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  1. 60th anniversary of the deportation of Hungarian Jews commemorative stamp

    Consists of two postal commemoration envelopes with stamps commemorating the 60th anniversary of the deportation of the Hungarian Jews; issued Apr.16, 2004, in Budapest, Hungary.

  2. "A Bizarre Belsen Encounter-Sweden 1982"

    Consists of a memoir, 12 pages, describing the liberation experiences of Peter Gannon, a member of the British Armed Forces that liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He also describes a chance reunion with a survivor of Bergen-Belsen in Sweden in 1982. Mr. Gannon had given the woman chocolate on the day of liberation.

  3. Koch/Pistreich family papers

    Contains documents, correspondence, and official papers pertaining to the Koch and Pistreich families of Vienna, Austria. The collection focuses on papers and correspondence regarding the successful attempt of Salomon Koch and Camilla Pistreich Koch to emigrate from Vienna to the United States in 1939. Also includes a history of the Pistreich family as well as extensive information about the Holocaust and emigration experiences of family members.

  4. "Theresienstadt;" Gerty Spies poetry

    Consists of a photocopy of "Theresienstadt," a collection of poetry written by Gerty Spies, a survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto. This copy was used by Ms. Spies when presenting her poetry and includes several handwritten corrections. It is inscribed to Elisabeth Schernig, 1983.

  5. David Glick's JDC mission to South America in the late 1930s

    Begins in color: A hydroplane is docked on the water in Trinidad. "Pan American Airlines" logo and lettering, crew members work on propellers and engine, walking along the wing, in the FG a young boy looks at the camera and watches the men on the "deck" of the plane. Several passengers board the plane, both men and women, all seem to be American or European. INT of plane: the cargo hold. MCU, camera pans interior of plane and passengers, some are working, writing notes on a tablet, others look out the window, and still others recline over several seats and go to sleep. EXT, MS, a young loca...

  6. Ruth Weyl collection

    Consists of photographs of the Weyl family and other German Jewish refugees in Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya, where they spent the war. Also contains one memoir, 11 pages, entitled "My Memories from Africa," written by Ruth Weyl, documenting her experiences in Africa from 1937-1948, as well as an advertisement card for the Weyl's boarding house in Nairobi, letters of recommendation, and correspondence from their lives in Africa.

  7. Bill Einreinhofer collection of Shanghai Jewish community materials

    The Bill Einreinhofer collection of Shanghai Jewish community materials includes a transcript of an oral history interview with Mr. Wang Fa Liang, who grew up in the Shanghai Jewish ghetto and describes his memories; present-day photographs of the former Jewish ghetto in Shanghai; and a booklet entitled "Xintiandi in Shanghai's Shikumen Long-tangs," which describes the history of the restoration of Shanghai.

  8. Scharlack family correspondence

    Consists of correspondence from the Dannenberg family, of Kassel, Germany, to the Scharlack family in the United States. Hugo and Blanka Dannenberg Scharlack emigrated from Germany to the United States with their children in 1938, but Mrs. Scharlack's family (consisting of her mother, Emma Dannenberg, and sisters Johanna and Berta Dannenberg, and Hedwig Amster), for financial and emigration reasons, were unable to escape. They write to her of the conditions in Germany and of their desires and frustrations regarding the emigration process.

  9. Shraga Weiner testimony

    Contains testimony, written by Mr. Shraga Weiner, describing incidents from his wartime experiences in the Kovno, Lithuania, ghetto and in the Dachau and Landsberg, Germany, concentration camps. The four "episodes" are entitled, "Diary of the Ninth Fort," "The 'Mediator'," "The Betrayal of M. Levin--A Mysterious Story," and "Gleams of Hope."

  10. Program for the dedication of the Bad Nauheim Synagogue

    Contains a program for the June 24, 1945 dedication service of the synagogue in Bad Nauheim, Germany. The service was run by the Headquarters XIX Corps and the officiating chaplain and cantor (respectively) were Samuel Blinder and Cpl. Melvin Miller, members of the United States Army.

  11. Lithuanian children photograph

    Contains one photograph of two young boys, aged approximately nine and four years old. The photograph, taken in Kaunas, Lithuania, was given to the parents of the Shulamith Shafer [donor], Paul and Riva Singal Huz, by the uncle of the boys in the Santa Maria displaced persons camp. The uncle, remembered only as "Leibel," gave the photograph to the Huzes hoping that they could locate the boys in the United States.

  12. Michael A. Durcan photograph collection

    The collection consists of two photographs taken in Ohrdruf concentration camp immediately following liberation.

  13. Joseph F. Jeppi photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photographs depicting the bodies of concentration camp prisoners killed by the SS near Gardelegen, Germany. The corpses had been pulled out of a nearby barn by German civilians under the supervision of the U.S. Army. Captions are written on the verso by John Jeppi [donor's father] who served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II.

  14. Kathryn Taylor papers

    The papers consist of a Deutsches Reich Reisepass stamped with a red "J" issued to Erich "Israel" Baum on December 21, 1935, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; a Deutsches Reich Reisepass stamped with a red "J" issued to Edith "Sara" Neugarten on July 17, 1935, in Leipzig, Germany; and two memoirs, one by Erich Baum and one by Edith Neugarten Baum, detailing their experiences during the Holocaust in Germany and their immigration to the United States.

  15. Robert Krob papers

    The papers consist of one letter and 11 photographs. The letter was written on September 4, 1945, by Robert Krob in Amberg, Germany, to his wife, Verona, in Iowa. In the letter he describes the experiences of a soldier from the 11th Armored Division of the United States Army who was in Mauthausen after the camp's liberation and his own opinions and impressions of the German regime. He enclosed with the letter 11 photographs that he printed from the negatives that were taken by the soldier who was at Mauthausen.

  16. Goldman family papers

    The papers consist of letters sent by the Goldman family in Łódź, Poland, to their daughter and sister, Zosia Sophie Perlman, in Chicago, Ill.

  17. Selected records related to Bessarabia and Bukovina from the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records of surveillance of Jews and expropriation of their property in Bessarabia and Bukovina, as well as surveillance and intimidation of other minorities such as Protestants.

  18. Jewish religious community in Lwów, Poland records (Fond 701)

    Records of the Jewish community of Lwów in the interwar period (1917-1939) related to the religious, cultural, educational and charitable activities of the Jewish community of Lwów and Eastern Galicia.The collection includes minutes of the meetings of the board of the Lwów Jewish community, correspondence of the officials of the Jewish community with the local authorities, financial and budget reports of the Jewish communities of Eastern Galicia, inventories of the property of the local synagogues, bylaws of the local Jewish public organizations and charitable foundations, lists and appl...

  19. Selected records from the Reichskreditkassen collection (R 29)

    Contains documents related to the operations of the Reichskreditkassen (German central bank) in the occupied territories.

  20. "In Memory of a Great Man"

    Consists of one memoir, translated from the original French into Spanish and English, entitled "In Memory of a Great Man," written by Dr. Boleslaw Ratniewski. Dr Ratniewski, originally of Poland, received a medical degree in France in 1930. He was mobilized into the Polish Army after the German invasion in 1939. In 1941, he was captured by the German Army, escaped from a POW camp, and joined the resistance. Dr. Rainiewski joined the Russian army in 1943, and was transferred to the Polish army in 1944. After the war, he resumed work in a hospital in Poland until his immigration to Mexico in ...