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  1. A photograph of atrocities from Landsberg

    Contains one photograph of corpses, purportedly from the Landsberg camp.

  2. Silvana DiPorto articles

    Consists of copies of a series of newspaper clippings from the Italian newspaper "La Spalletta", written by Paolo Meniconi and published in 1995. The articles describe the experiences of Silvana DiPorto, and describes her memories of the aerial bombing of Italy, hiding to prevent being deported, and learning the fates of family memories. Includes English language translations by Lilliana Baron.

  3. Giulietta Donati Baquis story

    Testimony: photocopy of typescript (3 pages) and manuscript (2 pages), about author's experiences in Florence, Italy during Holocaust.

  4. A report on Mogielnica in Poland

    Photocopy of mimeographed publication, dated 1947, about the status of Jews from Mogielnica in Poland, and what became of them during the Holocaust.

  5. A family history

    Contains a typescript testimony containing the family history of the Todtenkopf family from Gross Konarzyny, in Pomerania, prepared by Harry Todtenkopf. Includes a fold-out family tree.

  6. Postcards

    Consist of two postcards, which relate to the donor's experience during the Holocaust.

  7. David R. Hubbard collection

    Contains a letter and nine photographs recounting a visit of U.S. Army Sgt. David Hubbard to liberated Buchenwald camp in May 1945. The letter is addressed to Hubbard's parents and describes what he saw at the camp site. Also includes a photocopy of an article from a magazine, undated, circa 1990s, titled "WWII War Stores, South Carolina," recounting Hubbard's experiences.

  8. Letter from German Red Cross

    Consists of a photocopy of letter sent from Gustav Israel Stein on July 20, 1942 from Köln, Germany, to his daughter, Grete Stein, who was then living in London. The letter, which was sent via the Red Cross, says that the family is about to go on a trip and discusses the state of their health. This letter, received by Grete (now Greta) on July 27, 1942, was the last message she recieved from her family.

  9. Leo Schadach memoir

    Testimony: Photocopy of typescript (225 pages), titled "Orasele pierdut," by Leo Schadach, about the author's deportation from Bukovina to Transnistria in 1941.

  10. Joseph Okladek papers

    Contains photocopies of documents pertaining to donor's sister, a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust by moving to Belgium and marrying a Christian man.

  11. The Sigmund Gorson collection

    Contains typescript memoirs and news clippings, mostly from the 1970s and later, concerning a Holocaust survivor in Pennsylvania.

  12. Arthur Greenleigh papers

    The Arthur Greenleigh papers contains correspondence, reports, and various other records created by Arthur Greenleigh from the period of 1943 to 1956. From 1943-1946, Greenleigh served with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and from 1946-1956, Greenleigh served with the United Service for New Americans (USNA) and the United Hias Service (HIAS). The reports and correspondence from his years at the JDC focus on assisting Jewish displaced persons during and after World War II. The reports give status updates and activities of the JDC, while the correspondence is with both...

  13. Marion Gottesmann papers

    Testimony: Typescript memoir, in German and in English translation, "Wie ich Auschwitz ueberlebte" ("How I survived Auschwitz"), plus typescript about Theresienstadt.

  14. Betty Weissberger Lauer papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Betty Lauer (born Berta Weissberger), originally of Hindenburg (Zabrze, Poland). Consists of an identity card (kennkarte) issued to Krystyna Zotkos, the false identity Betty used in the Generalgouvernement in September 1942. Also included is a document, dated October 5, 1937, confiscating the property of Oskar Weissberger, Betty's father, who was able to immigrate to the United States, and a good conduct certificate for Berta Weissberger dated January 4, 1939. Also includes a story entitled "Friends 1940-1942" written by Betty Lauer in 1...

  15. History of Jewish community of Willmars in Germany

    Contains a letter from the mayor of Willmars, Germany, Gerhard Schaetzlein, written to the donor in 1995, along with with copies of contemporary documents about the history of Jews in Willmars, which Schaetzlein said he had been collecting in order to write a history of this town.

  16. Witness statement to the killing of a Lithuanian Jew in 1942

    Contains one document, notarized in Israel, 1950, from Dov Shapiro and Benzion Lapp, testifying that they witnessed the murder of Mrs. Rahel Gordon in the Kimelichek [sic] ghetto in Lithuania in 1942.

  17. Edith Brandon papers

    The Edith Brandon papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a testimonial narrative documenting Edith Brandon’s deportation to Riga with her mother, Meta Blau; the lives of her boyfriend, Lutek Orenbach, in the Tomaszów-Mazowiecki ghetto and her friend, Ruth Goldbarth, in the Warsaw ghetto; and Edith’s Christian uncle, Hermann Bradtmüller, in Minden and the assistance he provided during the Nazi period. Biographical materials include emigration, deportation, and identification records documenting Edith and her mother’s failed attempt to ...

  18. Copy of a U.S. visa issued in Hungary

    Contains a photostat copy of a U.S. visa issued to Karoly Adam, October 1941, by U.S. Consulate in Budapest.

  19. Tibor Messinger memoir

    Contains a typescript memoir, 111 pages, written by Tibor Messinger, describing experiences in forced labor battalion, liberation from Theresienstadt, and emigration to the U.S. in 1948.

  20. Bruce Tapper and Szczupacki family collection

    Photographs, circa 1900-1937, and letter relating to the Szczupacki family of Sejny (Poland).