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  1. Hedwig Ems memoir

    Consists of a memoir written in 1947 by Hedwig Frank Ems, originally of Halle, Germany. The memoir, which is in the original German and accompanied by an English translation, describes Mrs. Ems' experiences when she was deported at age 73 from Berlin to Theresienstadt. Mrs. Ems describes life in wartime Berlin, the constant threat of deportation, her deportation in late October 1942, and life in Theresienstadt. She describes life in Theresienstadt in great detail, including death, disease, inspections, and witnessing the mass transports out of the camp. In February 1945, she received notice...

  2. Hedwig Goldmann papers

    The Hedwig Goldmann papers consists of two Identification cards issued to Hedwig Goldmann in the Theresienstadt,(Terezin) ghetto and in the Deggendorf.Germany, displaced persons camp; a certificate of labor performed in the Theresienstadt ghetto, issued in July 1945 to Hedwig Goldmann; a letter rfrom the Austrian Red Cross regarding the fates of family members; eleven (unused photographic postcards of Theresienstadt; and 26 pieces of Theresienstadt ghetto scrip.

  3. Hedwig H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hedwig H., who was born in Jibou, Romania in 1923. She recalls her prosperous and happy life in a close, extended family; increasing antisemitism; townspeople beating her father; Hungarian occupation; conscription of her eldest brother into a Hungarian forced labor battalion; deportation to Szomolya with her family in May 1944; being tortured by Hungarians to give up hidden valuables; transfer to Auschwitz; separation from her mother (she never saw her again) and two cousins; transfer to a labor camp in Ri?ga; beatings; transfer to another forced labor camp; transfer ...

  4. Hedwig Kudesch and Robert Briscoe collection

    The collection consists of two gold King Christian X commemorative pins produced in Denmark and worn as symbols of patriotism during the occupation by Nazi Germany from 1940-1945.

  5. Hedwig Schwarz collection

    Collection consists of correspondence by Hedwig Schwarz in the last days of her life, from a Marian Hospital in Stuttgart. It also contains nine photographs of Mrs. Schwarz in her hospital bed and the eulogy and correspondence written after her death. Mrs. Schwarz was one of three survivors of Rexingen and spent the last years of the war through her death in 1952, at the Marian Hospital in Stuttgart.

  6. Hedwig Stevens Collection

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  7. Hedy B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hedy B., who was born in Miskolc, Hungary, in 1930. Mrs. B. recounts childhood in an assimilated family of a civil servant; increasing antisemitism after 1938; her family's unwillingness to separate when her father obtained two tickets to America; her father's conscription into a Hungarian labor battalion in 1942 (from which he never returned); eviction from her home and the ghettoization of Miskolc in 1944; clergymen who offered conversion to ghetto inhabitants; transfer to a nearby quarry which was bombed shortly before her deportation; and arrival at Auschwitz in M...

  8. Hedy Epstein collection

    The collection consist of documents, photographs, and a towel.

  9. Hedy Epstein papers

    Contains photocopies of correspondence (letters, postcards, telegrams, Red Cross messages, and envelopes) - exchanges between Hedy Epstein (Hedwig Wachenheimer), her parents, Hugo and Ella Wachenheimer, and other members of their family from 1939 to 1942 containing information on the well-being of family members in Les Milles, Gurs, and Rivesaltes concentration camps in France; various documents collected by Hedy Epstein during her employment with the Office of Chief of Counsel during the International Military Tribunal and subsequent trials in Nuremberg, Germany; and two letters from Minis...

  10. Hedy L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hedy L., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1912. She recalls a happy childhood in an affluent, assimilated home; studying in Lausanne; her brother's service in the Austrian army; marriage in February 1937; the Anschluss in March 1938; obtaining documents to emigrate to the United States in two years; moving to Krako?w in October 1938 to wait; German invasion; their flight to L?viv in the Soviet zone in November 1939; refusing Soviet citizenship; deportation to a forced labor camp in Siberia; harsh conditions; German invasion in June 1941; release; moving to Bukhoro; ...

