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  1. Harold R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harold R., who was born in Fürth, Germany in 1922, the older of two brothers. He recounts attending public school; his bar mitzvah; anti-Jewish laws resulting in his expulsion from school and his family's eviction from their apartment; attending a trade school in Frankfurt; destruction of the family business and his father's arrest on Kristallnacht; his father's return from Dachau three weeks later; futile efforts to emigrate; deportation with his family to Rīga in November 1941; slave labor on a farm with 500 others for two years; public hanging of a man for tradin...

  2. Harold Reichenthal collection

    The Harold Reichenthal collection consists of an undated letter (postmarked June 1938) from Isser Reichenthal in Berlin to Jack Cohen (or Cohn) in Schenectady, New York, requesting affidavits for his daughter, Dorothea (Reichenthal) Graf and her husband Ernst Graf. Also includes the envelope in which the letter was mailed.

  3. Harold Rosenn photograph collection

    The collection consists of 5 photographs of concentration camp scenes after liberation, including images of victims of Nazi atrocities being excavated and reburied by German civilians, corpses laid in a row awaiting burial with burned remains of buildings in background, a survivor still wearing concentration camp uniform, and the interior of inhabited barracks.

  4. Harold S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harold S., who was born in Ostrowiec S?wie?tokrzyski, Poland in 1925. He recalls antisemitic harassment in school; German invasion in 1939; anti-Jewish regulations; public hangings; forced labor; deportations, including his mother, grandmother, and younger brother; ghettoization in 1940; his father's deportation; the ghetto's conversion to a concentration camp; his brother's injury; their deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in 1944; transfer to Buna/Monowitz; slave labor for I. G. Farben; helping his brother when he was injured; public hangings of escapees; the death ma...

  5. Harold S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harold S., who was born in Missouri in 1920, and served in the United States Army in World War II. He recounts joining the Air Force in 1942; deployment to England; serving with a radar unit in France, Luxembourg, and Germany; visiting Buchenwald three days after liberation; sick and emaciated prisoners; wheelbarrows filled with corpses; a lampshade made of human skin; feeling numbness, disbelief, then anger; taking photographs (his wife, horrified, threw them away); and visiting divided Berlin as an officer many years later.

  6. Harold Wallerstein papers

    The collection consists of two German passports ("Reisepass") stamped with the letter "J." One was issued to Max Wallerstein donor's father in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia, and the other was issued to Elisabeth Wallerstein [donor's mother] in Mannheim, Germany, in 1939.

  7. Harold Williams photograph collection

    Contains photographs taken at the Buchenwald concentration camp by Harold Williams, a member of the United States Army, shortly after the liberation of the camp.

  8. Harriet Bixler scrapbook

    Consists of one scrapbook, labeled "1944-46," containing clippings, photos, letters, receipts, tickets, and assorted memorabilia collected by Harriet Bixler (Mary Harriet Bixler Naughton), while working for the War Refugee Board and the Office of War Information in Turkey, 1944-1946.

  9. Harriet D. Schwartz papers

    Harriet D. Schwartz papers, spanning 1927 to 1939, consist of letters, envelopes, and photographs. Letters are written in Yiddish and German cursive, along with some English translations to family in New York City. Letters describe the difficulties of Jews living in occupied Europe. Letters also account for pleas from multiple family members requesting help with immigration to the United States; including a family arranged marriage to a cousin. Writings on the envelopes document which family member was requesting help. Photographs of the family document prewar life.

  10. Harriet Postman correspondence

    The Harriet Postman correspondence documents Postman's unsuccessful efforts to assist Flora Hochsinger's immigration to the United States from Vienna. Letters include correspondence between Flora Hochsinger and Harriet Postman as well as between Postman and relatives, friends, and aid agencies Postman contacted for help, such as the Boston Committee for Refugees, B'nai Brith, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

  11. Harriet R. Karan collection

    Testimony, typescript, eight pages, titled "An Unforgettable Tale" by Nora Hope Karan, describing her experiences during German invasion of the Netherlands, imprisonment at Westerbork, then deportation to Bergen Belsen, liberation, life as DP, and immigration to U.S. Separate typescript (2 pages) titled "Eva" by Harriet Karan, letter addressed to her after death in 1978.

