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  1. Claude Zaidenband papers

    Collection of documents and photographs documenting the experiences of Claude Zaidenband and his family at home in Belgium and as refugees in France and Switzerland during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Documents include a poem titled "Espoir!" by Claude’s brother Henri, dated January 1945, and a letter from an association of former Jewish partisans, dated 1950, presumably responding to a request from Claude’s father Natan that he be added to their membership. One 1945 family photograph bears a 1995 inscription on the back.

  2. Alfred and Hertha Friedheim collection

    Diaries kept by Alfred and Hertha Friedheim, with some loose documents inserted between pages; dated 1939-1941; in French and English. The Friedheims were passengers on board the MS St. Louis in May 1939. When the ship returned to Europe they disembarked in France, and were in the Rieucros concentration camp in Lozere, France before getting American visas. They set sail in May 1941 on board the SS Winnipeg, but were detained in Port of Spain, Trinidad after the ship was commandeered by the Dutch navy. While in Port of Spain, their US visas expired. They were successful in getting their visa...

  3. Joseph Lowenstein collection

    Contians correspondence from Joseph Lowenstein of Stelle, Germany, dated 1940-1941, to his child Max and grandchildren Rolfe and Kurt in the United States. Letters in German and one in English. Joseph was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia and from there, purportedly to Auschwitz.

  4. "Fliegen und Siegen"

    Consists of a set of stereoscopic prints entitled "Fliegen und Siegen" produced by the Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein K.G., which depict scenes, planes, and military officials related to the Luftwaffe. The set includes images 2-100.

  5. Stettner family papers

    This collection relates to the lives and emigration attempts of the Stettner family. As the family members were all born in different countries—Maximilian and his daughter Ilse in Czechoslovakia, Kathe in Austria, and Walter in Italy—they were under different refugee quotas and had different opportunities for immigration. The collection illuminates the hardships imposed by circumstances of birth and the difficulties each family member faced. The correspondence between the family members—in the United States, Trieste, the Netherlands, and Shanghai, is a highlight of the collection for resear...

  7. Messcher family photographs

    Consists of two photographs of the Messcher children; one photograph of Frits Messcher (b. 1936) and Martijn Messcher (b. 1934), and one photograph of Martijn holding his infant sister Martha (b. 1942). The photographs were taken in Rotterdam on April 4, 1943. In the photographs, the children are wearing the Jewish star (Magen David).

  8. Dr. Thomas R. Fister photographs

    Consists of photographs taken after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. The photographs, which were taken by Dr. Thomas R. Fister, a member of the US Army Medical Corps, depict corpses and the landscape of the camp. Also includes a CD of digital images of the same.

  9. Ohrdruf liberation photographs

    Consists of photographs taken after the liberation of Ohrdruf by an unknown photographer. Includes images of the burial of corpses, of a damaged building, and of an American military unit.

  10. Joseph Palaszewski photographs

    Consists of a collection of copyprints taken by Joseph Palaszewski after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The images, which depict corpses; the Buchenwald memorial; and groups of some of the national groups among the prisoners, include extensive captions.

  11. Kulka family photographs

    Consists of 20 formal portraits photographs of the Kulka family of Kolomyja, Poland (now Kolomyi︠a︡, Ukraine). The photographs were taken between 1916-1932 and were exchanged as a remembrance among family members.

  12. Nazi rally photographs

    Consists of a collection of black and white professional photographs taken at an unidentified Nazi rally (possibly more than one rally). Includes images of parades, ceremonies with speeches, a cookout, and laying memorial wreaths. Most of the images are dated in May 1937, and some of the participants came from Gelnhausen and the Rhön district, and the events may have taken place in Fulda.

  13. Clotilde Nicoli collection

    Consists of photographs and photographic negatives taken in Germany, circa 1945. Includes photographs of graves of German and Allied soldiers, aerial images, photographs taken after the liberation of Dachau, and photographs of military destruction. Includes an original envelope marked "Germany 1942" (though these photographs were likely taken in 1945). The photographs were sent to Clotilde Nicoli.

  15. Mirski family papers

    Collection of documents, photographs, drawings, writings, newspaper clippings relating to Klara and Michal Mirski (donor's grandparents). Klara Mirski was born in 1901 as Chaja Fichman and grew up in Warsaw; she was a teacher. Michal was born in 1905 in Kowel as Mosze Tabacznik; he was a teacher and principal in Jewish schools before the war. Due to his Communist activity, he was incarcerated in Bereza Kartuska concentration camp. Michal and Klara married on June 4, 1926 in Skidel. Their daughter Maja was born in 1927. They managed to flee Warsaw in September 1939 to Kowel and in June 1941 ...

  16. Geoffrey and Hansi Lynfield collection

    Consists of manuscripts, drafts, original documents and photographs, correspondence, and research material related to the writing of "The Four Sisters," and "In Search of Gustav." The manuscripts were written by Geoffrey Lynfield, ca. 2005-2006. "The Four Sisters' documents the experiences of his wife, Hansi Sternberg Lynfield, and her three sisters, all of whom were deported from their hometown of Munkacs (now Mukacheve), survived Auschwitz and Tannenberg concentration camps, and worked for the Red Cross or UNRRA after the war. "In Search of Gustav" traces the family history of the Lilienf...

  17. Henry M. Heinrichs photographs

    Consists of 20 copyprints from the collection of Private First Class Henry M. Heinrichs documenting his experiences as an American soldier, mainly as an ambulance driver, during World War II, particularly his experiences witnessing the Dachau concentration camp. Includes portraits, Heinrichs posing with his ambulance, piles of corpses at Dachau, the corpse of a guard dog, and liberated prisoners riding in a military jeep with a banner thanking the Allies.

  18. Ha Shomer Hazair in Poland, Galicia (RG-2-1) השומר הצעיר בפולין, גליציה

    Contains records of the Histadrut (trade union of Jewish workers) of the Hashomer Hatzair in Galicia, includes census data of movement members, name lists of candidates for the "Youth Aliya", a diary of "Shalhevet" group (branch "Vilna") in the years 1924-1935, census data of graduated members of the movement according to the regions: Baranovichi, Białystok, Grodno, Włoclawek; records of the Central leadership in Warsaw in 1935: forms of referendum and circulars, minutes of meetings of the Chief Council, correspondence of the Central leadership in Lviv with its branches (kenim).

  19. Haika Grosman personal archives (RG-95-69) חייקה גרוסמן, ארכיון אישי

    The collection includes personal documents, correspondence with Hashomer Hatzair leadership and personalities as Meir Ya'ari (1897-1987), the leader of Hashomer Hatzair, Kibbutz Artzi and Mapam; and Ya'akov Hazan (1899-1992),the Israeli politician and social activist; also includes documents from Grosman's activities as a Knesset member (1969-1988).

  20. Shalom Cholawski personal archives (RG-95-82) שלום חולבסקי, ארכיון אישי

    Consists of correspondence, articles and drafts related to Cholawsky's research on history of Belorussian Jews during the Holocaust, partisans movement in Belarus, Jewish underground and the Jewish uprising in the ghetto of Nieswicz, including testimonies recorded by residents of the Nieswicz ghetto. Also includes documentations on Holavsky's work as a teacher in the kibbutz ʻEin Hashofet and his activities in United Workers Party (MAPAM), and his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann.