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  1. "Goodbye for always"

    Describes Cecile Kaufer’s (Paris, France, b. circa 1932) childhood in Paris, France; the German occupation of France and the consequent fates of her family including their stay in the Vélodrome d'hiver in Paris and their hiding in Normandy; the liberation of France and their immigration to and life in the United States.

  2. "Graves at Gunskirchen"

    Consists of "The Graves at Gunskirchen" by David Ichelson, a United States Army soldier who served with the 71st Infantry Division, documenting his eyewitness account of the conditions of the Gunskirchen concentration camp three days after abandonment by SS troops in May 1945. The testimony describes the severity of starvation among the camp inmates, the number of dead at the time the 71st Infantry Division entered the camp, and the mass burial of Gunskirchen victims at the direction of American troops. Ichelson also describes his thoughts and feelings during a return visit to the camp site...

  3. "Great Fear and Little Bread"

    Testimony, typescript, 6 pages, titled "Great Fear and Little Bread" by R. B. Cappello.

  4. "Growing Up in Nazi Germany"

    Consists of one memoir, 58 pages, entitled "Growing Up in Nazi Germany" by Luitgard N. Wundheiler, who was not Jewish. In the memoir, written like a novel, Mrs. Wundheiler ("Lou" in the memoir) describes her memories of Hitler and the Nazi party during her childhood in the 1930s. She describes her family's mixed reaction to antisemitism, loyalty oaths, and Kristallnacht, as well as her own anti-Nazi sentiment. As the war progressed, she describes her experiences in the Arbeitsdienst and the death of her brother in the invasion of France. In 1941, she went to school in Switzerland, where she...

  5. "Growing up on Three Continents"

    Consists of one memoir, 49 pages, entitled "Growing up on Three Continents", by Henry Culman, originally of Liegnitz, Germany. Mr. Culman describes his childhood in Nazi Germany, the family's escape to Shanghai in June 1939, the family's life in Shanghai from 1939-1947, their immigration to the United States in 1947, and post-war life.

  6. "Guilty of Being a Jew"

    Consists of one memoir, 56 pages, entitled "Guilty of Being a Jew," by Michael Zysman, originally of Radom, Poland. Mr. Zysman recounts the German invasion of Poland, his internment in the Glinice and Szwarlikowska ghettos, and his transfer to the Szkolna labor camp, which later became the Radom concentration camp. Mr. Zysman describes his experiences in the Radom, Vaihingen, Unteriexingen, and Dachau concentration camps. He was liberated from Mitterwald in April 1945. Includes copies of family photographs.

  7. "Ha’Bricha Derech Czechoslovakia Ba’Shanim 1945-1946"

    Typed manuscript titled “Ha’Bricha Derech Czechoslovakia Ba’Shanim 1945-1946” by Elchanan Gafni. Gafni studied at the Sorbonne, Prague University, and Hewbrew University in Jerusalem, and served in several public positions in Israel. This unpublished draft manuscript describes the efforts to bring survivors from Czechoslovakia to Israel shortly after World War II.

  8. "Harry's Life"

    Consists of one binder of documents and photocopies, entitled "Harry's Life," regarding the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Harry Goodman (born Heinz Gutmann in 1926), originally of Munich, Germany. In the memoir enclosed in the binder, Harry recounts memories of his childhood in Germany, of leaving his family and immigrating to the United States alone in 1938, of joining the United States Army and being sent back to Europe, and of his post-war life. Mr. Goodman discovered after the war that his parents and sister had been deported to Riga, Latvia, in 1941 and had perished in ...

  9. "Hear Us Speak: Voices of the Second and Third Generations"

    Consists of one folder containing essays by Holocaust survivor Judith Sherman, her daughter, Dr. Ora Gelb, and granddaughter Ilana Gelb. Most of the essays were written for an October 2010 program entitled "Hear Us Speak: Voices of the Second and Third Generations", held at the Monroe Township Public Library and sponsored by the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee. The essays describe the author's personal experiences regarding the family's Holocaust history. Also includes a presentation written by Judith Sherman entitled "My Reflections on God and the Holocaust. God we missed You. D...

