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  1. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  2. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  3. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  4. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  5. Motke Zaidel and Itzak Dugin

    Motke Zaidel and Itzak Dugin are survivors of Vilna. They tell the story of their extraordinary escape from the Ponari camp, digging a tunnel for months, where the dogs that caught them backed away whimpering because the men smelled of death. The interview took place over two days in the forest of Ben Shemen (an Israeli forest resembling Ponari) and in Mr. Zaidel's apartment in Peta'h Tikva with the family of Zaidel. FILM ID 3782 -- Camera Rolls 2-4 -- Foret Ponari CR2 Lanzmann, Zaidel and Dugin meet in a forest in Israel which resembles the forest of Ponari, next to Vilna. Before the war t...

  6. Double sided caricature of a couple made as a gift for one camp inmate by another

    1. Charles and Hana Bruml family collection

    Two joined drawings, a humorous drawing of Karel Fischer and his wife Anna, and a pencil portrait of Fischer drawn by Leo Haas when they were all prisoners in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp circa 1942- October 1944. It was presented to Fischer on his sixth wedding anniversary, March 20, 1944, by his workers. After the war, Fischer gave the drawing to his nephew and fellow Terezin inmate, Karel Bruml. In March 1939, Prague was annexed by Nazi Germany. Fischer, 49, was ordered to the newly opened camp in late November 1941 to build the railroad spur from Bauschowitz to Terezin. He was in ch...

  7. Buchwitz, Otto

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners SPD-Funktionär (Sachsen); MdR (1924-1933); Mitglied des ZA und Vors. des sächsischen LV der SPD (1945-1946); Mitglied des PV und des ZK der SED (1946-1964); Präs. des Sächsischen Landtages (1946-1952); Ehrenpräs. des DRK (1953-1964) Bestandsbeschreibung 1879, 27. Apr. in Breslau als Sohn eines Schlossers geboren 1893 - 1896 Metalldrückerlehre in Breslau 1896 Mitglied des Deutschen Metallarbeiter-Verbandes (DMV) wegen Teilnahme an einem Streik in Breslau von seinem Lehrbetrieb entlassen 1897 - 1899 Wanderschaft, Arbeit als Metalldrücker und Hilfsarbeiter in Dr...

  8. Naczelne Prezydium Prowincji Śląskiej we Wrocławiu

    • Oberpräsidium der Provinz Schlesien zu Breslau
    • Supreme Presidium of the Province of Silesia in Wrocław

    I. Wydział ogólny (Algemeieine Abteilung). 1. Sprawy ogólno administracyjne /1817-1926/ 1-13: Administracja urzędu, budżety, rachunkowość, rada prowincjonalna, rady obwodowe, posiedzenia Wydziału Samorządowego Prowincji. 2. Ubezpieczenia /1881-1934/ 14-27: Sprawy ogólne, obwody, ubezpieczenia od ognia, zakłady i towarzystwa ubezpieczeniowe. 3. Dobra rycerskie /1862-1927/ 28-32: Zarządzenia w sprawie sporządzania matrykuły dóbr, spisy. 4. Sprawy komunalne /1816-1935/ 33-284: Zwiazki komunalne prowincji i powiatowe, sejmy krajowe i prowincji, sprawy Górnych i Dolnych Łużyc, "Landszafty", bank...

  9. Eclaireurs Israélites de France shirt and kerchief worn by former hidden Jewish boy

    1. Steven W. Simon collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn35933
    • English
    • 1945
    • a: Height: 25.380 inches (64.465 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) b: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 26.880 inches (68.275 cm) c: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)

    Eclaireurs Israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) shirt, neckerchief, and slide fastener worn by Steven Simon when he was a scout in 1945-46. His scoutmaster Simon Barenbaum gave Steven his own neckerchief when Steven needed to recite his scouting pledge of allegiance. Steven and his parents, Arthur and Irma Simon, were Jewish German immigrants living in Paris, France, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1940. They fled to the unoccupied southern region where they survived the war by adopting false identities. Scouting was very important for Steven as it eased his reintegration...

