. Zell Family Collection

    Contains photographs and correspondence illustrating Berek Zielonka and Rachel Jakubowitz and their daughter Jochewed (Julie) in Sosnowitz, Vilna, and their journey across the Trans-Siberian Rail to Japan, and ultimately to the United States in 1941.

  12. Zella Shabasson Rosenberg photograph collection

    Collection of photographs showing liberation scenes: American flag over a liberated camp, American soldiers holding a newspaper announcing German surrender, and liberated prisoners taking revenge on a former guard at a concentration camp (possibly Dachau).

  13. Zelów photographs

    Collection contains 14 pre-war portraits of various families from the town of Zelów, near Łódź, Poland; includes portraits of the Fyle, Gliks, Szmulewicz, Kuperwasser, Granat, Zysman, Rosenblum, Bresler, and Pieniks families.

  14. Zemský prezident Brno, správa z příkazu Říše (B 252) Landespräsident Brünn-Reichsauftragsverwaltung (B 252)

    Contains records relating to the Germanization and liquidation of the Czech nation, settlement of Germans on Czech soil, restriction of the Czech school system and cultural life, support for the German school system and curricula, support of German theaters, cultural societies and various German organizations and information about various German and Czech offices, top officials, teachers and youth movements, professors as well as nomination of German governmental commissars in Czech cities and towns, and support of Moravian Slovaks. Includes also important records about the partisan movemen...

  15. Zenon Nowak letter

    Consists of one letter, dated November 10, 1941, written by Zenon Nowak to his mother, Anastasia Nowak, and sister, who were living near Litzmannstadt (Łódź). The letter was handwritten on Dachau concentration camp stationery, and both the letter and envelope bear Nowak's prisoner number, 12183.

  16. Zeppelin in Berlin

    Aerial shots of zeppelin in Berlin. Cathedral spires in BG. CUs, zeppelin with swastika. Nazi flag waving in FG. Olympic flag with rings. Brief shot of reflection on automobile headlight.

  17. Zernik/Kaplan family collection

    Consists of copies of birth and death certificates for members of the Zernik and Kaplan families, originally of Berlin-Charlottenberg, Germany. Hans, his wife Lilly Kaplan, and daughter Ursula Zernik, emigrated from Germany in the late 1930s to Santo Domingo. From there, they spent a few years in China before immigrating to the United States after the war. Includes copies of documents needed for citizenship and immigration.

  18. Zerubawel Rosenzweig collection

    Consists of one CD-ROM containing scanned copies of photographs and documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Zerubawel Rosenzweig, originally of Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. Mr. Rosenzweig was deported to Dachau from the Kovno ghetto in 1944. He was liberated near Dachau (he had been sent away from the camp a few days before liberation) on April 29, 1945. Includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs, Mr. Rosenzweig's birth and school certificates, a description, which Mr. Rosenzweig wrote on the back of a condensed milk wrapper on April 3, 1945, of life in Dachau; and post-war...

  19. Zev Siegel collection

    Collections consists of photographs taken by donor when working as a crew mamber on the refuge ship which came to be known as the "Exodus." Includes photos at Haifa port and photos from ships other than the Exodus. Postcard sent by Zev Siegel to his parents in the United States after arriving at Marseille aboard the Exodus. Identity card for Zev issued by Government of Palestine, Haifa, December 21, 1947; "Pinchas Sherut" (Navy ID card) issued May 4, 1948; Cyprus crew pass for "Pan Crescent" ship for Zev Siegel; Honduran seaman's ID for Zev Siegel's service aboard SS President Warfield/"Exo...

  20. Ziggy and Delores Hudes papers

    The papers consist of photographs relating to Ziggy Hudes, his family, and the Catholic priest who helped to hide him during the Holocaust in Belgium. Also included is an identification card for Hanna Ginter, Ziggy’s mother, and order to go to a labor camp issued to Salomon Hudes, Ziggy’s father, and a marriage certificate for Salomon and Hanna.