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  1. Sylvia Simon Tansey collection

    Three letters written to Sylvia Simon, from her cousin in Vienna (and subsequently of Chicago), Siegfried Feiger, describing his family's experience prior to and following their immigration in 1939.

  2. Sylvia Weiss collection

    Collection of photographs depicting the Aszknazy family before the war in Romania; the Weiss family in Hungary; Sylvia Aszknazy immediately after the liberation in German in 1945; Sylvia and her brother Leopold Aszknazy in their hometown in Romania in 1946 and later in the Ulm DP camp in Germany and during their journey to America in March 1948; Frank Weiss during his military service in the US Army; and Mr. Weiss's parents. Also includes a memoir, 29 pages, titled “Selected from Above,” by Sylvia (Cipora) Weiss.

  3. Sylvie S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Sylvie S., who was born in Westhoffen, France in 1924. She speaks of her family's strong sense of French identity; her father's concern when the Nazis came to power; fleeing with her family from Westhoffen in June 1940; spending a night in Decize; settling in Saint-Amand; her uncle's and older sister's involvement in Jewish organizations; and implementation of anti-Jewish restrictions. Mrs. S. remembers escorting Jewish children with false papers on a train; round-ups of Jews who were deported; avoiding deportation with assistance from local people; Saint-Amand's brie...

  4. Syma Crane papers

    The Syma Crane papers consist primarily of photographs documenting Crane’s service as United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) director of the children’s homes at Leoben and Bad Schallerbach in Austria. The collection also includes an autograph book, biographical materials, correspondence, and printed materials documenting her escape from Vilnius in 1941 to Kobe and Shanghai and eventual arrival in London. Contains certificates, correspondence and documents of Syma Minc Klok a.k.a. Syma Miller relating to her escape in 1941 from Vilnius, Lithuania first to Kobe, Japan...

  5. Symche Lazar collection

    The collection consists of two pamphlets written Dr. Szymon Datner and sent to Symche Lazar.

  6. Symche Lazar collection

    Contains photographs, documents, and publications related to the Holocaust experiences of Symche Lazar. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Synagogen-Gemeinde Köln collection

    The collection consists of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip.

  8. Synagogue and cemetery in Gorredijk

    Synagogue in Gorredijk (razed in 1953). Hartog Beem and his wife (researchers of Dutch Jewry) get into boat in swampy river area. Cows in a field. Jewish cemetery in Gorredijk after the war. CUs headstones, overgrown. Bep Schaap, on shore, reaches out her hand to help. CUS, signs in Dutch. Homes. Church. Woman (Bep?) washes her dog outdoors in a bucket.

  9. Synagogue demolition; Jerusalem scenes; Zloczow pogrom; Dachau baker

    Excerpts from Michael Kuball's documentary "Soul of a Century," with narration (sound quality is bad). The first scenes show the demolition of the Dortmund synagogue in October 1938. A handwritten title reads: "Where the good Dortmund beer is brewed (Dortmund Union Brewery), October 1938". Cut to Hitler Youth marching in Hamburg, 1941, and then to the battleship Bismarck firing a salute. Another title reads "A great day for Hamburg! Launching of the battleship Bismarck". Another title: "Leak of natural gas in Neuengamme, July 1939" A natural gas tower spews gas into the air. 00:52:04 ***The...

  10. Synagogue destroyed by French fascists with the help of the SS

    French police stand in front of a bombed synagogue. CU shots of the destruction, exterior and interior. Panning shots including the Hebrew script over the door. According to the Bundesarchiv, in the night of 2-3 October, 1941, six out the seven synagogues in Paris were bombed by the French fascist Parti Populaire Francais. The attacks were carried out under the initiative and with the support of the SD, which provided the explosives.

  11. Synagogue in Moscow, Jews praying

    A crowd of people gather for the High Holidays. A woman places something into a man’s palm. The crowd continues to move around. Men and women exit the Moscow Choral Synagogue en masse. A group of men stand together listening to something. Men and women exit the synagogue. Four men and one woman stand still, looking at the camera. A young boy smiles at the camera, and then a bearded man. People keep walking past, some look up and smile at the camera. Others just glance. Some stop and stare. Men exit, some wearing prayer shawls. Stained glass eight-point star above the doorway. Four women and...

