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  1. Records relating to the work of William Ramkey with displaced persons in Allied-occupied Austria

    1. William H. Ramkey collection

    Consists of documents relating to William Ramkey's work with displaced persons in Austria after World War II. Among the topics found in the documents are displaced persons, the situation of Jews in Austria, rationing programs for displaced persons, activities of the US Army in the occupied areas of Austria, and information concerning the UNRRA.

  8. Prayer book, Haggadah, owned by Bernhard Rosenthal

    1. Rosenthal and Glass family collection

    Prayer book, Haggadah, owned by Bernhard Rosenthal and brought to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when his family immigrated there in the late 1930s. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes documents, a cookbook, and Hebrew and German prayer books: a machzor, siddur, and two haggadot.

  9. Prayer book, Haggadah shel pesach, owned by Inge Rosenthal Glass

    1. Rosenthal and Glass family collection

    Prayer book, Haggadah shel pesach, owned by Inge Rosenthal (later Glass) and brought to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when her family immigrated there in the late 1930s. The book was published by J. Kauffmann in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1890. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes documents, a cookbook, and Hebrew...

  10. Prayers for the Feast of Weeks Prayer book, Gebete fur das Wochenfest, owned by Sara Thalheim Rosenthal

    1. Rosenthal and Glass family collection

    Prayer book, Prayers for the Feast Weeks, owned by Sara Thalheim Rosenthal and brought to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) by her son, Bernhard Rosenthal, when his family immigrated there in the late 1930s. The book was edited by W. Heidenheim, and published by M. Lehrberger in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1891. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust...

  11. Prayer book, Siddur Schaare Tefillah, owned by Walter Rosenthal

    1. Rosenthal and Glass family collection

    Prayer book, Siddur Schaare Tefillah, used by Walter Rosenthal and brought with him when his family immigrated to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the late 1930s. The book was written by J. B. Levy and published by M. Lehrberger & Co. in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1934. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes doc...

  12. Cookbook for the Tropics Cookbook, Kochbuch für die Tropen, used by Hedwig Bauer Rosenthal

    1. Rosenthal and Glass family collection

    Cookbook for the Tropics bought by Hedwig Rosenthal in preparation for her family’s immigration to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the late 1930s. The book was written by Antonie Brandeis and published in Berlin, Germany, by Dietrich Reimer, in 1930. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes documents and Hebrew and Germa...

  13. Erzählung von dem Auszuge Israels aus Ägypten an den ersten beiden Pessachabenden Narrative of the exodus of Israel from Egypt on the first two Passover evenings Prayer book, Haggadah Seder ha-Hagadah le-lel shimurim, owned by Bernhard Rosenthal

    1. Rosenthal and Glass family collection

    Prayer book, Haggadah, Seder ha-Hagadah le-lel shimurim, owned by Bernhard Rosenthal and brought to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when his family immigrated there in the late 1930s. The book was published by M. Lehrberger in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1900. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes documents, a cookboo...

  15. Oral history interview with Arthur Danziger

  16. Sasha Kaufman letter

    Contains a letter, possibly a form letter, with envelope, signed by Sasha Kaufman in the Landsberg DP camp, addressed to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. The letter appeals to the United Nations to help open Palestine to Jewish refugees who had suffered in Nazi concentration camps.

  17. Hendla Dzialoczynska (Anna Green) papers

    1. Hendla Dzialoczynska (Anna Green) collection

    Postwar photographs of Hendla Dzialoczynska (later Anna Green), her mother Ruchla Dzialoczynska (nee Dztajnberg), and her sister Chaya Dzialoczynska Kretchmer (later Helen Herman). All three survived the Łódź Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen. Also includes a photographic Jewish New Years card for the year 5740 (1949) from the Bergen Belsen DP camp.

  18. JDC relief efforts for Jewish DPs

    Notes taken from NCJF documentation: Israel, people on ship and on dock, waving, smiling, people disembark, kiss as family members reunited. Max Fisher and Lou Pincus talk. Marseilles, Jews board ship. Nameless city, plane (alludes to Russia). Naples, plane. Geneva, woman at switchboard. Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. LS, Jerusalem, men in office, discussing, planning. Two men read teletype, phone calls between offices, nurses, food, ambulance, housing, bulldozer. Naples and Marseilles, emigration preparation, ship at dock, ship sets sail. Bus, man in office at phone, back to teletype, Planes ...

  19. National Migration Fond: Series of Consular Certificates of Identity Fondo Dirección Nacional de Migraciones: Serie Certificado Consular de Identidad

    Immigration certificates issued by various Argentine consular offices abroad or the Argentine immigration authorities in Buenos Aires for entry into Argentina. The certificates include a portrait photograph of the applicant and the applicant's fingerprints. The records pertaining to Jewish applicants were selectively digitized in Buenos Aires at the Archivo Intermedio branch archive of the National Archives of Argentina. This is an ongoing project.

  20. Office of the Chief Representative of the Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic for the Repatriation of Polish Citizens From the Territory of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to Poland

    Records of the special office established by the Soviet and Polish Governments for the resettlement of ethnic Poles from the territory of Ukraine after WWII. It includes registry of documents submitted by the Polish citizens who were evacuated from Ukraine, lists of evacuees compiled by the district and region, orders and directives of the Soviet Government agencies related to the evacuation of Polish citizens, correspondence between the Office of the Chief Representative and various Soviet Government agencies concerning the evacuation of Polish citizens.