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  1. Reichsministerium des Innern records

    Consists of records relating to various activities of the Reichsministerium des Innern during the Holocaust. Includes information about sterilization, abortion, racial purity, mental illness, experiments on criminals, sexual deviance, and care for wounded German civilians and wounded military personnel.

  2. Deportees; scenes suggesting Warsaw Ghetto in flames; rubble

    Wartime. VLS from ceiling rafters of enormous barn-like room filled with refugees/ deportees (?) and their bundles. Soldiers in action, various locations (probably including USSR, Berlin, many countries), edited to represent the attack on the Warsaw Ghetto during the Uprising, and intercut with contemporary shots of smoke blowing across closeup portions of Rappaport sculpture commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Night time shot of buildings on fire (various locations; unclear if any is actually the Warsaw Ghetto). Expanse of rubble after the ghetto was destroyed and razed, likewise int...

  3. German Army moves through village

    Soldiers laden down; horses, trucks, food truck with billowing steam. A few homes along dirt road, three men watch from outside their homes.

  4. Bulgarian Orthodox Church newspaper articles relating to antisemitism

    This collection contains copies of articles from a Bulgarian newspaper concerning Bulgarian government and Bulgarian Orthodox Church policy on antisemitism, as well as English-language translations of each.

  5. Records relating to Nazi genocide in Poland from the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland

    Contains information about executions by Nazis; laws and regulations imposed on Poles and Polish Jews by the Nazis; ghettos; and deportations to German concentration camps in occupied Poland.

  6. Articles relating to post-war Germany from the Antifa-Archiv

    Contains German newspaper articles (originals and copies) describing Germany in the years since the fall of the Third Reich. Among the topics of the articles are the rise of neo-Nazism and antisemitism in present-day Germany, the rise of new German nationalism, and well-known anti-Nazi and pro-Nazi personalities from World War II, such as Hans Eiden and Ernst Tag.

  7. Oskar Brill concentration camp letters

    Contains information about the experiences of Oskar Brill in Strafgefängnis und Arbeitshaus Ebrach, Zuchthaus Amberg, and Buchenwald concentration camp.

  8. Richard W. Wharton testimony of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp

    Contains information about Richard Wharton's experiences as a participant in the invasion of Italy and the liberation of Dachau. The testimony focuses on the desperation felt by Wharton after the death of a child in the camp.

  9. Slovak State Archives records

    Contains photocopies of documents from various Slovakian archives concerning events in Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary during World War II. Among the topics mentioned are the occupation of Slovakia by Hungarian and German troops, antisemitism, and anti-fascist movements.

  10. Selected records from archives in Rostock, Dresden, Potsdam, and Leipzig relating to Jews during the Holocaust

    Contains photocopies of reports, lists, articles, and various other documents from German archives in Rostock, Dresden, Potsdam, and Leipzig. The documents relate to the fate of German Jews in various German cities, deportations to concentration camps, exclusion of Jews from public activities, and organized antisemitism.

  11. Records relating to Jews in Lʹviv

    Contains photocopies of Ukrainian police documents concerning the fate of Jews in the Lemberg (Lʹviv) area. The documents relate to Jewish property, attempts of Jews to bribe the Lemberg police, and Jewish housing in Lemberg.

  12. "Buchenwald and beyond" excerpts

    A photocopy of parts of "Buchenwald and Beyond," which concerns the 120th U.S. Evacuation Hospital and its service to survivors and displaced persons at Buchenwald concentration camp and Cham, Germany, after liberation. Entire book is in Library collection as D807.U722 120th B83 1946.

  13. Robert Weil papers

    Includes a transcript of a speech given by Robert Weil to students in the Philadelphia, Pa., area concerning his experiences during the Holocaust. In addition, there are letters of response and thanks collected from hundreds of students who heard Weil's speech. Also included are copies of military documents concerning Weil's discharge from the United States Army.

  14. Isaac Schlomkowitz poetry

    Contains several poems by Isaac Schlomkowitz in Yiddish in addition to a small amount of English-language material. The poems have themes of remembrance, forgiveness, and one survivor's attitude toward Germany, Germans, and German unification.

  15. Amsterdam City Archives records

    Contains photocopies of various documents from the Amsterdam City Archives relating to the Jewish community in Amsterdam, Netherlands, more specifically the establishment of the Amsterdam ghetto, discrimination against Jews in the labor force, isolation of Jewish children in schools, and financial relief for unemployed Jews.

  16. Lists of Roma deported from Hohenasperg to Lublin

    Consists of three lists of Roma deported from Hohenasperg, Germany, to Lublin, Poland. The lists contain names, addresses, marital status, and occupations of the Roma involved in the deportation.

  17. Declaration of condemnation of genocide and antisemitism by the Republic of Latvia's Highest Council

    Contains of a photocopy of an English translation of a declaration by Latvia's "Highest Council" dated September 19, 1990. The declaration concerns the condemnation of genocidal acts by Hitler and the Nazis, an acknowledgement of the importance of Jews to the Latvian culture in the past, and Latvia's intolerance of acts of antisemitism and discrimination in the future.

  18. Israel Fischer and Lajos Spitz letters

    Contains photograph duplicates of six letters by Israel Fischer and Lajos Spitz. Magda Spitz Bergstein, a citizen of the United States, was the recipient of the letters. They contain pleas for help by Fischer and Spitz in their attempts to flee Hungary during the Holocaust.

  19. Featured documents from an exhibition at the Staatarchiv Potsdam in 1988 and 1989 to commemorate the November 1938 pogrom (Kristallnacht)

    Contains photocopies of documents featured during a memorial exhibit 1988-1989 relating to Kristallnacht produced by the Staatsarchiv Potsdam. The documents contain information about pogroms, persecution of Jewish business owners, arrests of Jewish merchants, destruction of synagogues, and the shutdown of Jewish-owned factories. Of special interest is a 1934 document concerning the emigration Albert and Else Einstein.

  20. Irving Gersten testimony of the liberation of France

    Consists of a copy of a liberation testimony written by Irving Gersten. The testimony describes Gersten's experiences as a Jewish-American soldier who participated in the liberation of France while serving with the 5th United States Armored Division.