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Language of Description: English

  1. "Remember-Do Not Forget a Thing, 1939-1945"

    Contains a memoir, 49 pages, about Chana Yoskowitz Teichman's childhood in Dumblin, Poland, her father's role as head of the Dumblin Judenrat, the murder of her parents by a Pole on February 13, 1942, Chana's marriage to her husband Adam in the Dumblin labor camp, her experiences in Camp Vartain Chinstokov, and Chana and Adam's eventual emigration to Palestine.

  2. "Report of Robert H. Jackson, United States Representative to the International Conference on Military Trials"

    Consists of a bound copy of the "Report of Robert H. Jackson, United States Representative to the International Conference on Military Trials", published in London in 1945. The book has a handwritten inscription from Justice Jackson to Sidney S. Alderman, who served as a prosecutor at Nuremberg. The book includes some of Alderman's handwritten notes, annotations, and underlining in the text.

  3. "Report on inspection of German concentration camp at Buckenwald"

    Consists of one document, 5 pages, entitled, "Report on Inspection of German Concentration Camp at Buckenwald" [sic] by Brig. Gen. Eric F. Wood, Lt. Col. Chas H. Ott, and CWO S.M. Dye on April 16, 1945. The document describes the history of the camp, the then-current makeup of prisoners and the health issues they faced, and a summary of the daily activities of the Buchenwald concentration camp under the Nazis.

  4. "Report on the Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai"

    Consists of one report, 23 pages, entitled, "Report on the Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai", written by William Schurtman for a Sociology class in 1954. Mr. Schurtman, a refugee who lived in Shanghai from 1938-1947, describes the political, social, and history of the Shanghai Jewish community as well as some of his own experiences.

  5. "Robert's World"

    Consists of one memoir, 20 pages, entitled "Robert's World", by Robert Tartaul, written in 1996 and describing his life from 1915-1967. In the memoir, he describes growing up near San Francisco and his experiences as a training officer in the United States Army from 1940-1944. In January 1945, he was shipped to France and was assigned to the 564th Tactical Artillery Battalion, with whom he participated in the liberation of concentration camp survivors on a death march near Ried, Germany.

  6. "Roosevelt and Co.: Krieg-Lüge-Verbrechen" collection

    Consists of one book, entitled "Roosevelt and Co.: Krieg--Lüge-Verbrechen," by Georg Buderose, published in Germany in 1942. The book consists of anti-American propaganda photographs and statements regarding President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his advisers, and his policies. Also includes one short note dated 1945 from "Dick" stating that he found this book in a warehouse near Buchenwald.

  7. "Rundbrief an die Spender für die überlebenden Juden in Lettland und Litauen"

    Consists of 22 issues of a newsletter entitled "Rundbrief an die Spender für die überlebenden Juden in Lettland und Litauen" (newletters aimed at Latvian Holocaust survivors), published by Wolf Middelmann in Göttingen, Germany, from 1994-2004. The newsletters focus on financial support for survivors and their families.

  8. "Ruthie's Story"

    Consists of one memoir, entitled "Ruthie's Story," written by Ruth Meta Samson Bamdas, originally of Germany, about her Holocaust experiences. She describes her childhood in Germany and her training in Switzerland as a baby nurse. When she returned to Germany, she was told to report to the Gestapo, was warned to leave the area, and went to the Polish border. She and her aunt were able to obtain visas in 1937 or 1938 for England where she got a job. In 1945, she immigrated to the United States and reunited with her mother. Includes copies of family photographs.

  9. "Sara's Story"

    Consists of typed testimony of the Holocaust experiences of Sara Weingram, as written by Sondra Greenberg. The testimony describes Sara's childhood in Pułtusk, Poland, the German invasion, and her family's forced evacuation east to Russia. The family was briefly split, but reunited near Orsha, in Belarus. After the German invasion in June 1941, Sara was separated from her family during a German bombing raid and found an orphanage. She eventually found her family in Magnitogorsk, where the family suffered from illness and hunger. After the war, Sara married her boyfriend, lived in the Milan ...

