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  1. Engraved silver cup given to Erwin Rösener by Heinrich Himmler

    Silver cup engraved with the names of Erwin Rösener and Heinrich Himmler and SS bolts, manufactured by the A. Frisch firm in Oslo, Norway. Rösener joined the SA in 1926, and was accepted into the SS in 1930. He quickly advanced through the ranks, and was promoted nine times between 1930 and 1944. Rösener attained the rank of Gruppenführer (Major General) on November 9, 1941, and his final rank of Obergruppenführer (Lieutenant General) on August 1, 1944. On December 16, 1941, he was assigned to be the Higher SS and Police Leader for Upper Section Alpenland, which was located in southern Aust...

  2. Ladislaus (Louis) and Friederike Reisz papers

    Collection of documents, correspondence and papers relating to the experiences of Ladislaus (Louis) and Friederike Reisz (donors' parents) from Vienna, Austria and their families before, during, and after the Holocaust. Includes birth certificate, academic records from the University of Graz, and letters of reference and other documents related to the career of Ladislaus Reisz as an attorney in Vienna; educational records documenting the training Friederike Kohn (later Reisz) received as a pharmacist; financial records and other materials related to Heinrich and Julie Kohn, including effort...

  3. Hand carved wooden clogs found in Dachau concentration camp by an American soldier

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn78330
    • English
    • a: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)

    Handmade wooden clogs found by 22 year old Aubrey G. Kincheloe, an American soldier, in Dachau concentration camp after liberation between May 3-8, 1945. Aubrey was a private first class in the 45th Infantry Division, 179th Infantry Regiment, Company C. He entered combat in January 1944, in Italy, and fought in southern France and, in 1945, advanced into Germany. On April 29, the 45th Division liberated Dachau concentration camp, while Aubrey and the 179th Infantry Regiment were attacking Munich. On May 3, Aubrey and his regiment were sent to Dachau to guard and administer the camp. Aubrey ...

  4. Manifesto des Juifs de Bedeau

    Consists of the document "Manifesto des Juifs de Bedeau" in French and a vintage mimeographed copy of the typed documen that is double-sided. It was written by the donor's father Sidney Chouraqui when he was leader of the resistance movement in Bedeau Internment Camp in Algeria.

  5. Red Orchestra correspondence collection

    Correspondence and photographs illustrating the experiences of Helmut Roloff (donor's father), a German musician and educator, imprisoned in Germany in 1942-1943 for his actions as part of the resistance group nicknamed the Rote Kapelle, or Red Orchestra, by the Nazi party. The letters are primarily between Helmut and his parents. Also included is post-war correspondence between Helmut and Annemarie Kuttner, a Jewish survivor who was in hiding and whose family was assisted by Helmut.

  6. Certificate of compulsory contribution

    Certificate of compulsory contribution for the sum of 30 zloty by the German authorities in Warsaw; a sum of 100 million zloty was a penalty levied on the Polish population of the city of Warsaw and the vicinity for an attack by the underground on the German occupier; this certificate is a blank; in Polish; dated February 1944.

  7. Solomon Littman collection

    Photocopied documents from the National Archives UK, consisting of the records from the record group TS 26/903, titled "Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General: War Crimes Papers. World War II, 1939-194. U.N.W.C.C. Lists of War Criminals. Concentration Camps. Miscellaneous Papers." Most of the material consists of transcripts of depositions filed in cases prosecuted by the British against alleged war criminals, along with supporting documentation, such as lists of personnel at various concentration camps, compiled May - November 1945. Also includes one report from the U.N. War Crimes C...

  8. Eduard Wirths collection

    The Eduard Wirths collection relates to SS-Standortarzt Dr. Eduard Wirths (1909-1945), his family, and colleagues, before and while he was stationed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The collection consists of fifteen original photographs, some taken at Solahütte, a resort for Nazi personnel located at Auschwitz, and of other physicians, including Dr. Carl Clauberg (1898-1957). The collection also includes a 1944 presentation album, entitled, "SS Truppenlazarett erbaut von der Zentralbauleitung der Waffen-SS und Polizei, Auschwitz OS 1944" which was created to document the const...

