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  1. Alexander Szczucki letter

    Contains a two-page letter concerning Alexander Szczucki's actions and observations at Buchenwald shortly after liberation.

  2. Alexander V. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alexander V., who was born in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands in 1938. He notes he has only vague memories and describes his family's orthodoxy; his father's position as caretaker of the Amsterdam Sephardic cemetery in Ouderkerk; German invasion in May 1940; his sister's birth in July 1941; his family's exemption from forced relocation because of his father's position; his brother's birth in November 1943; being taken by a member of an underground movement to Amsterdam, then Arnhem; living openly with a Catholic family, posing as their nephew; hiding during the B...

  3. Alexander Vardy Papers

    : Writings, transcripts and sound recordings of Radio Liberty broadcasts, Radio Liberty memoranda and other internal documents, and reports, studies, newsletters, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Radio Liberty broadcasts to the Soviet Union, and to Soviet politics, culture and society.

  4. Alexander White collection

    Collection of seven black-and-white images of members of Jewish community in Krosno, Poland, before the Holocaust.

  5. Alexander Zeidel photograph collection

    Collection of ten photographs documenting the Zeidel family in pre-war Kovno. The photographs include images of family, children dressed for Purim, the Board of Teachers from the Real Gymnasium Ha'Ivrei B'Kovno, and the board of the Kinderhaus in Kovno.

  6. Alexander Zemanek papers

    Contains a photocopy of a typescript letter, dated 1945, from someone in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany, to the donor's aunt in May 1945.

  7. Alexandra L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alexandra L., who was born in Danzig Free State (presently Gdan?sk, Poland) in 1928. She recalls her family's affluence; cordial relations with non-Jews; her maternal grandmother living with them; antisemitic harassment beginning in 1937; her father's arrest; looting of his store; his non-Jewish employees providing assistance; expulsion from school; not understanding sudden rejection by non-Jewish playmates; attending a Jewish school; a beating by Hitler Youth; destruction of their synagogue; her father contacting a cousin in the United States; her brother's birth in ...

  8. Alexandre Davidowitch collection

    The collection consists of Yiddish language newspaers published in Paris in the 1930s.

  9. Alexandre Frank collection

    The collection documents Alexandre Frank and his wife Elka Barth Frank's efforts to help Jewish refugee children at Château de le Hille during the Holocaust. Contains a photocopy of a French article, dated circa 1985, regarding their work at le Hille; a photocopy of a 1985 German article from Freiheit regarding the Franks; two photocopies of lists of names and addresses of refugee children in the Franks' care; and an original copy of "Les Enfants de La Hille 1942-1985." containing biographies of the refugee children compiled for a 1985 reunion.

  10. Alexandre Gourary. Collection

    This collection contains three issues of « La Voix Internationale de la Résistance » ; two photos of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen ; seven photos of tombstones of Jewish resistance fighters who were killed in action or executed and were buried at the Tir National (National shooting range) in Brussels ; 74 photos and photonegatives depicting the armed Mouvement national belge (MNB) liberating Antwerp, protecting the harbour and undertaking military exercises ; a Sten machine gun and a hand grenade used by Alexandre Gourary while guarding the port of Antwerp ; a jacket worn by Alexandre Gou...

  11. Alexandre Stein. Collection

    This collection contains correspondence between Alexandre Stein, the Anglo-Palestine Bank in Tel Aviv and the Barclays Bank in London regarding deposits and bank accounts ; three shares of the Erez Israel (Palestine) Foundation Fund ; a share in the Palestine Theater in Tel Aviv.

  12. Alexandria Collection: Nazi documentation from the US National Archives

    The documentation includes documents from German government offices, Nazi organizations (including the Nazi party), SS Headquarters and the German Police, as well as German Army units on various levels, from Army Groups to Divisions.

  13. Alexandrul Ausch collection

    Photographic postcard with black and white image of group of men wearing armbands, black ink "X" over head of Alexandrul Ausch [donor] standing in last row with inscription on verso: dated January 26, 1943; Targu Mures, Romania; pictured Detachment Camp IV Jewish forced labor brigade. Booklet titled "Cimtara"; printed in brown ink with lists of names and addresses?; dated 1943.

  14. Alfi N. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alfi N., who was born in London, England in 1923. He describes his childhood in an affluent family; joining Habonim when he was eleven; attending technical school; active participation in Hechalutz; working at a kibbutz with young Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria; joining the British military in 1940; fighting throughout Europe; attending a Gordonyah meeting in liberated Brussels; contacts with the Jewish brigade; entering Bergen-Belsen; posing as a Polish soldier in an attempt to locate relatives in other camps; associating himself with the Palmah? to smuggle...

  15. Alfons G. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alfons G., an only child, who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924. He recalls his family's affluence; attending public school; expulsion in 1935; attending a Jewish school; his father's death in 1936; Kristallnacht; his mother purchasing passage to Shanghai the next day for six months hence; non-Jewish friends helping them move assets out of Germany; departure from Genoa in May; assistance from HIAS and the Joint (their representative was Laura Margolies); living in the international settlement; meeting Horace Kadoorie to obtain admission to the school he sponsored; J...

  16. Alfons Van San photographs

    Consists of four photographs from the collection of Alfons Van San, who was hidden at the Chateau de Beloeil children's home in Belgium during World War II. The photographs depict groups of boys, including a photograph of a female scout leader with her troop of boys gathered behind her.

  17. Alfred "Alf" Landon radio transcript

    On November 14, 1938, Alf Landon made radio remarks concerning the treatment of Jewish people under the Nazi regime in Germany. From the radio station WIBW symposium under the auspices of Council of Churches, Landon spoke out against the cruelty and intolerance that was being displayed toward Jews in Europe, and how Americans should protest this treatment, stating that it went against the principles of freedom and tolerance.

  18. Alfred Ament collection

    Color drawing of a bust of a general created by Hans Ament (donor's brother), a young Jewish refugee, a Jewish refugee boy in a children's home; Drawing of flowers within a letter by a young Jewish refugee

  19. Alfred Ament papers

    Contains identification documents, including an Austrian birth certificate, an application for US immigration visa, a US quota immigrant visa document, a "Kinderausweis" (child identity card), a US immigrant identity card, all issued to Hans Ament (donor's brother). The family was unable to successfully emigrate despite receiving US visas, and Hans went into hiding in an orphanage in Izieu, France. He was arrested during a raid of the children's home in 1944, and deported to Auschwitz.

  20. Alfred and Bronislawa Majzner collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Alfred and Bronislawa Majzner in Poland and as refugees in the Soviet Union before, during, and after World War II.