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  1. Private L. Gurewicz co-educational seventh grade school with the Yiddish as the language of instruction in Vilnius Prywatna 7 klasowa koedukacyjna szkoła powszechna im. L. Gurwicza z żydowskim językiem nauczania w Wilnie (Fond 607)

    The collection contains activity reports prepared by teachers' commission for organizing extracurricular activities, teachers’ lesson plans, and pedagogical diaries and other school related documentation. Teacher’s diaries arranged alphabetically according to surname.

  2. Private Dr. Jacob Czarno private 6th grade co-educational primary school in Polish and Hebrew in Vilnius Prywatna 6-klasowa Koedukacyjna Szkoła Powszechna z polskim i hebrajskim językiem nauczania im. Dr. J. Czarny w Wilnie (Fond 1100)

    The collection contains administrative documentation that includes minutes of the meetings of the pedagogical council, examination records, personal files of students, various lists of schools’ students and teachers, copies of graduation certificates, progress reports, class diaries with information about student’s attendance and grades, statistical information about students and other documents. Students' personal files arranged according to the surnames of individuals, in alphabetical order.

  3. Private Sofia Gurewicz Yiddish Gymnasium in Vilnius Gimnazjum Żydowskie Zofja Gurewicz w Wilnie (Fond 198)

    The collection contains administrative documents, minutes of the meetings of the pedagogical council, records of the examination commission, teacher’s reports correspondence related to admission of students, personal files of students, lists of admitted students, registration books of graduation certificates, student’s behavioral conduct and progress report cards, statistical information about students and other related documentation. Copies of graduation certificate files and students' personal files are listed according to the surnames of individuals in alphabetical order.

  4. Selected records from the State Archives of the Andijan Region related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII

    Collection contains records related to the evacuation of civilians to the Andijan Region of Uzbekistan during WWII. It includes correspondence of the state authorithies regarding resettlement and employement of evacuated civilians, list of factory workers relocated to Andijan, lists of orphans, correspondence related to search of misssing relatives and other documentation

  5. Selected records from the Central State Archives of the of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpkastan related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII

    Collection contains records related to the evacuation of civilians to the territory Autonomous Republic of Karakalpkastan during WWII. It includes correspondence of the state authorities regarding resettlement and employement of evacuated civilians, lists of the members of the Communist Party, correspondence related to search of relocated relatives.

  6. Selected records from the Central State Archives of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Documentation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII.

    The collection contains documents of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan and medical hospitals, Tashkent Medical Institute, medical reaserch centers and other state medical agencies active on the territory of Uzbekistan during WWII. It includes records related to the medical assistance given to evacuees, the improvement of the sanitary condition of places where evacuees are resettled, and the measures taken by local medical personnel to maintain and improve the health of the evacuated population. Among the records are financial reports, statistical information, and annual presentations abo...

  7. Lodz District Office Starostwo Powiatowe Łódzkie (Sygn. 2121)

    The Lodz District Office records include Security and Order Department records, administrative and military records, construction reports, welfare records, industrial reports and statistics, and information on foreign residents. Security and Order Department records document political parties, elections, social organizations, confiscations, employee reviews, natural disasters, foreigners, foreign passports, emigration, gun permits, and entertainment venues. Administrative records including certificates of loss or granting of citizenship and records about consular services, population moveme...

  8. Axelrod and Gross families papers

    The collection includes documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Holocaust-era experiences of the Axelrod family (alternately known as the Akselrad and Gross family), originally of Kolomea (Kolomyia, Ukraine). Documents include birth record and school report for Gussie Mager (born Henia Gittel Axelrod), immigration paperwork, an affidavit for Gussie’s mother Pepi Axelrod to emigrate from Kolomea, receipt for phone call to Kolomea, and a Certificate of Poverty completed by Gussie’s brother Elkuna Gross in 1937. Correspondence includes a letter from Elkuna to his sister Fried...

  9. Gunther Rice memoir

    Consists of one typed memoir, 42 pages, entitled “A New Letter to my Children” written by Gunther Rice, originally of Hamburg, Germany, as a letter to his children. In the memoir, he describes the lives of his large family in Hamburg, his childhood, and education. He describes his memories of the family’s arrest and deportation to Zbaszyn on the border of Poland in October 1938, since his parents were Polish citizens. In the summer of 1939, Gunther left his parents and traveled to England as part of a kindertransport, first living with a foster family in Cardiff and later in London.

  10. Maria Rose memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 115 typed pages, written by Maria Rose, originally of Warsaw, Poland, and edited by her son Julian (Julek). In the memoir, she describes her childhood, education, and family life in Warsaw, noting the fates of her extended family and school friends, as well those as in the Communist Association of Polish Youth, of which she was a member. She describes her pre-war arrests as a Communist, her marriage to Herc Dawidson, life in wartime Bialystok, Herc’s arrest, her 1943 return to Warsaw, deportation to Majdanek, and experiences in Auschwitz, Rajsko, and multiple camps i...

