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  1. Selected case files of the Border Police (Expedientes de Frontera) Spanish border files

    Contains case files on non-Spaniards (mainly German and Italian refugees) arrested and imprisoned for attempting illegal border crossings into Spain.

  2. Peter Piper letter

    The Peter Piper letter contains a handwritten letter, dated April 8, 1945, written by Peter Piper, a member of the Fourth Armored Division of the United States Army, and sent to Mary Alice Boyd in Madison, Wisconsin. In the letter, Piper describes capturing a liquor storehouse and distributing the contents to his friends, and the concentration camp he toured [likely Ohrdruf] and commented on the suicide of the mayor of the nearby village.

  3. The University in Exile

    Contains an unpublished manuscript, 145 pages, written circa 1973, with information about the "University in Exile," founded at the New School for Social Research in New York City in the Summer of 1933 as a protest against the expulsion of Jewish scholars from German universities.

  4. Eric E. Kohlhagen's papers

    Contains a letter from Eric Kohlhagen to his cousin in regards to sending affidavits for his parents to come to the United States and a memoir about Eric E. Kohlhagen's experiences in Sachsenhausen, Nordhausen, Bunawitz, Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, and Dora concentration camps.

  5. Der Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienstes im Bereich des Militärbefehlshabers in Frankreich (Sygn. 242)

    Contains the personal papers of French Jews from whom the French and German police agencies confiscated money and other valuables.

  6. Von Auschwitz nach Amerika Das erstaunliche Leben des Zigeuners Karl Stojka

    Contains a memoir, 128 pages, about Karl Stojka's experiences in Auschwitz.

  7. Moje zycie

    Contains a memoir about Ajzk Grinberg's experiences during the Holocaust.

  8. Konstantin family collection

    Contains letters and postcards from Josef and Mina Konstantin to their daughter Fritzi Konstantin and eight receipts for money orders.

  9. "Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste"

    Contains six pamphlets entitled, "Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste," copies of an underground newspaper produced by a resistance organization.

  10. Budapest Főváros Levéltára

    Consists of records filmed in Hungarian archives by Yad Vashem. The reels are labeled, JM/13176 through JM/13196.

  11. Tibor Neumann identification card

    Contains Tibor Neumann's identity card issued to him after liberation by the Red Army.

  12. Internes en Suisse

    Contains photocopies of case files; lists of French internment camps; lists of statistics; and lists of names from Archives du Comitite International de la Croix-Rouge record group G2, Internes en Suisse.

  13. Prisonniers de guerre juifs

    Records relate to Jewish prisoners of war (POWs) in various POW camps.

  14. Emigration

    Contains photocopies of documents form Archives du Comite International de la Croix-Rouge record group G47.

  15. Grece occupee

    Contains photocopies of documents form Archives du Comite International de la Croix-Rouge record group G48 relating to Greece.

  16. Enfants Israelites

    Contains photocopies of documents form Archives du Comite International de la Croix-Rouge record group G69 relating to Jewish children.

  17. Selected records of the Jewish labor camps in Slovakia

    Contains photocopies of documents, photographs and architectural drawings relating to the establishment of the labor camps in Sered, Novǎky, and Vyhne, Slovakia, the incorporation of Jews into the camps, and the function and structure of the camps. Also included is an English-language essay on the camps.

  18. N.A. Getzler papers

    Contains two essays written by Dr. N.A. Getzler. The first, "Diktiert und verfasst von Dr. N.A. Getzler," and the second, "Das Schicksal des Grenzstreifens Jablonitze bis Snvatin in des Kriegsjahren 1941-1944."

  19. Letter written to Alexander Goldberger

    Contains one letter written to Alexander Goldberger from an unidentified sender in Vienna, Austria, asking about an affidavit to come to the United States.

  20. Fred Thieberger collection

    Contains a copy of "Heeresgruppe Nord im Jahre 1942: Kampf an der Front Wiederaufbau im besetzten Gebiet" and a photocopy of the Nuremberg Directory 1996 compiled in conjunction with the Nuremberg Reunion.