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  1. Gunter Wittenberg: copy personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers of Gunter Wittenberg, a former German Jewish refugee from Berlin. The papers contain an extract from his diary covering the early years in this country and correspondence and papers relating to his work history.

  2. Gunther and Harry Rice correspondence

    The Gunther and Harry Rice correspondence consists of letters and postcards received by both Gunther Rice and his uncle Harry Rice, from family members living in Germany, Poland, and England. The correspondence mainly documents the efforts in trying to bring family members from Germany to the United States from 1938-1941. The correspondence collected by Gunther Rice are from his time living in Otwock, Poland and Cardiff, England, and consists mainly of letters written by his parents (Chiam and Lea Esther) and sister, Betti, while they lived in Zbaszyn and Lwow, Poland (L’viv, Ukraine). They...

  3. Günther and Kohlmann families correspondence

    Correspondence, family tree, articles and copies of photographs, related to the family of Camilla Günther-Kohlmann, originally of Brodenbach a.d. Mosel, Germany, and her husband, Walter Kohlmann, of Kirchheim a.d. Eck, both of whom left Germany to escape Nazi persecution in the late 1930s, and who subsequently met and married in New York. Includes correspondence from her parents, in Brodenbach, 1937-1941; correspondence from friends and other family members from her hometown during the same time period, and some correspondence from the family of her husband, Walter Kohlmann, dated 1940-1942...

  4. Gunther L. Eichhorn collection

    Contains a memoir entitled “After Sunset Comes the Dawn,” written by Gunther L. Eichhorn (donor’s husband) documenting his life from his birth and childhood in Germany, his family’s escape from Nazi Germany to the United States in 1938, and subsequent life in the United States. includes a postscript written by David Eichhorn (donor’s son).

  5. Günther Rabau and Hildegard Frenkel collection

    Consists of a marriage contract, dated 19 February 1946 in Shanghai, China, between Günther Rabau and Hildegard Frenkel; a certificate of divorce, dated 22 January 1946, issued by the Jüdische Gemeinde, Shanghai; documents relating to the adoption of Benjamin Rene Frenkel; one Deutsche Reisepass, dated 23 February 1939, for Günther Rabau; an identity card, dated 29 March 1934, for Günther Rabau; four photographs; and three miscellaneous documents, including a certificate of immigration.

  6. Gunther Rice memoir

    Consists of one typed memoir, 42 pages, entitled “A New Letter to my Children” written by Gunther Rice, originally of Hamburg, Germany, as a letter to his children. In the memoir, he describes the lives of his large family in Hamburg, his childhood, and education. He describes his memories of the family’s arrest and deportation to Zbaszyn on the border of Poland in October 1938, since his parents were Polish citizens. In the summer of 1939, Gunther left his parents and traveled to England as part of a kindertransport, first living with a foster family in Cardiff and later in London.

  7. Gunther S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Gunther S., who was born in a small town near Poznan, then Germany, in 1908. Mr. S. speaks of his family's move to Berlin in 1918; his education; job training; and his work as an export salesman. He tells of the worsening situation for Germany's Jews; his departure from Germany in 1938; and the deportations and deaths of his parents and a sister, who had remained in Germany. He describes his emigration to the United States and his successful effort to help his other sister emigrate. He recounts joining the United States army; wartime transfers to France, Belgium, Holl...

  8. Günther Schwarberg collection

    The collection consists of negative strips and copyprints relating to the experiences of Heinrich Jöst, a sergeant in the German Wehrmacht stationed near Warsaw, Poland, and two books.

  9. Günther Wittenberg: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers and correspondence of Günther Wittenberg who was sent to England on a Kindertransport in 1939.Personal papers including a list of belongings taken to England (1722/1), cv and job applications, notices by the Ministry of Labour and National Service local appeal board, correspondence with family and friends (1722/3) and family trees (1722/5). Also included are letters from the Committee of the Landsberg Jewish Center and Jewish Committee of DP Center 7 Deggendorf regarding the fate of his parents (1722/4).English German

  10. Gunvor Jensen collection

    Consists of letters and testimony written between 2003-2004 by Gunvor Jensen about his activities in the Norwegian Resistance. The testimony explains the history of resistance activity in the city of Stavanger in the Rogaland area of southern Norway, and explains Mr. Jensen's personal activities within the group. Includes photographs, maps, and contextual explanation. In his letters, Mr. Jensen answers questions about the testimony and provides additional information, including a list of "Jackdaws," female members of the resistance dropped in France.

