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Displaying items 18,061 to 18,080 of 33,375
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Language of Description: English

  1. Short history of my life

    Testimony, 2 pages, typescript, of survivor who was infant at time of occupation of Riga.

  2. My nightmare in hell

    Testimony, 19 pages, typescript, titled "My Nightmare in Hell," by Harold Spear (Hercko Szpiro). Describes childhood in Poland, invasion by Germans, labor camp in Lublin, Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz, and death marches.

  3. Saul Cohn papers

    Photocopy of correspondence between Lila Perl and Harry Stein, director of the archives at the Buchenwald Memorial, seeking information in their records about Ozjasz (Saul) Cohn. Cohn had worked assembling parts for V-1 and V2 rockets at Stassfurt, and saw his father briefly while imprisoned at Buchenwald. Cohn asked Perl for help in tracking information about his father, Nutta Cohn.

  4. Echoes from the past: the story of Janina

    Testimony, 124 pages, typescript, titled "Echoes from the Past: The Story of Janina," by Irene Bazan Waller, written about her mother's experiences in Poland during the war and occupation. Was submitted as senior thesis in College of Lifelong Learning at Wayne State University in 1995.

  5. Morris Krakowsky memoir

    Testimony, 27 pages and photos, typescript, titled "Morris Krakowsky Memoir," dated 1995. Describes experiences in his hometown of Łódź prior to and during occupation, and at Skarżysko labor camp, then Buchenwald, and at Landsberg DP camp after liberation.

  6. Copy of a research report entitled "Captain Ocskay, a righteous man."

    Historical text, circa 150 pages, titled "A Research Into the Activities of Captain Ocskay Laszlo of the Hungarian Army, during the Years 1944-1945," documenting his efforts to save Jewish prisoners in a Hungarian labor battalion. By Dan Danieli of Riverdale, NY, 1995.

  7. Jan Zwartendijk papers

    Contains information about Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch consul in Kaunas, who worked with Chiune Sugihara to help Jews escape Lithuania.

  8. Photocopies of miscellaneous German correspondence relating to the escape of Czeslaw Mordowicz from Auschwitz and the condition in the camp as of 1944

    Photocopied documents describing the escape of Czeslaw Mordowicz from Auschwitz in 1944.

  9. Ruben J. Baer papers

    Correspondence from Baer to his parents, spring 1945, while he served in U.S. Army in Germany. Describes scene at concentration camp near Hannover.

  10. David Zdenek memoir

    Testimony, 16 pages, typescript, titled "The War, the Nazi protectorate, and Victory," by David Zdenek. Focuses on author's mother, but also discusses his experiences in occupied Czechoslovakia.

  11. Papers of the Blumenthal family

    Consists of photocopies of list of residents of "the Jews' House", Munster; of drawing of "Das Judenhaus" from publication; and of correspondence (German and English translation) from Tea Blumenthal and Rabbi Steinthal.

  12. Alexander Primavesi papers

    The Alexander Primavesi papers contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi relating to activities of the Gestapo in Dortmund, Germany between 1933 and 1945. The papers include records relating to the development of the Westphalian state police office in Dortmund, Arnsberg, forced labor, persecution of Jews, religious communities and other minorities in the district of Arnsberg. The Alexander Primavesi papers primarily contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi concerning Gestapo activity in Dortmund Germany from 1933-1945. The contents of each report are as follows: Fol...

  13. German town; Degenerate Art exhibit in Munich

    In the medieval German town of Eisenach, passersby, civilians, artist painting quaint scene outdoors. EXTs Wartburg fortress walls. LS, hillside. 00:13:52 Industrial exhibition in Dusseldorf, high angle views. Visitors at displays, including farm equipment: "Stahl-Kombinus" and "Leichte Maschinen". Fountain inside exhibition, crowds. 00:15:25 Very crowded city square in Weimar in summer. Throngs of people, many seated at tables outdoors, men in uniform, women in summer dresses. Large group dancing, ballroom style (motion is slowed down in film). Banners with swastikas surround the square. 0...

  14. Courting, rehabilitation, and the sick at Belsen

    British officer speaks to British MPs sitting in chairs in front of a building, smoking. VAR views, CUs. Sign reads HEADQUARTERS BELSEN CAMP. Women walking in street. Another tree-lined street with pedestrians, mostly soldiers and women. Entering building. Board reading, ARMY WELFARE SERVICE TONIGHT. Women in courtyard of camp. INT, British rehabilitation workers (women) providing survivors (women) with new clothing, shoes, hats. Woman helping boy with clothing. Survivors exiting, boarding truck, driving away, waving to camera. More similar sequences. British MPs and civilian women, courtin...

  16. Selected records from the Central State Archive of Public Organizations of Ukraine (Former Ukrainian Communist Party Archive), L’viv

    Contains records of the Extraordinary Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory. The materials pertain to the L’viv oblast, including reports on atrocities and mass killings and name lists of victims.

  17. Oral history interview with Simon Strauss

  18. Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory from the USSR

    This collection contains selected material about victims, crimes against persons, and perpetrators, and excludes information about crimes against property. Documents include victim name lists, protocols of interrogating eyewitnesses by local members of the Extraordinary Commission, and signed depositions summarizing the commission’s findings. Also included are photos, diagrams, and maps showing the location of atrocities and graves.

  19. Delegacy of Government for a Country Poland, Department of Internal Affairs records Delegatura Rządu Polskiego na Kraj, Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Sygn. 202/II)

    Contains information about the activities of the Delegacy of a Government for a Country Poland and its subordinate units during the German occupation. Of special interest is information about prisons in various Polish cities; concentration camps; communist activity; conditions in the Warsaw ghetto; and underground movements.

  20. Delegatura Rządu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Kraj. Rada Pomocy Żydom "Żegota"; Rada Narodowościowa; Sekcja Finansowa, and Biuro Delegatura Rządu (Sygn. 202/XV-XVIII)

    Contains information about the activities of the Department for Aid to Jews, and other offices.The bulk of the materials consist of reports, publications, interviews, lectures and financial documents relating to topics of concern for the exile government including the Polish economy, propaganda, and foreign policy.