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Language of Description: English

  1. "Kilroy Was Here"

    Testimony, typescript, 259 pages plus appendix. Author describes his experiences as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division, detailing his early life, training in the Army, landing in France, and operations in 1944-1945 through France, into Germany (Aachen, Ruhr region) up to Ludwigslust, including liberation of Woebbelin concentration camp.

  2. Sonia Bimsztein papers

    Records relating to the internment of Sonia Bimsztein in Drancy and her deportation to Auschwitz.

  4. Arnold Newfield papers

    Documents (3), including birth certificate of Arnold Neufeld (documenting birth at Westerbork) with translation; photocopy of printed article by Alice Newfield about how she was reunited with her husband Arnim after her imprisonment at Bergen Belsen; and a "Mantello certificate" bestowing El Salvadoran citizenship on the whole Neufeld family, 1943.

  5. Ruth Oppenheimer letters

    The Ruth Oppenheimer letters contain correspondence collected by Oppenheimer during her time living in Nazi-era Germany. The bulk of the correspondence comes from her boyfriend George Rau to Oppenheimer, during his imprisonment in 1939. George was arrested for having a relationship with an Aryan woman, and was later tried and found guilty of the same crime before dying in prison. The letters were written weekly and sent to Ruth. In addition are a letter and postcard from Rau prior to 1939, and correspondence from Rau’s family after his death.

  6. Henry Kolber papers

    Consists of newspaper clippings and a telegram collected by Henry Kolber between 1961 and 1969, focusing on the 1968 trial of Wilhelm Rosenbaum, who was found guilty for ordering the mass execution of Jews in the Kraków district.

  7. Helena Roth family papers

    Photocopy of a death certificate for Samuel Roth, the donor's father-in-law, who died at Buchenwald. Photocopy of a prisoner card with photograph of Eugene Roth. Original typescript letter from the International Red Cross, International Tracing Servicing, circa 1963.

  8. Erich and Rita Mayer collection

    Correspondence with various archives and tracing services (e.g., ITS), regarding the fates of missing members of the Mayer and Flanter families, circa 1980s, and some identification documents for said family members from Germany, 1930s. Includes snapshot photos of liberated concentration camps and Berghof, circa 1945.

  9. Rose Gruenapfel papers

    Photocopied documents. Contains copies of documents from when Rose Gruenapfel testified against war criminals in trial in occupied Germany, October 1945, as well as pre-war family photos, and text of translated pages from her diary, which she kept at Neustadt-Gleve concentration camp.

  10. Oskar Mendelsohn collection

    Consists of photocopies and printed material relating to the fate of Norwegian Jews during World War II. Central to the collection are many documents that illustrate the experience of Norwegian Jews under the Quisling Government, including police lists, official forms and certificates, antisemitic legislation, and extracts from several memoirs and diaries detailing daily life. The collection also contains copies of Nazi documents related to the Jews of Norway, lists of Norwegian Holocaust victims, and postwar survivor testimonies and legal initiatives.

  11. Jennie Moret family papers

    Photocopies of letters in German 1938 to 1941 relating to the fate of Jennie Moret's family during the Holocaust and copy of a publication.

  12. Walter and Erna Brunell papers

    The Walter and Erna Brunell papers contain primarily correspondence related to Walter and Brunell’s attempts to emigrate from Germany in the late 1930s. The correspondence is with various relatives and aid organizations related to their attempts to obtain visas from the United States. Other documents include passports, transit visas, and other various documents related to their immigration. The Walter and Erna Brunell papers contain primarily correspondence concerning the couple’s efforts in obtaining visas to immigrate to the United States. These include telegrams with their son, Ernst Bru...

  13. Belgian newspaper articles relating to antisemitism

    News clippings (original) from Belgian newspapers (primarily Le Soir), 1940, about actions being taken against Jews.

  14. Leonard Lief correspondence

    The Leonard Lief correspondence consists of letters, postcards, forms, and receipts exchanged among Leonard Lief in New York, his family in Warsaw, and humanitarian agencies and organizations. The correspondence documents Lief’s efforts to assist his family during the early years of the Holocaust and to trace their whereabouts and fates afterwards. Correspondence from humanitarian agencies and organizations includes letters and postcards from the Red Cross, HIAS, Jewish Social Self Help, Central Committee of Polish Jews, and American State Department transmitting requests, facilitating the ...

  15. Walter Pachulec papers

    Letter from the Polish Red Cross, copies from an unidentified publication, and memorial in Polish.

  16. Hassia Gilman letter

    Consists of one letter, written by Hassia Gilman to her brother and sister's family on October 15, 1944. In the letter, she describes wartime life in Leningrad and hearing about what happened to Jewish relatives in the town of Beshenkowitz, Russia.

  17. Copies of selected records relating to war crimes at Gross Rosen

    Consists of photocopies, photostats, and typed reports from the collection of the Panstwowe Muzeum Gross-Rosen. Includes transport lists; partial lists of inmates; records of exectionsp; transport lists to and from Auschwitz and Mauthausen; and letters to and from the camp written by Polish prisoners.

  18. Henriette Parker papers

    Documents, most from the Kingdom of Belgium, one from office of Field Marshal Montgomery, one from Jewish community of Belgium, dated 1945-1946, all honoring Julia Pierre, widow of Leon Nicaise, for her and her late husband's actions during the occupation of Belgium. Also includes a photo of Pierre with inscription of donor on verso, stating that Pierre saved her life, and photo reproduction of identity card issued to the donor's father, 1943.

  19. Jack and Ina Polak collection

    Love letters written by Jack Polak and Ina Soep in the concentration camps Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen.

  20. Oskar Politzer papers

    The Oskar Politzer papers contain correspondence written by Politzer to his family while imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp from November 1938 until his death in January 1939. The collection also contains Politzer’s birth certificate from Vienna, Austria, his death certificate from Dachau, and two receipts for his possessions presumably given to him at Dachau. The Oskar Politzer papers contain correspondence written by Politzer to his family while imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp from November 1938 until his death in January 1939. The collection also contains Politzer’s ...