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  1. Mojizesz Mendel Reich papers

    The papers consist of a photographic postcard of Mojizesz Mendel Reich with other boys in an orphanage in Drogobych (Drohobych), Ukraine, an immigrant identification card from the United States Department of Labor for Mozes Mendel Reich, and a passport for Mozes Mendel Reich.

  2. From the Mists of Time Fragments from A Childhood Between the Wars (World Wars I & II)

    Contains a memoir, 26 pages, about Miriam Eliasberg's early life in Munich, move to Vienna, Austria, with her family in 1933, summers of 1935-1936 in a small village in the Alps called Obertressen, leaving Austria in 1938 for Zurich, London, and her journey to New York on the SS Britanic.

  3. A Cabaret in the Warsaw Ghetto

    Contains a cabaret of music with readings from the Warsaw Diary of Chaim Kaplan.

  4. Memories of and from Robert "Shanghai Bob" Goldman

    Contains a memoir, 27 pages, about Robert "Shanghai Bob" Goldman living in Shanghai in the early 1940s and assistance by the (HIAS) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the (AJDC) American Joint Distribution Committee.

  5. Heichler family papers

    Contains photocopies of eight poems and translations written by Grete Wolf-Schmahl, one letter written to donor's mother, Else Heichler, from her cousin Camilla, and four typewritten poems by Grete Schmahl-Wolf.

  6. "Ein neuer Fluchtversuch"

    "Ein neuer Fluchtversuch" is a 25 pages memoir about Max Sternbach's incarceration in Bordeaux, and transport to Bruxelles and Paris.

  7. Postcards from Theresienstadt

    Contains nine thank-you cards for packages from family members in Theresienstadt.

  8. Rose Deutsch identity card

    Identity card with information about Rose Deutsch's deportation from Hungary and internment in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

  9. Државен Архив на Република Македониjа Selected records from the Archives of Macedonia

    Contains selected records from two collections: The Jewish Community of Skopje, 1915-1961; and Management of the Jewish Question, 1942-1964. Also contains photocopies of records of district administration of Skopje and Bitola, police records and names lists concerning Jewish population, financial documentation and declarations on Jewish assets, records from Trade (Mercantile) industrial bank “Vardar” and Bulgarian credit bank, Sofia, branch Skopje.

  10. My life

    Contains a 103-page memoir about David Arie Landau's life in Galicia, Poland, prior to the Holocaust, an attempted escape to Romania, his imprisonment in Stanislawow and Biala Cerkow concentration camps, service in the Russian Army, work in the Repatriation Office in the city of Szcziecin, Poland, and later emigration to Israel.

  11. Fragmenty pamietnika ... krematorium nr. 2 w Brzezinka = fragment of a diary recovered from crematoria number 2 at Birkenau in July 1961

    Contains a microfilm copy and black and white photoprints of fragments of a Yiddish-language diary recovered from an ash pit at crematoria nr. 2 in Birkenau concentration camp. An unknown writer compiled the diary. It describes life in the Łódź ghetto. (See Acc. 1998.A.0135 for transcription of diary).

  12. Pamietnik z getta Łódzkiego diary of the Łódź ghetto

    Contains a Yiddish-language diary recovered from an ash pit (see Acc. 1998.A.0135) at crematoria nr. 2 in Birkenau concentration camp. An unknown writer compiled the diary. It describes life in the Łódź ghetto. Also contains a Yiddish-language transcription of a diary.

  13. Salomon family papers

    The Salomon family papers consists of correspondence and emigration and immigration files documenting Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte Salomon’s unsuccessful efforts to immigrate to the United States from Berlin. The collection also includes correspondence from Marianne Adler, Hermann and Edith’s daughter, and Elsbeth Stern, Hermann’s sister, documenting their efforts to bring their family to the Unites States. Salomon family correspondence includes wartime letters among Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte Salomon to Marianne Adler and Elsbeth Stern about Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte’s efforts to immi...

  14. Oral history interview with Charles Willner

  15. Nina Gottlieb documents

    Contains two documents issued to Lola Gottlieb which include a false work card for Maria Sowienska, used by Lola during the Holocaust to pass as non-Jewish.

  16. Oral history interview with Shalom Steinbach

  17. Ruth Neubeck memoir

    Contains a six-page memoir about the experiences of a German family.

  18. Ephraim family papers

    Contains correspondences and Red Cross messages between Elsie Ephraim, Hildegard Ephraim (mother), and Elizabeth Ephraim (sister) from June 1941-December 1942. Elsie orignally was a nurse in Berlin, Germany, but found refuge in England and worked for a hospital in London during the war. Hildegard and Elizabeth were deported to Theresienstadt where they both perished.

  19. Paul Kuttner memoir

    Contains a memoir about Paul Kuttner's Holocaust experiences.

  20. William C. Christianson papers relating to Nuremberg war crime trials

    Contains mimeograph copies of trial transcripts, mimeograph copies of evidence documents, memoranda, notes (typescripts and handwritten) and some correspondence relating to Judge William C. Christianson's involvement in the Wilhelmstrasse and Frick cases at Nuremberg. Also includes general notes on the cases; resumes of the prosecution cases; memoranda from defense lawyers; notes on legal precedents and source; statements by defense witnesses; notes on history of slave labor; and documents submitted as evidence in the trials. The records date generally from 1946 to 1948.