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Displaying items 101 to 120 of 22,191
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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. "Das Krematorium in Dachau"

    Consists of a copy of "Das Krematorium in Dachau," an eyewitness report given by Willy Furlan-Horst shortly after the liberation of Dachau. The report describes the interior of the crematoria, the gas chambers, the procedures for torture and execution of prisoners, the duties of the crematoria Kommandos, and the facilities for housing the SS attack dogs. Also included are copies of four photographs of death scenes in Dachau after liberation, and an English translation prepared by USHMM Archives volunteers.

  2. "Das Krematorium in Dachau"

    Consists of a copy of "Das Krematorium in Dachau," a four-page eyewitness report given by Willy Furlan-Horst shortly after the liberation of Dachau. The report describes the interior of the crematoria, the gas chambers, the procedures for torture and execution of prisoners, the duties of the Kommandos, and the facilities for housing the SS attack dogs.

  3. "Dear Family"

    Consists of one memoir, 147 pages, entitled "Dear Family," by Hans Joachim Haller, originally of Berlin, Germany. He describes his childhood in a wealthy family in Berlin, being persecuted by the Nazis, his family's escape over the border to Czechoslovakia and joining family in Czernowitz.The family moved to Bucharest and Hans describes the Russian occupation, the beginning of the war, being moved into the ghetto, and various forced labor assignments outside the ghetto. He hid his Jewish identity and joined the Romanian Army as a mechanic, deserting in 1943. He returned to Czernowitz and ma...

  4. "Deeper Into the Forest"

    Consists of one memoir, 250 pages, entitled "Deeper Into the Forest," written in 1989 by Stanislaw Kalwinski, originally of Hołosko, near Lwow, Poland. Mr. Kalwinski recalls his family's history and childhood memories, including his memory of the German invasion of Poland and the subsequent Russian occupation of the area. In the summer of 1942, the family decided to hide Jews in their basement; they eventually saved 23 Jews, including Leon Wells. Mr. Kalwinski, a child at the time, describes the people they hid and how they hid them. In 1944, after accidentally almost revealing the secret, ...

  5. "Der 9 Nov. 1938 (die Kristallnacht) in Wien und der 10 Nov. und meine daraus erwachsenen Erlbenisse."

    Photocopy of typescript testimony, 10 pages, in German, entitled "Der 9 Nov. 1938 (die Kristallnacht) in Wien und der 10 Nov. und meine daraus erwachsenen Erlbenisse." The unnamed author is a woman living in Brno, Czechoslovakia, who travels to Vienna to help an elderly rabbi from Austria get out of the country to Palestine, via Italy. She mentions leaving her young son Daniel behind in Brno.

  6. "Der Grager: Geşriben in Lager"

    Consists of a booklet entitled "Der Grager: Geşriben in Lager," written by Samson Först and published in Bucharest, Romania, in 1947. The booklet is a parody written on the occasion of Purim for survivors of the Holocaust in Bucovina and Transnistria. The parody includes the text of stories, songs, and parodies about Haman, Hitler, and Jewish life in Romania during and after the Holocaust. The booklet is written in German designed to be an imitation of Yiddish with a Romanian accent.

  7. "Der Stuermer", Gestapo prisoner testifies, & forced labor discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    07:00:40 (Paris 489) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 11, 1946. Inserts, hands turning pages of "Der Stuermer." LS of courtroom as Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence adjourns court. LS, MSs, defendants talking to their lawyers during recess. MLS, Dr. Franz Blaha appearing as a witness. Dr. Blaha was arrested when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in March 1939, held in a Gestapo prison without trial for two years, and sent to Dachau in April 1941. He tells how the Germans forced Russian children to work as slave laborers, and that nearly 60 percent of them died of tuberculosis withi...

  8. "Der Stuermer"; antisemitic propaganda

    CU of hands holding the front page of "Der Stuermer" with a caricature of a Jew and sphinx and the headline "4000 Jahre Krieg: Die Juden sind unser Ungluck" [4000 year war: The Jews are our misfortune]. Also, old woodblock illustration with caption, [At the Weekend Home. Far right the Jew Lichtenstein.] Photo of people playing croquet. Cartoon mocking the USA. Various antisemitic cartoons, and other photos in the newspaper.

  9. "Determination, courage, destiny"

    Contains several stories, totaling 179 pages, compiled by Esther Gastwirth about the fate of Holocaust survivors and their families in Eastern Europe.

