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  1. Franz Morawetz correspondence

    Contains correspondence primarily from Franz Morawetz (donor's grandfather) in Vienna, Austria to his family in the USA, specifically to his wife Theresa (Reserl) and their children who immigrated to Brooklyn, NY and settled in Philadelphia, PA. His letters document efforts to immigrate and his attempts at fleeing to Cuba or Japan. Franz Morawetz was deported from Vienna, Austria to Theresienstadt concentration camp on July 28, 1942, then to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on May 15, 1944. He is presumed to have perished on July 11, 1944.

  2. Srul (Sam) Peretsman correspondence

    Contains two copies of a letter written to George Peretsman (donor's uncle) from his relative Srul Israel Peretsman from Ostrog, Ukraine, in which Peretsman describes his experiences during the Soviet occupation of Ostrog, the German invasion, and his escape to the Ural region.

  3. "A Rejected Stone: My Life"

    Memoir by Ben-Zion Schuster, originally of Jezierzany, Poland (Ozeri︠a︡ny, Ukraine), entitled "A Rejected Stone: My Life." The memoir is a printed draft from November 1990, and translated from the Yiddish by Professor Robert Moses Shapiro. The memoir describes Ben-Zion’s prewar family life in a shtetl, his studies at a yeshiva in Łuck, Poland (Lutsk, Ukraine), his wartime experience under Soviet and Germany occupation, the fates of his family members, his postwar experiences in displaced persons camps, and his immigration to the United States. 279 pages.

  4. Aylah Rottenberg collection

    Consists of copyprints and copies of correspondence from the collection of Aylah Rottenberg, originally of Tel Aviv. Includes copyprints depicting Ambassador James Grover McDonald with Ms. Rottenberg and correspondence, dated 1949, between them.

  5. "Memories and Regrets"

    Consists of one memoir, 27 pages, entitled "Memories and Regrets" by Haim Teicher, 27 pages, in Hebrew. The memoir, written in Tel Aviv on June 28, 1992, describes Mr. Teicher's Holocaust experiences, including witnessing the liquidation of the Stanislavov ghetto, the murder of his family in the Dolina ghetto, and his escape into Romania with the assistance of the driver of the local SS official.

  6. Selected records from the State Archives of the Orel Region, Russian Federation

    Contains records of the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate Nazi crimes within Orel region. Includes records relating the crimes committed by the Germans and their allies during WWII occupation of the Orel region.

  7. Selected records from the State Archives of the Bryansk Region, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records related to the partisan warfare and the local administration during and after WWII of the Bryansk region. Includes documents of the local administration established by the Nazis during WWII and by the Soviet Union after WWII . The records of the Soviet administration pertain to investigation of crimes committed by the Nazis during the occupation. Includes also a small collection of records related to the history of the Jewish population before WWII (1917-1941).

  8. Selected records from the State Archives of the Novgorod Region, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records relating to German occupation in the Novgorod region from August 1941 to January 1944. Includes records relating to the extermination of Jews, Roma, Soviet civilians, and prisoners of war; records of evacuation, and lists of population. Also contains pre-war records on liquidation of synagogues and their transformation into medical facilities.

  9. Selected records from the Central State Archives of the Republic Mordovia, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records related to evacuation of various groups of Soviet citizens and relocation to Republic of Mordovia from 1939 to 1944. Includes various lists of evacuated Jews, communists, political refugees, specialized workers and members of their families. Also includes correspondence pertaining to allocation of food, improvement of living conditions, and maintenance of orphanages etc.

  10. Selected records from the Central State Archives of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

    Contains records of the St. Petersburg City Evacuation Commission related to the evacuation of the Soviet civilian. It includes various lists of the evacuees, correspondence of local authorities regarding evacuation, reports and plans for evacuation etc. Also contains small collection of correspondence files of the representative of the Jewish Distribution Committee ( Joint) in Petrograd ( 1923-1925) related to the assistance provided by this organization to Jewish communities in Moscow, Kiev, Odessa etc.

  11. Selected records from the Central State Archives of Historical-Political Documentation in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

    Contains records related to the partisan warfare and situation in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) region, activities of the underground regional Committee of the Communist Party. Also contains a small collection of the captured German records and publications, German flyers and posters. Includes records of the Jewish population (statistics, EvSekt︠s︡ii︠a︡ records, working plans and reports) pertaining to the history of the Jewish population of the region before WWII (1920s-1930s).