  11. Veszprém Megyei Érseki Levéltár, Veszprém Records of the Holocaust in Veszprém County, Hungary

    Documents from varied archival records: Name lists of Jews in ghetto and camp (Komakut) in Veszprém (1944); and in city of Pápa (1944). Selections from: general records of prefect, 1945‒1946; administrative records of deputy prefect, 1945‒1946; records of Veszprém mayors’ office, 1939‒1946, including certifications of voting rights, enforcement of anti-Jewish laws, appropriation of property of Jews, and dealing with Jews who survived and returned; lists of Veszprém homeowners for 1926 and 1940. Records of other towns and districts: confidential papers of Dezső Sulyok, the mayor of Pápa, 19...

  12. Selected records of the Holocaust in Nógrád County, Hungary

    This collection contains three group of records: I: Records of deputy prefect of Nógrád County, 1934-1944 (bulk 1938‒1944); mayor of Salgótarján city (1939‒1944); people's court (no date), and lawsuits (1945‒1946); government commission for "abandoned" properties in Balassagyarmat; commissions of Nógrád-Hont county (1945‒1949) and Salgótarján city (1945); political screening committees of Salgótarján, Szecseny, Nógrád-Hont, and Szirak counties, and of Salgótarján city; orphans court of Nógrád county (1940‒1943) and Nógrád -Hont county (1946‒1948); deputy prefect of Nógrád -Hont county (docu...

  13. Veszprémi Érseki Levéltár, Veszprém Holocaust-era records from the Archives of the Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary

    Primarily records of individuals seeking to convert to Catholicism, related correspondence among Church authorities, documentation of conversion, documents of name changes. Postwar administrative and political documents mainly related to adaptation to the new government and circumstances, for instance defending priests and defending church property.

  14. Veszprém Megyei Érseki Levéltár, Veszprém Holocaust-era records from the Archives of the Lutheran Church in Hungary

    Contains two group of the Lutheran church records: I. Records (1938‒1943) regarding education, administrative and registration materials related to problems stemming from anti-Jewish legislation, statistics and memoranda the Church had to submit annually. II. Records (1944) related to conversions, requests to provide services in ghettos and camps, statements by district Church offices regarding persecution of the Jews, documentation of personal matters, other materials.

  15. Leonard Burrows photographs

    Consists of six photographs taken after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The photographs, which depict corpses and a crematorium oven, likely belonged to Flight Lt. Leonard (Bunny) Burrows, a member of the British military who took part in the liberation.

  16. Testimony of Józef Kuźba: Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg b. Berlin. As remains in our memory. Materials, experiences, comments. Relacja Józefa Kuźba: Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg b. Berlin. Jaki pozostal w naszej pamięci. Materialy, przeżycia, komentarze

    Testimony of Józef Kuźba (1916-2012), a teacher and wartime inmate of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The testimony contains the author's memoirs together with vast information from historical sources and other archival materials. The typewritten text (356 pages) contains photographs, documents, clippings, etc. Józef Kuźba wrote his testimony in 1995 and entitled it “Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg b. Berlin. Jaki Pozostal w Naszej Pamięci. Materialy, Przeżycia, Komentarze."

  17. Eugene Mielcarek photographs

    Consists of one folder of photographs from the collection of Eugene Mielcarek, a Polish-American member of the United States Army during World War II. The photographs, the majority of which Mielcarek did not take himself, depict the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation, destruction in Germany, the collection of displaced persons in Eisenach, Germany, and a hanging of three Polish citizens, dated July 1945. Includes Mielcarek's typed and handwritten commentary on the versos.

  18. Edwin Dutkiewicz papers

    The Edwin Dutkiewicz papers consists of biographical material, a diary, and photographs relating to Edwin’s time as a forced laborer in Finland and Norway with Organisation Todt during World War II and his life in Norway as a displaced person after the war. Biographical material includes a Polish passport, fragments of Edwin’s identification card issued by Organisation Todt, which he tore up after the war, and a postcard from the displaced persons camp at Bodø. Edwin’s diary, which he began in 1941, describes his pre-war life and childhood in Poland, his experiences as a forced laborer, lif...

  19. Siegfried and Alma Seligmann family papers

    The Siegfried and Alma Seligmann family papers consist of biographical materials, camp documents, and emigration and immigration records documenting the Seligmanns’ journey aboard the MS St. Louis, return to Europe and brief stay in Belgium, internment in France, and immigration to the United States via Lisbon. Biographical materials include identification papers, German and Belgian registration certificates, and vaccination certificates. Camp documents include lyrics to the Gurs and St. Cyprien camp song “Ich kann sie nicht mehr seh’n die Pyrénéen,” a summons to appear in Gurs, and a certi...