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Language of Description: English

  1. Denise Hans photographs

    Contains nine photographs pertaining to the experiences of Denise Hans, her siblings, and cousins in hiding in a Sister of Zion convent in the Netherlands.

  2. Presentation by Nicole Denier Long

  3. Oral history interview with David Nencel

  4. Berthe H. Ford documents

    Consists of two identity cards, one each for Pesi Sylberberg and for Henryk Hanower, identifying them as civilian internees in Mauthausen, Sep. 1945.

  5. Wartime SS officer's diary

    The wartime diary of an SS officer is written in German and is arranged chronologically although the year is unknown. The diary includes descriptions of events along with newspaper clippings and map. The dairy was taken from an SS officer by an unnamed Sergeant in the United States Army.

  6. Prelude to war in Poland; Polish army; Smigly-Rydz

    HAS, Polish army parading through the streets of Warsaw, the cannons are drawn by horses, tanks roll by, men sweeping debris, motorcycle troops: this is a sign/prelude to war. Massive crowds line the parade route. LS, a large number of civilians walking around on a field, there are Polish military regiments lined up along the field, buildings are visible in the distance. All the regiments were rounded up on the field and then marched from the field through Warsaw. MS of dignitaries at the reviewing stand, everyone is wearing top hats, including President Moscicki. HAS, military parade. The ...

  7. Fond du Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions (Police Générale)

    Contains various documents of the Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions including alphabetical name lists of various categories of French Jewish refugees, foreign Jewish, and non-Jewish refugees, political refugees, and Spanish, Polish, Italian, etc. refugees; administrative and other documents concerning French internment camps at Nîmes, Garrigues, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, L'Ardoise, Auch, and others; instructions and regulations regarding refugees in labor groups and refugees in internment camps.

  8. Liz Sonnenfeld nee Rozsi Szalbe-Marecka collection

    Contains a Polish memoir and English translation along with photographs about Rozsi Szalbe-Marecka's Holocaust experiences.

  9. Saved by a Sting How one Jew Survived Five Concentration Camps

    Contains information about Henry Orenstein's participation in the "scientists commando," a phony unit of chemists, mathematicians, and engineers formed by German scientists seeking to elude the draft.

  10. Bronka Krygier papers

    Contains photographs, documents, and postcards pertaining to Bronka Kyrgier's Holocaust experiences as she pretended to be a gentile in order to survive in Poland.

  11. Selected records from the Departmental Archives de la Haute-Garonne

    This collection contains records on internees in the Noé, Récébédou, Vernet, and Brens camps. Records include name, date and place of birth, and (occasionally) date of internment. The collection also includes information about the administration of the camps; arrests and deportations; the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; and legislation concerning Jews and Freemasons.

  12. Selected records from the Prefettura Gabinetto Ebrei di Roma

    Contains records related to Italy’s 1938 “race law” and the ensuing census of Italian Jews, notably on individual discrimination cases and exemptions on the basis of health, mixed marriage, decoration in World War I, or membership in the Fascist Party.

  13. Selected records from the Questura Ebrei di Roma

    Proceedings of the Commissione provinciale per le sanzioni contro il fascismo (provincial commissions to punish Fascist crimes); reinstatement of Jews in professional associations.

  15. [Newspaper]

    Newspaper published by the Altestenrat, the Council of Elders, in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. It was the only newspaper allowed in the ghetto and only published decrees issued by the German authorities.

  17. [Newspaper]

    Headline: "Jews Face Massacre."

  19. Raya Karschon photograph collection

    Contains a photograph album with 19 images documenting Raya Karshon's experiences in Switzerland while at a sanatorium recovering from tuberculosis, and her time in Belgium after World War II. Rectangular form; light brown embossed paper cover with edge lacing and fabric lining; black and white photographs mounted on black paper pages that are tied into the album; inscription in ink on first page.

  20. Seeligmann family papers

    The collection consists of identification photographs of members of the Seeligmann family and documents relating to the Seeligmann family who fled from Berlin, Germany, to Tianjin, China, in 1939.