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  1. Shutters

    Pair of shutters from Taize, France, from the house in which between 1940 and 1942 Brother Roger, founder of the Communaute de Taize, hid refugees including Jews. The shutters served as a sign indicating to the refugees after police visits to the premises, the point at which the refugees could come back to the house without danger.

  2. Matheus and Frieda Sandisku letter

    Letter written in Yiddish from Matheus and Frieda Sandisku (donor's grandparents) in Kaunas, Lithuania, to relatives in the United States, undated (1930s).

  3. Kehile newspaper clippings named after Boruch Hager Kehile prese oysshnitn on nomen fun Boruch Hager

    Articles and press clippings organized by Boruch Hager, a Jewish refugee in Argentina. Records relate to antisemitism, the Holocaust, and the arrival of Jewish refugees and survivors to Argentina. Included in the collection are indexes, clippings, photographs, and other materials. The collection shows the strong influence of the survivors and the impact of the memory of the Holocaust in all aspects of community life. From 1952 until the decade of 1980, the material was systematically organized in fourteen categories and arranged in enveloped labeled with category number, month and year. For...

  5. Frants Hvass private collection

    This collection contains records relating to the occupation, 1940-45, the concentration camp Theresienstadt, notes and correspondence, 1928-75, as well as personal memories.

  6. Photograph of Yishuv parachutists

    A group photograph of 21 people, 12 parachutists from the Yishuv, about six months before they were parachuted into occupied Europe. The paratroopers are identified by numbers on the photograph and the names index on the back of the photograph. Photographed on April 23, 1944. The names on the back are on a sticker affixed to the back of the photo, on the back side are glue residues from an album in which the photograph was glued.

  7. Jewish communities in Mexico

    Consists of records of Jewish communities of Mexico City and Guadalajara. Includes records of Jewish organizations, schools, and also includes periodicals.

  8. Portuguese letter of protection

    Contains a letter of protection issued to three members of the Herczog family; prepared by Alberto Carlos de Liz-Texeira Branquinho of the Portuguese consulate in Budapest, dated August 24, 1944, with his stamped signature and the endorsement of as Consulado de Portugal em Budapes; three photos of bearers affixed.

  9. Gary Heymann photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs primarily depicting Nuremberg, Germany in 1936-1938 including Nazi rallies and party officials and the aftermath of Kristallnacht. Depictions of Nazi party members include Julius Streicher, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Rudolph Hess, and Joseph Goebbels. Post-Kristallnacht photographs include depictions of crowds, the destruction of a synagogue, SA men, and a Jewish boy being taken away. The collection also includes an itemized list by Gary Heymann sent to the Holocaust Library and Research Center Associates of San Francisco. The photographs were o...

  10. Heinz Dieter Menge papers

    The collection documents the World War II-era and post-war experiences of German Luftwaffe fighter pilot Heinz Dieter Menge, who was a prisoner-of-war in Australia from 1941-1947 and later immigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Included is biographical material, correspondence, clippings, immigration documents, two guest books with personal inscriptions and signatures by Menge's guests from the 1950s to 2000s, and photographs. There is also material pertaining to the German POW camp Dhurringile in Australia and reunions of former POWs, including over 50 group photographs. Many of these phot...

  11. Film projector

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn617796
    • English
    • a: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Depth: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) b: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Depth: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) c: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) d: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) e: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) f: Height: 1.310 inches (3.327 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) g: Height: 1.060 inches (2.692 cm) h: Height: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Width: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Depth: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm)

    Film Projector “Olympia” projector manufactured by “Kinotechnische Werkstätten” or Cinematographic Workshop Walter Knetsch in Breslau, Germany, a company that was established in 1919. Also included are a heater, three bulbs and the box that contained the projector and the above-named parts.

  12. Scroll

    Scroll given to Kaiser Wilhelm and his wife on the occasion of their Silver wedding anniversary by The Central Committee of the Zionist Organization of Germany in Berlin. Discovered after the war by Soviet Army Sergeant Marc Shapiro, one of the first to reach Hitler's bunker, who discovered the scroll in the Reich Chancellery.

  13. Szklaniewicz family collection

    Contains correspondence and postcards from Aaron Lazar and Manya Szklaniewicz [donor's grandparents] in the Warsaw ghetto to their son Naftali Szklaniewicz (Sklan) [donor's father] and also to Moritz Hanemann in Amsterdam and London. Also includes translations of the letters.

  14. Marshall W. Minard photographs

    The Marshall W. Minard photographs consist of 14 photographic prints and postcards documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation and the Dachau death train. The Buchenwald photographs are captioned “Buchenwald Stalag” on the back. The images depict survivors, victims, skin with tattoos, exterior and interior of buildings, an effigy of Hitler, and American soldiers. The Dachau photographs depict victims inside and next to the open railcars of the Dachau death train.

  15. Bergen Belsen liberation photographs

    Contains ten photographs of the Bergen-Belsen concentration taken camp after liberation, including images of corpses in an open grave.

  16. Franz Reisz painting

  17. Registers of the judgments delivered by the court of justice of the department of the Seine Registres des arrêts rendus par la cour de justice du département de la Seine (Z/6/2001-2056)

    Consists of handwritten ledgers relating to the trials of French citizens accused of serious collaborationist crimes: policemen, police inspectors and commissioners who were part of the Special Brigades 1 and 2 responsible for tracking down "terrorists," Communists and Jews, and others. French citizens were accused of espionage, treason and furthering the cause of the enemy. The handwritten ledgers contain a summary of each case tried by this court in chronological order, from October 17, 1944 to January 31, 1951 (File of May 1948 is missing.) The ledgers do not include cases of individuals...

  18. Cimmerman family papers

    The collection contains prewar photographs of the family of Bronia Cimmerman Bronkesh in Sarny, Poland (Sarny, Ukraine), including the Cimmerman and Passman families; postwar photographs in the Neu-Freimann displaced persons camp; and a "Certificate in Lieu of Identity" issued to Elka Zimmerman by the American Consulate General in Munich, March 7, 1947.

  19. Judenrat in Bochnia Kolekcja dokumentów z gett i obozów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 1939-1944. Judenraty Rada Żydowska Bochnia (Sygn. 257)

    Records of the Judenrat in Bochnia, Poland. Consists of two certificates issued by the German Criminal Police to Ms. Grubner and Mr. Leib Strum, Argentinian citizens, to allow them to live outside of the Jewish ghetto, July 3, 1943. Both documents have the attached person's photographs.

  20. La Comunidad Judía en Uruguay Uruguay - Jewish Communities and Organizations

    Files of the Comité Central Israelita del Uruguay (1940-1975), the Organización Sionista del Uruguay (OSU) (1954-1975), Sociedad israelita Hungara del Uruguay" (SIHPU) (1933-1962), Keren Hayesod (Campaña Unida pro Israel) del Uruguay (1948-1964), Keren Kaiemet LeIsrael (1948-1976), WIZO (1938-1959), the Congreso Judío Mundial en Uruguay (1941-1970); files of the various Jewish communities (1920-1972), the Vaad Hajinuj del Uruguay and various Jewish schools (1939-1975); youth, social and other organizations (1908-1972) in Montevideo as well as many periodicals and publications (1942-1979).