  9. Prayer book

    Small Jewish prayer book carried by Bernard Diczek during his escape from German occupied Poland during World War II.

  10. Postcard for the 1934 Bavarian State Gymnastics Festival

    Unused postcard with an image of an eagle with an oak branch and acorn above the Bavarian coat of arms issued to commemorate the 18. Bayerisches Landesturnfest Nurnburg [Bavarian State Gymnastics Festival in Nuremberg] which took place July 20-22, 1934.

  11. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of seven photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes images of piles of corpses, of bone fragments, and of soldiers and survivors looking at the corpses.

  12. Poster of a Jewish Bolshevik bully shaking his fists in defense of NYC

    Anti-Semitic, anti-American Nazi propaganda poster issued in German occupied Italy ca. 1943, with a cartoon of a Jewish Bolshevik shaking his fists at all comers. The threat of the Jewish Bolshevik or Judeo-Communist conspiracy was a cornerstone of Nazi Party ideology. The 1917 Communist revolution that brought down the Russian Empire shocked the world. The prominence of Jews in the Bolshevik leadership fueled this imaginary merger of international conspiracies between the Communists and the Jews to destroy civilization and take over the world. In July 1943, Allied forces invaded Sicily. Mu...

  13. Oral history interview with Josef Guttman

  14. Norman Coulson collection

    Consists of photographs, identity cards, and a clipping from the collection of Norman Coulson, a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who was put in charge of the post-liberation efforts to clean the Dachau concentration camp. Includes his Dachau occupation personnel identification card, photographs of the architecture of the camp, early copies of mass-produced images, and photographs of US personnel at the camp. Also includes a photocopy of the 2013 newspaper article about Coulson's experiences.

  15. Donald Swihart collection

    Consists of photographs and a copy of a wartime document entitled "Dachau" by Tec. 3 James W. Creasman from the collection of Donald W. Swihart, a member of the 42nd Rainbow Division, who participated in the liberation of Dachau. Includes photographs of Dachau, including of the Dachau death train and of the surrender of the camp. Includes an article, "Dachau" written by Tec. 3 James W. Creasman, mimeographed, and distributed, which describes the 42nd Division's impressions of the Dachau death train.

  16. William Buckhantz papers

    The William Buckhantz collection is an excellent resource for those studying the experiences of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) personnel working in displaced persons camps. The collection includes extensive photographs depicting life in the Deggendorf and Ellwangen displaced persons camp. It also includes blank UNRRA forms, including blank AEF Displaced Persons forms and identity cards. Buckhantz also received letters written by displaced persons asking for his assistance; a remarkable document written and illustrated by a survivor cartoonist, Georg Feier, g...

  18. Harry and Lili Topolansky photograph collection

    Collection of photographs showing the Topolanski family in Grodno and the Schwarcz family in Munkacs before the war, and Lili Schwartz and Hersz Topolanski, who were married in the Landsberg DP camp. Hersz Topolanski (later Harry Topolansky) resided in Krasnik during the German invasion. He was imprisoned in Płaszów and transferred to Leitmeritz concentration camp, a subcamp of Flossenbürg, on April 8, 1944. Lili Topolanski was deported with her family to Auschwitz Birkenau on May 20, 1944. Two months later Lili was transferred to Hunsfeld, a subcamp of Gross Rosen, where she was forced to ...

  19. Louis G. Melillo photograph collection

    Photographic print: image of victims found in the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation, captioned "Bodies / Buchenwald / German"; Photographic print: image of two American soldiers seated on top of stone sign that reads "Buchenwald," appears that image was printed in reverse, captioned "Katz & me / Buchenwald / 7 June 1945"; Photographic print: image of field with large building in background, captioned "Fulda, Germany - field opposite offices"; captions handwritten on verso; in English; Taken from photo album of Louis G. Melillo who served with the US Army in Germany during W...

  20. Central Office of Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Religious Communities Ústredná kancelária autonómnych ortodoxných židovských náboženských obcí /ŽNO

    Administrative and personal matters of the various orthodox Jewish communities in Slovakia created by the Central Office of Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Religious Communities. Includes letters, appeals, reports, telegrams, certificates, extracts from the register of marriages, death certificates, birth certificates, and other unsorted documents.