  10. "Hell and rebirth: my experiences during the time of persecution"

    Consists of a copy of "Hell and Rebirth: My Experiences during the Time of Persecution," by Dr. Edith Kramer. The memoir describes Kramer's experiences as a Jewish physician forced to care for women in various camps near Poznań, Poland. Also included is information on the inferior medical conditions in the camps, inferior sanitation, the treatment of women, and Kramer's post-liberation acquaintance with Hermann Hesse (Nobel Prize winner) and his wife, Ninon Hesse.

  11. "Here We Live Again" documentary film collection

    The collection consists of a documentary film, interview outtakes, and related documentation about the production, participants, and stories featuring a number of Holocaust survivors who settled in Rhode Island after the Holocaust.

  13. "Hidden in broad daylight"

    Describes the author's life in Kraków, Poland; her hiding inside and liquidation of the ghetto in Tarnów, Poland; her separation from family members; how she passed as a Gentile and found employment; her attempts to communicate with her sisters who were concentration camp inmates; her move to and war-time employment in Austria; the end of World War II; her meeting with members of the Jewish Brigade; and her illegal emigration to Palestine. The memoir also includes a poem about a young Jewish boy whose fate during the Holocaust is unknown and another describing the author's feelings for th...

  14. "Hindenburg--Aug 1944--January 1945"

    Consists of one memoir, 69 pages, entitled "Hindenburg--Aug 1944-January 1945" by Halina Den, originally of Radom, Poland. In the memoir, Ms. Den describes being taken from Auschwitz to Hindenburg, a newly opened forced labor camp housing both Jewish and Roma prisoners. She describes an SS officer named Muller and many of the other prisoners whom she names, as well as life at Hindenburg and the interactions between the Jewish and Roma prisoners. She describes being evacuated from Hindenburg by rail in January 1945 and, as the memoir ends, their arrival at Bergen-Belsen. Also includes a draw...

  15. "History of Dachau Station"

    Consists of a three-page document entitled "History of Dachau Station" which explains the history of the location on which the concentration camp operated, covering pre-war (the use of the buildings), wartime (operating as a concentration camp) and post-war (use of the camp as a site for war crimes trials). The document focuses on the use of the physical buildings and space.

  16. "Hitler's Hangman" promotional photograph

    Promotional photograph depicting a scene from the film “Hitler’s Hangman.” The film was retitled “Hitler’s Madman” and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1943. The film is a fictionalized portrayal of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and its aftermath. Heydrich was Heinrich Himmler’s second-in-command and chief of the Reich Security Main office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA), which was the major implementer of the systematic murder of European Jews. He was especially brutal, earning the nicknames “The Hangman of Europe” and “Hitler’s Hangman.” Under Heydrich’s leadership, ove...

  17. "Hlas Pudy Q306" issues

    Contains photocopies of "Hlas Pudy Q306", a children's magazine written and published by eleven children, all under the age of twelve, who lived in the attic numbered Q306 in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto in Czechoslovakia. The children--editor-in-chief Mariana Kornova, Zdenek Grunhut, Hana Brockova, Jiri Kreisl, Anita Brandeisova, Tomas Sladkus, Jan Brod, Petr Abrahamovsky, Petr Fischl, Tommy Brandais, and Kitty Langendorfova--all perished in Auschwitz in the fall of 1944. In the magazine, they wrote short stories, poems, puzzles, and humorous observations about their lives and about...

  18. "Hoelle, Tod und Teufel"

    Testimony, photocopied typescript, 122 pages, titled "Hoelle, Tod und Teufel," by Felix Bing, and written while he was at UNRRA camp in Philippeville, Algeria, 1945. Discusses German occupation of Netherlands, internment at Westerbork, and other issues.

  19. "Holocaust/Wartime Experiences"

    Consists of a narrative (constructed from phone interviews) and a document in German from the Dutch Red Cross relating to Abraham Muhlbaum's experiences in the Netherlands in hiding; his escape to England and later arrest when he returned to Europe; deportation to Neuengamme, and transfers to Natzweiler and Dachau.

  20. "Homoe-Homini: Czyli Martyrolagia Zydow w Deblinie"

    Consists of a copy of "Homoe-Homini: Czyli Martyrologia Zydow w Delinie" by Josef Edmund Lucinski and published by the Association of Friends of Dęblin in August 1987. The manuscript is based on personal accounts that describe the terror experienced by the Dęblin Jews from 1939 to 1945. Diagrams of the city designate concentration camps and mass graves in the vicinity. Also included is a layout of a "Labor camp 1" and the Stalag 307 II with lists of prisoners for each.