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Language of Description: English

  1. Hans Weiner memoir

    Contains a memoir about Hans Weiner's escape from the Nazis and his tenure in the 608th Company of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, a corps made up of male volunteers who had enlisted in the British Army in Mandatory Palestine.

  2. Hans Rosenthal memoir

    Contains a memoir, 42 pages, about Hans Rosenthal's escape from Germany to Holland in 1939 and eventual arrival in Australia on October 3, 1939.

  3. Fishman family papers

    Contains eight black and white photoprints of displaced persons in Landsberg displaced persons camp, one copyprint of a newspaper clipping concerning the Fishman family, and one one memoir written by Max Fishman.

  4. A Short Biography

    Contains a biography about Joseph Lebovic's Holocaust experiences.

  5. Oral histories from the Louis Cavagnaro collection

    Contains eighteen sound cassettes of oral history interviews conducted with liberators and Louis Cavagnaro's notes for his unfinished manuscript about concentration camps

  6. A Journey From Germany The Memoirs of Curt Nussbaum, From Birth, Through the Holocaust, To America (1912-1946)

    Contains a memoir about Curt Nussbaum's Holocaust experiences.

  7. Oral history interview with Robert C. Pomeranky

  8. Bernard Steinlauf papers

    Contains four letters written to Ellis Schuman's grandfather, Bernard Steinlauf. One of the four letters was written by Yentl (Mrs. Abraham Imgberge) who was the only child from grandfather Steinlauf's early first marriage. Two letters are from Chaim Hersh Brand, Bernard Steinlauf's nephew. Also included is one picture postcard addressed to Bernard Steinlauf, n.d.

  9. Selected records of the District Court in Gdynia [Provincial Committee of the Polish United Labor Party in Gdańsk] Sąd Okręgowy w Gdyni [Komitet Wojewódzki Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej w Gdańsku] (Sygn. 2384)

    Selected records of the of Sąd Okręgowy w Gdyni (District Court in Gdynia): Consist of a criminal cases against persons suspected of anti-state activity in Gdynia in the years 1937-1938. Only Jewish cases were selected: Izaak Lejbusz Glicenstein, Slalmon Steigerd, Fajwel Bittman, Brawerd Blond, Hersch - Nachman Pell, Bencjand Wassner, Aron Geldbard, Estera Zylbersztajn, Mojżesz Gorensztajn, Icek Ajzenberg, Mejer Pragerd, Froim Danziger, Chaim Klinger, Chaim Jarmuż.

  10. Karoly Deme von Zadorgalva diary

    The Karoly Deme von Zadorgalva diary includes typed excerpts from a diary Karoly kept from May to November 1942 while in Hungary and on the Eastern Front as a surgeon with the Royal Hungarian Army 20th Division. In his diary, Karoly describes his experiences and expresses his thoughts about the ongoing war. The diary also includes photographs from his time in the military as well as pressed flower petals.

  11. Yaakov Zakon collection

    Contains one videocassette, two brochures, three copies of articles, four copies of legal documents, and one copy of a handwritten letter pertaining to Estonian cultural life.

  12. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Sygn. 210)

    Contains mainly correspondence of the AJDC Committees in Warsaw and Krakow with Jewish communities across Polish territory during German occupation (approximately 500 communities). Includes information about the committee’s administration, budgets and finance, activities of Jewish Councils in particular regions, Warsaw ghetto, emigration, charities. Included are name indexes of Jews asking families in USA and other countries for emigration papers; as well other name lists of distribution of help.

  13. Lotte R. Peters memoir

    Contains a memoir, 32 pages, entitled "The Flight," about Lotte R. Peters' Holocaust experiences.

  14. William Battaglia collection

    Consists of annotated photograph album pages with photographs taken of the architecture, labor facilities, and survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Includes images of survivors who assisted the 131st Evacuation Field Hospital, a photograph of a portrait of William Batttaglia by survivor Janusz "John" Rybaltowski, a letter to Battaglia from Rybaltowski dated 1946, a copy of the confession of Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis, and two newspaper articles about liberation.

  15. The Dutch Village of the Widows The Story of the Hostages and God Will Dry the Tears

    Contains a memoir, 320 pages, about the Holocaust in the Dutch village of Putten.

  16. Souvenirs of a 17-Year Old Jewish High School Pupil in Bucharest, 1943

    Contains a speech delivered in Berlin during a meeting on the Holocaust in Romania, organized by the Zentrum fur Antisemitismusforschung der Technischen Universitaet. The speech was delivered in German.

  17. Selected records from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Division Assistance Spéciale

    Series B SEC DAS pertains to the institutional and administrative history of the International Committee of the Red Cross. It concerns relief provided to civilians of all nationalities imprisoned or deported by the Nazi regime during the Second World War. Viewed from this angle, the archives of the DAS can inform the public of the significance of the humanitarian actions implemented under difficult political circumstances and aimed at people completely deprived of judicial and ethical protection. Series B SEC DAS includes general files, accounting and administrative records, receipt acknowl...

  18. Hrvatski Povijesni Muzej Zagreb. Arhivska Grada o Zidovima

    Collection consists primarily of published material pertaining to the Holocaust in Croatia. There are a few antisemitic and anti-Masonic brochures or propaganda pamphlets that were published in Croatia in 1941, and one that was published in German-occupied Serbia in the same year. There is also some material from the 1942 antisemitic exhibition entitled “The Jews,” which was organized by the Ustaša government’s propaganda office. The collection also contains some documents dealing with the arrest and deportation of Jews in Croatia in 1941-42, and copies of placards announcing that Jews had ...

  19. Book

  20. Ministry of the State Treasury, Office for Nationalized Property. Register of debt claims from Jewish firms Ministarstvo Državne Riznice, Ured za Podržavljeni imetak. Reg Potraživanja od Židovskih Tvrtki

    Records relate to the Aryanization and disposition of Jewish property. Collection deals with the outstanding credits and debts of confiscated Jewish-owned businesses. The name and address of the business is listed together with the name and address of the non-Jewish creditor/debtor, the date when the credit/debt was incurred, and the total debt owed.