  10. "Schimbarea Locului de Deportare, din Ghetoul Kanatkauti, Deportat intr-un lagar de Munca German-Varvarovka"

    Consists of one memoir, 22 pages, entitled "Schimbarea Locului de Deportare, din Ghetoul Kanatkauti, Deportat intr-un lagar de Munca German-Varvarovka" by Ron Michael. The memoir describes Mr. Michael's Holocaust experiences in Transnistria, in the Knatkauti and Varvarovka ghettos.

  11. "Secret of the Hat"

    Consists of one videocassette containing a documentary entitled "Secret of the Hat," which appeared on Slovak TV in 1979. "Secret of the Hat" tells the story of Elzbieta Ross (Rossova), known as Elsa in the documentary, born in 1915 in Trencín, Czechoslovkia. Elzbieta, who was Jewish (though that is not mentioned in the documentary) became a communist and was expelled from medical school for her communist ties. She became a courier for the communist underground, carrying directives received from Prague in, among other hiding places, her hat. She was arrested on November 21, 1941, by the Ge...

  12. "See you Soon Caroline!"

    Consists of one manuscript entitled, "See you soon Caroline!" by Bernard Wilson. The manuscript is a fictionalized account of a family researching the history of a grandfather, who was born at Rivesaltes and later adopted. The manuscript highlights the work of the American Friends Service Committee in southern France, particularly the work of Irish Quaker Mary Elmes (referred to in the manuscript as Marion Oakes).

  13. "Sefer Maasim Tovim" photograph

    Consists of one photograph of two girls holding a "Sefer Maasim Tovim" in Be̜drin, Poland, in the 1930s. On the right is Ester Krel and Libele Rubinsztajn is on the left.

  14. “Selection” Print 11 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting prisoners wrapped in blankets in a barrack being selected for an unknown labor detail by a Kapo and ghetto police officers at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both men were marked “Nacht and Nebel”, individuals presenting a threat to German security that had been abducted in the middle...

  15. "Shakespeare Saved My Life"

    Consists of one memoir, 84 pages, entitled "Shakespeare Saved My Life," by Eva Porges Rocek. In her memoir, Eva describes her family's history, her memories of the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, the antisemitic laws and regulations, her family's deportation to Theresienstadt (Terezin) and then Auschwitz, her liberation by the Russian Army in January 1945, and her life after the war in the United States.

  16. "Shanghai Jewish Chronicle" collection

    Consists of copies of the "Shanghai Jewish Chronicle" dated: May 10, 1942; Sep. 11, 1942; Sep. 28, 1943; Sep. 29, 1943; May 7, 1944; Sep. 2, 1945; and an undated issue entitled "Ein Jahr Aufbau."

  17. "Shari's Story"

    Consists of one memoir, 52 pages, entitled "Shari's Story" by Charlotte Wiesner Kuna, originally of Michalovce, Czechoslovakia. In the memoir, she describes pre-war family life in Michalovce, the beginning of anti-Jewish restrictions, and the fate of many friends and family members in Michalovce. In 1944, Charlotte (known as Shari or Shandele) and her sister received identity papers with Aryan names and moved around frequently to escape the Gestapo. They were imprisoned by the Gestapo in the spring of 1945, escaped after five weeks, hiding until they were liberated. She reunited with surviv...

  18. "Shmai Israel" poem

    Consists of "Shmai Israel" ("Hear, O Israel") written by Olga Zaslavsky. The poem, in Yiddish, relates to the massacre of Soviet Jews at Babi Yar. The poem is accompanied by a typed English translation.

  19. "Sieben Johre"

    Contains a book of nine drawings, entitled "Sieben Johre." The cover is thick paper with fabric spine; metal rivet at top and bottom. The right side is torn and missing.

  20. "Signs of Life: The Letters of Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer from Westerbork Nazi Transit Camp, 1942-1944"

    Testimony. Typescript, bound titled "Signs of Life: The Letters of Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer from Westerbork Nazi Transit Camp, 1942-1944." Edited by her daughters, Yoka Verdoner and Francisca Verdoner Kan.