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  1. Oral history interview with Lajos Erdélyi

  2. Gross and Lichtman Papers

    The Gross and Lichtman Papers include World War II Food Ration Books issued to the family of Emerick Gross and a letter to Emerick and Violette Gross from their nephew Leon Lichtman, who served in the 120th Evacuation Unit after the liberation of Buchenwald.

  3. Liberation photographs from Mauthausen

    Liberation photographs from Mauthausen. Donor's father was present post-liberation.

  4. Kreisgericht Wiener Neustadt: NS-Verfahren

    Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the district court in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The collection includes following cases: Vr 229/92 Otto Merich; Vr.517/74 Franz Kandler; Vr 671/72 Erwin Johann Schober, and StA Wiener Neustadt Bruno Eggerth.

  5. Selected records of the Municipal Government in Końskie Zarząd Miejski w Końskich (Sygn. 778)

    Records of the Municipal Government in Końskie: administrative files, registers of minutes of meetings (1945), abandoned real estate in Końskie region (1946), and factories, questionnaires related to German war crimes, and correspondence relating to reporting of new born children (1945-1946.)

  6. Selected records of the commune Krasocin Akta gminy Krasocin (Sygn. 2039)

    Population books, registers and indexes of Krasocin and other villages: Mieczyn, Huta Stara, Huta Nowa, Karolinów, Leśna Góra, Lipia Góra, Mieczyn, Podlesko, Stojewsko and Wystepy.

  7. Oral history interview with Heimek Schmelz

  8. Landesgericht Eisenstadt: NS-Verfahren

    Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the state court in Eisenstadt, Austria.

  9. Hohenberg and Gottschalk families papers

    Consists of approximately 150 items of correspondence pertaining to the experiences of the extended Hohenberg and Gottschalk families of Helmarshausen, Germany, Haifa, and the United States. The correspondence ranges in date from the 1940s to the 1950s.

  10. American visits Vienna during the Anschluss and tours Germany (color)

    An American visits Vienna in March 1938. City street with telephone booth. Bridge in BG, someone steps into the phone booth. Belvedere palace and sprawling garden with the city in the distance. A long line of Jewish people, most likely attempting to obtain visas to exit the country in March 1938. “Jüdisches Geschäft” [Jewish Business] sign on shop. Narrow street with swastika flags on some of the buildings. The Ankeruhr clock on Hohen Markt street. Nazis in uniform line up in a square. Swastika flags in different shapes hang at the Heldenplatz where Hitler announced the Anschluss on March 1...

  11. Selected records of the County Office in Jędrzejów Starostwo Powiatowe Jędrzejowskie (Sygn. 726)

    Situation reports relating to communist activity of Jews, actions of the National Party (Stronnictwo Narodowe) against the Jewish minority and reactions of the Jewish community in Jędrzejów region. Includes reports on Jewish reactions on the resolution of ritual slaughter in Poland and antisemitic events in Germany; activity of the Zionist Aid for Workers in Palestine, Mizrachi, and other organizations; elections to the Board of the Jewish Religious Community

  12. Władysław Żeleński Collection-materials for the history of the crimes of Lviv professors in July 1941 Akta Władysława Żeleńskiego-materiały do historii zbrodni na profesorach lwowskich w lipcu 1941 (Sygn. 1941)

    Materials collected by Władysław Żeleński on the mass murder of professors in Lviv committed by Germans in July 1941: Correspondence, protocols of hearings of witnesses and alleged perpetrators, newspaper clippings and other investigative files.

  13. Selected records, Obóz Koncentracyjny w Buchenwaldzie Konzentrationslager Buchenwald (GK 127)

    Orders of the camp commandant, statistics, alphabetical list of refugees, interrogations of prisoners, personal files, list of clerical prisoners, transport lists, Effektenkammer files, lists of deceased prisoners, daily reports of the camp hospital, name lists of prisoners numbers: 43001-51000; 59001-121400; 128401-140068; a fragment of the personal files of Polish prisoners who arrived at the camp in April 1945, card files of prisoners No. 1-1201; Veraenderungsmeldungs (reports on changes in the number of prisoners in the camp).

  14. Ruins in Italy; American pilot

    Outdoor amphitheater in Italy. Tower and a domed building in the distance. Ruins. (1:13) US soldier posing in front of the ruins. Town on the side of a hill. People walking around covered vehicles. (2:42) An impressive cathedral with many spires along the top. A distinct looking building on the top of a hill, overlooking a body of water. (4:02) US soldiers driving in an open aired vehicle up a winding road. Soldiers hefting large duffels onto a US naval transport ship. Woman smiles and pets a dog. (5:03) A damaged Red Cross vessel on its side sinking into the water. (5:28) Women handing out...

  15. Selected records of the Communal Council in Nagłowice Gminna Rada Narodowa w Nagłowicach (Sygn. 1662)

    Questionnaires and correspondence on events of historical significance in the commune of Nagłowice for 1939-1945. Includes description of WWII events and German atrocities against Polish and Jewish people, deportation of 123 Jews to the ghetto in Jędrzejów, mass murder of four Jewish families by Germans in Ślęcin, underground movement, and a role of the Catholic church in helping war victims.

  16. Prewar summertime activities

    July 1939. Children on a swing in the garden at the Eckstein family home in Brno in summer. Pan of the garden, the home, and the ornate balcony. Blossoming bushes, outdoor furniture. Michaela and Antonin run around and play with garden tools in the sandbox and take dips in the baby pool. The nanny lays a sheet in the grass for the kids to rest; she makes a sun-hat for Michaela; she splashes them with pool water. End 01:04:09

  17. Grupa Bojowa Reinefahrta w Warszawie 1944 Kampfgruppe Reinefahrt Warshau 1944 (GK 661)

    Records relating to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Includes German reports, information on the situation among Polish fighters and civilians in Warsaw, interrogations of Home Army officers (Teofil Suscitowski, Ryszard Jankowski, Henryk Wilczkowiak, Józef Hoffman), and documents of Sonderkomando Spilker (photocopies from the German archives).

  18. Selected records of the commune Odrowąż Akta gminy Odrowąż (Sygn. 530)

    List of owners of buildings in the Commune Odrowąż, 1941-1942 and a register of residents of the village Stąporków Nowy from 1934-1943.

  19. Day of Mourning in the Yishuv Poster announcing a day of mourning for the deportation of the illegal immigrants of SS Exodus

    A poster announcing a day of mourning and a protest rally subsequent to the deportation to Germany of the illegal immigrants of SS "Exodus."

  20. Selected records of the Primary School No. 2 in Opoczno Szkoła Podstawowa Nr 2 w Opocznie (Sygn. 604)

    Organizational files of the school, regulations, reports and ordinances regarding education, registers of resolutions, minutes of meetings, student attendance, grades and plans of classes .In almost the entire interwar period, only Jewish children attended this school. Only after 1935, some Roman Catholic children appear in the classes.