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Language of Description: English

  1. "Die Fahne Hoch!...Wesen werden und Wirken des Dritten Reiches"

    Consists of a copy of the original typed manuscript of "Die Fahne Hoch!..Wesen werden und Wirken des Dritten Reiches" by Fritz Ginszberg. The manuscript, which was offered to publishers, includes images tucked or pasted into the text and was published in 1946.

  2. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of two photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes one photograph of a room filled with corpses, and one photograph of two American soldiers looking at corpses in an open railcar.

  3. George Feger letters

    The George Feger letters consist of letters send to George Feger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from members of the Feger family of Vienna, Austria in 1938. The letters request assistance and support in the form of affidavits for immigration from Austria. The family was unsure whether they were related to George Feger, but hoped he would assist them based on sympathy and the potential family connection.

  4. Oral history interview with Irene Austern Schopp

  5. "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis"

    Consists of one manuscript, 104 pages, entitled "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis," with a copy in French, by Giacomo Nunez, originally of Tunis. In the manuscript, Mr. Nunez describes the history of the Jewish community in Italy, Spain, and Tunis throughout history, focusing specifically on the experiences of the Nunez family. He also describes his own childhood in Tunis and memories of World War II as a Jewish boy in North Africa, including his memories of bombings and forced labor.

  6. Selected records from the National Archives of Malta

    This collection contains records relating to the Jewish Community of Malta, such as birth and marriage certificates, applications for passports and permission to travel, immigration to Malta, internment, and travel from Palestine.

  7. "From Rue Vieille du Temple to Limoux"

    Consists of one memoir, 39 pages, entitled "From Rue Vieille du Temple to Limoux" by Perla Hauszwalb Nunez, who survived the Holocaust in Limoux, France. Mrs. Nunez escaped to Limoux as a teenager after the deportation of her mother and siblings during the Vel d'Hiv round-up in Paris in July 1942. Includes copies of family photographs, correspondence with people who helped her, and information about the fates of the members of the Hauszwalb family.

  8. "Living Surgical History, or Sisyphus at the Water Fountain"

    Consists of two chapters of a memoir entitled "Living Surgical History, or Sisyphus at the Water Fountain" by Dr. Henry Gans, originally of Zevenaar, the Netherlands. In these chapters, Dr. Gans describes his memories of his schooling in Arnhem under the German occupation of the Netherlands, learning his father was selected for deportation to Westerbork, and the decision for his family to go into hiding. Dr. Gans, a teenager at the time, spent thirty months in hiding with his brother at a farm in Angelo, a small village in the Netherlands. The family was reunited after the Allied liberation...

  9. "Süssholz Siblings: The War"

    Consists of one memoir, 50 pages, entitled "Süssholz Siblings: The War" by Friedl Süssholz-Wolfstein, originally of Trier, Germany. She describes her childhood, her father and brother's deportation from Germany as stateless persons in 1938, and her own escape as a child into Belgium, where her family was slowly reunited. After various attempts to escape after the outbreak of war, Friedl and her brothers were arrested in France, and Friedl was deported to Auschwitz, where she worked sorting victim belongings in the "Canada" section of the camp. After Auschwitz was evacuated, Friedl was sent ...

  10. Gestapo Headquarter Vienna : Daily Reports Gestapo Leitstelle Wien : Tagesrapporte

    Contains the daily arrest reports of the Gestapo Vienna, the originals of which are held by the Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW) and the Bundesarchiv Berlin.

  11. Records from the National Jewish Community, Rome (Unione delle comunita ebraiche Italiane)

    Contains records relating to the situation of Italian Jews across Italy, with a larger section focusing on Rome and depicting the response of the Italian Jewish communities to both the racial laws and the deportations.

  12. Post-war French youth group correspondence

    Consists of a collection of correspondence from the directors of French youth groups (primarily HaChalutz and the Gordonia movement) written to the Jewish Agency Youth and Pioneer Department in Jerusalem from 1949-1950. Includes 1948 activity reports, requests for assistance, and copies of letters written by the Youth and Pioneer Department in response to these requests.

  13. Hersch Wasser collection Kolekcja Hersza Wassera

    The collection consists of diaries, eyewitness accounts, testimonies, essays, official and underground publications, documents from the Jewish councils (Judenrats). The materials pertain to Jewish communities, ghettos, labor camps and to Jews living illegally on the "Aryan side." Materials on the Warsaw Ghetto include a manuscript diary and other notes by Emanuel Ringelblum. Essays by other members of the Oneg Shabat group on topics related to conditions in the ghetto, such as: black market, street trade, smuggling, working, performing arts, child beggars, ghetto folklore, sanitary conditio...

  14. The Filderman collection

    Contains the personal papers of Dr. Wilhelm Filderman, a leader of the Romanian Jewish community who was active in the rescue of his country's Jews during the Holocaust. Includes Dr. Filderman’s memoirs and book, as well as articles, reports, appeals, newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating to the persecution of Jews during the fascist regime, prewar and postwar Jewish organizations in Romania, and the situation of Romanian Jewry after the war.

  15. "A Survivor's Connections: Yesterday into Today"

    Consists of one typed testimony, 14 pages, entitled "A Survivor's Connections: Yesterday into Today" by Judith Sherman, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück. In the testimony, she describes the various elements of daily life that remind her of her Holocaust experiences and includes poetry that she has written about her memories.

  16. Letter regarding the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp

    Consists of one letter, date April 26 [1945], from "Guy," an otherwise unknown author, describing his experiences as a member of the United States military while touring the Buchenwald concentration camp after the liberation of the camp. In the letter, he describes the various buildings in the camp, the survivors he met, and the way the camp operated. The letter was found in the personal papers of Mrs. Casimir de Rham of Tuxedo Park, NY.

  17. Jewish Council in Pińsk Rada Żydowska w Pińsku (Sygn.224/1)

    Contains records of the Jewish council in Pińsk. Includes a payroll for the Jewish council workers in Pińsk.

  18. Jewish Council in Międrzyrzecz Podlaski Rada Żydowska w Międzyrzeczu Podlaskim (Sygn. 219)

    Consists of the summons to turn up at forced labor, Judenrat stamps, a receipt of payment for Easter holiday, a receipt from the pharmacy.

  19. Appeal Court in Lublin (SAL) Sąd Apelacyjny w Lublinie (SAL), Sygn. 220

    This collection contains selected files of criminal trials which took place in the Appeals Court in Lublin during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liabi...

  20. District Court in Lublin (SOL) Sąd Okręgowy w Lublinie (SOL), Sygn. GK 259

    Contains selected files of criminal trials created by the District Court in Lublin during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes comm...