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  1. Ohrdruf liberation photograph

    Consists of a photograph of corpses on the ground in the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Photograph also shows a soldier's back; he appears to be holding a camera.

  2. Fred Weinman: A Biography

    Consists of a memoir, 55 pages, entitled "Fred Weinman: A Biography," by Lois Weinman Roberts. Fred Weinman (Fritz Simon Weinmann), originally of Magdeburg, Germany, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1939. The memoir describes his pre-war experiences in Germany and his emigration experiences. Includes copies of photographs from the life of Fred Weinman.

  3. Rina Rubinstein collection

    Consists of a brief history of the Holocaust experiences of Rina Rubinstein, originally of Kovno, Lithuania. She survived the war in hiding in Lithuania, though her parents, Max and Eida Judelevich Gilde, perished in the Kovno ghetto. Also includes copies of family photographs, including photographs of her parents and her rescuers, Yulia and Arejas Vitkauskene, as well as a copy of a letter written by her parents to family members telling them that they had placed Rina in hiding.

  4. Arthur Spiegel collection

    Consists of various cards and papers used by Hanna Aschermann in the Theresienstadt ghetto, including a ration card, work papers, medical documents, and a postcard written to Ms. Aschermann in the ghetto. Also includes correspondence between Mr. Arthur Spiegel and Yale University regarding the play "Cat in the Ghetto."

  5. Michael and Hilde Prooth collection

    Consists of post-war correspondence and forms related to the restitution claims of Michael and Hilde Prooth, including information regarding Michael Prooth's experiences in the Wulzburg concentration camp and Hilde Prooth's experiences in the Theresienstadt ghetto.

  6. David Rendel collection

    Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Rendel family and other families in Łuków, Poland. Most photographs are described by David Rendel [donor]. Also includes postcards of the area, testimony pages from Yad Vashem detailing the fate of family and friends, and two pieces of scrip from the Łódź ghetto.

  7. "Charlotte's memoirs, Oct. 8, 1991"

    Consists of a memoir entitled "Charlotte's Memoirs," written by Charlotte Arpadi Baum in 1991. In the memoir, Charlotte describes her experiences as a child and as an adolescent in Berlin, Germany, as an inhabitant of the ghetto in Rīga, Latvia, in the concentration camps of Rīga-Kaiserwald and Stutthof, on a death march, of liberation in Poland, and her emigration to the United States. Please note: This material is available on microfiche as RG-02.121.

  8. Wilhelm Schlesinger memoir

    Consists of untitled memoir, 41 pages, written by Wilhelm Schlesinger and detailing his experiences during the Holocaust. Dr. Schlesinger, a Jewish Communist from Vienna, describes his experiences in Drancy, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald, as well as his experiences in post-war Vienna. Includes English translation. Collection also includes an announcement of Dr. Schlesinger's 1949 graduation from medical school, an announcement of his death in 1992, and photographs of Dr. Schlesinger with wartime friends.

  9. "Das Gesetz und die Wissenschaft in Deutschland, 1941-1945"

    Consists of speech, 14 pages, written and delivered by Dr. Rudolf Vrba in Frankfurt, Germany upon the 40th anniversary of the Auschwitz trial. The speech, with the English title of "Law and Science in Germany, 1941-1945," discusses the Nazi pseudo-science of eugenics and how the practice of defining race by blood was done legally, even though it is impossible to racially distinguish blood. He also discusses his beliefs regarding the importance of the study of the Holocaust, especially in Germany.

  10. Julie K. Patrick photographs

    Consists of 59 photographs taken by a United States Army soldier in 1945. Includes photographs of France and Germany at the end of the war, and of the liberation of an unidentified concentration camp.

  11. Selected records from National Archives in Prague (JAF: NSM 1464)

    This collection contains records of the Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and subordinate Czech agencies dealing with matters of internal security and “racial” policy. It also includes a police catalog of art and precious metal objects confiscated from Jews.

  12. Dedication of the Buchenwald "Little Camp" memorial

    Consists of CD-ROM containing a 21 minute video introducing a brief history of the "Little Camp" or "Jewish Camp" section of the Buchenwald concentration camp and the dedication of a memorial at the site of the" Little Camp," which took place on April 14, 2002.

  13. Occupation prison files: Selected records from the National Archives in Prague (JAF 1007)

    Records generated by German occupational institutions (Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren) and Czech auxiliary agencies dealing with matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures. Includes materials from the Gestapo prison, Pankrác, personal files of prisoners at Cheb, Czechoslovakia, and in Mirov Prison (near Sumperk, Czechoslovakia), various list of persons deported from the Reichsprotektorat (1941-1945), and catalog cards of concentration camp inmates from Buchenwald, Mauthausen, and Theresienstadt. Bulk of the records contain German deportation card...

  14. "Tears of Remembrance"

    Consists of a manuscript, 46 pages, containing a brief narration/introduction by Stuart Robinson, entitled "Tears of Remembrance," followed by scanned photographs and maps, and affidavits with translations. The manuscript relates the experiences of residents of Grünberg, Poland, focusing on Mr. Florian Drzymala, who witnessed the executions of forty-one Jewish women during a death march that came through the town in January 1945. Also contains VHS videotape of an August 1999 meeting with Mr. Drzymala, in which he relates his experiences.

  15. Eva Moore papers

    The papers consist of 3 photographs, 4 postcards, 1 autograph album, and 1 card relating to the experiences of Eva Weitzmann (now Eva Moore) in a children's home in La Guette, France. She was sent to the home on a Kindertransport, and in 1941 she emigrated to the United States on the ship, "Mouzinho," as part of a children's group under the auspices of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM).

  16. Josef Adler papers

    The papers consist of a note handwritten by Luba Weissblum Adler [donor's mother] asking Mr. Raduchowski to take care of her son if she does not survive and to send him to her family in France; a promissary note to Herman Adler [donor's father]; a note of non-payment issued by a notary public; a certificate stating that Josef Adler completed two years of vocational school in Lille, France; and an identification card issued to Efraim Leibowitz Adler [Josef Adler] who emigrated to Israel on June 13, 1948.

  17. Ewa Karpinska photograph collection

    The collection consists of 18 photographs depicting members of Ewa Karpinska's family in Germany during the time period of the Holocaust.

  18. Bodies of victims photograph

    Consists of a photograph taken of a pile of bodies of victims at an unidentified concentration camp. The photograph shows the legs and torsos of the victims, who have been stacked in a pile.

  19. Weisz family papers

    The collection consists of documents, including a postcard, identification cards, certificates, and affidavits, relating to Laszlo and Ibolya Weisz and their family members and experiences in Hungary during the Holocaust.

  20. Eva M. Goldschmidt papers

    The papers consist of two letters written by Eva Goldschmidt who was living in Chicago, Ill., and searching for information regarding the fate of her mother; one letter was written to James Sweet and the other letter was written to Frau Emil Huber; both letters were sent to James Sweet while he was serving with the United States Army in Europe.