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  1. Elena Osipovna Malakhovshaya collection

    Contains photocopies of official documents, personal letters, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Elena Osipovna Malakhovshaia. Malakhovshaia was born in 1934 as Rosaliia Osipovna Laikhter. She lived through the German bombing of the port of Odessa and the ensuing widespread conflagration. Members of her family hid in the catacombs beneath the city. Malakhovshaia spent part of 1941 in the Slobodka Ghetto. She survived the war, became an artist, and later emigrated to Israel.

  2. Memorial to Kiev School No. 77 collection

    Contains personal letters, official documents, biographical and autobiographical statements, poems, application forms, school transcripts, and newspaper clippings from both students and teachers of Kiev School Number 77. Some of the documents pertain to students who graduated from the school in either 1939 or 1940, and concern their civil and military service to the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Items regarding the teachers mainly concern arrests made during the 1937-1938 Stalinist Purges. Series I contains the documents from four main students of School No. 77 in Kiev: Pavel Yu...

  3. Schwartzman family postcards

    Contains photocopies of six wartime postcards sent to Uzbekistan, Stalingrad, Novosibirsk, and Gorkii by members of the Schwartzman family, some of whom fought in the Red Army and some of whom were evacuated to Central Asia. Postcards display anti-fascist graphic art typical of World War II.

  4. Segal family papers

    Contains photocopies of official documents and personal letters written mostly by Abram Segal, who was evacuated to Tashkent during the War.

  5. The Ulik family papers

    Contains the personal correspondence of the Ulik family, members of which moved several times between 1941 and 1959. Postcards display World War II anti-fascist art; some letters were sent with newspaper clippings, theater programs, and other enclosures. Official documents include Josef Ulik’s Communist Party membership card and death certificate.

  6. Schwartzman family papers

    Contains photocopies of official documents, personal letters and poems written by various members of the Schwartzman family of Kiev. Some of the documents are pre-1917, while others coincide with World War II.

  7. Sklar family papers

    Contains the family papers of the Sklar family, principally, Boris Moiseevich Sklar. Included are personal letters, stamped certificates, and postcards. Also included is a photocopy of a brief, handwritten autobiographical statement written by Tsipa Yankelevna Shvidkaya (another family member) in 1946.

  8. Primary School no 4 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 w Ostrowcu Świętorzyskim (Sygn. 2908)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  9. Field Marshal von Paulus sworn as witness at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 551) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 11, 1946. Rear views, Col. J V Pokrovsky, assistant Russian prosecutor, addressing Tribunal. LS, one of the defense attorneys addressing the prosecutor. LS, ex-Field Marshal von Paulus enters courtroom and is sworn in. Von Paulus tells the court about his appointment and his duties, and how he learned of the plans to invade Russia.

  10. Protective pass issued by Royal Swedish Legation, Budapest, 26 August 1944

    One protective pass ("Schutz-Pass") issued by the Royal Swedish Legation in Budapest, for Cecilie Radó, on 26 August 1944. The pass asserts that the above-named person is protected by the Royal Swedish Legation, and has the right to travel to Sweden under the terms of repatriation authorized by the Swedish Foreign Ministry. The pass contains stamps and a signature from the staff of the legation, but is missing the photograph of Radó.

  11. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of seven photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes images of piles of corpses, of bone fragments, and of soldiers and survivors looking at the corpses.

  12. Kahn family papers

    The collection documents the Kahn family’s experiences in Germany, France, and Switzerland during the Holocaust. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written to Ruth Kahn in Switzerland from her parents Leo and Elfriede Kahn and her sister Marga Kahn in Sulzburg, Germany and internment camps in southern France at Rivesaltes, Gurs and Les Milles. Also included is other correspondence, identification papers, restitution paperwork, immigration documentation, and a photograph album. Biographical material includes Ruth’s birth certificate, a religious school report card, and a registra...

  13. Prefettura di Napoli, Gabinetto, II versamento Selected records from State Archives in Naples

    Selected records concerning the discrimination and persecution of Jews in the community of Naples, Italy. Including records related to Jewish refugees, discrimination as a result of racial laws, census of Jews (1938-1943), mixed marriages and marriages to foreigners, and personal files of Jews from the Police Headquarters in Naples. Finding aids include two large databases that contain hundreds of names of Italian Jews from the Naples region.

  14. Gary and Nina Wexler collection

    The collection consists of posters depicting antisemitism in France before and during World War II and posters produced in support of the German occupation of France from 1941-1944.

  15. Ushomirsky family letters

    Contains the photocopied official documents, personal letters, postcards, and handwritten poems of the Ushomirsky family. The letters span the 1940s through the 1950s, while the official documents are primarily from before the Second World War.

  16. Solomon Benedictovich Telingater collection

    Contains the photocopied book Solomon Benedictovich Telingater: Notes About My Father, written by V. S. Telingater and published in Moscow in 2008.

  17. Eldon G. Nicholas collection

    The collection consists of an artifact, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eldon G. Nicholas during his service in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. Accretion received in 2010: Copy print: black and white image of Eldon Nicholas and his assistant in front of their ambulance; Document: Citation Award for Meritorious Service Unit Plaque to the 548th Medical Ambulance Company; Letter: sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to members of the U.S. Army; Document: Welcome newsletter to American soldier arriving overseas; Map of the 36th Infantry Divisio...

  18. Political files Politische Akten

    Contains documents on illegal Nazi activities in Austria before its annexation to Germany in March 1938. Topics covered include the Nazi administration in Oberdonau from 1938 to 1945 and the Aryanization of Jewish property, as well as postwar denazification.The collection includes records from the Bezirkshauptmannschaften of Braunau am Inn; Eferding; Gmunden; Grieskrichen; Kirchdorf an der Krems; Linz-Land; Ried im Innkreis; Schärding; and Steyr.

  19. Rail Zeppelin

    Rail Zeppelin, Entry and movement through the Ruhr area, 1931. With German title cards.

  20. Archives of the Association of Immigrants from Czechoslovakia (J125)

    Working files of the Association of Immigrants from Czechoslovakia, located in Israel.