Archival Descriptions

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Language of Description: English
  1. Eva Josefsson b. Bas̀z life review

    Contains Eva Bas̀z Josefsson's memoir describing her conversion from Judaism and baptism as a Jehovah's Witness in 1941; her arrest while distributing religious material and deportation from Ujpest (Hungary) to Auschwitz concentration camp; her transfer to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944; the punishment she suffered when she refused to do bomb clearance work because she felt it would violate her religious principle of neutrality; and her emigration to Sweden after the war. A black and white photograph of her taken in 1945 is included.

  2. Family History and World War II Years

    Contains a memoir, 13 page, about Henry Wilde's Holocaust experiences.

  3. Robert Treuer family papers

    The Robert Treuer family papers consist of emigration and immigration records, identification papers, memoirs, and subject files documenting the Treuer family’s life in Vienna, their escape to England and Ireland following the Anschluss, and their immigration to the United States. Emigration and immigration records include documents demonstrating that the Treuers had paid the requisite taxes and fees permitting them to leave Austria, letters of recommendations for Fritz and Marie Treuer, correspondence regarding affidavits and other requirements for American immigration, and a copy of the T...

  4. Piroska Berki and Gustave Balog family papers

    The Piroska Berki and Gustave Balog family papers contains two memoirs, one written by Gustave and the other by Piroska. Both are written to their grandchildren, and explain their family’s history. The memoirs detail life growing up in Hungary prior to the war, and gives details on the family’s background. Piroska’s memoirs go into great detail about life in Jewish ghettos in Budapest, living undercover as Christians in Kiskunlacháza, and the general discrimination she faced as a Jew living in Hungary. Gustave’s memoirs go into great detail about the family’s historical background. Gustave ...

  5. Police offices in Poland Polizeidienstellen in Polen (R 70)

    Contains records of various German police agencies in Poland, reflecting their organizational structure and activities. Includes reports, directives, decrees, and other documents.

  6. Einwandererzentralstelle Litzmannstadt (R 69)

    Contains general files including activity and situation reports, statistics, and guidelines and standards for bestowing citizenship on Volksdeutsche being transferred from eastern and southern Europe. The collection is partially digitized.

  7. Selected records of the Deutsche Bank

    Includes individual files on hundreds of German companies. The records are organized by industrial sector and contain mainly public documents, such as company reports, stock offers, or invitations to board meetings. There are also many files referring specifically to the activities of the Deutsche Bank, including the personal correspondence of leading executives. Key sections also include the records of the legal department (Rechtsabteilung), the economic analysis department (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung), and the administrative office (Generalsekretariat). Another major section deals wit...

  8. Josef Broniatowski correspondence

    The Josef Broniatowski papers include two typewritten letters from Plauen, dated July 1938, documenting Broniatowski’s efforts to immigrate to the United States and two handwritten letters Broniatowski wrote from Częstochowa in November 1938 to his sons in the United States describing his family’s expulsion from Germany during the so-called Polenaktion and the news of Kristallnacht.

  9. Gdynia surrenders; Volksdeutsch refugees

    Refugees walking on the road. Several shots of people sitting by river, near destroyed bridge (narration identifies them as Volksdeutsche); people arrive at riverbank in small boats. Sick and wounded are helped to walk, refugees eating (all identified as "suffering Volksdeutsche"). German soldier hands out candy to little girl; kids gathered around in small crowd. Bandaged, forlorn men.

  10. Memories revisited

    Testimony, typescript, 13 pages, "Memories Revisited" by Fred Rosenbaum, 1995. Recounts feelings and experiences in returning to his childhood home in Vienna fifty years after his family fled the Nazis.

  11. Lea Strusman collection

    Contains a memoir, 45 pages, about Lea Strusman's Holocaust experiences in the Kovno Ghetto and the Stutthof concentration camp.

  12. Selected records from the Polish State Archives Tarnów Branch

    This collection contains investigative and court cases in Tarnów relating to the following two categories of offenses: 1) Against public order and instigation to disturbances of public peace (mainly anti-Jewish propaganda and actions); and 2) Cases involving Jewish plaintiffs, often having to do with complaints against members of the Jewish community organization, the Kahal in Tarnów.

  13. Henri Wermus memoir

    Contains a memoir about Henri Wermus's childhood in Poland, his experiences with antisemitism in the Polish army, and the fate of Henri Wermus's family at the hands of the Nazis.

  14. Croisiere de l'Euxin

    Contains a photocopy of information about the ship, the Euxin, which traveled from Romania to Palestine.

  15. Florence M. Weinberg collection

    Transcripted copy of Carnet de Kurt Weinberg, trouvéparmi ses documents aprè sa mort and biographical materials (needs summary).

  16. Warren Vogelstein papers

    Contains transcripts of Warren Vogelstein, chief interrogator and translator of Hermann Goering.

  17. Guerre, 1939-1945 - Vichy - Amerique - USA - Mexique

    Contains photocopied report on Emergency Rescue Committee with correspondence from Varian Fry, pp. 158-234. File 64.

  18. The Exodus from Bergen Belsen

    Contains Wolfgang Lesser's account of his last days in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp.

  19. Verdoner children playing in the garden

    CU, Otto Verdoner standing in his crib, smiling happily for the camera. ECU, Otto's face. VS, Otto playing with wooden toys in his crib. MCU, Francisca seated in a chair next to Otto's crib, she talks to her brother, and amuses herself. EXT, several children, including Yoka and Francisca Verdoner in the Verdoners' garden. ECU, Otto in the arms of his mother Hilde, passing the camera to go outside with the other children. VS, children running around playing ball, the father of the other young children (3) is present. There are two boys and one girl. Yoka and the boys chase each other around ...