  11. Hedy P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hedy P., who was born in Sevlus?, Czechoslovakia (presently Vynohradiv, Ukraine) in 1927. Mrs. P. recalls her happy and observant childhood; Hungarian occupation in March 1939; first experiencing antisemitism; her mother's death; German occupation in March 1944; ghettoization; a Hungarian friend's offer to hide her; choosing to remain with her family; receiving food from her friend; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her father, brother, and younger sister (she did not survive); remaining with her older sister; establishing contact with their brother; help from...

  12. Hedy Tugendhaft Rosen photographs

    The Hedy Tugendhaft Rosen photographs depict Hedy and her parents, Max and Mania Tugendhaft, in Poland (Rudnik, Krakow, and Jaslo) before the war; Mania, Hedy, and Jewish children at the Sacred Heart convent in Przemyśl during the war; Jewish child survivors at a Jewish orphanage in Przemyśl after liberation; and Hedy with other displaced persons in Heidelberg. Additional photographs depict staged scenes at Dachau concentration camp after liberation, a roundup of Jewish deportees in Ukraine, and three nuns at the St. Joseph convent in Przemyśl in 1987.

  13. Hedy W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hedy W., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1905. She recalls studying piano at the conservatory; marriage in 1928; the births of two sons; the Anschluss; anti-Jewish regulations; her husband's imprisonment in Dachau for a year; transferring funds to Switzerland; obtaining Yugoslavian papers (his parents were Yugoslavs) resulting in her husband's release; traveling via Koprivnica to Zagreb, where they remained for two years; German invasion; fleeing to Split; returning to Zagreb; obtaining Bolivian papers; crossing from Sus?ak to Abbazia (now Opatija) in Italian terri...

  14. Heeres-Abnahmestelle b.d. Firma Hasag Eisen-und Metallwerke G.m.b.H Apparatebau Tschenstochau Military Collection Center Hasag Hardware Ltd Facilities Construction in Częstochowa Wojskowy Punkt Odbioru Firmy Hasag Zakłady Metalowe Sp. z o.o. Budowa Urządzeń Częstochowa (Sygn. 192/2)

    Contains records relating to the production and organization of the Hasag ammunition factory located in the labor camps at the Hasag Facility in Częstochowa. Including are ordinances, circular letters, reports and protocols of inspection, as well as general correspondence. There were thousands of Jews among the forced laborers from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

  15. Heichler family papers

    Contains photocopies of eight poems and translations written by Grete Wolf-Schmahl, one letter written to donor's mother, Else Heichler, from her cousin Camilla, and four typewritten poems by Grete Schmahl-Wolf.

  16. O.35 - The Heidingsfeld Collection: Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland

    O.35 The Heidingsfeld Collection: Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland Correspondence of Joseph Heidingsfeld, a teacher and Jewish refugee in Switzerland, who was active in the Vevey-Montreux area, and taught children in the refugee camps and hospitals in the area, 1936-1950.

  17. Heilborn and Fassberg family papers

    The Heilborn and Fassberg family papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, and family research related to the family of Theodor and Recha Bloch Heilborn, originally from Berlin, Germany and Harold Fassberg, from Ohio. The collection documents the Heilborn family’s history in Germany from 1840-1939 including Theodor Heilborn's career as an attorney, being stripped of his position in 1933, and the family's emigration documentation. Also included is extensive correspondence between the Heilborns’ only child, Vera, and Harold Fassberg, a member of the American military during Wor...

  18. Heilbronn and Wertheim families papers

    The Heilbronn and Wertheim families papers consist of correspondence to German Jewish immigrants Hugo and Else Heilbronn in Pennsylvania from their Heilbronn and Wertheim family members in Germany, England, Belgium, and Rhodesia and French concentration camps at Gurs and Les Milles; correspondence arranging aid for relatives in Germany and France; and a 2005 newspaper article in which Ruth Gottlieb, daughter of Hugo and Else Heilbronn, describes her family’s experiences of Nazi persecution in Germany and immigrating to the United States in 1939. Ruth Gottlieb’s article describes her very ea...

  19. Heilbrunner: Eyewitness account of life in Dachau

    Typescript memoir of life in Dachau by a Jewish inmate, Heilbrunner, in 1933. Written in the form of a narrative in the first person and structured into four chapters, it describes in some detail the conditions in the camp and the brutality of the camp guards. It contains manuscript annotations and corrections.German Typescript 54 pages 

  20. Heilman family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Heilman family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.