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  1. Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes records relating to Roma in Austria

    Consists of copies of various letters and government-generated documents relating to the fate of Roma in Austria during and after the Holocaust. The documents focus on topics such as deportations, establishment of concentration camps for Roma, forced labor of Roma, and transports of Roma to Mauthausen and Auschwitz.

  2. Records relating to Jews and Roma in Berlin from the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv

    Includes approximately 250 case file created by the Oberfinanzdirektion of Berlin concerning the evacuation of Roma in Berlin and the confiscation of their personal property. Also included are files concerning transports of Jews and Roma from Berlin to Auschwitz, specific cases of Roma receiving restitution after the Holocaust, and a list of German concentration camps and sub-camps. After comparing the individual case files to the name list, the accessioning archivist discovered that 20 files are missing from the collection. The missing files are: Buchler, Josef; Frolian, Peter; Haustein, A...

  3. Willi Seitz papers

    The Willi Seitz papers consist of photocopies of court records, a personal narrative, printed materials, and poems. The court records document his persecution for not participating in patriotic school activities The personal narrative documents his father’s experiences as a Jehovah’s Witnesses and political prisoner and his years in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Printed materials document Jehovah’s Witnesses, Buchenwald, and Salamo Arouch. The poems document the Buchenwald concentration camp.

  4. Erna Ludolph, Josef Niklasch, and Margarete Niklasch papers

    Consists of copies of personal documents relating to Erna Ludolph, Josef Niklasch, and Margarete Niklasch, all German Jehovah's Witnesses, during the Holocaust. Includes information about arrests, concentration camp experiences, and liberation, as well as biographical information.

  5. Anna Gustavsson papers

    Consists of copies of documents issued to Anna Gustavsson by Nazi authorities accusing her of connections with the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  6. Articles from "The golden age" and the "Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses" and other publications relating to the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust

    Consists of copies of articles from "The golden age" and "Yearbook of the Jehovah's Witnesses," and other publications concerning the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses, Protestants, and Jews from the beginning of Nazi rule through the years of the Holocaust. Some of the articles focus on the cooperation of the Catholic Church in the persecution of other Christian groups in Europe. Also included is a copy of a letter from a young Jehovah's Witness to his parents shortly before his execution.

  7. Articles, clippings, and other materials relating to the UNRRA and displaced persons

    Consists of several newspaper and magazine articles concerning Jews and displaced persons and the activities of American and British armies in the occupied zones in Europe after World War II. Included are three issues of "UNRRA," which concern the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) with displaced persons after the Holocaust. Also included are issues of Jewish publications in Brazil containing articles about displaced persons and two issues of "Army talks."

  8. Fannie Stern Selig diary

    The collection consists of a typed copy of a travel log kept by Fannie Stern Selig from 3 November 1947 through 8 December 1947 during her visit to Europe and Palestine as a representative of the Jewish Federation. During her travels she visited DP camps, concentration camps, and children's homes in France, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, and Palestine. The diary focuses on topics such as her daily experiences, emigration of Jews to Palestine, the care of children, the conditions at abandoned concentration camps, and the challenges Jews faced after the Holocaust. The collection ...

  9. Affidavit concerning the heroism of Céline Demarez Morali

    Consists of a copy of a French affidavit describing the heroism of Céline Berte Morali, who was responsible for the rescue of several Jews by hiding them in the basement of her hardware store in Paris.

  10. Mann and Mandelbaum family correspondence

    Consists of copies of letters exchanged primarily between the Jacob Mann Family and the Sidney Mandelbaum family between November 1938 and March 1949. The letters concern the attempts of Jacob Mann to emigrate, along with his wife and daughter, to the U.S. just prior to the start of World War II with sponsorship and financial assistance from the Mandelbaum family. Several letters relate to the work done by the Council for German Jewry and the German Jewish Aid Committee during the emigration process of the Mann family.

