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  1. Minsk survivor testimonies

    Contains information about survival in the ghetto in Minsk, Belarus, during the Holocaust. Also contains two photographs of Minsk ghetto survivors.

  2. Alice and Gerhard Zadek papers

    Contains photographs and text excerpts from "Ein Judenjunge Vom Alex," by Alice and Gerhard Zadek, compiled in scrapbook form. Includes information about young Jews participating in a resistance group headed by Herbert Baum and information about Zadek family members killed during the Holocaust. Dates covered in the text are 1939 to 1948.

  3. Ayduth Lachayim: Witness to Life, Holocaust Survivors in the Cleveland Jewish Community

    Contains information about the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Ohio; Yad Vashem; the 1981 World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Israel; and 287 Jewish Holocaust Survivors from Cleveland, Ohio. Also included is information about the family members of the Cleveland survivors who perished in the Holocaust.

  4. Excerpts from the Shidlovtsa Yiskor book

    Contains information about Holocaust survival from former residents of Shidlovtsa, Poland. Translations from Yiddish into English were completed by Freda Stone.

  5. Louis Piechota papers

    One issue of "La tour garde: annonce le Royaume Jehovah," 15 Novembre 1980 No 22 Bimensuel, containing the article "Jai servecu a la marche de la mort" by Loui Piechota.

  6. Johannes M. Lublink papers

    Contains the January 1989 and June 1990 issues of "Stictig: we nemen 't weer niet, 1933 -19nu" concerning the persecutions and killings at the Sachsenhausen camp and the Nov.-December 1948 issue of Appe'l ( a publication of the Netherlands bureau of the American Red Cross) concerning Sachsenhausen and other camps. Also included is a copy of a written testimony by Johannes Lublink and a copy of a photograph of Johannes Lublink and a woman (presumably his wife), dated October 1945.

  7. Documents relating to Aryan descent, taxation, and membership in Jewish Community of Berlin

    Contains three documents: 1) Record from the Bishopric of Aachen, consisting of an excerpt of proof of Aryan ancestry, used to document the wedding of Peter W. Hansen and Agnes Kreitz, which took place in 1850 but was documented on this form in 1936; 2) a document (2 leaves) from a finance office in Berlin-Charlottenburg, documenting payment of a war subvention on income tax for the calendar year 1939, sent to Ilse Sara Foerder, May 1940; 3) a document from the Judische Gemeinde zu Berlin, e.V., showing that Ilse Sara Foerder had paid her yearly dues to the Jewish congregation, and had paid...

  8. "My Heroine Aunt"

    Includes a two-page biography of Margarete Elkan describing her acts of heroism during the Holocaust. The essay, "My heroine aunt," describes the work of Margarete Elkan as well as the stories of Bertha Bennigsohn and Elise Katz. Both the brief biography and the essay describe the experiences of German Jews before and after the Holocaust.

  9. 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.

  10. 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...

  11. 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.

  12. Violin and case used by a Roma

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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...

  16. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.