  10. "Deutsche Welle"

  11. "Diary of Robert Lichtblau"

    The "Diary of Robert Lichtblau" consists of a typed copy, with English translation, of the memoir of Robert Lichtblau, written in 1945. The text, which is entitled "The Diary of Robert Lichtblau" (though it seems to have been written as a narrative) contains information about the Lichtblau family before the war; the expansion of the family's pipe-making business; life in Vienna after the Anschluss; and their immigration to England.

  12. "Die Fahne Hoch!...Wesen werden und Wirken des Dritten Reiches"

    Consists of a copy of the original typed manuscript of "Die Fahne Hoch!..Wesen werden und Wirken des Dritten Reiches" by Fritz Ginszberg. The manuscript, which was offered to publishers, includes images tucked or pasted into the text and was published in 1946.

  13. "Die Geschichte von Walter und Irmgard Stern"

    Contains one article entitled "Die Geschichte von Walter und Irmgard Stern," by Gerhard Heckelmann. In this article, Mr. Heckelmann describes making contact with the family of Walter and Irmgard Stern, who were originally from Mensfelden, Germany, part of a small Jewish community consisting of the villages of Dauborn, Heringen, Kirberg and Mensfelden. The article describes the Sterns' Holocaust experiences.

  14. "Die Letzten Mitglieder der Juedischen Kultusgemeinde Dauborn"

    Consists of a research paper entitled "Die Letzten Mitglieder der Juedischen Kultusgemeinde Dauborn," written by Gerhard Heckelmann in 1995. The paper includes information on the history of the town of Dauborn,Germany, the names and histories of the Jewish families in the community, and what happened to them in the Holocaust. Also includes information about families in the towns of Kirberg, Heringen, and Mensfelden.

  15. "Die Nachrichten - Abteilung 17 stellt sicher..."

    Book of drawings by a German soldier from Communications Unit 17 of the German Army in France 1944. Unique drawings showing satirical attitude toward war and camaraderie of unit. Drawings were produced for the 50th birthday of the Division commander in August 1944 by Fritz Illburger.

  16. "Die Vormerkung fuer die Einzahlungen in das Sonderkonto I..."

    Document from the Haavara, "Die Vormerkung fuer die Einzahlungen in das Sonderkonto I der Bank der Tempelgesellschaft," undated

  17. "Die Zigeunerfrage"

    Consists of a copy of "Die Zigeunerfrage," written by Tobias Portschy. It is an ideological essay discussing the political ties, hygiene, physical appearance, and religion of Roma living in the Reich.

  18. "Dina's Story"

    Contains one memoir, 13 pages, entitled "Dina's Story," written in 1994 by Dina Littman, originally of Zgierz, Poland. In the memoir, she describes the confiscation of goods, life in the Łódź ghetto, forced labor in Shwachsztrom. In 1944, she was deported to Auschwitz and from there, to Bergen-Belsen and to forced labor in Salzwedel, where she was liberated. She briefly returned to Łódź, married a fellow survivor, Jakob Littman, and tried to emigrate to Israel. After a brief internment in Cyprus, she emigrated to Israel and eventually to the United States.

  19. "Dinnertime Survivor Tale"

    Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, entitled "Dinnertime Survivor Tale," by Harvy Simkovits, originally of Kassa (Kosice). In the memoir, Mr. Simkovits describes his mother describing her Holocaust experiences over dinner and how she survived the war as a Slovak-Hungarian Jew. In 1944, when Germany invaded Hungary, the family moved from Kassa to Budapest, using false papers and posing as non-Jews. She described learning of the deportation of the Jews of Kassa, who were sent to Auschwitz in May 1944. She also described life in Budapest at the end of the war and returning to Kassa (Kosice).

  20. "Eddie Klein: A Rescued Life"

    Consists of one memoir, approximately 70 pages, in English, entitled "Eddie Klein: A Rescued Life" by Edward Klein, originally of Sieradz, Poland. In the memoir, Mr. Klein, describes his pre-war family and religious life; escape to Warsaw and then to Łódź after the German invasion; life in the Łódź ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; transfer to Sosonowiec; forced march to Mauthausen; and liberation from Gunskirchen. The memoir also includes information about his post-war life, including his 1945 legal immigration to Palestine; fighting and teaching mechanics during the War of ...