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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. 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.

  2. 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...

  3. 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

  4. Oral history interview with Alfred Stern

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  8. 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.

  10. Simon Makon sings Yiddish folk songs

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

  12. U.S. vs. Ohlendorf recordings

    Recordings of the Einstatzgruppen trial "U.S. vs. Ohlendorf", specifically the proceedings of September 29, October 8-9 and October 14-15, 1947. Otto Ohlendorf, the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, which participated in the executions of Jews, Roma, and other persecuted groups, was sentenced to death by hanging as a result of this trial and was executed in 1951.

  13. Oral history interview with Daniel Hassan

  14. Music in memory of Sobibor

    Music entitled "De Trein naar Sobibor" composed by Mathieu Dijker.

  15. Sylvia Rozines papers

    The Sylvia Rozines papers primarily contain photographs of the Perelmuter family and their relatives in Łódź, Poland before the Holocaust. They also include photographs taken in the Foehrenwald and Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camps after the Holocaust and an identification card issued to Sylvia at Bad Reichenhall. Photographs depict Sylvia, her parents Izak Mendel Perelmuter and Chaya Wolfman Perelmuter, and her sister Dora Perelmuter Galek. They also depict Izak’s brothers Luzer and Haskel, their wives Andzia and Chana, Andzia and Luzer’s son Monek, and Izak’s sister Itka. Additional...

  16. Oral history interview with Hana Lowy Weiner

  17. John Kaufmann album "Deutschland, England, Australien"

    Album entitled "Deutschland, England, Australien" created by John Kaufmann (born Hans Werner Kaufmann), originally of Heidelberg, Germany. The album includes writings, drawings, and photographs chronicling his family and his Holocaust experiences as a German refugee who fled to England in August 1939, was sent to Australia in July 1940 aboard the HMT Dunera as an enemy alien, and interned in the Hay internment camp in New South Wales.

  18. Notice restricting opening of Jewish store

    Notice restricting the opening of a Jewish shop in Berlin, Germany.

  19. Oral history interview with Abraham Munk

  20. Oral history interview with Alan Harrison