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Language of Description: English

  1. Klein Generations

    Genealogy, 313 pages, titled "9 Klein Generations," began by Simon Friedman in years following World War I, and completed by Harrold Weinberger in 1980.

  2. A letter from a Protective Custody Inmate at Auschwitz #129866, April 8, 1944

    Letter, photocopied, from prisoner (unidentified) at Auschwitz to woman in Warsaw, April 1944.

  3. Nicholas G. Winton collection

    Contains photocopies of pages from the book "Time Zones" by Joe Schlesinger; a photocopy of a names list containing hundreds of Czech children brought to the United Kingdom by the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Children's Section, under the leadership of Nicholas Winton; and a photocopy of an article published in the "Evening Post" 21 June 1991 entitled "Prague Reunion for Hero Father: He Rescued 664 Children."

  4. Postcard from the Kraków Ghetto

    Postcard, from Marie Wolf in Kraków Ghetto, to Leon Ginger in New York, July 7, 1941.

  5. Devora Goldstein family collection

    Correspondence, from various members of family, 1930s-1940s in Yiddish, with typed English translations.

  6. Herbert and Pepi Luft collection

    Collection of typescripts, mimeographs, and photocopies of correspondence, draft essays, written and collected by Herbert Luft.

  7. Letter, requesting assistance for refugees, addressed to the Finnish Consul General in Yugoslavia

    The handwritten letter in German was written by Robert Klueger, an Austrian Jew from Donji Lapac, Croatia, to Paul Berkes, the donor's husband and Honorary Consul General of Finland in Yugoslavia (later Croatia), requesting assistance.

  8. Testimony by Hadassah Rosensaft

    Contains testimony by Hadassah Rosensaft about her experiences in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp.

  9. Abraham Duke papers

    The Abraham Duke papers consists of copyprint photographs of Abraham Duke and his family. Also included is an untitled memoir of Duke's wartime experiences in various ghettos and labor camps, as well as photocopies of articles relate to his childhood in Minsk, Poland (now Mir, Belarus).

  10. Anne Frank diary mono-opera musical score and related documents

    Bound volume of musical score for an opera based on the "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. Title (Russian) is "Dnevnik Anni Frank, monopera, v 4 stsenax, 21 epizody," with libretto and music by Grigori Frid. Parshitura, 1969. Inscribed with Frid's (Fried) address in Moscow. Second folder contains concert programs from performances in Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk in 1976-77; Rotterdam, 1979; Stockholm, 1997; Syracuse, NY, 1978; with English summary of opera.

  11. Third U.S. Armored Division and Dora-Mittelbau records collection of photographs and maps

    Contains photographs of various scenes of wartime destruction in Germany and U.S. forces, including two images of Dora-Mittelbau. Also contains a map showing the progress of 3rd Armored Division across Europe from D-Day to V-E Day.

  12. Peter L. Hadley papers

    Contains photocopied documents and news clippings about the adoption, in 1949, of Peter Schreiner of Germany, by the Hadley family of Kenmore, NY.

  13. Alfred E. Cohn papers

    The Alfred E. Cohn papers consists primarily of Cohn’s correspondence with various organizations regarding the state of Jewish life overseas, and the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. Other letters from organizations thank him for his contributions. Other material in the collection includes pamphlets and news clippings, discussing relief efforts for Jewish communities in Europe. In addition, postcards consisting of more personal correspondence are also in the collection.

  14. Berthold Daniels family papers

    Photocopies of 10 documents relating to education and career of Berthold Daniels, father-in-law of donor.

  15. "Der 9 Nov. 1938 (die Kristallnacht) in Wien und der 10 Nov. und meine daraus erwachsenen Erlbenisse."

    Photocopy of typescript testimony, 10 pages, in German, entitled "Der 9 Nov. 1938 (die Kristallnacht) in Wien und der 10 Nov. und meine daraus erwachsenen Erlbenisse." The unnamed author is a woman living in Brno, Czechoslovakia, who travels to Vienna to help an elderly rabbi from Austria get out of the country to Palestine, via Italy. She mentions leaving her young son Daniel behind in Brno.

  16. Margarete Knopf Igra collection

    Contains documents relating to Margarete Knopf (Marketa Knopf) and her emigration from Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939. Documents from Vienna (late 1938) documenting birth and residence, poverty due to (forced) unemployment, and tax status. Also contains two Czech documents from early 1939: a police registration form and an inventory of belongings worth 2,300 crowns.

  17. Romanian State Archives records relating to the "Jewish Question" in Romania

    Photocopies of documents in Romanian from the Romanian State Archives.

  18. Document relating to the imprisonment of a female Jewish communist

    Photographic copy of a document (and accompanying negative of same), pertaining to Elisabeth Sencovici, in Romania, August 1944. Appears to be statement recording prison sentence from 1944 to 1967, for "crime" of belonging to a subversive political organization.

  19. Harry Friedman correspondence

    The Harry Friedman correspondence consists of postcards and letters Harry Friedman received from family members including Perl, Simon, and Isaac Friedman in Horodenka, Poland before World War II and under the Soviet occupation in 1940.

  20. Jaffe family postcards

    Postcards (4), sent from Juda Joffe to his brother (Boris, in New York) and son (Juda, in St. Augustine, FL), appealing for help, written from Warsaw (presumably from the ghetto), March through May 1941. One postcard is sent via HICEM in Lisbon, asking for help in contacting various relatives in U.S. and urgently seeking assistance from them.