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  1. Jacob Silvermintz papers

    Documents related to the post-war experiences of Jacob Silvermintz (aka Jakob Silberminz), originally of Szkosin, Poland; issued while he was living as a displaced person in and around Munich, Germany, 1945-1949. Includes identification cards, including those certifying that he had previously been a prisoner at Buchenwald; residence permits; health documents; and letters of reference related to his apprenticeship as an auto mechanic at a number of German companies after 1945, including Robert Bosch, GmbH. Includes his typescript memoir, 71 pages, entitled "I'm Still Here: The Story of Jacob...

  2. Transcript of Richard Glazar interview

    Consists of a copy of the transcript of the oral history testimony given by Richard Glazar at the Center for Holocaust Studies on 26 October 1981. The transcript includes Glazar's remembrances of life during and after the Holocaust. Glazar devotes a major part of the testimony to his experiences in the Treblinka concentration camp. He describes in detail the administration of the camp, the various nationalities of the prisoners, the method of gassing and incineration of corpses, the formation of the orchestra, and the burning of Treblinka after the uprising.

  3. Reborn memoirs of a camp survivor

    Consists of a copy of the survivor testimony of Kay Gundel entitled "Reborn: Memoirs of a Camp Survivor." The testimony describes in great detail the persecution of Jews living in Berlin, Germany, just prior to World War II. The greater portion of the testimony is devoted to the graphic description of Gundel's imprisonment at Terezin, Auschwitz, and Merzdorf. The later part of the testimony describes Gundel's return to life in Germany and her eventual emigration to the United States. Also included with the testimony are several letters written to the Berthold family of Wilmersdorf, Germany....

  4. Isaac Frankel testimony

    Includes two testimonies (one original and one photocopy) written by Isaac Frankel. Both testimonies are attached to letters that summarize Mr. Frankel's life as a Holocaust survivor. The testimonies describe Frankel's experiences of deportation, the loss of his young family, his imprisonment in ghettos and forced labor camps, his survival of several selections, and his survival of Buchenwald. The second testimony is not a copy of the first but contains similar information.

  5. Shari: a true story

    Consists of a copy of "Shari: a true story" written by Shirley Lebovitz, formerly Shari Weisberger, in 1946 and translated from Hungarian to English by Lebovitz's daughter, Magda Weisberger Willinger, in 1981. The story describes the survival of Lebovitz and her daughter during the Holocaust and their return to a normal life after World War II. "Shari" includes information about the treatment of Czech Jews at the hands of the Nazis and the Hungarian occupation forces, Hungarian Zandars, deportations to ghettos, survival in Auschwitz and forced labor camps, reunions with relatives and friend...

  6. Narrative and diary of Mr. Gabriel Mermall

    Consists of a copy of a survivor testimony written by Gabriel Mermall in diary form. The diary recounts the experiences of Mermall and his son, Tommy, during six months of hiding in a forest near the Carpathian Mountains. The diary also contains information about Christians who aided Mermall and his son, activity of partisans in Hungary, and the advance of the Soviet Army at the end of World War II. Portions of the testimony are written in narrative form and are intermingled with the diary entries.

  7. Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld memoirs

    Consists of a copy of an article written by Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld concerning his family history and experiences during the Holocaust. The article includes detailed information on the dispersal of Maltiel-Gerstenfeld's relatives who eventually perished in the Lvov ghetto, his activities as a Zionist youth, his life in Romania under an assumed identity, and his emigration to Palestine at the end of World War II.

  8. "Family Reunion"

    Consists of a copy of "Family reunion," written by Joseph H. Wachtel. The testimony describes a reunion of several members of the Josef Wachtel family at the Transnistria concentration camp in the Mogilev Podolski area of Ukraine. Other topics discussed are resistance, disease in the Transnistria camp, and mass burials.

  9. Esther Bergman memoir

    Consists of a memoir written by Esther Bergman to pay homage to Madame Odette Hofbauer, a French Huguenot responsible for hiding Bergman for nearly two years during the Holocaust. The memoir describes Bergman's flight to the south of France with her family, her separation from her family while in a transit camp, her time in hiding on a farm belonging to the family of Odette Hofbauer, and her reunion with Hofbauer in 1987 after a 43-year separation.

