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  1. Fred Oestreicher collection

    Consists of one passport, "Deutsches Reich Reisepass," issued to "Ferdinand Israel Oestericher," with a red ink "J" stamped on the first page, cover detached, issued on 2 Mar. 1939; one black and white photograph, dated Nov. 1939, hand colored, taken by the donor, of the interior of a synagogue in Landau, Germany; and one clipping of the images, including the one that the donor took, above, of three synagogues in Landau, Glogau, and Beuthen, Germany.

  2. Hedwig Goldmann papers

    The Hedwig Goldmann papers consists of two Identification cards issued to Hedwig Goldmann in the Theresienstadt,(Terezin) ghetto and in the Deggendorf.Germany, displaced persons camp; a certificate of labor performed in the Theresienstadt ghetto, issued in July 1945 to Hedwig Goldmann; a letter rfrom the Austrian Red Cross regarding the fates of family members; eleven (unused photographic postcards of Theresienstadt; and 26 pieces of Theresienstadt ghetto scrip.

  3. Hana Wieder collection.

    The Hana Wieder collection consists of postcards written to Konrad Budzanowski in Brussels by Reginsa Budzanowski in Breslau (Wroclaw), Germany; Chaim and Itta Birnbaum in a Soviet labor camp near Konosho, Archangelsk district, USSR; and an aunt, Stefanie Leschizer, in Izbica Lubelska ghetto, Poland. Also included are documents relating to Konrad Budzanowski and Helena Hudes Budzanowski’s inquiries with Polish authorities regarding their civil status, and a photograph of them.

  4. Renee Fritz photograph collection

    The Renee Fritz photograph collection consists of nine photographic prints depicting Sima Schwalb and her daughter, Renee Schwalb, a Jewish child in hiding, from Austria and Belgium.

  5. Esther Karpman collection

    Consists of three documents relating to donor's membership in the Zionist Organization of Poland, and one immigration certificate issued to the donor, entitling her to immigrate to Palestine.

  6. Arthur Mayers photograph collection

    The Arthur Mayers photograph collection consists of nine vintage copy prints of Buchenwald concentration camp at the time of liberation, including images of the gallows, bear pit, crematorium, and camp survivors.

  7. Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior collection

    The Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior collection consists of two petitions for the issuance of identification cards for Lejzor Melchior, Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior’s paternal grandfather and of Rózia Melchior, Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior's paternal great-aunt in the Radom ghetto, Poland. Petition; number 4089 for identification card by Rózia Melchior, Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior’s paternal great-aunt, born on June 12, 1889; Jewish; married; residing on 45 Słowackiego Street apt. 12 in the Radom ghetto; issued, March 22, 1941; location: Radom ghetto, Poland; in German and Polish. Petition; number 4092 fo...

  8. Photographs of Hermann Göring and of concentration camps

    Consists of 36 photographic prints bearing images of Hermann Göring during meetings, with his family and with Adolf Hitler; the film with these images was found by a soldier while the donor's unit was marching through Mannheim, Germany. The images were developed contemporaneously. Also contains seven photographic prints bearing images of concentration camps (most likely Dachau concentration camp), taken by Harry Mueller while on assignment as a photographer with the U.S. Army, dated April 1945.

  9. Moshe Sheps photograph collection

    The Moshe Sheps photograph collection consists of photographs of members of "Hashomer Hadati" in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; the "Kibbutz Buchenwald" in Gersfeld, Germany and in Italy awaiting immigration to Palestine; four family photographs from Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; and three photographs of the Gorset family, Moshe Sheps' cousins.

  10. Toby Quitslund papers

    Consists of three identification cards: identification card issued to Maurice Goldstein, 21 October 1941; forged identification card-issued to an alias, "Yves Maurice Gallois;" and a forged Identification card issued to an alias "Maurice Marchal," dated circa 15 March 1940-42.

  11. Esther Loeb collection

    Consists of four photographic prints: one image of Esther Loeb in Siberia during the war; one of Esther Loeb in Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany, and two of Esther Loeb in Israel.

  12. David and Nina Fox collection

    The David and Nina Fox collection consists of two photographs taken Foehrenwald, Germany, likely at the Foehrenwald DP camp; a newspaper clipping regarding Jozef Schmidt, 1904-1942, a lyric tenor; and a newspaper clipping regarding Nazi atrocities and ghetto scenes, 1945; in Yiddish.

  13. Sally Muschel collection

    The Sally Muschel collection consists of photographs of school children and teachers at the Ainring displaced persons camp; baggage tags used in her immigration to the United States; two certificates issued by the World ORT Union 5th Area H.Q. Vocational School in Lechfeld, Germany; a telegram; and a letter.

  14. Raymond McCormick photograph collection

    The Raymond McCormick photograph collection consists of nine photographs of an unidentified concentration camp following its liberation, circa 1945. The photographs include images of victims’ corpses, a cemetery, and a memorial.

  15. Children in Medem Sanatorium

    Quote from opening Yiddish credits of film: "This is a documentary film depicting the life of the children in the Medem Sanatorium in Miedzeszyn, near Warsaw. The Sanatorium was founded and directed by the Central Organization of the Yiddish-Secular Schools and the General Jewish Labor Bund in Poland. It bore the name of the Bundist leader Vladimir Medem. The Sanatorium was in existence from 1926 until the summer of 1942. The film was made in 1938. The Medem Sanatorium was an institution for therapy and education. It was renowned throughout Europe for its modern pedagogic methods and served...

  16. Displaced Persons, Norwegian relief efforts

    Notes taken from NCJF documentation, cribbed from narration presented by Cedric Hardwicke: "This film describes the life of the "hard core" displaced persons in a village in South Germany. They were the handicapped, the old, and the victims of polio that no country wanted. For them no jobs were made available and their lives seemed hopeless until the Norwegian government allowed small numbers to immigrate and settle. The rest of the film shows two people: one woman whose husband and two children had TB but were rehabilitated and were able to return to normal family life, and a blind man who...

  17. Nuremberg: ruins of the city; IMT

    Excerpt from the film beginning with opening titles: "This film is made available for television by the Department of the Army in the public interest. Europe 1945." VS of destruction, rubble, etc. incurred in the European theater of war. Men, women, children, babies, walking aimlessly through piles of rubble. German intertitles list the major Nazi Party leaders, all on trial at Nuremberg. VS, scenes of the courtroom, prosecutors/judges speaking, translators in booth. Pan of International Military Tribunal. VS, crowds, Nazi Germany, Nazi Party rallies, large crowds running in the streets, Hi...

  18. Estelle Gerson collection

    Consists of four Jewish New Years cards; one photograph of a young woman seated at a table; two letters, the first dated August 1, 1947 and second dated October 28, 1948; and eight envelopes.

  19. U.S. liberators

    Group of U.S. liberators in front of building, posing for camera, some hanging from windows on second floor, civilians pass in FG. MCUs as some liberators are interviewed.

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris

    The last days in Paris before the Arrival of US Troops. Street barricades; firing rifles from windows; FFI men rounding collaborators; captured German soldiers; Red Cross workers helping wounded; ceremony at City Hall; raising flag; new Prefect of Police; wounded man; barber.