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  1. Testimonies concerning the liberation of Mauthausen

    Consists of copies of various testimonies by liberators, a Holocaust survivor, and a Holocaust perpetrator concerning the Mauthausen concentration camp. Also included is a copy of the confession of Franz Ziereis, a former commander of Mauthausen, and copies of photographs of various scenes in the camp after liberation.

  2. David Ulyanitsky papers

    Contains photocopies of photographs and a personal memoir by David Ulyanitsky relating to atrocities committed against Jews in Ukraine during the first half of the 20th century.

  3. Isabel a short novel

    Photocopy of "Isabel..." written by Suzanne de Palma (Margot E. Lawson) in 1981. Drawing on the writer's experiences during World War II, the novel describes the protagonist Isabel's involvement in the Dutch resistance to Nazi occupation, her imprisonment, her romance with a man named Alfred who died in Nazi hands, and the liberation of the Netherlands.

  4. List of Roma transported from Auschwitz to Buchenwald

    Includes information on the evacuation and transport of Roma from Auschwitz to Buchenwald in 1944. Of special interest is the inclusion in the list of the name of Karl Stojka, a noted Romani artist.

  5. Organizational and administrative correspondence relating to the Wehrmacht, SS, SD, and SIPO in Ostland

    Contains photocopies of letters, memoranda, orders, directives, and various other documents relating to the organizational and operational structure of the Wehrmacht, SIPO, SS, SD, Einsatzgruppen A and B, Geheime Feldpolizei, Feldgendarmerie, Hilfspolizei, and Ordungspolizei in Latvia and the USSR. Of special interest is a copy of a letter, December 4, 1939, RSHA Amt II, concerning antisemitism and a pogrom.

  6. Isidor Fell letter

    The letter primarily regards Isidor Fell's survival of Theresienstadt, the loss of family members transported to the East, and the state of knowledge of other survivors. The letter was written at Theresienstadt shortly after his liberation on 31 May 1945.

  7. Hertha Mirabeau letter

    The collection consists of a letter written by Hertha Mirabeau (Königsberger) in Krefeld, Germany in April 1942 to her daughter. Hertha was deported to Theresienstadt several months later.

  8. Court of appeals decision in the Paul Touvier case

    Contains information about the persecution, deportation, and killing of Jews in Lyon, France, from 1943 to 1944, and the destruction of Jewish property in Lyon, France, in 1943.

  9. 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...

  10. Zaro Calabrese testimony of the liberation of Ohrdruf

    Contains information about the liberation experiences of Zaro Calabrese at Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945.

  11. Edward Benedek collection

    Contains articles, photographs, and various other documents relating to the experiences of Edward Benedek and his wife in Hungary during the Holocaust; their experiences in the ghetto in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944; experiences with antisemitism on a postwar visit to Budapest; and concern about a revival of militaristic nationalism in recently unified Germany.

  12. Erwin Markowitz postcard

    According to Erwin Markowitz, his mother, father, and sister wrote the postcard and mailed it from Nagyberezna, Hungary, in April 1944. He received it while he was a prisoner in a compulsory labor camp called Ujverbas in Transylvania. According to a translation from the Hungarian provided by Mr. Markowitz, the card reads (on one side), "Last time do I write to you. We travel we don't know where. God wanted that way. We say goodbye to you, lots of kisses Sister Sadie"; on other side, "Many Kisses Your Mother followed by illegible translated word" and "Same greetings kisses your father."

  13. Germans in occupied Ukraine

    Footage shot by a German cameraman during Germany's occupation of Ukraine in World War II. Footage with German photographers traveling through the Ukraine photographing cities, villages, and collective farms. The most extensive footage is taken with a female photographer from her trip to Ukraine in the summer of 1943. She traveled by plane and car from southern Ukraine (the Melitopol region) just north of Crimea, then along the Dnepr River northward over Dnepropetrovsk to Kiev and then due west to Rovno and then the border of General Government. Reel 8: 06:10:40 MLS Sheep, boy riding horse ...

  14. Joseph H. Smart papers

    The Joseph H. Smart papers consist of a typed manuscript of his 1991 book Don’t Fence Me In!: Fort Ontario Refugees: How They Won Their Freedom"; a typed manuscript of his 1992 companion volume "The Documents: Friends of Fort Ontario Guest Refugees"; and the original documents that are reproduced in the companion volume. His 1991 book documents his service as the director of the Fort Ontario Emergency Shelter, and his 1992 companion volume comprising copies of the files of the Friends of Fort Ontario Guest Refugees, an organization formed by the Fort Ontario refugees to campaign for their f...

  15. Selected records from the Romanian Ministry of Defense

    Memoranda, lists, charts, maps, correspondence, orders, reports, and other documents relating to Jews in forced labor in Romania; deportations of Jews from Bessarabia and Bukovina to Transnistria (Ukraine); establishment of concentration camps in Transnistria; confiscation of Jewish property; executions of Jews; surveillance of Jews in Transnistria; and Hungarian atrocities in Transylvania.

  16. Records of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Sygn. 362)

    Contains reports, correspondence, case files, and other materials from the archives of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Amt VII. Included is information about the monitoring of religious groups, churches, political organizations, and other Masonic organizations, as well as of members of the clergy, police, journalists, scholars, and individuals by the Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS. In its totality, the collection reveals much about the interests of Franz A. Six, head of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Amt VII. Also included are periodic, special, and situation r...

  17. Records of the Kommandeur der Gendarmerie Lublin (Syg. 156)

    Consists of orders, reports, name lists, and various other documents relating to the activities of the Gendarmerie (rural military police) in and around Lublin, Poland, from 1939 to 1944. Includes information about the structure of the police force; daily orders given to gendarmerie personnel; weapons and ammunition for gendarmerie personnel; cooperation with the SS and Gestapo; living quarters and provisions for gendarmerie personnel; handling of prisoners of war; combatting partisans; and transportation (motor cycles and cars) for gendarmerie personnel.

  18. Joseph Maier collection

    This collection contains sworn testimonies of war criminals tried at Nuremberg, 1945-1946, and various correspondence, memoranda, notes, articles, and clippings relating to the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany, from circa 1945 to 1946. Also contains the work of Joseph Maier as an interrogator during the trials and a copy of the handwritten confession of Rudolf Hoess concerning the number of Jews killed at Auschwitz concentration camp.

  19. General Antonescu meets with Hitler

    Romanian General Antonescu with Hitler. 05:00:03 MS high contrast Antonescu arrives in car to visit Hitler. INT shot as Hitler rushes across room to greet him. MS, group of 4 men talking including Hitler and Antonescu. Camera follows as they walk over and sit at sofa around table. 05:00:34 Antonescu enters conference room; Hitler at door, they salute, walk to large map on table with other officers including Keitel and von Ribbentrop.

  20. Cabec used by refugees escaping France

    Cabec, a grape harvesting tool, carried by refugees when escaping France. A cabec is a pick that is used to till the soil during grape harvesting. This tool is used only in Cerbere, Port Vendre and Banyuls.