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  1. Heilpern Family Collection

    Contains documents, correspondence, passports and identity papers illustrating the experiences of Hans and Sidonie Heilpern and their three children Gertrude, Felix and Wilhelmine all of whom fled Vienna, Austria in 1939. Included is correspondence from Hans to Sidonie from concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald in Germany, where Hans was interned from June 1938 to April 1939. Passport issued to Sidonie states family arrived August 1939, except Felix, who arrived separately. Also included are various documents issued to family in the United States, and pre- and postwar photographs of the...

  2. Heilpern family papers

    Consists of two German passports (Reisepässe): one issued to Felix Heilpern on May 15, 1939, and one, in a leather passport protector, issued to Hans Heilpern on May 5, 1939. Also includes a pre-war copyprint of Hans and Sidonie Heilpern, and a family photograph of the Heilpern family taken before Felix left for the United States as one of the "50 children" with the assistance of the Kraus family. Also includes a copy of Felix's birth certificate, and an original document issued by the commandant of Buchenwald regarding Hans' internment in the camp.

  3. Heimann family collection

    Consists of Heimann family photographs, including a framed photo of Herman Heimann and Julie (Samson) Heiman, which was damaged by a bayonet on Kristallnacht. Also includes identification documents, such as several reisepass, or German passports, and the Wehrpass and United States immigrant ID card belonging to Julius Waixel's (Weichsel). Julius Waixel was the father of the donor, and Herman and Julie Heiman were the paternal grandparents of the donor's mother, Julie (Heimann) Waixel (Weichsel),

  4. Heimer family papers

    The Heimer family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Heimer family from Vienna, Henry and Ralph Heimer’s immigration to the United States in 1938, their parents’ relocation to Brno and efforts to emigrate, and return trips to Austria and Czechoslovakia by one of the brothers in the late 1960s. Biographical materials include Henry Heimer’s bicycle touring club membership card, Austrian passport, calling cards, university student identification card and registration booklet, tax clearance certificate, and immigrant identification card (ph...

  5. Heimstatt AW photograph

    Contains a photograph, mounted on card stock, depicting barracks on the outskirts of an unidentified city, possibly Cologne, attributed to Elly Hirschberg. The sign at the entry gate reads, "Heimstatt AW."

  6. Heinemann and Epstein family collection

    This collection contains photographs and a family tree relating to the Epstein family, a large Jewish family from Frankfurt.Photographs, family tree, also included is a notebook of poetry and correspondence addressed to Adelheid Heinemann who fled Nazi Germany with her husband, son and mother

  7. Heinemann and Graetz families collection

    The collection consists of an artifact, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the Heinemann and Graetz families in Nazi-occupied Germany and the United States before and during the Holocaust.

  8. Heinemann family papers

    Contains naturalization certificates, birth certificates, correspondence, and oral history interviews and edited films related to the Heinemann family.

  9. Heini Halberstam collection

    Consists of correspondence from Judith Halberstam, originally of Prague, Czechoslovakia, to her son, Heini Halberstam, who left on a Kindertransport to England in April 1939. The correspondence, which was diverted through family in Belgium, New York, and Zurich, was sent prior to Judith's deportation on June 10, 1942 as part of a reprisal for the death of Reinhard Heydrich. Includes identification documents for Heini and a pre-war black and white photograph of Judith.

  10. Heinrich Fausel papers (D 33)

    Contains the papers of Heinrich Fausel, Protestant theologian in Württemberg, Germany. Includes manuscripts, speeches, sermons, correspondence, and publications of other Protestant theologians.

  12. Heinrich Grüber collection

    Contains a typewritten speech, three pages, hand-signed by theologian and Dachau survivor Heinrich Grüber, dated January 1971, entitled "The Chancellor in Front of the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial," referring to the visit by German Chancellor Willy Brandt to a monument in Warsaw. Also contains two letters written by Grüber.

  13. Heinrich Himmler identification card

    Contains a student identification card for Heinrich Himmler (later Reichsfuhrer-SS Himmler) from the University of Munich, where he was enrolled from fall semester 1922 through fall semester 1924, studying political science. The identification card includes picture and signature.

  14. Heinrich Himmler itinerary

    Itinerary of Heinrich Himmler from January 1, 1941, to December 30, 1942.

  15. Heinrich Himmler order to establish a special court for relatives of SS and German police personnel

    Consists of a 1940 order signed by Heinrich Himmler establishing a special court in Munich for the relatives of SS and German police personnel.

  16. Heinrich Himmler photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photograph albums including family photographs of Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS and head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS; his wife, Marga; and their daughter, Gudrun. Also included are photographs of Nazi officials and gatherings.

  17. Heinrich Joest collection

    The collection consists of 137 photographic negatives and 17 contact sheets of images of the Warsaw ghetto.

  18. Heinrich Kraschutski: copy correspondence concerning his fate

    The letters deal with the fate of Heinrich Richard Albrecht Kraschutski, formerly commander in the German navy, 1914-1918, becoming a prominent figure in the pacifist movement in Germany after the First World War, and co-editor of the pacifist weekly, Das Andere Deutschland, the publication of which was regarded as particularly pernicious and treacherous by the Reichswehr because of its disclosures of violations of the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles. He went to Majorca and together with a small group of other anti-nazi refugees opened a little workshop of arts and crafts at...

  19. Heinrich Pollatschek collection

    Copy family correspondence including postcards from Heinrich Pollatschek in Buchenwald to his wife, Zdenka, between August 1938 and March 1939; also letters and postcards from Heinrich and Zdenka Pollatschek from Kielce ghetto, Poland to family in Vienna and London. The correspondence describes the miserable conditions which they endured including food scarcity and cramped accommodation. Heinrich is described as working as an orderly at the office of the Jewish Council of Elders. His wife suffered from high blood pressure and severe rheumatism; also includes English summaries of some of the...

  20. Heinrich Stern collection

    Family correspondence and papers re emigration