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  1. Eldred James Burr papers relating to Mauthausen

    The collection includes photocopies of photographs, some of which Burr took, and a photocopied letter (dated 01 June 1995) relating to what American soldiers and Burr witnessed during the liberation of Mauthausen as well as photocopies of newspaper clippings pertain to the fates of Nazi war criminals.

  2. Heroic action in the Holocaust is recognized

    Erica Foldes' September 30, 1991, essay, "Heroic action in the Holocaust is recognized," describes how John Fulop helped hide and care for six Jews in Nazi-occupied Budapest, Hungary, activities which led to his recognition as a Righteous Among the Nations.

  3. Testimony of Sister Marie-Aurelie, Mother Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of the Very Holy Savior...

    Contains a 21-page photocopy of a translation of a July 31, 1945, memoir by Sister Marie-Aurelie, Mother Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of the Very Holy Savior, in Brussels, Belgium. In the memoir Sister Marie-Aurelie describes how her convent cared for Jewish girls and hid them from the Gestapo during the German occupation of Belgium in World War II.

  4. Genevieve De Gaulle letter relating to Jehovah's Witnesses in Ravensbrück

    Photocopy of a letter written by Genevieve de Gaulle, dated August 8, 1945, describing the treatment she saw in Ravensbrück concentration camp meted out to Jehovah's Witnesses when they engaged in civil disobedience and refused to work in war-related industries.

  5. Torn between tyrants memories about the Holocaust that linger on

    Written in 1952, the memoir (also entitled "Escape to the Forests") describes the author's experiences in the Derechin ghetto, his escape from that ghetto, and his joining a band of partisans.

  6. Materials relating to the Holocaust experiences of Anna Koppich

    The collection relates to the experiences of Anna Koppich, a Hungarian doctor. The letters, which were translated from Hungarian to English by Agnes Kun and which were written by Anna to her husband, describe the German invasion of Hungary; their son's depression after his father had been taken to an unknown location by Hungarian gendarmes; the wearing of the yellow star; Anna and her son's life in the ghetto in Cluj, Romania, their deportation from the ghetto and arrival in Birkenau, and their separation; living conditions inside Auschwitz; and Anna's transfer to an unnamed camp. Richard J...

  7. James Livesay papers relating to the liberation of Nordhausen

    The records relate to James Livesay's experiences at the liberation of Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora, Dora-Mittelbau): an original photograph that Livesay took during the burial of the camp's inmates accompanied by a brief testimony of Livesay's; two 1945 newspaper clippings from a West Virginia newspaper, "The Register," describing the activities of Livesay and the 104th U.S. Infantry Division; a copy of a "Witness to the Holocaust" questionnaire distributed by Emory University's Center for Research in Social Change that Livesay filled out to describe his war-time experiences, including those wh...

  8. Murray Hartman letter relating to property confiscated by the Nazis

    Murray Hartman's letter to Freda Oster (dated 20 November 1945), written on Adolf Hitler's letterhead, which Hartman describes obtaining from the ruins of the Reichschancellery, describes the status of two confiscated properties that had belong to Oster in Berlin, Germany.

  9. Marie Ijzerman Trompetter's letter to her son

    Marie Ijzerman Trompetter's last letter (dated 13 March 1943) to her son, Andy, describes her fears as she left him behind with another family and as she prepared for a dangerous journey.

  10. Benjamin Schwartz letter and photograph relating to Jewish displaced persons from Bergen-Belsen

    Contains a photocopy of a V-mail letter and a photocopy of a photograph. Benjamin Schwartz wrote to his brother on September 22, 1945, describing his concern for two Jewish women he found who were inmates of the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; also includes a photograph of the two women.

  11. Records of the Deutsche Strafanstalt Nowy Wiśnicz (Sygn. 109)

    Contains information about the general administration of the German prison in Nowy Wiśnicz, Poland, including the treatment of Jewish prisoners, the sentencing of prisoners, and matters relating to prison staff. In addition, the collection contains information about agriculture, economics, and air defense in the General Government region.

  12. William Eisen testimony

    The memoir describes the experiences of William Eisen and members of his family during the Holocaust and relates the attempts of surviving family members to rebuild their lives afterwards. The first part of the memoir portrays the persecution and killing of Polish Jews, including members of Eisen's family, and conditions that the author experienced inside the ghetto in Miechów, Poland, and the concentration camps of Julag I and II, Kraków-Płaszów, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Rakow (a.k.a. Rakov), and an unnamed subcamp of Buchenwald. The latter part of the memoir depicts Eisen's life inside the ...

  13. Confessions of Franz Ziereis, last commandant of Mauthausen

    The confessions of Franz Ziereis, the last commandant of Mauthausen consists of an English translation of the confession made by Ziereis after his arrest by American forces in May 1945. In the confession, Ziereis describes the persecution of Jews in Mauthausen, atrocities committed by SS guards, the Nazi practice of euthanasia, the use of human skin to bind books and make satchels, executions, death marches, a camp brothel, and camp inmate markings.

  14. Adolf Eichmann police reports from the Tucumán Police Archives

    The documents contain information that police in Tucumán province, Argentina, collected and maintained on Adolf Eichmann, who lived there under the alias of Ricardo Klement.

  15. Josef Frenkiel letter

    The letter, sent by Josef Frenkiel from Algiers in 1939 via the International Red Cross, inquires as to whether members of his family still live in Warsaw, Poland. The response, on the opposite side of the first letter, also written in 1939, revealed that members of Frenkiel's family were still living in Warsaw, Poland.

  16. Sandra Glassman collection

    Sandra Glassman's poems, "A Memory in History" and "A Somber Experience," describe her feelings while thinking about the Holocaust and the USHMM. Glassman's musical composition, "Dollhouse (Josette)," was influenced by reading Jacqueline Wolf's memoir, "Take Care of Josette," which is based upon Wolf's experiences caring for her four-year-old sister in Nazi occupied France after their parents had been deported.

  17. Gad Goldman papers

    A photocopied Hebrew newspaper article, by an unknown author and dated 07 December 1979, describes Gad Goldman's Holocaust experiences in an unidentified Polish town before the war and in Łódź, Poland. An English-language article by Goldman, "Potatoes for Pesach," which appeared in the Spring 1974 issue of "Adventure in Jewish Life", describes how he and some inmates of Schottenberg concentration camp decided to observe the Jewish holiday of Passover despite the risk of punishment. The photocopy of Goldman's work card from the Litzmannstadt (a.k.a. Łódź) ghetto includes his worker numbe...

  18. Fritz and Katharina Flesch collection

    Fritz Flesch sent the 1939 letter to the L.M. Bickett Company of Elkhhorn, Wisconsin, seeking employment in the United States. It describes his and his family's plight as a Jew in post-Anschluss Vienna. Also includes a letter and curriculum vitae from his wife, Katharina, who was also seeking employment, and who at that time had immigrated to Britain, and was working as a house maid near London. The L.M. Bickett Company response reveals that he was not offered a job by this firm. The Fleschs' fates are unknown.

  19. Postcard and newspaper article relating to Kristallnacht

    The postcard with stamps post marked on 09 November 1938 (the date of Kristallnacht) celebrates the treaty Adolf Hitler signed with Neville Chamberlain at Munich, Germany on 29 September 1938. The postcard, which shows images of Hitler, Mussolini, and Chamberlain, has the legend "Zur historischen Begegnung, 29. Septbr. 1938 in Munchen," and the postmark commemorates the anniversary of the 1923 putsch in Munich, characterizing the city as the "Haupstadt der Bewegung." The photocopied newspaper article from the "El Paso times" (dated exactly 50 years later) describes a television documentary ...

  20. Resolution of the Massachusetts House of Representatives concerning Nazi antisemeitism

    The resolution, which condemns Nazi violence against Jews, was introduced into the General Court of Massachusetts by Hyman Mann (or Manevitch) in 1933, and it was passed by that body the same year.