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  1. Rosenfeld family collection

    1. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin collection

    The Rosenfeld family collection consists of identification documents, restitution paperwork, correspondence, and photographs related to the Rosenfeld family of Adelsheim, Germany. The collection also relates to the Kindertransport experiences of Bertha, Edith, Ruth, and Esther Rosenfeld, and their lives in England during World War II. The identification documents includes Esther Rosenfeld and Bertha Rosenfeld’s travel documents, 1947; Esther Rosenfeld’s National Registration Identity Card, May 22, 1940 and her baggage tag, undated; and a probate court document related to Sol M. Alpher and t...

  2. Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection

    1. Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection

    The Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection focuses on the wartime experiences of Leon Ilultovich in Poland, Lithuania, Japan, and Shanghai, China. Materials in the collection include correspondence, visas, travel documents, medical records, identification records, newspapers, printed notices, ephemera, photographs, and photograph albums. The collection also includes photographs of the Ilutovich, Lindenbaum, and Landau families in Poland. The collection contains extensive biographical materials relating to Leon Ilutovich. These materials include identification documents, school records, medica...

  3. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  4. Julian and Frieda Noga photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Frieda Noga (née Greinegger), originally from Michaelnbach, Austria, with her family; holding a bouquet of flowers; and with her husband Julian Noga, originally from Skrzynka, Poland, as a young couple.

  5. RKF

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Inneres
    4. Reichskommissar f. d. Festigung d. dt. Volkstums

    RDV 126 (Fortsetzung): "Der Menscheneinsatz", erster Nachtrag, 387 778-387 839; RDV 127: Stabshauptamt, Broschüre "Der Menscheneinsatz", Grundsätze, Anordnungen, Richtlinien, herausgegeben von der Hauptabteilung I des Reichskommissars für die Festigung des deutschen Volkstums (RKF), Dezember 1940 (1939-1940), 387 840-387 967; RDV 128: Stabshauptamt, Korrespondenz des Stabshauptamtes mit Volksdeutscher Mittelstelle (Vomi)/ Einsatzverwaltung Württemberg, Solidaris Treuhand GmbH, Genossenschaft Franziskanerinnen von Sießen e.V., Finanzamt für Körperschaften in Stuttgart, Finanzamt Saulgau, Lan...

  6. Medical Pot Bergen Belsen 1944 Satirical drawing of his prescription made by a camp inmate for his doctor, a fellow inmate

    1. Bela Gondos family collection

    Elegant cartoon in pencil and watercolor done by Istvan Irsai and given to Dr. Bela Gondos in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on October 17, 1944, as an expression of gratitude. It depicts an oversize thermometer stuck into a piece of bread, Dr. Gondos's prescription for his starving patient, whom he saw weekly. Both men were inmates arrived in the camp on the Kastzner rescue transport from Budapest, on July 8, 1944. Bela diagnosed Istvan with starvation and the prescribed extra portion of bread was filled by the informal organization of the Hungarian camp. Bela's wife Anna and 7 year old ...

  7. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  8. Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth

    1. Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski collection

    Forced labor badge worn by 14-year-old Zbigniew Piotrowski, to identify him as a Polish forced laborer near Breslau, Germany, between August and November 1944. Zbigniew was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, three brothers, and sister, in the port city of Gdynia, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Shortly after, one of his brothers was abducted off the street for forced labor by the German authorities, and the rest of the family was forcibly transported to the city of Lublin. Zbigniew’s brother was released, and the family relocated to Warsaw, where all bu...

  9. RKWiÖst:

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Auswärtiges, Kolonial- und Besatzungsverwaltung
    4. Reichskommissar für die Wiederver. Österreichs m. d. Dt. Reich

    I. RKWiÖst: Innerpolitische Maßnahmen in Österreich, Kontakte mit Ungarn, Juni 1938-Oktober 1939 [EAP 106/1], unter anderem: 1) Geheime Korrespondenz Reichsjustizministerium - Stellvertreter des Führers - RKWiÖst, 08.-25. Juli 1938: Aufrechterhaltung der Schuschnigg-Amnestie für politische Delikte, mit Entwurf (Abschrift) eines entsprechenden Führer-Erlasses, 10.249-62; 2) Zweite Anordnung (Entwurf) vom [10. Juni 1938]: Anmeldung jüdischer Vermögen, Ausschließung von Juden aus den Genossenschaften, Bildung der Wirtschaftsbefriedungs-Abteilung im Reichswirtschaftsministerium, 10.267-75; 3) G...

  10. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  11. Watercolor of flowers given to German Jewish couple in camp

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn544004
    • English
    • overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) 1 book,

    Colorful watercolor of flowers given to Moritz and Hildegard Henschel while interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president of the Berlin Jewish Community. In January 1943, Moritz ...

  12. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at for 20 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich be...

  13. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  14. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  15. WWI Red Cross medal ribbon awarded to German Jewish woman

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Rothe Kreuz [For Merit in the Red Cross] medal ribbon awarded to Hildegard Alexander for her service as a nurse in World War I (1914-1918). See 2003.361.8 for the Rothe Kreuz medal she was also awarded. Her husband, Moritz Henschel, had been decorated for his service in the German Army during the war. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Associati...

  16. Moritz and Hildegard Henschel papers

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Moritz and Hildegard Henschel papers consist of documents, poems, photographs, correspondence, clippings, articles, and sheet music pertaining to Moritz Henschel’s role as director of the “Freizeitgestaltung,” in Terezin and his wife Hildegard Henschel’s experiences during this same time period. Moritz and Hildegard Henschel biographical and Theresienstadt materials include birth and marriage certificates, Red Cross correspondence, employment records, awards, medical records, poems, music, reports, identification papers, personal narratives, and clippings documenting Moritz and Hildegard He...

  17. Drawing of woman scrubbing floor given to German Jewish inmate

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Color drawing of a woman washing the floor given to Hildegard Henschel while she and her husband Moritz were imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eve...

  18. Portrait of a Theresienstadt inmate drawn by another inmate

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Portrait drawing of Moritz Henschel by Myra Strauss Rutenberg given to Moritz while he and his wife Hildegard were imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association w...

  19. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 100 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich becam...

  20. Gestapa

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Gestapa/Gestapo

    I. Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt/ II a: Abwehrmaßnahmen gegen Kommunismus 1938: 9399-9479; 1) Gestapa (Best) an Stapostelle, 25. Januar 1938: Bedeutung der Russlandrückkehrer als Quelle für militärische Nachrichten, Sorgfältige Überwachung der Rückkehrer wegen kommunistischer Gefahr; 9401-9403; 9414; 2) Gestapa (Best) an Stapostelle vom 05. Februar 1938: Überwachung des Flugverkehrs zwischen Ost und Westeuropa, Genaue Passprüfung bei unvorhergesehenen Zwischenlandungen; 9405-946; 3) Gestapa an Stapostellen 28. Januar 1938: Überwachung der Korrespondenz der "deutschen Freiheitspartei"; 9407; 4) ...