  10. Nahum Goldmann

    Born in the Russian Empire (now Belarus) in 1895, Nahum Goldmann received a law degree and PhD from the University of Heidelberg. He was President of the World Jewish Congress from 1948 to 1977 which he founded with Stephen Wise. He was a Zionist activist but was often critical of Israeli public policy. He was instrumental in creating the Jewish Material Claims Conference. Goldmann wrote an autobiography called "Sixty Years of Jewish Life" in 1969. He died in 1982. In this interview shot in Israel, Lanzmann and Goldmann discuss Stephen Wise, when the Jews realized the reality of the Final S...

  11. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, acquired by Czech refugee

    1. Raul Hilberg collection

    50 (funfzig) mark Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp note given to Raul Hilberg by Frank Petschek, who, with his wife, as well as the extended Petschek family, had to flee Czechoslovakia after its annexation by Nazi Germany in fall 1938. After the war, the confiscation of the Petschek family's vast business and land holdings by the Nazi regime were used for a major case in the War Criminals trials at Nuremberg. Hilberg and his parents fled Vienna, Austria, after its annexation by Germany in March 1938. It was Petschek's generosity that made possible the publication of Hilberg's landmark work,...

  12. Pair of white infant socks used postwar by a former hidden child

    1. Betti Blaugrund collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn49262
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) b: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)

    Pair of white baby socks used after the war by Betti Blaugrund to clothe the doll, 2011.424.1, that had belonged to her cousin Aline Klajn. Betti's parents, Cypra and Wolf, and Aline, her parents Idessa and Wigdor, and younger brother Jacques, fled to France when Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany in May 1940, but returned because of antisemitism. In summer 1942, the Germans acted on their plan to get rid of all the Jews in Belgium. Betti was born on July 16. The families were told to report for forced labor. They suspected that they would be deported and went into hiding. Cypra and Wolf ...

  13. White lace baby bonnet used postwar by a former hidden child

    1. Betti Blaugrund collection

    White cloth and lace baby bonnet used after the war by Betti Blaugrund to clothe the doll, 2011.424.1, that had belonged to her cousin Aline Klajn. Betti's parents, Cypra and Wolf, and Aline, her parents Idessa and Wigdor, and younger brother Jacques, fled to France when Belgium was occupied by Germany in May 1940, but returned because of antisemitism. In summer 1942, the Germans acted on their plan to get rid of all the Jews in Belgium. Betti was born on July 16. The families were told to report for forced labor. They suspected that they would be deported and went into hiding. Cypra and Wo...

  14. Large painted plastic doll owned by a Jewish girl killed in Auschwitz

    1. Betti Blaugrund collection

    Large baby doll owned by Betti Blaugrund that originally belonged to 7 year old Aline Klajn. Aline and her family were deported on October 24, 1942, from Uccle, Belgium, to Auschwitz concentration camp where they were killed. Aline's parents, Idessa and Wigdor, and Idessa's large extended family, came to Belgium from Poland in the 1920s. In May 1940, Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany. In summer 1942, the Germans acted on their plan to get rid of all the Jews in Belgium. Aline, her parents, and her brother Jacques, 5, were given refuge by Alfred and Clara Duval; several family members hid...

  15. RJM

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Justiz
    4. Reichjustizministerium

    Faszikel 251: Reichsjustizministerium, Reichsbeamtengesetz (Juni-September 1934): 1) Reisinger (Reichsjustizministerium) an Regierungsrat Weinholz (Reichsministerium des Innern), 31. August und 14. September 1934: Stellungnahmen zum Beamtengesetzentwurf des Reichsministeriums des Innern; 2) Niederschrift, ohne Unterschrift, 10. September 1934 (mit Anschreiben, Absender unleserlich an Ministerrat Kritzinger, 13. September 1934): Änderung des Gerichtsverfassungsgesetzes; Faszikel 331: Reichsjustizministerium: Versetzung in den Ruhestand, Entlassung und Pensionierung von Reichsbeamten (07. Jan...