  12. Harry and Clare Lerner papers

    The Harry and Clare Lerner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, printed materials, reports, memoranda, and subject files documenting Harry Lerner’s work as UNRRA director of Displaced Persons centers in Stuttgart, Hof, Rehau, and Vilseck, Clare’s work alongside him, and their marriage. Biographical materials include assignment and travel orders issued to Harry and Clare Lerner and Clare Lerner’s Occupational Force Travel Permit. Correspondence consists primarily of letters written by Harry and Clare Lerner at the Stuttgart and Vilseck DP centers to Harry’s family descri...

  13. Harry and Lili Topolansky photograph collection

    Collection of photographs showing the Topolanski family in Grodno and the Schwarcz family in Munkacs before the war, and Lili Schwartz and Hersz Topolanski, who were married in the Landsberg DP camp. Hersz Topolanski (later Harry Topolansky) resided in Krasnik during the German invasion. He was imprisoned in Płaszów and transferred to Leitmeritz concentration camp, a subcamp of Flossenbürg, on April 8, 1944. Lili Topolanski was deported with her family to Auschwitz Birkenau on May 20, 1944. Two months later Lili was transferred to Hunsfeld, a subcamp of Gross Rosen, where she was forced to ...

  14. Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

    The collection consists of a wallet, documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Marcus family in Prenzlau, Germany, before and during the Holocaust, and in Cuba and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  15. Harry and Ruth Krautwirth Meyerowitz collection

    The collection consists of a belt and two handkerchiefs relating to the experiences of Ruth Krautwirth, who was an inmate of Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, and Malchow concentration camps during the Holocaust, and a Nazi armband and SA uniform shirt relating to the experiences of Harry Meyerowitz, a soldier in the United States Army in Europe during World War II.

  16. Harry Anrode collection

    Consists of one photocopied document, 9 pages, describing the author's arrest and detainment in the Buchenwald concentration camp after the Kristallnacht mass arrests in November 1938. The document is unsigned and undated.

  17. Harry B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harry B., who enlisted in the United States military in 1942. He recounts training as a surgical technician; being stationed in Wales and Scotland; moving to Germany; observing corpses in striped uniforms at the Weimar railroad station; encountering the stench of Buchenwald prior to arrival; the medics entering first; corpses everywhere; establishing a hospital in the SS barracks; prisoner deaths due to eating; compelling local residents to visit Buchenwald (they denied knowledge of Buchenwald in spite of the pervasive odor and bodies outside of the camp); witnessing ...

  18. Harry B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harry B., who was born in Gorlice, Poland in 1929, one of five children. He recalls his family's affluence; German bombardment; escaping to Jas?o; his father and oldest brother boarding a train which left before the rest had boarded; returning home; ghettoziation; a Gestapo shooting his brother; a friend on the Judenrat convincing the Gestapo not to touch the rest of the family; deportation of all Jews in 1941; remaining behind to clear bodies (he never saw his mother or siblings again); transfer to P?aszo?w; a privileged position caring for the Kommandant and his fam...

  19. Harry Bamberger speech

    Contains a videotape of Harry Bamberger addressing a group of high school students in Ojai, California. Harry Bamberger discusses his experiences escaping from Holland during the war and his eventual linking up with the RAF in Great Britain and Mr. Bamberger's brother, Jacques, who was active in the Dutch underground and helped many Jews escape from the Nazis during the occupation.

  20. Harry Bender collection

    Six letters sent to the donor after World War II. They are from a group of people the donor came into contact with in France after their escape. The donor helped them reach Paris.