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  1. Paul Mayer papers

    1. Paul Mayer collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust and post-war experiences of Paul Mayer, originally of Frankfurt am Main, including his forced labor in the Blankenburg am Harz concentration camp in 1945, his father Fritz Mayer’s deportation and death in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943, his immigration to the United States in 1947, and his studies at the University of Cincinnati. Included are biographical materials, immigration papers, correspondence, diaries, an illustrated personal narrative titled Vom Main zum Ohio, and one photograph. Biographical materials include clippings related to Paul while he wa...

  2. Expressionistic lithograph by Richard Grune depicting concentration camp inmates begging a guard for food

    Lithograph created by Richard Grune for a 1947 series of works based upon his experiences as an inmate in German concentration camps and prisons from 1934-1945. Grune was a Bauhaus trained artist who moved to Berlin in February 1933, as the Nazis were consolidating their control of the government. In December 1934, he was denounced and arrested. Under interrogation, Grune admitted to being homosexual. He was held in protective custody for five months, then returned to Flensburg, his childhood home, to stand trial for violating Article 6, §175 of the penal code which punished indecent acts b...

  3. Doily printed with the portrait photograph of a young bride in a displaced persons camp

    1. Rosa and Zygmunt Schleichkorn collection

    Doily featuring a photographic portrait of Rosa Freimann Schleichkorn. It was created to commemorate her wedding to Zygmont Schleichkorn around 1947 in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany. In 1940, Rosa escaped from the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto and hid in a convent. She later moved to Warsaw and assumed a false identity as a Catholic. When that ghetto was about to be destroyed in spring 1943, she paid someone to smuggle her out. Zygmont was interned by the Germans in the ghetto in Bochnia, Poland. It was emptied by the summer of 1943, but Zygmont and his family had hidden in ...

  4. Doily printed with the wedding photograph of a young couple married in a displaced persons camp

    1. Rosa and Zygmunt Schleichkorn collection

    Doily featuring a photographic portrait of Rosa Freimann and Zygmont Schleichkorn. It was created to celebrate their wedding around 1947 in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany. In 1940, Rosa escaped from the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto and hid in a convent. She later moved to Warsaw and assumed a false identity as a Catholic. When that ghetto was about to be destroyed in spring 1943, she paid someone to smuggle her out. Zygmont was interned by the Germans in the ghetto in Bochnia, Poland. It was emptied by the summer of 1943, but Zygmont and his family had hidden in the forest w...

  5. Generator put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Generator placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had escaped...

  6. Mandrel placed on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Mandrel placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had escaped f...

  7. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who ferried Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41824
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in Gilleje, Denmark, in 1992 of Frede Svendsen, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Frede used his boat to ferry Jews to Sweden. A rumor that a boat was leaving at 10pm resulted in hundreds trying to gain passage. There was a false alarm that the Gestapo was coming and as his boat left the dock, a man came running and at the last minute was pulled aboard. After the war, he returned to thank his rescuers. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not moles...

  8. Electric plug put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Electric plug placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had esc...

  9. Electric switch put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Electric switch placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had e...

  10. Electric circuit-breaker put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Porcelain circuit breaker placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and M...

  11. Machine part put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Machine part placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had esca...

  12. Spruchkammer Sonderegger; Bartz: Die Tragödie der deutschen Abwehr

    1. Sammlungen
    2. Müller, Josef (Sprk. Sonderegger / Widerstand)

    I. Aktenstücke zum Spruchgerichtsverfahren Franz Xaver Sonderegger in Hamburg-Bergedorf 1947-1950 1. Korrespondenz Josef Müller, E. Ense, H. Schilling, Franz Xaver Sonderegger u.a. vom 12. Juli 1948-29. Dezember 1950 betreffend Spruchgerichtsverfahren gegen Sonderegger; Bemühungen Müller um Entlassung des ehemaligen Kriminalkommissars (darin Lebenslauf Sonderegger), Blatt 1-49; 2. Aussage Franz Xaver Sonderegger, ohne Datum, über einzelne Männer des 20. Juli: Verhalten Dohnanyi bei Vernehmungen, Verbindungen Bonhoeffer zu Erzbischof von Chichester 1942, Rolle von Gerstenmaier, Jakob Kaiser,...

  13. Varia.

    1. Archives

    In deze beschrijving hebben we de archiefbestanden ondergebracht die te beperkt zijn om een aparte ‘fiche’ aan te wijden en/of waarvan de context onduidelijk is, maar die niettemin interessant kunnen zijn voor onderzoekers. Het gaat om zowel losse stukken (van privaat- en publiekrechtelijke oorsprong), documentatie verzameld rond een bepaald thema, mappen met persoonlijke documenten geschonken door nabestaanden, … Soms betreft het (foto)kopies van stukken die in andere instellingen bewaard worden. We noteren o.a. de nrs. AA 1405 (documenten J. Golard, o.a. inzake “Joden- en pilotenhulp”, 19...

  14. Escutcheon placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Keyhole surround placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had e...

  15. Herzog family collection

    The Herzog family collection consists of 46 letters written by Henry Herzog, Szymek Herzog, and Natek Herzog in the ghetto in Rzeszow, Poland, to their sister, Fela Herzog, who was in hiding under the assumed name Felicja Zwolinski.

  16. Josef Grotte photograph collection

    The photographs consist of images of Josef Grotte and his family before and during the Holocaust.

  17. Winterstein-Reinhardt family photograph collection

    The collection consists of 72 photographs and copy prints that document the experiences of two Sinti families, Winterstein and Reinhardt, before, during, and after World War II. The images depict family members, domestic life in Romani camps, and Romani musicians and dancers. One of the photographs was taken when the donor and her twin sister, Rolanda, were released to their parents for a propaganda photo shoot of Sinti parents strolling with their babies along the Domstrasse in Würzburg, Germany.

  18. Karl Akiva and Ella Huppert Schwarz papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Karl Akiva Schwarz of Vienna, Austria and his wife Ella Huppert Schwarz of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, including their escape from Nazi-occupied Europe aboard the S.S. Pentcho, internments on Rhodes and in the Ferramonti concentration camp, and their immigration to Palestine. The collection includes biographical materials such as birth, marriage, and death certificates; documents from Ferramonti and Palestine; and wartime letters from family members in Poland. Photographs include depictions of the S.S. Pentcho; Ferramonti; Haifa, Israel; and ...

  19. Embossed aluminum flat top steamer trunk used by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Eleanor and Ernest Fried collection

    Steamer trunk, part of a set with 2005.140.3, used by Ernest Fried when he emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1938. Ernest was running the family lumber business in Landau when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Following the Reichstag Fire in late February, Germany became a police state and Jews often were forced to give up their businesses. Ernest and his mother were preparing to leave Germany when Ernest was arrested on November 10, 1938, during Kristallnacht. He was on a transport to Dachau concentration camp when the Gestapo found a receipt for his emigrat...

  20. Upright embossed aluminum wardrobe trunk used by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Eleanor and Ernest Fried collection

    Standing trunk, part of a matched set (2005.140.4), used by Ernest Ludwig when he emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1938. Ernest was running the family lumber business in Landau when Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Following the Reichstag Fire in late February, Germany became a police state and Jews often were forced to give up their businesses. Ernest and his mother were preparing to leave Germany when Ernest was arrested on November 10, 1938, during Kristallnacht. He was on a transport to Dachau concentration camp when the Gestapo found a receipt for his ...