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  1. Hans J. Kaufman collection

    Book and articles regarding donor's father Arthur Kaufman. One photocopy of document with Himmler's signature, 17 August 1942. One postcard with list of names of those who appear.

  2. Indictment in the proceedings against Koch, Ilse for murder

    Indictment, dated 10 May 1950, of Ilse Koch, widow of former Buchenwald Commandant Karl Koch.

  3. Richard Stiel collection

    Fluechtlingsausweis (refugee identification document) for Marthe Stiel.

  4. My ten days in Buchenwald: a memoir

    Donor describes his Holocaust related experiences in Buchenwald.

  5. "A Time to Weep"

    A research paper documenting donor's father's journey from Germany to China to Panama and to United States. Ten black and white family photographs with notes.

  6. Lang C. Dickinson collection

    Correspondence and photographs of Holocaust scenes, German medals, foreign paper money, etc. Includes photographs of U.S. Army Air Force photographer Lang C. Dickinson, and survivors and victims at Buchenwald shortly after liberation.

  7. Joseph Gosler collection

    Family register used when Joseph Gosler [donor] lived in the underground. Poem entitled "Hidden Children, W.W. II" written by donor.

  8. Handbill

    German Weekly Review, Nr.85

  9. Martin Pereira collection

    The Martin Pereira collection consists of a registration form and passport issued to Martin Rodrigues Pereira, March 11, 1941, in Hilversum, the Netherlands, containing transit stamps documenting his journey through France and Portugal on his way to Cuba and Argentina; letters from the Civil Defense authorities of Townhall of Hilversum regarding volunteer duty for the Air Defense, May 10-12, 1940; an identity card issued to Martin Rodrigues Perriera in 1939 for membership in the Dutch Youth Hostel Organization ("Ned. Jeugd-Herberg Centrale"); an identification card issued in 1933; and an id...

  10. Faivel Ziegelbaum

    The story of Szmuel (Artur) Ziegelbaum through his brother, Faivel. Faivel reads his brother's letters and occasionally offers his own reflections. This interview took place in Tel Aviv. FILM ID 3882 -- Zygielbojm Camera Rolls 1-11 In Israel, in several takes, Faivel Zygielboim reads a letter which his brother, Szmuel (Artur) Zygielboim wrote, preceding his suicide. In the letters, Artur describes the powerlessness and guilt he feels at the conditions his family and thousands of others live in back home in Europe. After Artur wrote letters to Churchill and other leaders of Allied countries ...

  11. Folio

    Folio cover for a collection of 7 print reproductions of drawings by Henri Pieck, a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, of daily life in the camp.

  12. Bible

    Hungarian bible used in Dachau, Germany, following liberation.

  13. Sketch

  14. Germany and Switzerland

    Location filming of scenes in Germany and Switzerland for SHOAH. FILM ID 4612 -- Berlin 1.2.3 Reichstag Le Mur traveling nuit Camera focuses on the front facade of the Reichstag- Dem Deutschen Volke and slowly pans out. (05:35) Sign reads,"Sie verlassen jetzt West Berlin." Berlin Wall behind the Brandenburg Gate. (07:20) Nightlife in downtown Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. This reel was probably filmed for the interview with Deutschkron, RG-60.5044. FILM ID 4613 -- Lehrter Bahnhof / Ext. Grunewald / LB 1 BER 4 Train station looking toward the Berlin TV Tower. S Bahn station at the ...

  15. Stanley Hochman papers

    Consists of several copies of "My World War II Memoirs" by Stanley Hochman (typescript, 15 pages), along with photocopies of poetry.

  16. Czeslaw Borowi - Treblinka

    Czeslaw Borowi (Borowy) is a Polish peasant who lived his entire life in Treblinka. He describes the transports and the experience of living in the shadow of the camp. When the Germans were shooting at Jews, his family slept on the floor to avoid stray bullets. He repeats some of the common refrains about how rich Jews arrived in fancy trains and the Jews offered no resistance. Borowi makes the throat-slitting sign in "Shoah." See Lanzmann's memoir The Patagonian Hare for his reflections on Borowi and his role in the film. FILM ID 3348 -- Camera Rolls #46,47,48,56 -- 01:00:13 to 01:23:39 Re...

  17. Sketch

  18. Star of David badge with Jood printed in the center

  19. Klaf found on a street in Vilna after liberation

    Klaf found by Eugenia Kwartac Hirschkorn on a street in Vilna, Poland, after the city was liberated in July 1944. A klaf is a kosher piece of parchment that is used for Torah scrolls or inserted into a mezuzah. Based on the small size of this piece, and the writing on the klaf, it is likely from a mezuzah.

  20. Sobibor - Wlodowa (SOB)

    Interviews with local Polish people around Sobibor, Poland, including long sequences of a Catholic mass in Wlodowa. Lanzmann asks about the Jews in Wlodawa before the war and inquires how non-Jewish residents got along with the Jews. Includes shots of the Sobibor camp and environs. FILM ID 4674 -- White 15 Sobibor Gare CU, elderly woman and man sit indoors at the Sobibor train station. “Sobibor” sign. Local people sit on benches outside waiting for train. A train pulls into the station. End clapperboard: SOB 1. 01:03:03 Passengers look out the windows of the railway cars as the train depart...