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  1. Court of Peace in Miechów Sąd Pokoju w Miechowie (Sygn. 177)

    Files of court cases concerning various disputes in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. The cases concerned, among others, payment of debt, rent, division of inheritance, compensation, termination of the contract and other disputes.

  2. 1933 Reichstag election material

    A bound collection of printed, German-language materials relating to the March 5, 1933 Reichstag election in Germany. The dated materials range from January to March 5, 1933, though many are undated. They include portions of text from newspapers and magazines, as well as some advertising materials and smaller propaganda pieces. At the back, an oversize propaganda poster has been folded numerous times to make it fit within the book. All the pieces are bound between hard, black covers, and the front cover bears a handwritten label, “Material Reichstagswahl 5. Marz 1933”.

  3. Ferdinand Lange collection

    The collection consists of a handwritten German-language diary, as well as a typed, English-translation and transcription. The original diary was written in Kurrentschrift, type of cursive script, by Ferdinand Lange, a German Jewish refugee in Manila, Philippines, during World War II (1939-1945). The diary discusses everyday life, family members, and attacks on the town and escaping from the resulting fires. The first entry is from late August 1944, and the final entries recount events from February 1945.The diary is made up of 19 total, loose, half-sheets, the first seven pages of which ar...

  4. Katz family photograph collection

    Comprised of photographs, photographic postcards, and copy prints documenting the experiences of Chaim (Sam), Miriam, and Bella Katz during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Chaim and Miriam survived multiple concentration camps, while their daughter Bella survived living in hiding with Gerard and Teuntje Satduwe, Dutch resistors living in Hilversum, Holland.

  5. Hannah Berkowitz collection

    Includes family photos and documents, travel documents, restitution-related papers, and a transcript of an oral history with Eva Berkowitz, the donors' mother, that captures Eva's experiences in the ghetto in Irshava and then in Auschwitz, where she was incarcerated until July 1944, and then sent to work in German ammunition factories in Gelsenkirchen and Essen.

  6. Selected records from the Central State Archives of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Documentation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII.

    The collection contains documents of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan and medical hospitals, Tashkent Medical Institute, medical reaserch centers and other state medical agencies active on the territory of Uzbekistan during WWII. It includes records related to the medical assistance given to evacuees, the improvement of the sanitary condition of places where evacuees are resettled, and the measures taken by local medical personnel to maintain and improve the health of the evacuated population. Among the records are financial reports, statistical information, and annual presentations abo...

  7. Drypoint etching created by David Friedman of Jewish Prisoners in KZ

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn737794
    • English
    • pictorial area: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 8.880 inches (22.555 cm) overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)

    Drypoint etching depicting Jewish prisoners in a concentration camp by David Friedman.

  8. Pair of candlesticks given to a neighbor in Antwerp for safekeeping

    A pair of candlesticks that originally belonged to the paternal grandparents of the donor’s father, Leon Messer. They were given to a neighbor in Antwerp for safekeeping during the war. Leon survived multiple camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sachsenhausen, and the candlesticks were returned to him after the war.

  9. Drawing,"Because They Were Jews" created by David Friedman

    Pencil drawing by David Friedman.

  10. Johann Przyborowski letter

    Comprised of correspondence sent by Dachau prisoner Johann, "Jan" or "Janek," Przyborowski (b. 1905), a non-Jewish Polish prisoner of Dachau, to his family in Poland concerning the lack of mail he received that year from his loved ones. It also includes guidance not to send parcels since Przyborowski was not permitted to receive them. He also writes that during the recent holidays his thoughts were with his wife and children. Przyborowski was arrested in Łódź in 1940 and sent to Dachau that same year. He was ultimately liberated at Dachau in 1945.

  11. Court of the First Instance in Włoszczowa Sąd Grodzki w Włoszczowie (Sygn. 1847)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  12. Testimony of Sidney Finkel

  13. Endzweig family papers

    Comprised of correspondence, photographs, and identity documents, such as work permits and registration certificates for Leopold Endzweig, annotated by his son, the donor, Manfred Endzweig. Documents capture Leopold Endzweig's experiences once liberated from Buchenwald.

  14. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark

    2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armo...

  15. Franz Hahn photograph collection

    Comprised of 14 photographs pertaining to the experiences of Franz Hahn (b. 1920-) who served in a Wehrmacht propaganda company. The bulk of the photographs depict Allied prisoners at an unidentified Stalag.

  16. Unger family papers

    Consists of a letter and its translation written by the donor's grandmother-in-law, Toni (Seckel) Flatow, and her husband, Max Flatow, right before they were both deported to Auschwitz in 1942. The letter was addressed to the donor's wife, Ruth Altman (nee Unger), and her family in the United States after they left Germany in 1938. Also included is a copy of a photograph of young Ruth at the Berlin Zoo.

  17. Yvette Farnoux collection

    Consists of clippings from Le Combat newspaper of an article written by Yvette Baumann Bernard Farnoux with a cover page in Yvette's handwriting and an English translation of the article. There are also copy prints of Yvette and her family during the war, as well as post-liberation, when she reunited with her second cousin Rene Bine, Jr, MD (the donor's father) in Paris in 1945.

  18. William Kauder collection

    Willam Kauder's Royal Air Force (RAF), United Kingdom, flight log, documents, including a Letter of commendation, a photo of a memorial tombstone for his sister, Edith (Edita), her husband, Erich, and their son, Harry, and a photo of three unidentified people, two men and a woman, walking down a street. William (born Vilem) was originally from Prague (now Czech Republic), and escaped while German forces were invading during World War II. His parents, Hugo and Pauline, and sister Edith and her family, were unable to leave. They were deported in 1942 and killed in concentration camps.

  19. Esther Fox papers

    Consists of certificates, reference letters, and some photos documenting Esther Fox's (formerly Dr. Ester Nysenhaus) experience as a doctor in the Łódź ghetto and her service as a physician in the United States after 1949. Also includes her writings on her experiences and their English and Swedish translations

  20. Escape from Treblinka: The Joseph Polonski Story

    This documentary film details the Holocaust experience of Joseph Polonski, one of two known individuals to escape from the Treblinka death camp. The film profiles Polonski's life before, during, and after the Holocaust. It includes original narration, excerpts from an interview with Joseph Polonski, as well as archival photographs and film. 01:35 Early Life. 02:40 Lukow Ghetto 07:45 Deportation 10:04 Cigarette Ally 12:12 Treblinka 14:31 Escaping Treblinka 15:44 On the Run 18:47 Becoming a Partisan 20:37 Starting Over 26:01 Closing credits