  10. Linda and Friedrich Breder testimony

    Consists of a copy of a brief survivor testimony written by Linda Breder (Libusha Reich) during the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in April 1983. The testimony describes Breder's deportation to Auschwitz, her participation in the "Kanada" kommando, her witness to the sabotage of the Birkenau crematoria, and her subsequent incarceration in Rechlin, a subcamp of Ravensbrück. Also included is an abstract of the testimony written in English.

  11. Morris and Rachel Zeif documents

    The collection includes post-war identity documents issued to Morris and Rachel Zeif (Mordka and Ruchla Zaif) in Bielawa, Poland and in a displaced persons camp in Italy.

  12. Informations bulletin

    Consists of a copy of a news release entitled "Informations Bulletin" published by Rat der Jüdischen Gemeinden in Bömen und Mären zu Prag in March 1959. The release describes a variety of Holocaust remembrance events concerning the Jewry of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during the Holocaust. Among the topics mentioned are the killing of thousands of Czechoslovakian Jews in the gas chamber at Birkenau, the treatment of children and the development of children's art in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto, the contribution of research and writing by rabbis and scholars to promote ...

  13. In memory of the Polish Jews

    Consists of a copy of "In memory of the Polish Jews," a slide presentation produced by Epoka Slajd. The package includes 42 color and black & white slides as well as a booklet containing historical information on Polish Jewry and individual descriptions of the slides. The slides depict various aspects of Jewish life in Poland, including persecution by the Nazis, various religious sects in Poland, the Umschlagplatz and transports from the ghettos to concentration camps, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and memorials dedicated to the memory of the Polish Jews who suffered and died during the H...

  14. Occupation and administration decrees from the Jewish Museum in Prague

    Consists of photographs of decrees and public notices issued by the Jewish communities of Prague and Slaný, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), and German occupation agencies from 1940 to 1942. The decrees concern persecution of Jews in Prague and Slaný, the regulation of communication by mail between Jews and their family members in Terezin, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), the confiscation of Jewish property, and the regulation of contact between Jews and Aryans.

  15. Articles and other documents relating to Rabbi Aladar Deutsch and the Jewish community of Prague

    Consists of articles relating to Rabbi Aladar Deutsch, the last chief rabbi of Prague, Czechoslovakia, prior to the Holocaust, and the Jewish community of Prague. Other documents in the collection include the birth certificate of Aladar Deutsch and a letter written by Deutsch to his daughter informing her of the lift of the quarantine in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Each document is accompanied by a summary description written in English by William Dickman.

  16. Poetry and songs relating to German and Stalinist camps

    Consists of poetry and songs in Russian relating to German and Stalinist camps from the 1930s to the 1950s. The individual songs and poems were written by camp survivors in Yiddish. In the 1980s they were compiled and translated to Russian by Roman Kaminsky. The compilation includes personal accounts of eight Holocaust survivors which describe what role music and poetry played in their daily life and their struggle for survival. Also included are survivor accounts of life in Treblinka, Majdanek, and other death camps.

  17. Myron and Dottie Miller collection

    The collection consists of photographs from an unidentified ghetto and of the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camp, as well as postal covers from Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Palestine, and Switzerland.

  18. L'univers concentrationnaire Conference internationale du 26 au 28 Octobre Washington sur la liberation des camps de concentration Nazis par les Arme Allie et Franaise

    Consists of "L'univers concentrationnaire" compiled by the French Embassy for the International Liberators Conference in October 1981. Included is a report concerning the general history of concentration camps and reports on selected individual camps. Among the camps with individual reports are Dachau, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Mauthausen, and Alderney (a.k.a. Aurigny).

  19. Records relating to Wöbbelin concentration camp

    Includes articles concerning the role of the 8th U.S. Infantry Division and the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division in the liberation of Wöbbelin concentration camp. Also included is information concerning the surrender of the 21st German Army at Tippelskirch castle near Ludwigslust, Germany. Other materials include program booklets of a Holocaust memorial service and the 1988 United States Holocaust Memorial Council Days of Remembrance ceremony in Washington, D.C.

  20. Sterbebuch (Zweitbuch) 1942 Band 18. NR. 25501.- 27000

    Consists of a copy of "Sterbebuch (Zweitbuch) 1942: Band 18. NR. 25501.-27000." compiled by the Standesamt Auschwitz in September 1942. The death book provides the prisoners' identification numbers, their native cities, the names of their parents, the names of the attending physicians, and the alleged causes of death.