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Language of Description: English

  1. Under the heels of the Nazis

    Testimony, typescript (presumably unpublished), bound, 336 pages, undated but compiled in early 1990s, by survivor (Sam Seltzer) originally from Poland (Upper Silesia), but living in Detroit area.

  2. Dan Orzech and family papers

    Family tree, photocopied news clippings and photographs, and inventory of items relevant to Maurycy Orzech in the Archives of the Bund at the YIVO Archives in New York.

  3. Margaret Gruenbaum collection

    Contains album of miscellaneous correspondence, drawings, documents, and news articles relating to experiences in Terezin, 1942 - 1945.

  4. Letter from Russia

    Letter, photocopied, addressed to Louis Schubert of Cleveland, OH, from Chaim Schubert of Lwow (postmarked in Komarno, USSR), from early June 1941 (when Soviets still occupied Eastern Poland and Ruthenia, as that would be where Komarno would be). Letter in Yiddish, but not in Hebrew script.

  5. Without bitterness and unshakable faith

    Typescript of unpublished memoir, "Without Bitterness: An Unshakeable Faith," by Libby Storozum Rosenzweig, 486 pages.

  6. My memoirs

    Testimony. Typescript, about 75 pages, with index and copied documents, titled "My Memoir," by Bertha Frank Zimmer, dated 1985. Recounts her experiences in Cologne, Germany; her engagement to her husband (postponed after he was arrested following Kristallnacht); escape to Holland; internment at Westerbork after German occupation; and deportation to Theresienstadt.

  7. The severed tree

    Testimony, typescript, 148 pages, about author's experiences in Poland prior to and during occupation.

  8. The abandoned

    Typescript memoir, 65 pages, titled "The Abandoned," by Evelyn Romanowsky Ripp.

  9. A tapestry of treasure

    Contains a memoir about Ellen Summer's experiences living in the United States with her mother, a survivor of the Holocaust.

  10. Susan Kolker and family papers

    Contains correspondence between Philip Levin, of Baltimore, and his cousins Margarete and Anna in Berlin, as well as another cousin in New York, Sal Reinhart, all related to their efforts to obtain visas for Margarete and Anna to immigrate, dated 1938-1939. Includes one pre-WWI postcard of Berlin, as well as a photo of Margarete Reinhart from 1900.

  11. Proof of Ancestry Pass

    The collection consists of a proof of ancestry pass (Ahnenpass). The proof of ancestry pass was used to prove "Aryan" ancestry, as required by German law after 1933. The pass included explanations about the National Socialist racial ideology and a genealogical chart, which summarized the holder's ancestry for previous five generations.

  12. The Story of Berta and Freddy Fischel

    Typescript, 5 pages, with separate title page, "Surviving: The Story of Berta and Freddy Fischel," by Sonia Pressman Fuentes. The author (Fuentes) was a cousin of Freddy Fischel, and she wrote up this narrative after interviewing the Fischels in 1975 and 1991.

  13. Memoir relating to the Holocaust in Dvinsk

    Memoir relating to the Holocaust in Dvinsk (presently Daugavpils, Latvia; known in German as Dunaberg).

  14. Gerd Leston collection

    Photocopies of two documents, "Military Government Charge Sheet" regarding the accused in the trial at Dachau, November 1945, and a typescript copy of memo signed by Reinhard Heydrich regarding Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938.

  15. Documents and publications relating to the Kaufering group of camps surrounding Landsberg and their liberations by U.S. Army Divisions

    Photocopies, loose materials, related to 103rd Infantry Division's liberation of camps at Landsberg/Kaufering.

  16. Bertha Lurey Elston collection

    Letterhead, identification card, booklet, V-mail, and photographs related to Bertha Lurey, who worked for the US War Department during WWII. Also includes two books: "The Fighting Jew" from the Committee for a Jewish Army of stateless and Palestinian Jews and "The Battle for Jerusalem" by Pierre van Paassen.

  17. Roman and Ann Mandel collection

    Documents, identification, for Estera Schwimmer (Szwymer) and Roman Mandel, post-war Germany, documenting Schwimmer's disabilities caused by treatment in concentration camps, birth certificates, immunization documents, and others. Also has notebook with news clippings from German publications during the war, likely compiled by German schoolboy with name on front cover, scratched out and replaced with Mandel's name.

  18. Susan Toth collection

    Consists of a copyprint and a copy of a document regarding the Bor forced labor camp in Serbia. Includes a photograph of a group of men and a list dated 1944 of thirteen men who were in a forced labor commando at Bor. The copy of the list was notarized in Timisoara, Romania, in 1944.

  19. Oral history interview with Ruth Knopp

  20. Majerowicz family papers

    The Majerowicz family papers contain documents primarily relating to Arthur and Marie Majerowicz, and their son Kurt. The documents pertaining to Arthur and Marie are mainly identification documents, such as birth, death, and marriage certificates, Arthur’s employment and education history, immigration documents and membership cards. The items relating to Kurt come from his time while interned at Westerbork, and include birthday and postcards he sent to family members, a letter giving power of attorney to his father, and information requests concerning Kurt’s death at Buchenwald. Other docu...