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  1. "A Memoir"

    Consists of one memoir, 54 pages, entitled "A Memoir", by Richard Mayer, originally of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. The memoir, which was edited by Mr. Mayer's grandson, Ron Gery, describes the experiences of Richard and Hella Weiskopf Mayer who escaped, with their young daughter, Astrid Miriam Mayer (later Miriam Gery), from Yugoslavia to Palestine during the Holocaust. Mr. Mayer describes his memories of the German invasion of Yugoslavia, the confiscation of goods and property, and the difficulty both in traveling and in leaving the country. The Mayers eventually managed to escape Yugoslavia and...

  2. "A Rejected Stone: My Life"

    Memoir by Ben-Zion Schuster, originally of Jezierzany, Poland (Ozeri︠a︡ny, Ukraine), entitled "A Rejected Stone: My Life." The memoir is a printed draft from November 1990, and translated from the Yiddish by Professor Robert Moses Shapiro. The memoir describes Ben-Zion’s prewar family life in a shtetl, his studies at a yeshiva in Łuck, Poland (Lutsk, Ukraine), his wartime experience under Soviet and Germany occupation, the fates of his family members, his postwar experiences in displaced persons camps, and his immigration to the United States. 279 pages.

  3. "A Story of Misery, Miracles, and Love"

    Consists of one memoir, 2006, entitled "A Story of Misery, Miracles, and Love: In the words of Beatrice Sarkany," by Beatrice Sarkany, originally of Sibiu, Transylvania. In her memoir, Mrs. Sarkany describes her memories of the Hungarian occupation, of the Nagyvarad ghetto, and of her deportation to Auschwitz. After a number of months in Auschwitz, she was transferred to the Gorlitz camp in Germany, where she was liberated by the Russian Army in May 1945. Includes copies of photographs.

  4. "A Story: The Life of Johan and Gertrude Verloop, as written from memory, 1919-1946"

    Consists of one memoir, 65 pages, entitled "A Story: The Life of Johan and Gertrude Verloop, as written from memory, 1919-1946," which was written by Johan Verloop in 1994. In the memoir, he describes his childhood in the Netherlands, learning of the threat of Nazism, and being accepted into officer's training school in 1939. He describes the German invasion of the Netherlands and his decision to go to university, as well as describing life under the German occupation. He joined the underground resistance movement with his future wife Gertrude (Mam) and helped to hide a young Jewish boy. He...

  5. "A Survivor's Connections: Yesterday into Today"

    Consists of one typed testimony, 14 pages, entitled "A Survivor's Connections: Yesterday into Today" by Judith Sherman, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück. In the testimony, she describes the various elements of daily life that remind her of her Holocaust experiences and includes poetry that she has written about her memories.

  6. "A tale of one city : Piotrków Trybunalski"

    Consists of "A tale of one city: Piotrków Trybunalski," a scrapbook compiled by Ben Giladi in January 1992. The 41-page scrapbook contains materials including photographs, maps, and document copies relating to Jewish life in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, before World War II and the tragedy of the Holocaust as it affected Jewish residents.

  7. "A Tale of Terezin"

    Consists of one transcript, 20 pages, of an oral history conducted in 1998 by Esther Levy with her mother, Miryam Levy, originally of Khust, Czechoslovakia. In the interview, Miryam shares memories of her childhood, the family's deportation to Terezin (Theresienstadt) in December 1941, and her memories of the filming of the Red Cross visit to Terezin. The family was liberated by the Russian Army in Terezin on May 5, 1945.

  8. "A Testament of the Survivors, A Memorial to the Dead: The collection of Gross-Breesen Letters and Related Material"

    Consists of one CD-ROM containing three volumes (consisting of a total of 1537 typed pages) entitled "A Testament of the Survivors, A Memorial to the Dead: The Collection of Gross-Breesen Letters and Related Material." The volumes consist of correspondence, photographs, and documentation related to the Gross-Breesen institution, a training farm for Jewish youth founded in May 1936 by Professor Dr. Curt Bondy, and the pre-war, wartime, and post-war lives of those who lived in Gross-Breesen. The volumes were created for the 70th anniversary of the founding of Gross-Breesen.

  9. "A Time to Remember"

    Consists of one memoir, 11 pages, entitled "A Time to Remember", by Anja Legerstee, born Chana Deborah Kuperman, originally of Lublin, Poland. She recalls pre-war Jewish life in Lublin, the 1939 German invasion, life in the Lublin ghetto and her deportation to Majdanek. After she managed to escape from Majdanek and go to Warsaw, she posed as a Christian until the end of the war. She is the only survivor from her family.

