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  1. Marturiile Lui Felix Braunstein

    Contains information about the deportation and killing of Jews in Iași.

  2. Letter relating to German war crimes at Gardelegen

    Typewritten letter from an American soldier to his mother describing war crimes committed by German soliders against Russian prisoners of war at Gardelegen.

  3. Kurt Rosenthal papers

    The Kurt Rosenthal papers consists of letters addressed to Kurt Rosenthal and his sisters, dated 1940-1941. Some of the letters were written while Kurt Rosenthal was imprisoned in Les Milles and Gurs internment camps in France as an “enemy alien.” The letter dated November 8, 1940 informs about the arrival of Jews in Gurs internment camp from Baden.

  4. Advertising flier for a book about Hitler's rise to power and copies of his Decrees

    Small double sided flier advertising a book by Erich Czech-Jochberg about Adolf Hitler, Wie Adolf Hitler der Führer wurde, describing the history of the Nazi Party and how Hitler became Fuhrer. The back advertises published versions of Hitler's Decrees for the expansion of the Reich and the labor force and for the prevention of genetically diseased offpspring.

  5. Jack Morse papers

    Identity cards, black-and-white photographs of St. Lô and Buchenwald, and video tape made by Jack Morse [donor] (memoir).

  6. "Jewish congregation of Damboritz in the years of 1870-1900"

    Contains an article entitled "Jewish congregation of Damboritz in the years of 1870-1900" by MUDr. Adolf Huber; translated by Fred and Leon Deutsch.

  7. Select committee records of the U.S. Congress relating to the Investigation into the Katyn Forest massacre

    Contains information about the Congressional Investigation which took place circa 1951-1952, looking into the Katyn Forest Massacre (execution of several thousand Polish POWs in the Katyn Forest).

  8. Herta Grove (née Levi) papers

    Contains information, articles, and clippings from the collection of Herta Grove, a German Jew. Includes clippings, newspaper articles, and summations about the 1905 trial of Mpundo Akwa, a Cameroon prince, defended by Ms. Grove's father, Dr. Moses Levi, and the aftermath of the trial showing anti-black racism.Also includes articles about the Herbert Baum group and other incidents of German-Jewish resistance as well as articles about Nazi plans for Africa, including several by Alexander Kum'a N'dume III.

  9. Pencil portrait of a concentration camp inmate drawn by a fellow inmate

    Drawing of Stanley Cioth done when he was a concentration camp prisoner in July 1941, presumably by another inmate. Stanley was a Catholic Pole arrested in Krakow, Poland, in 1941 and sent to prison. He was given prisoner number 129993 and transferred to several concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Gros Rosen, and Mauthausen, where he worked as a civil engineering technician. He was liberated in Ostrach-Hohens on April 22, 1945.

  10. The Jews of Werlau

    Copies of a published article in German and a unpublished manuscript in English, which describes Werlau, Germany during the prewar and WWII era, and the Holocaust; discusses the town's residents, professions, etc.; discusses the end of the Jewish community in the town; tells about the numerous pogroms and the deportation of Werlau Jews to Theresienstadt (Terezin) and to Auschwitz.

  11. Selected records from the Zhytomyr State Oblast Archive

    Collection contains selected records of the Generalkommissar Zhitomir on the formation, structure, and activities of the commissariat, as well as files from subordinate district leaders (Gebietskommissare) in Kasatin, Ruz︠h︡yn, Zwiahel, Korosten, Owruch, Radom, Emilchino, Tschudnow, and Berdichev. Materials include information on the confiscation of Jewish property, local searches for Jews, and reports about the executions of Jewish families found in hiding. A substantial part of the collection covers the history of the Ukrainian Schutzmannschaft in the Kasatin commissariat (recruitment, pe...

  12. Displaced persons camps in Germany records from YIVO

    Consists of records of displaced persons (DP) camps and centers, which were collected by YIVO between 1946-1954. Includes information about Jewish organizations and committees that supported DPs, the occupation authorities, antisemitism, liberation day celebrations, annual congresses, material needs, the housing shortage in Germany, cultural activities, the Jewish community of Berlin, searches for surviving family members, religious life, the placement of Jewish orphans, the Red Cross, relations with American Jewish communities, and immigration possibilities.

  13. Regions in East Prussia

    Village in Masuria, different regions East Prussia, village life, Ermlander horse, Trakehner, Stud Trakehnen, Gutswirtschaft, field work in a four-wheeler, Memel lowlands, downtown Königsberg, downtown, fish market and downtown, drive on the Pregel through Königsberg, harbor, Modern Königsberg

  14. Stanley Steinhart papers

    Contains information on perpetrators, persecution of Jews, etc.

  15. Kurt Werner papers

    Contains information about the persecution of Jews, Czech, and African POWs during World War II. The donation also contains three photographs.

  16. Ruth K. Heiman collection

    Letters written by donor's parents, Max and Elise Heiman, and uncle Nathan Heiman, prior to their deportation during the years of 1940-1942 (translation provided).

  17. J. Robert Jarvis collection

    Contains black-and-white photographs of atrocity scenes from Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, a mass burial site for Jews in Germany, an alleged Jewish victim being taunted by what apprear to be Waffen SS troops, etc.

  18. Biography and other documents relating to a member of a German resistance group Mildred Fish Harnack

    Contains information about Mildred F. Harnack, who was an American national and was executed by the Nazis for her participation in the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle, a German resistance group).

  19. Sofia Flynn collection

    Postcard from Auschwitz was written by Jozef Bednarczyk, donor's brother, to his parents. One photograph of Jozef Bednarczyk was taken around the time of his arrest in 1941. Three passport shots of Bednarczyk were taken at Auschwitz. He died in Auschwitz June 25, 1942.

  20. Eve Silver collection

    Photocopy (enlarged) of a work permit. Newsclippings, book reviews, published poems written by and about the donor.