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  1. Ungar family papers

    The Ungar family papers consist of original correspondence received by Eric Ungar’s family in St. Louis from their Ungar and Schlesinger relatives in Austria and England between 1939 and 1944 as well as a copy of a family history compiled by Eric Ungar. The correspondence describes life in wartime Austria and England, particularly the suffering and deprivation of the Schlesinger grandparents in Vienna, relates emigration efforts and complications, and asks for and relays news about family members, including those sent to Theresienstadt, Poland, and Lithuania. The correspondence also reflect...

  2. Wallace Community College Days of Remembrance

    Contains the speeches from the Wallace Community College Days of Remembrance ceremony in Selma, Alabama.

  3. The liberation of Ohrdruf, April 1945

    Contains a memoir, seven pages, about Art M. Gray's enlistment in the United States Army in October 1940, his reactions to Ohrdruf on April 10, 1945, and thoughts regarding his military service.

  4. Liro KZ-Nebenlager Lieberose: Drei starben im KZ-Nebenlager Lieberose: Das Schicksal der juedischen Familie Wollner

    Contains a booklet, 41 pages, with photocopied photographs and biographical information about the fate of the Wollner family during the Holocaust.

  5. "Studenternes Efterretnigstjeneste"

    Contains copies of a newspaper entitled "Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste," with information about the arrests of members of the Danish population by the Gestapo. Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste (SE) was an underground resistance organization in Denmark.

  6. Records of Chief Prosecutor Landmesser of Bromberg (Bydgoszcz)

    The records of Chief Prosecutor Landmesser of Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) consist of correspondence, memoranda, and prisoner lists addressed to the chief prosecutor at the district court in Bromberg regarding plans for the release of certain prisoners in case of regional evacuation in northern Poland in 1944‐1945; a police registration certificate; and a widow’s pension file. Correspondence and memoranda addressed to the chief prosecutor at the district court in Bromberg from the attorney general at the regional court in Danzig and from the boards of prisons and detention center in Bromberg, Danzi...

  7. Selected records from the Central State Archives of Lithuania (Fond R-973/1-3 and Fond R-1390)

    Contains selected records of Fond R-973 (Jewish ghetto police in Kaunas, reels 1–51), including police daily reports, statistics, correspondence, investigations and the ghetto court cases relating to events in Kaunas ghetto, including activities of armed Lithuanian “partisans." Includes registration books of investigation cases, listing and personal files of ghetto police, various police officer lists, lists of deportees, hospital records, the Kaunas ghetto-plan with marked houses, and Josef Schlesinger drawings. Contains also selected records collected by the Vilnius Jewish Museum, Fond R-...

  8. Zwieberge-Malachit death certificates and related records

    Contains exhibit material relating to war crimes case 000-50-9, including approximately 600 death certificates sent from the Buchenwald Aussenkommando Malachit to the camp physician’s office. Also included is “Tagebuch 6,” approximately 200 pages of prisoner personal data, including whether or not the prisoner was alive or dead.

  9. Oral history interview with Irving D. Magier

  10. Stern family documents

    Contains facsimiles of Baruch Stern's death certificate, Amalie Sara Schwab's birth certificate, attestation that her name is Amalie Stern nee Schwab, and an attestation that Amalie Stern nee Schwab has taken the name "Sara."

  11. Bericht meiner Berliner Jahre im Untergrund

    Contains a memoir with information about Margitta Donig Salzmann's experiences in the Underground and the fate of her family during the Holocaust.

  12. Samuel B. Hagner letter to his parents

    The collection consists of a letter dated 11 May 1945 written from Samuel B. Hagner, a medical corpsman with the 7th United States Army in Europe, to his parents George and Evelyn Hagner. In the letter, Samuel describes the severe conditions of starvation and sanitation that he witnessed in German concentration camps near Munich, Germany, including Dachau, after liberation. The letter is signed with Samuel’s nickname, "Dick."

  13. Bleiweiss family collection

    Contains two photographs, four picture postcards, sixteen documents pertaining to the fates of Bernhard, Leo, Wolf, Chaim, and Maria Bleiweiss during the Holocaust. Documents include information about leaving Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, moving to Italy and France, the deportation of Bernhard, Leo, and Chaim to Auschwitz, and Wolf and Maria's later emigration to the United States.

  14. Memoirs of George Burman

    Contains a memoir with information about George Burman's experiences hiding in the woods, joining a group of partisans from the town of Polenka, and the fate of his family during the Holocaust.

  15. Elsa Wells Kormann collection

    Contains 2 photographs of the Dueppel Center Jewish Displaced Persons Camp in Berlin, Germany, 3 copies of the same photographs, and 11 letters written by students in the Dueppel Center Jewish Displaced Persons Camp.

  16. Dominic Gasbarri photographs

    The Dominic Gasbarri photographs consist of thirty black and white photographs of victims, survivors, and facilities at the liberated Ebensee concentration camp and one photograph of Dominic Gasbarri. Many of photographs include Gasbarri's descriptions of survivors, facilities, and daily life at the liberated camp on the verso.

  17. Schmarak and Bieler family papers

    The Schmarak and Bieler family papers consists of letters, postcards, telegrams, visas, and identification documents relating to the Schmarak and Bieler families in Switzerland and Poland during World War II.

  18. Striem family papers

    Contains a photocopy of Rolf Striem's birth certificate, the last letters he received from his parents in Germany, and copies of his obituary.

  19. Safta Marin memoir

    Contains a memoir, 5 pages, typed in Romanian, by Safta Marin (born Georghe Apostol), originally of Clejani, Romania. In the memoir, he describes his childhood as a Roma/Sinti, his experiences traveling by wagon as part of a deportation into Russia in 1942, and the starvation and deaths of members of his family. Born Georghe Apostol, after the war he named himself Safta Marin after a brother who died during the war.

  20. Moser family papers

    Contains letters and documents related to the Moser family's move from Berlin to Shanghai and lists of material items taken with them to Shanghai.