  10. "A Time to Weep"

    A research paper documenting donor's father's journey from Germany to China to Panama and to United States. Ten black and white family photographs with notes.

  11. "A Trip to Bessarabia (A Return to the Past)"

    Consists of a 27-page narrative entitled "A Trip to Bessarabia (A Return to the Past)" by Eugénie Bérézin, as well as large color photographs of present-day Bessarabia, including the Moldova and Kishinev (now Chișinău) areas, taken by Sophie Bergogne. The narrative describes the history of Jewish life in the region (depicted in the photographs) and descriptions of the images.

  12. "A Visit by Eisenhower"

    Consists of a four-page typescript, written by Eli Rock, entitled "A Visit by Eisenhower." The subject is the writer's observations of a visit by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gen. George S. Patton Jr. to the Feldafing displaced persons camp in Jul. 1945.

  13. "A Voice for the Silenced"

  14. "A15975: Shula's Story"

    Contains one VHS videocassette of the living testimonial of Shula (Zita) Fried Kozuch, who is a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943-1945. Mrs. Kozuch is a native of Viseu de Jos, Romania, and lost her parents and all of her siblings, save two sisters who were two of Mengele's twins, in the gas chambers upon arrival in Auschwitz in 1943. Mrs. Kozuch participated on a death march to Germany, where she was liberated in 1945.

  15. "Account of Flight with American Newspaper Editors and Publishers Investigating War Damages and Atrocities in Germany"

    Consists of one photocopy of a typed testimony, 15 pages, entitled "Account of Flight with American Newspaper Editors and Publishers Investigating War Damages and Atrocities in Germany," written by John Whitehead on May 2, 1945. In the testimony, Mr. Whitehead describes flying over the rubble of buildings in Germany, hearing from newspaper editors about their experiences in Europe thusfar, and participating in the tour of the Dachau concentration camp.

  16. "Afternoon in Buchenwald"

    Consists of one typescript article, 9 pages, in English, entitled "Afternoon in Buchenwald" by Richard Daughtry, written by Henry F. Tonn. In the article, Tonn describes World War II veteran Richard Daughtry's experience visiting Buchenwald in April 1945 after the liberation, including his tour of the camp, where he witnessed the victims still in the crematorium, emaciated survivors, and items made of human skin, which he was told were made under the orders of Ilse Koch.

  17. "Against the Odds"

    Consists of one memoir, 79 pages, entitled "Against the Odds," written in 1998 by Greta Grossman Lake, originally of Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Czechoslovakia. She describes her childhood in Mikulov, her family life, her memories of World War I, and her marriage in 1932 to George Lakenbacher. Despite difficulty, the couple, who were converted Catholics, along with Greta's brother Joe and his family, were able to immigrate to France in 1938. In 1942, after the first waves of arrests in the Langeac area, George escaped to Spain, but was arrested across the border and interned at the Miranda del Eb...

  18. "Alberto Cernogoraz; 1914-1946: Holocaust Survivor"

    Consists of one memoir, undated, entitled, "Alberto Cernogoraz; 1914-1946: Holocaust Survivor," by Genoveffa Cernogoraz Cook. Mrs. Cook writes about her childhood in pre-war and wartime Italy and her memories of her brother, Alberto, who was arrested in 1943 as a member of the Italian Underground and was presumed dead. After the war, however, the family learned that he had been imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. Though he recovered from his illnesses, Alberto Cernogoraz was murdered in 1946.

  19. "All Paths Lead to Rome"

    Consists of one handwritten poem, three pages, entitled "All Paths Lead to Rome" by Yitzchak Yitzchak, which was the pseudonym of Yitzchak Ben Shaul, who wrote this poem in Bari, Italy, in late 1944. The poem was written for the Jewish Brigade troupe of music and entertainment in Italy.

  20. "An Absence of Closure"

    Consists of one memoir, 114 pages, entitled "An Absence of Closure," by Gustav (Gus) Schonfeld, originally of Munkacevo, Czechoslovakia. He describes his childhood in Munkacevo (Munkacs), his family lineage, and the takeover of Munkacevo, first by the Hungarians in 1939 and later by the Germans in 1944. After the German invasion, Gus's father, Dr. Alexander Schonfeld, a physician, was assigned to the village of Barkaszo, so the family moved, but were deported to Auschwitz shortly thereafter. After a few weeks in Auschwitz, Gus, his father, and some of the male members of his familiy were se...