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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Ukrainian

  1. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Contains photographs depicting Buchenwald following liberation.

  2. The Leader's Struggle in the East 2 Miniature "button book" issued for charitable contributions by the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes

    Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.

  3. Correspondence regarding the application of Jews and others to emigrate to Australia with the assistance of the Australian Lutheran Church

    Contains correspondence regarding the application of Jews and others to emigrate to Australia with the assistance of the Australian Lutheran Church.

  4. Polizeipräsident in Dresden exit permit

    Consists of a document typed in black ink on white paper, issued to Alfred Salomon Birnberg, by "Der Polizeiprasident in Dresden," 25 May 1939, stating that his family had four weeks to leave Germany.

  5. Archives of the service for war victims Archives du service des victims de la guerre : Series A

    Contains records relating to the fate of Jewish and non-Jewish Belgians throughout Europe during the period of 1939 to 1950. Includes name lists from a wide variety of sources such as concentration and prisoner of war camps, relief and charity organizations, hospitals, prisons, and similar institutions. See also Part Mi, Part P, and Part R (Rg-65.001M; Rg-65.003M; Rg-65.004M).

  6. Archives of the service for war victims Archives du service des victims de la guerre : Series P

    Contains records relating to the fate of Jewish and non-Jewish Belgians throughout Europe during the period of 1939 to1950. Includes name lists from a wide variety of sources such as concentration and prisoner of war camps, relief and charity organizations, hospitals, prisons, and similar institutions. See also Parts Mi, A, and R (Rg- Rg-65.001M; Rg-65.002M; Rg-65.004M).

  7. Records relating to the race regulations of the French Gendarmes

    The collection contains documents from fonds 1A276 and 1A277 of the Service Historique de la Gendarmerie Nationale (SHGN) related to the regulations of October 1940, and June 1941, prohibiting service in the French National Gendarmes to persons of Jewish ancestry. Includes personnel files for individuals either attesting to Aryan status or requesting exemptions on the basis of exemplary service, heroism, etc.

  8. Anna Bloch collection

    Consists of a certificate issued on 14 June 1945 in Linz, Austria, to Israel Bloch, donor’s husband, stating that he was born on 18 September 1911 in Krakow, Poland, and was imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp from 13 March 1942 until liberation on 5 May 1945; and a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, filed by Israel Bloch on 28 March 1951, in Toledo, Ohio, on behalf of himself, his wife, Anna Bloch (the donor), and their daughter, Halina Bloch, born in Munich, Germany, on 30 May 1946.

  9. False identity papers

    Consists of an album, "Paris les heures glorieuses" published by Comité parisien de la Libération, written by Claude Roy, published November 1945, and blank forms used in the fabrication of false identity papers. The forms include: 2 feuilles de demobilization, format different taille A-4, 1 certificat de recensement-A8, 1 bulletin de naissance, 1 carte d’identite orange, 1 carte de travail Mod. 3 pliee en 2, 1 carte de travail- Mod. 1, and 1 bulletin d’etat-civil.

  10. George Waldbaum collection

    Consists of a certificat d'hebergement, or lodging certificate, issued to Gerszon Waldbaum on 7 July 1942 in Pithiviers, France, transit camp; a military identification card issued on 7 November 1941, to Gerszon Waldbaum; and an Extrait de la feuile de demobilization or extract of demobilization of Gerszon Waldbaum from the French Foreign Legion, copy issued in Pithiviers,France, dated 13 September 1941.

  11. Ilona Foldes papers

    The Ilona Foldes papers consist of English and Hungarian versions of Foldes’ memoir, “The Unknown Destiny,” a postwar photograph of Ilona Foldes, a prewar photograph of her first husband, Arthur Révész, and three prewar and wartime photographs of their son, Paul Révész. The papers also include a clipping about the 1976 Hungarian film “Kísértet Lublón” (“Haunted Lublon” or “The Phantom on Horseback”) based on Mikszáth Kalman’s serial novel. The clipping was found among the photographs, and although its relationship with the photographs is unclear, it is considered part of the collection.

  12. Klein family papers

    Consists of two postcards sent by Mrs. Nandor Klein in Hungary to Charles Klein in a Hungarian labor camp in May 1944; and a one-Kröner denomination scrip from theTheresienstadt (Terezin) Ghetto.

  13. Mayer Zielinski collection

    Postcard written by Mayer Zielinski, who was in the Srodula Ghetto, on May 3, 1943 to his sisters, Edzia, Mania, and Sala Zielinski, who were in the Graben Labor Camp. The text contains a description of Mayer's life in the ghetto, including the work he was forced to do and his efforts to find food.

  14. Iancu family photographs

    Consists of one photograph, dated 1930, of the donor's uncle, Simon Sapsa, who died aboard a deportation train; one photograph, dated 1930, of the donor's parents, Ruhla and Sloim Iancu; one photograph, dated 1938, of the donor and a cousin; and one 1938 photograph of the donor's aunt and uncle, Marcu and Beti Iancu.

  15. Robert and Louise Brunner papers

    The Robert and Louise Brunner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration files, and printed materials documenting Robert Brunner and Louise Koblitz’s efforts to flee to France, immigrate to the United States, and establish their life in America. The collection also includes correspondence between immediate family members and photographs of the Brunner and Koblitz families. Biographical materials include a birth certificate for Robert, Louise, and Leopold (Leo, Robert’s cousin), identification card for Robert, and marriage certificate for Julius and ...

  16. Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card

    Rectangular form with scallop borders; recto, text in Hebrew printed at upper right corner and across bottom edge, black and white image of dove flying above ship printed along left edge, and oval-shaped black and white photographic image of man and woman printed along right edge; verso, handwritten numbers in ink. Greeting card for Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year); dated 1948, Stuttgart, Germany.

  17. Litzmannstadt ghetto currency

    Contains currency from the Litzmannstadt ghetto.

  18. Meier Stessel Zemirot

    Contains one videocassette of Meier Stessel singing Shabbat songs.

  19. Government in exile (Fond 103)

    Contains correspondence, reports, and name lists. Material relates to underground movements, war crimes, murders of Serbs in Croatia, establishment of the War Crimes Commission in Yugoslavia, name lists of Croatian, Albanian and Hungarian war criminals. Some documents originate from the United States Department of State and the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC).

  20. Anton Litwin collection

    Consists of publications, scrapbook pages, photographs, postcards, and reports originally owned by Anton Litwin, who was a member of the War Crimes Branch of the United States Third Army, stationed at Dachau. Includes his identity passes mounted on scrapbook paper; mass-produced postcards; Signal Corps liberation photographs and copies of mass-published liberation photographs; and original photographs taken after the liberation of Mauthausen. Also includes an English copy of the confession of Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis; a report of testimony of former Mauthausen prisoners; a May 19...