  16. OKW nach 08. Mai 1945

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Militär
    4. Zentrale Einrichtungen der Reichswehr und Wehrmacht
    5. Spitzenbehörden
    6. OKW/Wehrmachtsführungsstab

    I. [Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]: Gesetze und Anordnungen der Alliierten Besatzungsbehörden, 09.-23. Mai 1945 (hier auch: Gesetze Nr. 1, 2-6, 51-53, 76, 77, 161, 191, Proklamation Nr. 1, Verordnung Nr. 1, Allgemeine Genehmigungen Nr. 1-5 und Ausführungen Best. Nr. 1 zu Gesetz Nr. 52) (OKW/40), unter anderem: 1) Alliierte Militärregierung [Mai 1945]: Verordnungen betreffend Ablieferung von Waffen, Ausweise, Verbot der Benutzung von Fernrohren und Kameras, Tragen von Uniformen und Reisen, Einführung der doppelten Sommerzeit, Bl. 0830-0833, 0849, 0913, 0925, 0936, 0996-0997; 2) Alliierte Militä...

  17. Reichsring

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. NSDAP und angeschlossene Verbände
    4. Reichsleitung
    5. Reichspropagandaleitung

    I. Reichsring für NS-Propaganda und Volksaufklärung: Verhalten gegenüber Ausländern; Behandlung von Kriegsgefangenen, Oktober 1939-Januar 1944; [RPL 505,734, 847, 578, 326); Bl. 2250-2562, 2782-2784, unter anderem: 1) Notizen und Korrespondenz Unteroffizier Daniels, Kreisfrauenschaftsleiterin Sturm, 28. Juli bis 29. Dezember 1942: Protest des Frontsoldaten Daniel gegen deutsche Fremdvolkpolitik; Klage der Gauleitung Sachsen über "Gefühlsduselei" der Bevölkerung im Umgang mit Fremdvölkischen; Bl. 2250 bis 2260; 2) Notizen, Gauleitung Mark Brandenburg/ Gaupropagandaleitung an Reichspropaganda...

  18. RFSS

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Persönlicher Stab

    I. Konzentrationslager Natzweiler, Korrespondenz SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungshaupamt (WVHA), verschiedene SS-Ämter und Einheiten, 1943-1944: Dienstvorschriften, Arbeitseinsatz, Verpflegung, Bewachung, Lagerrapporte (EAP 164-a-18-12/35, EAP 164-a-18-12/27), 5809-5895, unter anderem: 1) Konzentrationslager Natzweiler, 25. September 1944: Häftlingsaufstellung nach Alter und Häftlingsart, 5810-5811; 2) Konzentrationslager Natzweiler an SS-Führungshauptamt (SSFHA)/ Inspekteur der Konzentrationslager, 02./05. Februar 1942: Arbeitszeit der Häftlinge, 5834-5835; 3) Konzentrationslager Natzweiler, ohne...

  19. RSHA

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

    I. [Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)]: Varia, 1942-1945, 1993-2325: 1) M. M. Rost von Tonningen an Himmler vom 22. September 1942: Kritik an der bisherigen Politik in den Niederlanden; Kritik an der NSB-Führung (Nationalsozialistische Bewegung in den Niederlanden), an Schmidt, Wimmer, Fischböck, Hirschfeld (Wirtschaftsministerium), Louwe (Generaldirektor der Ernährung); Positive Beurteilung von SS-Stabsführer Thiel, Unger, Oskam (Landwirtschaftsministerium); Möglichkeiten für Einsatz von Niederländern im Osten, 1995-2000; 2) Bericht [ohne Datum, ohne Verfasser]: Alm Nachfolger von Astrup al...

  20. Besetzte Gebiete Ost

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. PERTINENZBESTÄNDE
    4. Besetzte Ostgebiete

    I. Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete (RMfdbO)/II 1 c: Grenzziehungen im Gebiet des Reichskommissariat Ostland, 1942-1944, [EAP 99/41a], 1-64: 1) Korrespondenz RMfdbO, Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) von Juni - September 1942: Aufgabe des Planes einer Polizeigrenze zwischen den ehemaligen baltischen Randstaaten und Weißruthenien aus Mangel an Polizeikräften, 1-16; 2) Korrespondenz RMfdbO, Lohse, Litzmann von Februar - April 1944: Abtrennung der Kreise Walk und Werro von Dorpat und Verbindung dieser mit Petschur aus militärischen Gründen, Widerspruch Lohses, 20-64; II. Dienstste...