  12. Synagogue in prewar Kastoria; local Jewish families; street scenes

    Façade of the synagogue in Kastoria (built in the 1800s and destroyed after WWII), inside there is a flag with the Star of David and a tablet with Hebrew writing/Ladino [plaque for Bocko Mayo with a poem that speaks to his qualities). A small child picks flowers off a bush. Isaac Elias, Sr. and his wife stand arm in arm and blow kisses to the camera. A young Maurice Russo at far right. Little girls wave at the camera. The outside storefront of Isaac Elias’s sewing machine shop (Isaac is the father of Jack Elias, the patriarch of the last remaining Jewish family in Kastoria today). Isaac sta...

  13. Synagogues and Jewish businesses in Paris; summer camp for children

    The facade of a synagogue in Paris' 18th Arrondissement. Daily life in the surrounding bustling neighborhood, signs of many businesses include French and Hebrew script. Trash fills the gutters and cars and horse-drawn carts share the street. Scenes of an outdoor flea market at the nearby Porte de Clignancourt. Two uniformed soldiers march through the market. A view of the Sacre-Coeur basilica rising above the rooftops of the neighborhood. 01:02:32 Children on a beach at a summer camp on the Ile de Ré, off the coast of La Rochelle, in France. Their fists raised, interact with filmmaker Rober...

  14. Synopsis of the film The Last Stage

    Synopsis of a film entitled The Last Stage which was presented by the National Assembly of Women, Bradford, and documents the story of Auschwitz. The film was produced under the auspices of the United Nations. All incidents in the film are based on true incidents at Auschwitz. The scenario was by Wanda Jakubowski and Gerda Schneider. Music by the Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra.  

  15. Syrets concentration camp, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine

    Camp near Babi Yar. VS, EXT, pan of mountainside. The location is Syrets Concentration Camp, located outside Kiev. Pan to prison fences and barbed wire. A sign on wooden fence post reads: "Warning! Prisoners who attempt to cross to freedom will be shot." VS, bodies, INT and EXT of camp, faces of prisoners behind barbed wire, trains. Tranlsation: [Natalya Vasylivna - a survivor of Syrets - speaks in Russian] "This is Syrets concentration camp. It's very close to our house. All men were put at the very edge of a ravine. A car came very close to the ravine. And they shot all of them before my ...

  16. Szabó family collection

    The collection consists of a figurine and two handkerchiefs recovered by the survivors of a family that had been deported from Transylvania. The items were kept by neighbors after deportation and given back upon the survivors' return.

  17. Szabo family papers

    The Szabo family papers document the Holocaust experiences of the Szabo family of Vienna, Austria, including Viktor Szabo’s imprisonment in Dachau after Kristallnacht, his death in Zasavica in 1941, his daughter Nelly Szabo Ullman’s account of Kristallnacht, and her immigration to the United States in May 1939. Material related to Nelly Szabo Ullman consists of a handwritten account in German of the German-annexation of Austria (Anschluss) and Kristallnacht, written fall 1939, along with an English translation she produced in 1996. Material related to Viktor Szabo includes 3 letters written...

  18. Szaja L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Szaja L., who was born in Skalbmierz, Poland, a small town near Krako?w, in 1915. He discusses his prewar childhood and work experiences after the family's move to Krako?w in 1926; the wartime German raid and the round-up for forced labor in his neighborhood; the ghettoization of Krako?w; and his move back to Skalbmierz with his family. He describes the roundup of the Jews of Skalbmierz and the killing of the town's elderly; the experiences of his family in hiding; the entrance of his mother and sister into the Krako?w ghetto; and his own experiences in a nearby labor...

  19. Szajndla Rajs work card

    Consists of one forced labor work card from the Łódź ghetto, on onion skin without backing. The signed card, which is missing a photograph, was issued to Szajndla Rajs, born in 1935, listed as an apprentice milliner. The card is undated. Szajndla (Szaindla, Szaindle) Rajs perished in the Holocaust.

  20. Szamek family collection

    The collection consists of photographs, documents and a drawing.