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Language of Description: English

  1. Soviet War News Weekly Oswiecim

    Newspaper containing text and photographs of the liberation of Auschwitz.

  2. Alvin J. Schoenhals letter

    Contains a letter, five pages, written by United States Army Sgt. Alvin J. Schoenhals to his family describing what he saw when he visited the recently-liberated Buchenwald concentration camp on June 14, 1945.

  3. Helena Aussenberg papers

    The Helena Aussenberg papers consists of two essays: "The history of the Jewish commune in Radomysl Wielki" includes descriptions of the impact of the Holocaust in this community. "Radomysl Wielki--partisan Warfare," is an account of Helena Aussenberg's participation in partisan activities in this area.

  4. Photographs of Irving Haas's grandparents

    Color duplicates of two photographs of an elderly man and woman identified as Irving Haas's grandparents.

  5. "Europa Europa" by Shlomo Perel; translated by Bryan Mark Rigg

    Contains a translation, 117 pages, of Shlomo (Solomon) Perel's book "I am Solomon Perel," or "Europa, Europa."

  6. The girls from Salzwegel: 40 lager girls, by Itka Najman Slodowski

    Consists of a photocopied manuscript containing the memoirs of 40 women survivors of Salzwedel concentration camp. Each memoir includes a photocopied photograph of the survivor and a questionnaire asking her name, date of birth, names of her parents and siblings, her ghetto- and camp-internment dates, names and addresses of other Salzwedel survivors with whom she is in contact, and names of women who did not survive. Copies of a Salzwedel camp map, a speech given by Itka Najman Slodowski during a June 1996 survivors' reunion at Salzwedel and survivor lists are included in the manuscript. A ...

  7. Nathan and Regina Eschwege collection

    Collection contains five photocopied letters written in 1941-1942 by the donor's parents, Nathan and Regina Eschwege.

  8. Eszter Forrai collection

    Contains copies, in French, English, Hungarian and Yiddish, of "Steps," written by Eszter Forrai, an Hungarian poet living in France; a copy of an illustration for her poem done by Frans Schuursma, a Dutch painter; and a copy of a catalog, in French and English, for a Paris exhibition of Frans Schuursma's work.

  9. Lilly Herz Bendheim collection

    Collection contains documentation regarding Erwin Bendheim in Germany during 1937-1938. Collection includes original Schutzhaftbefehl, Entlassungsschein, and Abmeldebescheinigung.

  10. Harry Gordon manuscript

    Contains an 360 page handwritten manuscript entitled "The Shadow of Death" by Harry Gordon, which was latter published in English by the University Press of Kentucky in 1992.

  11. Eugene Miller collection

    The Eugene Miller collection comprises subject files documenting Miller's interest in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka; the Łódź ghetto (including images of Chaim Rumkowski and Hans Biebow); other ghettos and camps; war crimes procedures against John Demjanjuk and Adolf Eichmann; investigations into the identity and fate of Josef Mengele; Heinrich Himmler; Martin Borman; and SS personnel and organization. Most of these records are reproductions of original materials. The collection also includes original photographs of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who studied med...

  12. Joanna Bruzdowicz collection, 1989-1997

    Contains a copy of Joanna Bruzdowicz's score, "The song of hope and love," for cello and piano, with the composer's dedication to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum handwritten on the inside cover as well as copies of two pamphlets and of several newspaper articles concerning her career as a pianist and composer. The world performance of "The song of hope and love" took place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 22, 1997.

  13. "Wir Fahren aus Theresienstadt; we are leaving Theresienstadt, 1945"

    Collection describes a train scene when inmates were being transported to Auschwitz.

  14. Samuel Schwarzberg papers

    Collection contains the correspondence and receipts for Samuel Schwarzberg's restitution claim against the German government. Collection also includes two handmade kipots belonging to Samuel Schwarzberg.

  15. Selected records from the Ternopil (Ternopol) State Oblast Archive

    Contains records relating to statistical census data and the registration of Jews, the use of Jews in forced labor (including name lists), cases of corruption by Ukrainian officials, the issuance of passports and identification papers to Jews, and the activities of the Judenrat in the Ternopil and in the Skalat ghettos. There are also lists of confiscated Jewish properties, leases for renting Jewish-owned houses, lists of Ukrainian police, files relating to German policemen, and documents collected by the KGB relating to war and other crimes.

  16. Selected records of the Départmental Archives of the Bas Rhin in Strasbourg

    Contains documents from series AL (Reichsland d'Alsace-Lorraine) of the Archives départementales du Bas Rhin, Strasbourg, pertaining to the operation of the Natzweiller-Struthof camp and sub-camps in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France, as well as materials related to the German occupation of Alsace-Lorraine in general.

  17. Edward V. Migdalski collection

    Contains photocopies of photographs of Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau (Austria) and of scenes of 3rd Army troops at the Stutthof concentration camp; an English-language translation by Ephraim Margolin of an interview by Burit Harel of Edwin T. Jacob, an inmate of Ebensee concentration camp, in which he describes the liberation of the camp by American troops, May 6,1945, and which was published in the Israeli press June 22, 1990; photocopy of the schedule, in English, German, Italian, Russian and French, for the commemoration ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of the liberation of E...

  18. A blueprint for Hebrew freedom:a letter from Peter H. Bergson to Dr. Ch. Weizmann, 1945 April 2

    Collection contains this published letter regarding the Jews and antisemitism in the aftermath of the Holocaust; the difficulties being encountered by Jews when trying to emigrate to Palestine; the proposal of a "Jewish Commonwealth" and the role of Zionism; and proposals to establish a successful Jewish community.

  19. "Inside the Nuremberg trials: a prosecutor's comprehensive account"

    Contains drafts of the preface and several chapters from a proposed book by Drexel A.Sprecher, based on his experiences serving with the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.

  20. Photograph album page

    Page from a Jewish family album that depicts pre-war life in Yugoslavia. Loose photo album page with two binder perforations, bearing two black and white photographs on recto and two on verso. Found in front of photo album [Ref 1]