  12. Administration of KL Lublin Administracja KL Lublin

    Contains records of the KL Lublin Administration on prisoners and staff: the orders of chief officers, statistics of prisoners, reports of transports of prisoners, death notices, name-lists of transported prisoners, card files, lists of labor commands and prisoners who died in the camp, lists of prisoners hired by the German Arms Works on Lipowa St. in Lublin, documents on deliveries of Zyklon B, correspondence regarding contacts with the trade enterprise in Reich III, reports of the number of camp staff, and personal files of SS officers. Also contains card files listing goods taken from p...

  13. Records of Israel police, Bureau 06, in charge of the investigation and interrogation of Adolf Eichmann

    Contains evidentiary material and the audio recordings of the interrogation of Adolf Eichmann conducted by Captain Avner Less of the Israeli Police. The interrogation took place during a period of nine months in a fortified police station in Yagur, near Haifa in northern Israel. The audio recordings of the interrogation cover the period from May 29, 1960 to February 02, 1961. This collection is a sub-collection of the larger RG 79 Israeli Police, 1948-1985.

  14. Reichsstatthalter in Wien-Staatliche Verwaltung des Reichsgaues Wien ( Signature: AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ RStH Wien)

    Contains records pertaining to the Office of Reich Governor and Nazi party district leader Baldur von Schirach. Contains a wide variety of Nazi administrative records, including weekly reports from various countries in Europe and the Middle East; Gestapo records; speeches; administrative police matters including secret police reports; expropriation and Aryanization records; prison and court matters including prisoner transports; regulations concerning the treatment of Jews; appeals; records pertaining to the treatment of political enemies including clergy, as well as forced laborers and pri...

  15. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Loire

    Contains documents concerning the refugee centers in Chambon-sur-Lignon, run by La Cimade (Côteau-Fleuri) and La Maison-des-Roches. Daniel Trocmé, nephew of Pastor Trocmé and director of the latter, was sent to Buchenwald when a round-up occurred (see PV of his arrest). Also includes records from internment camps like Tence, records connected to Gurs on Noé, and police records relating to immigration, foreign workers in forced labor brigades, house arrests and surveillance of foreigners, round-ups, education and teachers.

  16. Selected records relating to Kindertransports, from the National Archives, UK

    Contains selected records from various government offices relating to the Kindertransports, including policy, the refugee situation, the Guardianship Bill, financial assistance, pamphlets and annual reports of the Refugee Children's Movement, and some personal case files.

  17. Selected records from the collections of the Călăraşi Branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records from the Commissariat of police of the Port of Calarasi, and includes records relating to: surveillance of Iron Guard, the situation of Jews, the transit of German and Italian armies, reorganization of Iron Guard and communist movement. Also contains records from the Police of the city of Calarasi, and includes records relating to: confiscation of Jewish property, nomadic Roma, confiscation of furniture belonging to Jews, including real estate, forced labor of Jews, Jews of Sephardic community, surveillance of Jews, spies, members of Iron Guards, communists and members of r...

  18. Glavnoe Pereselncheskoe Upravlenie pri Sovete Ministrov RSFSR (Fond A-327)

    Contains name lists of evacuees, correspondence, minutes, and various reports created by the Main Resettlement Administration regarding resettlement and aid provided to evacuees. Includes statistical reports and information relating to Soviet civilians who were repatriated from Germany, France, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and China, a list of Soviet citizens residing in Yugoslavia, and lists of Polish citizens returning to Poland. The Main Resettlement Administration was established on February 12, 1942 as the main administrative body of the Russian Federation responsible for t...

  19. Records of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee from the State Archives of the Russian Federation (GARF), Fond 8114, opis 1

    Contains records of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, JAC (Yevreysky Antifashistsky Komitet, ЕАК), including board organizational records; correspondence with Einikait (Unity) supporters; international correspondence with foreign Jewish organizations and individuals; name lists of foreign Jewish supporters of the JAC; JAC membership lists; material collected to be published in the “Black Book”; and copies of originals and edited "Einikait" newspaper articles, poems, works of prose, songs, and literary criticisms.