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  1. Jewish Folksongs: for a voice with piano Book of Jewish folksongs returned to a family after being confiscated during the war für eine Singstimme mit Klavier

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Jüdische Volkslieder: für eine Singstimme mit Klavier is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and mother-in-...

  2. The Jewish Sheet Music Catalog. The most important works of Jewish composers Catalog of the works of Jewish composers returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Der jüdische Musikalien-Katalog is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed Müller. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and m...

  3. Song of Solomon. Chazzanut (especially after the traditional ways) for the whole liturgical year. Jewish religious song book returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn548014
    • English
    • 1901
    • a: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)

    The Song of Solomon, Chasonus, and sheet music are among five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed Müller and Jacob Heinfeldt. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their chi...

  4. Doll's white cotton sleeveless slip given to a young girl by a friend in Theresienstadt ghetto

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Doll's white cotton slip with buttoned shoulder straps given to 9 year old Inge Auerbacher by her 9 year old friend Ruth Abraham in September 1944 when they were both prisoners in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, shared a room with Ruth and her parents at the camp. Ruth was just a few months older than Inge and the girls had identical dolls. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Terezin. In September 1944, Inge's father was told to report...

  5. Doll's colorful crocheted tassel hat given to a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Baby doll's multicolored crocheted wool hat owned by Inge Auerbacher, probably acquired after the war. It was worn by her doll Marlene, 1992.4.1a, that she kept with her while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from 1942-1945. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt. When the family arrived at the camp, all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll which had been given to Inge around 1935 by her grandmother, who was deported to Riga, Latvia, i...

  6. Doll's offwhite hand knit wool sweater and pants with red flowers made by a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn6908
    • English
    • a: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) b: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)

    Doll's offwhite hand knit snowsuit with a long sleeved top and pants made by 9 year old Inge Auerbacher after her liberation from Theresienstadt ghetto/labor in May 1945. It was worn by her doll Marlene, 1992.4.1a, that Inge kept with her while imprisoned in Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia from 1942-1945. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt. When the family arrived at the camp, all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll, which had been given to Inge around 1935 by ...

  7. Rossmann, Erich

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1011
    • German
    • 1936-1953
    • Nachlässe 57 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 1,5 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners 1920 Direktor des Hauptversorgungsamtes Stuttgart, Abgeordneter, seit 1924 Mitglied des Württembergischen Landtages und des Reichstages (SPD), 1945-1948 Generalsekretär des Länderrates der amerikanischen Zone, 1948/49 Intendant von Radio Stuttgart/Süddeutscher Rundfunk, 1948 Generalsekretär der Europa-Union Erich Rossmann: Ein Leben für Sozialismus und Demokratie, Stuttgart/ Tübingen 1947 Lebensdaten 12.1.1884 geboren in Pößneck/Thüringen 1905 Politischer Redakteur der „Schwäbischen Tagwacht" 1911 Leitender Redakteur der „Donauwacht", Ulm 1914-1918 Kriegsdien...

  8. Sammlung Berlin Document Center (BDC): Personenbezogene Unterlagen der Reichskulturkammer (RKK)

    Bestandsbeschreibung personebezogene Unterlagen der Reichskulturkammer Zitierweise BArch R 9361-V/...

  9. Paul, Elfriede und Küchenmeister, Walter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Küchenmeister, Walter (1897-1943) Bestandsbeschreibung Elfriede Paul 14. Jan. 1900 in Köln geboren 1919-1921 Mitglied in der Freideutschen und in der Monistischen Jugend, der KPD und der Internationalen Arbeiterhilfe (IAH) 1918-1924 Ausbildung zur Lehrerin am Kloster St. Johannis in Hamburg, Lehrerin an der Mädchen-, Berufs- und Handelsschule in Hamburg-Harburg 1924-1925 Wanderschaft durch Nord- und Mitteldeutschland zur Vervollkommnung sozialpädagogischer Erfahrungen 1925-1928 Leiterin des Städtischen Kinderheimes am Großen Dahlem bei Hamburg, Besuch von Leh...

  10. Einrichtungen des Kriegsgefangenenwesens des Heeres

    Erschliessungszustand Die Akten sind vollständig in der Datenbank erfasst. Zitierweise BArch RH 49/...

  11. Prayer book

    1. George Pick family collection

    Imakonyv, a prayer book for women, with a clasp and a slipcase, used by Gyorgy Pick's maternal great aunt, Gizella, during the war when she lived in a Swedish protected house in Budapest, Hungary. Ten year old Gyorgy and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 1945. Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany and adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in May 1939 because he was Jewish. He was conscripted into Hungarian labor battalions in 1940, 1943, and 1944. After German setbacks in the war against the Soviet Union in ...

  12. Book

    1. George Pick family collection

    Memorial book, Kegyelet, received by Malvina Kornhauser at the funeral for her husband Samu Kornhauser, who died July 19, 1935, in Budapest, Hungary. The book contains an obituary for Samu, as well as mourner's prayers for various family members. Malvina used the book to press flowers (1999.282.3.1) from his funeral, between pages 10 and 11, the widow's prayer. The book was preserved during the war by Malvina, her daughter Margit Pick and Margit's husband Istvan and son Gyorgy. Malvina, ten year old Gyorgy, and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 194...

  13. Gronowski-Kaplan family. Collection

    This collection comprises photographs documenting the life of the Gronowski family in Belgium from the 1920s to the 1940s and postwar until 2018. It includes images of Simon Gronowski and his sister Ita, capturing various stages of their lives, and also various photographs of their parents, Léon (Leib) Gronowski and Chana Kaplan, taken among other places in their garden at 639 Chaussée de Wavre, Brussels. Also included are photos of Simon and Ita in the Ardennes, and of Ita in class photos from primary school and École Cymring and with classmates like Albert Goldman, Jacques Angielczyk, and...

  14. RKF

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

    RDV 46: Stabshauptamt, Korrespondenz mit Haupttreuhandstelle Ost (HTO), Reichsstatthalter im Warthegau, Zentralstelle der Deutschen Volksliste (DVL) beim Reichsstatthalter im Warthegau, Treuhandstelle Posen, Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt, Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer 1940-1944: Volkszugehörigkeit der Familie Eduard Czierniewicz und Verwertung ihrer Dachpappenfabrik zugunsten des kommissarischen Verwalters, 379 353-379 489, unter anderem: 1) Entscheidung des Obersten Prüfungshofes, 25. Mai 1944: Aufhebung der früheren Entscheidung der Zentralstelle beim Reichsstatthalter bzw. bei der Bezirks...

  15. Schriftgutverwaltung

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

    I. Reichsführer-SS/Persönlicher Stab [RFSS/ Pers, Stab.]: Oberst Iwand: Korrespondenz und Vermerke RFSS, Obergruppenführer Wolff, Oberst Iwand u.a., 19. Januar 1937-24. Dezember 1944: Unterstützung Iwand und Landzuweisung an seine Witwe [Originalakte Nr. 245], 2 547 558-7 743; II. RFSS/ Pers. Stab: [SS-Oberführer Kurt Ludwig] [Originalakte Nr. 246] fehlt, 7 744-7 745; III. RFSS/ Pers. Stab: Evangelische Kirche und NS-Staat, März 1938-März 1943 [Originalakte Nr. 247], 7 747-7 811, darin: 1) Korrespondenz Pfarrer von Bodelschwingh, RFSS/ Pers. Stab u.a., 03. April 1941-31. März 1943: Warnung ...

  16. Jewish Council for Amsterdam

    The archive consists of correspondence, newsletters and financial documents from the chairmen of the Jewish Council and various departments and bureaus. The documents give insight into German policy and the fate of individual Jews.

  17. Embroidered dress worn by a Polish Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Lola and Walter Kaufman collection

    Embroidered dress made for Lola Rein by her mother Dvoire in the ghetto and worn while she was in hiding near Czortkow, Poland, from approximately May 1943 to March 1944. In September 1939, the Soviet Union occupied Czortkow. Germany invaded in June 1941. Lola’s father Yidl died in the ghetto in 1942. On March 21, 1943, her mother was shot and killed while going to work. In May, Lola’s maternal grandmother Ekka sent Lola to hide with a Ukrainian woman. In August, the woman’s son-in-law threatened to turn Lola in to the Gestapo, so she took Lola to her sister’s farm. Lola and three other Jew...

  18. Small leather suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding

    1. George Pick family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn514721
    • English
    • a: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm) | Depth: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) b: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)

    Small leather case used by Malvina Kornhauser from November 1944 until January 1945 while she was staying in a Swedish protected building and then in the Budapest ghetto in German occupied Hungary. The suitcase was purchased by her son-in-law Istvan Pick during the 1930s for use in his job as a traveling sales engineer for grape presses for the Rokk Istvan Machine factory. Before November, Malvina lived with her daughter Margit Pick, her husband Istvan, and son Gyorgy. Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany and adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in...

  19. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    The Felix and Flory Van Beek papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, a personal narrative, photographs, and printed materials documenting a German-Dutch couple, their thwarted efforts to escape Europe on the SS Simon Bolivar, their survival in hiding with two separate Dutch families, their liberation, their immigration to the United States, and the deaths of their family members in the Holocaust. Many documents are accompanied by Flory Van Beek's annotations. Biographical materials primarily document Felix and Flory Van Beek and include certificates, correspondenc...

  20. Geometric patterned leather wallet made by a Dutch Jewish couple in hiding

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Geometric patterned brown leather wallet made by Flora and Felix Levi while they were in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flory Cohen met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They were rescued by the British military and taken to a hospital in England. After recuperating for six months, they had to leave because Felix, a German, was considered an enemy alien. In May 19...