  12. Gurs Machzor

    Gurs Machzor of Jacob Rothschild, Gurs 1941, 6 pages

  13. Gurwicz family photograph collection

    The collection of five photographs depicts the Gurwicz family in Vilnius, Lithuania, and members of Fareynik̤te paṛtizaner organizatsye (FPO), a Jewish partisan organization in Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) during World War II. Some photographs have captions in Yiddish on the verso.

  14. Gusen [War Crimes Commission: Mauthausen Concentration Camp]

    "Mauthausen Concentration Camp" [Title incorrectly identifies this camp as Mauthausen. The footage actually shows Gusen concentration camp.] High pan of concentration camp for slave laborers. Pan of buildings. Gallows with 2-3 men standing alongside it, courtyard wall behind. Soldiers provide "tour." American POW talking about experience at Mauthausen [filmed at Mauthausen], "fortunately my turn hadn't come," talks of two American soldiers/officers killed, talks about his uniform. Survivors. Pile of corpses. Inmates help each other through the camp, one washes another at trough. German civi...

  15. Gusen camp

    (B-1222) KZ Gusen, Austria, May 11, 1945. MSs, CUs, large pile of bodies and individual bodies at Gusen, a sub-camp of Mauthausen. MSs, CUs, weak, emaciated prisoners wandering in the camp. CUs, starved prisoners. MSs, inmates of women's section. CUs, starved, naked prisoners being cared for by other inmates. MSs, CUs, German SS troops pulling carts containing bodies. VS, bodies being gathered throughout camp area and loaded onto wagons. MSs, German civilians digging graves. HLS, pan, camp area showing barracks, barbed wire fences and guard towers. VS, liberated prisoners crowded in open fi...

  16. Gusen liberation document

    Contains a document summarizing the prisoner population at the Gusen concentration camp on May 3, 1945. According to the document on 3 May there were 21338 prisoners; 72 prisoners died and 21266 prisoners remained.

  17. Gusen liberation photographs

    Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Gusen concentration camp. The photographs depict the burial of corpses in mass graves, the burning of barracks, a soldier standing in front of the sign for the Gusen cemetery, and the painted corpse of former commandant Franz Ziereis impaled on a barbed wire fence.

  18. Gusen logbook

    Logbook from Gusen concentration camp and documents acquired by Willard Gaylin.

  19. Gusen; Mauthausen; Nordhausen

    "Mauthausen Concentration Camp" [Footage shows mixed sequences from Mauthausen and Gusen.] High pan of concentration camp Gusen for slave laborers. 01:14:15 Pan of buildings at Mauthausen. Execution site with gallows and shooting wall in Gusen, with 2-3 men standing alongside it, courtyard wall behind. 01:14:23 Soldiers provide "tour" of crematorium and camp Gusen. 01:14:45 American POW Lt. Jack Taylor (U.S. Air Force) talks about his experience at Mathausen, "fortunately my turn hadn't come." He had been captured in Mauthausen for a few weeks from April 1945 to liberation. He talks of two ...

  20. Gusta Dickman collection

    Documents and photographs relating to Dr. Gusta Dickman (née Lempert), born May 20, 1904 in Żurawno, Poland. She graduated with a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Lvov University in 1927. In 1929 she married Michał Dickman, an architect, and the couple moved to Warsaw in 1935. They were forced into the Warsaw ghetto in November 1940. Michał Dickman was murdered in 1942, and Gusta managed to escape from the ghetto during the Warsaw ghetto uprising in April 1943. She obtained false documents, which allowed her to stay in Warsaw untill October 1943 at which time she moved to Milanówek near Warsaw a...