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  1. Phyllis Milstein collection

    The Phyllis Milstein collection consists of five photographs and an affidavit relating to Phyllis Frankiel Milstein and her family's experiences in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. The typed document in English served as an affidavit for the birth of Oskar Frankiel.

  2. Selected records from the Bernard Bernstein Nazi gold file

    Contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning Nazi Germany's gold and other financial assets. Much of this material relates to the discovery by U.S. forces of a large cache of Nazi treasure in the Kaiseroda salt mine at Merkers, Germany, in April 1945. Colonel Bernstein was responsible for safeguarding and preparing an inventory of these valuables, which included gold, currency, works of art, and loot taken from victims in Nazi concentration or extermination camps. Also includes documentation of the financial aspects of the war, efforts to compensate ...

  3. Martha Fruchter Gulyas papers

    The papers consist of photographs and one identification card relating to Martha Fruchter Gulyas [donor's grandmother] and her family from the time period of the Holocaust. The identification card was issued to Martha Fruchter Gulyas from the Hungarian Jewish services in 1945 in Budapest, Hungary; this was the first identification papers she received her liberation.

  4. Danciger family photograph collection

    The Danciger family photograph collection consists of five photographs depicting the Danciger family and their experiences immediately following the Holocaust in Salzburg, Austria, and Wallern (Volary), Czechoslovakia.

  5. Henrietta Steiner papers

    The papers consist of the German passport ("Reisepass") issued to Marie Sara Felberbaum in 1940, a certificate issued by the Nazi Party (NSDAP) releasing Dr. Herbert Steiner from cleaning duties due to his medical position, a photograph of Dr. Herbert Steiner taken in 1938, and a photograph of a program for which Dr. Steiner was a speaker.

  6. Ruth Rintel papers

    The papers consist of photographs and a magazine relating to the Ruth Rintel's family in the time period of the Holocaust. The magazine, "Heute" - July 15, 1946, has a black and white photograph of Ruth Rintel as a child on the cover with the caption "Judisches Kind in Landsberg."

  7. Eichmann Trial -- Session 71 -- Testimony of Vera Alexander, Nachum Hoch, Gedalia Ben-Zvi

    Footage begins during testimony from witness Vera Alexander. The witness is shown various sketches of scenes depicting life in Auschwitz which were drawn by another survivor following liberation (the sketches are shown on screen). 00:09:38 Vera Alexander is excused and leaves the witness stand and the next witness, Nachum Hoch, is called to the stand. Hoch is sworn in and testifies in Hebrew (00:10:37) beginning with his deportation from Transylvania to Auschwitz and the selection process at the camp. He then goes on to describe being beaten (00:13:28) for attempting to get another ration o...

  8. Rosenstock family photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting the Rosenstock and Eisen families in Poland and Denmark before and during World War II and as refugees in Sweden during and after the war.

  9. Zella Shabasson Rosenberg photograph collection

    Collection of photographs showing liberation scenes: American flag over a liberated camp, American soldiers holding a newspaper announcing German surrender, and liberated prisoners taking revenge on a former guard at a concentration camp (possibly Dachau).

  10. Tabaczyński and Asz families papers

    The Tabaczyński and Asz families papers consist of biographical materials and photographs documenting Eugenia Tabaczyńska Shrut and her family as well as the family of her first husband, Mark Asch, before, during, and after the Holocaust in Kłodawa, Warsaw, the Warsaw ghetto, Italy, France, and America. Biographical materials include a Makabi membership card issued to Marek (Mojsze) Asz and a false permit issued to Itta Gella Asz for travel from Warsaw to Greece. They also include five documents issued to Eugenia (Gina) Tabaczyńska including a wartime work card for the Schultz Company, an...

  11. Litman Altman identification card

    The identification booklet was issued to Litman Altman (Leon Slucki) [donor's husband] with handwritten and printed entries and a black and white photograph.

  12. Photograph of schoolgirls in Germany

    Group portrait of German girls posing outside their school in front of a Nazi flag. Among those pictured is Lilli Eckstein six months before she was expelled from the school for being Jewish. Inscription in blue ink on verso:"1935- Lilli Eskster?- 1/2 year later we were expelled from school- Heldenbergen, Germany."

  13. Lloyd Stephens photograph collection

    The collection consists of nine photographs depicting atrocities committed in Gardelegen, Germany, including the laying out and burial of victims. The photographs were taken by Lloyd Stephens, member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

  14. Jewish new year card

    Consists of a New Year card for Rosh Hashana, on which is a photograph of Rywek Zytnik's cousin, Chaim, and text in Hebrew and Polish. The card was produced in Dzierżoniów, Poland.

  15. Eva Zysman papers

    The papers consist of a pass and an identification card, issued circa 1945 to Eva Kronenberg Zysman by UNRRA Team 502 in Stuttgart, Germany.

  16. Ticket

    The train ticket was given to Jadzia Liwer [donor] for passage from Yokohama-shi to Tokyo, Japan, and return; printed in black ink on recto and verso; recto background: printed red ink design; No 1418.

  17. Erich and Margot Leyser photograph collection

    The collection consists of two studio portraits of Erich and Margot Leyser, who were passengers aboard the MS St. Louis. Both photographs have inscriptions written by Margot Leyser. One photograph is inscribed with "Zum Abscheid aus Deutschland 4-Mai-1939" and the other photograph is inscribed "10.Juli 1946" and is stamped .".Optica Ariel..Montevideo" Uruguay.

  18. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 53, 62, 63 and 64 -- Excerpts from diary of Grand Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini and other witnesses

    Session 53. Witness Margit Reich is questioned by State Attorney Gavriel Bach. Bach asks about correspondence she received from her husband after he was sent to the Kistarcsa camp in Hungary. She reads from a postcard thrown from a train and a letter written on toilet paper that she received from him. Footage cuts to Session 62 at 00:10:44. Witness testimony from Leslie Gordon. The witness speaks in English, which is translated into Hebrew. He tells of being put to forced labor in Buczacz, Hungary, where the SS and SD forced him to dig ditches. A German truck painted with the words "Deutsch...

  19. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8

    Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Attorney General Gideon Hausner continues his opening statement. Hausner refers to the contributions of several Jewish persons to highlight the social and cultural decimation produced by the events of the Holocaust. According to the official court transcripts, the prosecution concludes his opening speech with these words: "By the mercy of Providence, which preserved a saving remnant, Adolf Eichmann's design was frustrated, and the intention that the cherished was not implemented to the end." However, the following transcription was taken directly from the tape starting ...

  20. Medical kit