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  1. Sophie Newman scrapbooks containing Yiddish poetry and articles relating to World War II

    One scrapbook containing articles about Itshe Slotzki and his poetry and the executions of Nazi war criminals. Some of the newspaper clippings are taken from a Yiddish publication. One photograph of Itshe Slotzki. One scrapbook containing clippings concerning the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and events of World War II from newspapers and magazines. Seven photographs by Col. Max J. Mackler of a concentration camp (possibly Buchenwald) at the time of liberation.See RG list for RG-10.01801 through RG-10.018*02 titles.

  2. One family's story the correspondence of Paul, Balbina, and Richard Schifter

    Typescript text, 326 pages, consisting of the transcription and translation of correspondence between Richard Schifter, originally of Vienna, Austria, and his parents, Paul and Balbina, following Richard's immigration to the United States in 1938. The original correspondence continued until 1941, and both of Richard's parents were presumed to have been killed in Poland in 1942. The present document consists of letters transcribed and translated by Richard's daughter, Deborah Schifter, in 1989, but in addition to correspondence between Richard and his parents, also includes transcriptions of...

  3. Records relating to war crimes in Sachsenhausen

    Consists of two packets of copies. Among the documents in the first packet are microfilm copies of correspondence and testimony relating to the alleged war crimes of Dr. Karl Josef Fischer (Dr. Horst Fischer), Yad Vashem, JM 3791. The second packet included testimonies in related to the presence of Wilhelm Kugler in the Sachsenhausen camp, Yad Vashem, JM 3801.

  4. Violin and case used by a Roma

  5. Hans Bader poems relating to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

    Includes three poems by Hans Bader, a Holocaust survivor, describing conditions at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.

  6. Case files of the United Restitution Organization - Los Angeles office

    Consists of approximately 2,166 inactive case files of Jewish Holocaust survivors who claimed restitution for suffering and damage resulting from persecution by the Nazis during the period 1933 to 1945. The cases contain information on life in Nazi occupied areas, conditions in concentration camps, and experiences of displaced persons and survivors during and following the Holocaust. Among the documents are sworn affidavits of witnesses, testimonies of the survivors (claimants), and indemnity claims against the German government.

  7. Case files of the United Restitution Organization - Toronto Office

    Consists of 773 boxes containing inactive case files of Jewish Holocaust survivors who claimed restitution for suffering and damage resulting from persecution by the Nazis during the period 1933 to 1945. The records are divided into five major groups. First, there are the records tilted "BEG" (Bundes-Entschädigungs-Gesetz or Federal Compensation/Restitution Law). The BEG files contain one-time-only claims. For the most part, these are copies. The originals are in Germany. Second, there are the records titled "URO." These files contain general claims for restitution. Third, there are the ca...

  8. Elizabeth Model scrapbooks

    "Memories: People and Places" is the remembrance of Elisabeth Model as a wife, mother, and artist during the 1940s and 1950s. "In Memoriam: Max Model" is a tribute to Max Model, husband of Elisabeth Model, with information about his persecution during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. See RG list for titles for RG-10.060*01 - *02.

  10. Postcards and telegrams concerning persons in Theresienstadt

    Consists of six postcards to and from various persons in a "Jewish camp." One blank savings book, which at one time belonged to Berta Rosenzweig. Four telegrams from Topalcany, Czechoslovakia. One entry pass for Theresienstadt.

  11. Jack O. Horton letter describing liberation of slave laborers near Barth, Germany

    The letter was written by Jack O. Horton in 1990 and contains his recollections about the liberation of Jewish slave laborers at a German airport near Barth, Germany.

  12. Trunk sent to an Austrian Jewish youth after he fled

    Trunk sent to Rudolf Lappe, 19, who fled Chemnitz, Germany, for Great Britain not long after Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933. Rudolf left without any prior preparation in order to get out before the borders were closed in April 1933. Later that year his father sent him this trunk with clothing in it. His father was imprisoned on racial grounds. He was released after several weeks, but was not allowed to practice his profession of law. He emigrated to England in May 1939. Rudolf returned in 1948 to the Soviet occupied zone.

  13. [Newspaper]

    German National Socialist newspaper.

  14. Der Kampf um die Bolschewistische Partei 1900-1904 [Book]

    Book banned in the Third Reich.

  15. [Newspaper]

    German National Socialist newspaper

  16. "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.

  17. Photographs of concentration camp victim burials at Ludwigslust, Germany

    The collection consists of six photographs depicting the burial of the victims of the Wöbbelin subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp by German civilians in nearby Ludwigslust, Germany. The photographs were taken by William Crawley in May 1945 after liberation and annotated on the verso.

  18. Emil Neu postcards from Gurs concentration camp

    Two postcards addressed to E. Neu from Emil Neu in Gurs concentration camp. The postcards discuss receiving packages, needing to settle rent, and physical examinations.

  19. Hannes family letters and postcards

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Hannes family, originally of Hamburg, Germany. Included are five German Red Cross letters, dated from March 1943 to October 1944 from Luise Eugenie Hannes to her daughters Ruth (later Ruth Hannes Doswald) and Lieselotte (later Lieselotte E. Rosenmeyer), both of whom fled Hamburg to England. Her daughters’ responses are on the reverse of each letter. Also included are seven postcards addressed to Luise’s husband Dr. Berthold Hannes from former patients imprisoned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The postcards date from De...

  20. Pruzinier family photographs

    Contains three photographs of Vladimir Solomonovich Pruzinier, Tamara Solomonovna Pruzinier, and Elizabet Grigorevna Kalina Pruzinier. All three died in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in October 1941. Also in the photograph with Tamara S. Pruzinier is her friend, Ala Joffe Marandich.