  11. Story of Sally and Samuel Bloom

    Consists of a copy of a memoir by Jack Bloom concerning the Samuel and Sally Bloom family of West N.Y., N.J. The memoir describes the generosity shown by the Blooms as they agreed to sponsor the family of Martin Lichtenstein in order for them to emigrate from Germany just prior to the outbreak of World War II.

  12. William Perl papers

    The William Perl papers include original documents as well as photocopies of documents held by the Public Records Offices in London and Richmond and by the British National Archives. Most records relate to William Perl's involvement in clandestine Jewish emigration by Jewish refugees from various European countries to Palestine around 1939-1940. The collection also includes a July 4, 1944 report titled “Soviet State Extraordinary Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating the Crimes Committed by the German-fascist Invaders and Their Accomplices” including information about executions of ...

  13. Paul Singer identification card

    An identification card issued to Paul Singer by the Jewish Administration of Displaced Peoples' Camp after his liberation from Dachau. The card contains biographical information about Singer and indicates that he participated in a special transport to visit the zone of Poland occupied by the Russians.

  14. SPD campaign film

    Campaign film with animation and titles. "Break the Swastika/Support the SPD" Title: " Gefesselt, wehrlos, _gesetzt der Pein, _es wird Dein Los Dritten Reiche sein!" Parts of the title are off-screen. Brief cartoon depiction of a laughing Nazis outside a prison cell, then cartoon hands breaking a swastika. The film continues with captions overlaying scenes of socialist demonstrations and speeches, including some montages of several events at once. The captions include: "We demonstrate against fascism! Fascism means the repression of the working class! Fascism? No! Socialism!"

  15. Regina Bochner Schweid papers

    Includes the personal correspondence of Regina Bochner Schweid, exchanged between her and members of her family in Poland. The letters concern the movement of various family members throughout Eastern Europe and the attempt of several Bochner family members to finance their emigration to the United States. Also included is a list of statistics for Bochner family members and a 31 August 1945 issue of the "Fort Wood News," which contains an article concerning the viewing of a Holocaust photograph exhibit by American liberators. See RG list for RG-10.02701 - RG-10.027*02 titles.

  16. "The words of our mouths: our family's heritage as told by members of the Beer-Lasner, Goss-Kaufman, Katz-Rosenstein, Ribak-Weiner families"

    Includes of a copy of "The words of our mouths..." written by Robert H. Weiner. It concerns the family heritage of the Weiner family and other related families of American Jews. The work includes information about Jewish emigration in the 19th century, the assimilation of immigrant Jews into American Society, and European History. Weiner uses quotes of family members and quotes from family correspondence in order to illustrate the family's story in both Europe and the United States. Special "Who's Who" segments, used alongside photographs, help trace the family tree. Also included is an ess...

  17. Booth family papers

    Includes photocopies of correspondence between the Philip Booth family and Leon Kubowitzki, exchanged while attempting to aid several Jews from German-occupied Belgium with emigration matters. Also included are affidavits relating to the efforts of Philip and Mary Booth to help Jews emigrate from Europe. See RG list for RG-10.02601 and RG-10.026*02 titles.

  18. Reports of Einsatzgruppen

    Consists of copies of reports concerning the activities of various Einsatzgruppen in several occupied European countries during the Holocaust. Among the topics discussed in the reports are Einsatzgruppen activities against communists in occupied areas and specific actions against the Jews of Estonia.

  19. Armand Eisler papers

    Contains letters, essays, and articles relating to the life and career of Armand Eisler. Among the topics covered are Eisler genealogy, post-war Austria, international politics, and the Middle East. Included with the papers is a copy of "The Terror as a System: the Concentration Camp" by Ernst Federn. Included in the correspondence are letters signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Felix Frankfurter, Virginia Gildersleeve, Harold Stassen, and post-war Austrian presidents Karl Renner and Adolf Schärf.

  20. Jacob David Watton postcard

    Consists of one postcard received by Jacob David Watton in late 1940 from his brother-in-law in the area of Minsk. The card describes a hasty flight from his home and a plea for financial assistance.