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Language of Description: English
Country: United States

  1. George Salton photographs

    The photographs include one photoprint depicting George Salton at age 17 in Lubeck in June 1945; one a copy print depicting Salton’s parents soon after their marriage; two photoprints depicting members of Bricha in Łódź in 1947; one photoprint depicting members of Bricha in Szczecin in 1947, and one photoprint of survivors in front of the Kibbutz DROR in Szczecin in 1947.

  2. Feliks Puterman and Janet Rogowsky collection

    The collection primarily consists of three diaries authored by Feliks Puterman (previously Samuel Puterman), originally of Warsaw, Poland, documenting his experiences with the Polish Army in 1939; life in the Warsaw ghetto, 1940-1942; and life in hiding in Warsaw, 1942-circa 1944. The diaries are handwritten in Polish. Also included is a personal narrative authored by Janet Rogowsky (previously Genia Ajzenberg), a fellow survivor, whom Feliks married after the war, chronicling her Holocaust experience, including descriptions of her father and brother’s deaths in Łódź, her mother’s deportati...

  3. Carel Sternberg identification card

    The"Carte d' Identité" (identification card) was issued to Karel (or Carel) Sternberg donor, a Czech law student, in December 1938. Sternberg was in France when the Germans took over the country, and he worked closely with Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee in Marseille, France.

  4. We will never die

    Recording of the 1943 "We Will Never Die" pageant produced by Kurt Weill. The musical program, recorded at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, involves songs and speeches of tribute, delivered by volunteer actors, actresses, musicians, and composers, in memory of Jews killed by the Nazis. A major part of the production is devoted to honoring the brave Jews who participated in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

  5. Szabo family papers

    The Szabo family papers document the Holocaust experiences of the Szabo family of Vienna, Austria, including Viktor Szabo’s imprisonment in Dachau after Kristallnacht, his death in Zasavica in 1941, his daughter Nelly Szabo Ullman’s account of Kristallnacht, and her immigration to the United States in May 1939. Material related to Nelly Szabo Ullman consists of a handwritten account in German of the German-annexation of Austria (Anschluss) and Kristallnacht, written fall 1939, along with an English translation she produced in 1996. Material related to Viktor Szabo includes 3 letters written...

  6. Hersz Fischel identification card

    The identification card was issued by the Arbeitsamt-Getto to Hersz Fischel (donor's uncle) to authorize his labor exchange in the ghetto in Łódź (Litzmannstadt), Poland.

  7. Joseph C. Solarz papers

    The Joseph C. Solarz papers include narratives, letters, photographs, and news clippings documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The narratives include a personal narrative by Solarz and a report by an anonymous author. The letters include a 1945 illustrated note to Solarz by liberated prisoners Tadeusz Warsowicz, Jozef Kachel, and Stefan Dziwlik; a letter from “Alex” to his parents recounting his visit to Buchenwald; and a 1957 letter from former Buchenwald prisoner Feliks Grossman. Photographs depict the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp, and most bear capti...

  8. Rudolf A. Haunschmied collection

    Two cassettes with music and a discussion regarding the concentration camp Gusen I and II. Cassette 1, Side A: Names of musicians: Herbert Strobel (sp?), Bernard Offen (sp?), Kurt Neumayer (sp?). Program is a memorial event, possibly at the Gusen site; narration in English and German. Sound quality is adequate for 40 seconds only and largely inaudible thereafter. Main speaker is a Polish-Jewish survivor of Mauthausen visiting from California; he tells his story at 16:00. Musical interludes: 07:35 "hasidic nigun" (a textless tune) sung by the men. 12:00 cello solo and male voice perform unid...

  9. Abraham Blumowitsch-Atsmon papers

    Contains photographs, legal documents, and booklets pertaining to Dr. Abraham Blumowitsch-Atsmon's family life in Poland and work for the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American occupied zone. Includes pre-war photographs of family life, wartime photographs of partisans in the Brest-Slonim region, photographs of students in classes at the ORT school in Munich, and photographs of Ben-Gurion in Israel in 1948-1949. Also includes documents and identity cards establishing Dr. Blumowitsch as a physician and as an advisor in displaced persons matters.

  10. Michael Botermans poems

    Contains two poems entitled "Yehoshuah" and "Why" written in remembrance of Holocaust victims and survivors.

  11. Songs of Erich Frost

    Songs of Erich Frost, a Jehovah's Witness who was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Songs include: "Wolkengedunkel," "Entfaltet die Paniere," and "Steht fest." These songs were composed while Mr. Frost was imprisoned and the recordings were arranged under his direction. The collection is comprised of four sound items.

  12. Ernest Marx photograph collection

    The Ernest Marx photograph collection primarily consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war depictions of Ernest, his parents Siegmund and Bertha (née Steinberger) Marx, and relatives in several cities in Germany and other parts of Europe. Photographs include depictions of Siegmund and Bertha’s wedding in Dettelbach, Germany in 1921; Bertha’s parents Hermann and Jette Steinberber; Bertha accompanying children on a Kindertransport from Berlin to Paris, 1939; Gurs transit camp; Jewish prisoners, including Ernest and his father Siegmund, celebrating Hoshana Rabbah in a Sukkah in Les Milles, 194...

  13. Minnie Friedman Piha collection

    Two records in paper sleeves including lyrics of songs in Yiddish and English received by Minnie Piha while Secetary to the Advisor of Jewish Affairs in Germany; dated 1948. (1) White label with red trim,"A personal message from a service man" and Star of David with "JWB" printed at top in dark blue ink. Side A: Handwritten in blue ink on label "I - Eingekommen Kein/Berlin dedicated to Minnie Freidman" Side B: Handwritten on label "II." (2) Harold Graham and the Big Band: "Yesterdays" by Kern-Harback and "Twistin' Jazz" by Hal Graham

  14. Oral history interview with Alfred Stern

  15. Litman family papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Litman family of Zalishchyky, including their survival in Tovste and Jarosław, Poland with the use of false identification papers. Included are false identification papers identifying Olga Litman and her daughters Halina and Eva as Catholics with the last name Lityński, a work permit for Olga to work at a German military camp in Jarosław, DP identification cards, post-war British military papers of Ignacy Litman, marriage certificates, documents used for restitution, clippings, and photographs. The photographs consist of pre-war and ...

  16. Dino A. Brugioni collection

    The collection documents C.I.A. photograph interpreter Dino A. Brugioni’s work on the research and analysis of aerial photographs taken of Auschwitz II (Birkenau) by reconnaissance planes in 1944-1945, as well as other Holocaust-related locations. The collection includes prints and negatives of the aerial photographs, correspondence, writings, articles and publications, clippings, and scrapbooks. Series 1. Photographs includes prints and negatives depicting aerial reconnaissance photographs taken by the Mediterranean Allied Air Force of Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, Auschwitz III, I.G. Farben ...

  18. Cytrynowski family correspondence

    The Cytrynowski family correspondence collection consists of letters, postcards, and Red Cross messages to Nathan Citri from Yechiel, Genia, and Miriam Cytrynowski in Łódź, Poland and later in the Warsaw ghetto.The correspondents describe their lives, their preparations to move to Palestine, and their disappointment after plans fall through.

  20. Simon Makon sings Yiddish folk songs

    Yiddish folk songs, sung by Simon Makon, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto.