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  1. Anton Kozlowski photograph collection

    Consists of photographs of Buchenwald at liberation, a photograph of Ohrdruf at liberation, and a photograph of a German soldier standing among casualties on the Eastern Front. The collection is attributed to Anton Kozlowski (1924-2002) who served in the European Theater after enlisting with the U.S. Army in 1943.

  2. Anton Litwin collection

    Consists of publications, scrapbook pages, photographs, postcards, and reports originally owned by Anton Litwin, who was a member of the War Crimes Branch of the United States Third Army, stationed at Dachau. Includes his identity passes mounted on scrapbook paper; mass-produced postcards; Signal Corps liberation photographs and copies of mass-published liberation photographs; and original photographs taken after the liberation of Mauthausen. Also includes an English copy of the confession of Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis; a report of testimony of former Mauthausen prisoners; a May 19...

  3. Anton Mason collection

    Collection of copy prints documenting family and friends of Anton Meisner (later Mason) [donor's late husband] before the war in Sighet, Romania, and after the war in Paris, France.

  4. Anton Mussert gives a speech

    A gathering of Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB) members in the outdoor amphitheater in the Rotspark in Valkenburg. The stands are crowded with men and women. Anton Mussert, leader of the NSB, enters the amphitheater while the whole crowd salutes him. Flags are marched to the front of the amphitheater. Mussert walks to the podium to give a speech. IWM translation of the voiceover narration: Mussert stated that "Europe must remain the cultural centre of the world. We National Socialists do not hang our heads. To fight for fortunate Netherlands in a fortunate Europe remains our duty and...

  5. Anton P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Anton P., who was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1917. Mr. P., who served in the United States Third Army, tells of being wounded in France; evacuation to England; returning to the front to aid in the relief of Bastogne; his artillery unit's rapid advance across Germany in April 1945; passing through Buchenwald hours after its liberation; and dining with a German who denied knowledge of Buchenwald, but whose home overlooked the camp. He recalls being temporarily reassigned to serve with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), where h...

  6. Antonescu visits Hitler

    Hitler greeting Ion Antonescu as he arrives by train at Hitler's Hauptquartier (headquarters). There is snow falling and already on the ground as Hitler greets Antonescu. They are shown driving away in a car and walking into the Hauptquartier, where there are other officials waiting, including General Alfred Jodl. Maps are visible on the walls. The narrator states that there were discussions about political and military issues during this visit. The group gathers around a table and consults a map; Jodl appears to be bringing certain points to the attention of Hitler and Antonescu. Antonescu...

  7. Antoni Czerniewski collection

    Documents: relating to Antoni Czerniewski (donor's late father) a graduate of the Wilno (Vilnius) University and Warsaw Academy of Arts; Lieutenant in the Polish Army taken POW and imprisoned in Oflag XI B in Germany; his older brother, Dr. Aleksander Czerniewski was executed by the Soviets in April 1941 in Katyn. The collection includes a notebook Antoni Czerniewski kept during his imprisonment; sketches of the altar in Wilno, documents and photographs from before the war and after the war; documents relating to his immigration to the US in December 1946 and a letter from Czeslaw Milosz, c...

  8. Antoni Golba memoir

    Testimony. Typescript, 11 pages, dated 1992, describing Antoni Golba's experiences from childhood in Stopnica, Poland, to the German invasion, Golba's enlistment in Polish Home Army and his time as a partisan, arrest and deportation to Auschwitz and then Buchenwald, and liberation.

  9. Antoni Stefan Koper and Sophie Koper collection

    The collection consists of Identity documents and papers from Antoni Stefan Koper, postcards from POW camp, Sophie Koper's biography of Antoni and account of apartment raid in Warsaw; Antoni's written memories; also includes Antoni's insignias and Sophie's cap from the Polish First Armored Division; papers and certificate related to Antoni Stefan Koper being honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations; Warsaw telephone directory from 1939/1940 and miscellaneous publications. Also press kit from when Sophie was honored in Richmond, Virginia.

  10. Antonia Jacoby collection

    This collection contains a photocopy and transcripts of correspondence from Antonia Jacoby sent to her family in 1933 and in 1940, a few days after she escaped from Germany and emigrated to Japan. The complex financial problems she describes are a reflection of the new laws imposed on Jews in Germany at the time. The letter from Japan was written to Marie Behrendt, wife of Antonia's cousin Fritz Behrendt, who used to live in Breslau before emigrating to Argentina.

  11. Antonia K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Antonia K., who was born in Worms, Germany in 1925. She recounts moving to her maternal grandparents' home in Nentershausen when she was eighteen months old; moving to Bunzlau (presently Bolesławiec) eight years later when her mother married a rabbi; anti-Jewish discrimination at school; the synagogue burning and her stepfather's brief deportation to Dachau on Kristallnacht; plans to join her maternal uncle in Palestine; traveling to Amsterdam to join her stepbrother while awaiting travel documents; German invasion; obtaining $425,000 from maternal relatives in Switze...

  12. Antónia P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Antónia P., a Catholic Romani, who was born in Čierny Balog, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1932, one of eight children. She recounts her father was a musician; moving to Lučenec, then Kokava for her parents' employment; her father's arrest several times for not having a musician's certificate; working in a sawmill in her mother's stead so her mother could care for a newborn; a Jewish shop owner giving them merchandise when they had no money; playing with Jewish children and sleeping at their homes; observing the Hlinka guard confiscating all the property o...

  13. Antonia R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Antonia R., who was born in Lipany, Czechoslovakia. She recalls attending school in Pres?ov; anti-Jewish restrictions; deportion with her sister from Poprad to Auschwitz in March 1942; an SS officer taking special notice of her hair; slave labor in a mine, then in Canada Kommando; learning her brother had arrived; a futile attempt to see him; their transfer to Birkenau; the same SS asking about her hair; obtaining a privileged job because of him; the officer beating her sister, then transferring her to a better job upon learning who she was; losing their will to live;...

  14. Antonina and Jonas Paulavičius photographs

    The collection consists of three photographs of Antonina and Jonas Paulavičius and their family of Panemune, Lithuania. The Paulavičius family rescued 16 people during the Holocaust, including 12 Jews primarily from the Kovno Ghetto. There is also a post-war photograph of Antonina with 6 of the Jews the family helped rescue: Miriam Krakinowski, Yohanan Fein, Musia Gershenman, Tanya Ipp, David Rubin, and Aaron Neimark.

  15. Antonius (Tony) Van Achthoven collection

    Consists of one manuscript, 80 pages (with additional copies and articles), written by Antonius (Tony) VanAchthoven as a series of letters to his grandson, Daniel; as well as letters to a scholar named Kellin. In the letters, Mr. VanAchthoven, who is Catholic, describes his memories of growing up during the occupation of the Netherlands, of witnessing antisemitism, and of his immigration to the United States in 1948. Includes copies of photographs, articles, and related documents.

  16. Antony Medalis photograph collection

    The collection consists of 11 photographs and one roll of 12 negatives. The images were taken on May 10, 1945, by Antony Medalis during the liberation of Ebensee concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria.

  17. Antuérpia. Confirmação de receção de ofícios

    Comunicações do Consulado de Portugal em Antuérpia ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (MNE) confirmando a receção de ofícios emitidos pelo MNE.

  18. Antwerps Joods Historisch Archief - Archief van Sylvain Brachfeld.

    Het ‘Antwerps Joods Historisch Archief – Archief van Sylvain Brachfeld’ is een uitzonderlijk diverse verzameling archief en documentatie. We noteren vooreerst het archiefmateriaal dat betrekking heeft op het privéleven van Sylvain Brachfeld en zijn familie. Het gaat o.a. om een omvangrijke reeks dossiers met briefwisseling en allerhande persoonlijke documenten (rijbewijzen, lidkaarten enz). Ten tweede vinden we onder de rubrieken “Antwerps Joods verleden” en “Belgisch Joods verleden” dossiers en losse stukken terug over de meest uiteenlopende onderwerpen betreffende het Jodendom en de Joods...

  19. Anulação de vistos e autorizações a pessoas com passaportes emitidos por países do "Eixo"

    Comunicação do Consulado de Portugal em Havana ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros referente à proibição, pelo Governo Cubano, da entrada no seu território de cidadãos estrangeiros com passaportes emitidos pelos países do Eixo e países ocupados. Inclui também nota da Legação de Cuba em Lisboa sobre este assunto e ofício da Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado sobre instruções a dar aos consulados portugueses.

  20. Anwaltschaften, Handakten

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