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  1. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Consulate General in Frankfurt Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej we Franfurcie nad Menem (Sygn.635)

    Correspondence, passports, photographs, questionnaires, certifications related to the establishment of Polish citizenship, and issue extension of passports to Jews born in Poland but living in Germany.

  2. August Bohny-Reiter papers Nachlass August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016)

    Private papers of August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016), a refugee aid worker and teacher. The collection consists of Bohny-Reiter biographical materials: photographs, records of civilian and military service, honors,and a diploma from Yad Vashem (1990); reports, correspondence, clippings, articles, publications and photographs relating to aid to refugees and refugee children in France and Switzerland, the founding of the Pestalozzi Children's Village, and cooperation with the Red Cross.

  3. Watercolor

    Watercolor that forms part of a portfolio depicting the Officer's Quarters in Dachau, Germany. The watercolor is titled, "Bedroom", and depicts a bed and other furniture within the room. The watercolor is initialed "H" and dated February 1946, in the lower right corner of the verso.

  4. Angela Schwartz diary

    The collection includes a booklet created in Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, by Angela Schwartz from 1944-1945. The booklet was made from materials in the munitions factory such as paint and paper and includes poems.

  5. Wooden clothing hanger

    Wooden hanger from the clothing store of Siegmund Pressman in 1930s Berlin

  6. Luise Wetter papers Nachlass Luise Wetter (1917-1991)

    Private papers of Luise Wetter (1917-1991), a Swiss aid worker for refugee children during and after the war, including Jewish children from Vienna in the Pestalozzi children's home (1945 to 1947). The collection consists of biographical materials of Luise Wetter, a resume, personal documents and photographs; correspondence and letters from supervised children from Vienna and Nice; letters from Ida Koplik; "thank you" letters to Martin Wetter (Luise's brother); photographs relating to aid to refugee children, their activities in the Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) children's camps in Vien...

  7. Photographic print of Jewish children in Warsaw

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613485
    • English
    • overall: Height: 13.940 inches (35.408 cm) | Width: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Gelatin silver print depicting two children standing on a street in Warsaw, ca. 1935-38.

  8. Market scenes in Tirana

    "ALBANIA" "Streets and Bazaars of Tirana" Street scenes in Tirana. Craftsmen line up across from the Et'hem Bey mosque (in front of what is now the entrance to the National Library). Shop with three boys. Cobblers making traditional wooden shoes called "nallane". MCUs, market, merchants selling wares. Artisans making "qeleshe", the traditional Albanian cap. Pottery-making. The old bazaar - crowded outdoor market. Pan up, Xhamia e Kokonozit mosque (torn down by the communists in 1967). 01:02:59 Street scenes with pedestrians and building (what is now the Avni Rustemi statue). Four American v...

  9. Paul Bojko papers

    The collection documents the experiences of Paul Bojko of Stawok (Kremenchuk), Ukraine after World War II in the Weissenburg DP camp and the IRO Children's Village at Bad Aibling, and his immigration to the United States in 1951. Documents consist of his International Certificate of Innoculation, USS General C.C. Ballou newsletter, Declaration of Intention form, and naturalization certificate. Photographs depict the Bojko family in Ukraine prior to deportation, the Weissenburg DP camp, and Paul as a scout at Bad Aibling.

  10. Kessler family life in 1931

    Lizzy Film Produktion. Mitglied des Klubs der Kinoamateure Osterreichs. Bringtz. “Kino” “Achtung” “Sie sehen: Momentbilder” “Von Sommer 1931” “Herbst 1931” “Winter 1931” “Sommer” (00:00:57) “Jm Voslauer Strandbad”. Families sit on the beach. Aunt Hilde [Hilde Altmann?] hands something to Hans Otto Kessler and smiles at the camera. “Mit Tante Hilde ins Wasser” Aunt Hilde [Hilde Altmann?] and Hans walk down the stairs into the water. Aunt Hilde helps him swim and lightly splashes the water. “An der Quelle” Hans play with the water coming out of the fountain and then walks around in the water ...

  11. Photographic print of Albert Einstein, 1941

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613744
    • English
    • overall: Height: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) | Width: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.190 inches (25.883 cm) | Width: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of Albert Einstein at Princeton, 1941.

  12. Ruth von Wild papers Nachlass Ruth von Wild (1912-1983)

    Private papers of Ruth von Wild (August 3, 1912 -April 26, 1983), a Swiss teacher and aid worker for refugees. The collection consists of a diary, diploma, certificates, correspondence, postcards and reports of holiday travels by former employees of the Swiss Working Community for Children of Spain (Ayuda Suiza, SAS) [Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Spanienkinder], and for the Swiss Working Community for Children with Disabilities (SAK) [Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kriegsgeschädigte Kinder], personal photo albums on the activities of the children's colony of the Swiss Re...

  13. Hillel Storch papers

    The Hillel Storch papers consist of correspondence, photographic negatives, personal papers, printed materials, and subject files documenting Storch’s work on behalf of the World Jewish Congress in Sweden to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and to resettle survivors after the Holocaust. Records document his missions, activities, and meetings with Nazi leaders to save Jews from the extermination camps, and include materials about his work with Heinrich Himmler’s assistant Franz Goering and physical therapist Felix Kersten, and SS Brigadeführer Walter Schellenberg about the “White Buses” oper...

  14. Selected records of the United States Lines. Branch in Warsaw Linie Stanów Zjednoczonych. Oddział w Warszawie (Sygn. 247)

    Registers of passengers departing from Poland in the 1930s by the American lines, finacial documents of Nathan Pearlmutter (1939), identity documents and passenger’s passports, a weekly newsletter for emigrants: "Wiadomości dla Emigrantów" (1930-1939) and a publication: "Emigration and Colonization" (1938).

  15. Sztrumpf, Wajsberg, and Kaufman families papers

    The Sztrumpf, Wajsberg, and Kaufman families papers include wartime correspondence and pre-war and wartime report cards documenting the Janina Sztrumpf’s family from Kraków, who survived the Holocaust in Romania, and their Wajsberg and Kaufman relatives. The correspondence includes letters and postcards exchanged among relatives and friends including the Janina’s family in Romania; her grandparents Roza and Izydor Wajsberg in Tarnopol; Roza’s relatives Mikolaj Kaufman in Tel Aviv and Mery and Roman Schneider who had been evacuated to Teheran; Grzegorz Joffe in Warsaw; Sebastian Joffe in Lyo...

  16. "Old Glory is Their Flag Now"

    Copy print: black and white image of children standing outside in front of Grant’s Tomb in New York with American flag raised on flagpole in background; pasted on verso are captions in English and Yiddish, stamped “Photo by Al Puhn”; Caption titled “Old Glory is their flag now” identifying the children as “…survivors of Nazi concentration camps from the nearby Reception Shelter of United Service for New Americans at the Hotel Marseilles…”

  17. Children at the Sephardic school in Kastoria

    Title card: “Kastorialies out to welcome Mr. & Mrs. Bocko Mayo on their arrival.” Large group of children, with adults in the back, walking towards the camera in an alleyway. More adults, great CUs. Many men, nicely dressed in suits and hats, including Calev Elias, Jack Elias, Russo, Sol Hazan. Mr. and Mrs. Bocko Mayo (with fur). Group shot, including Anna Mayo and Calev Elias. More shots of locals walking around and posing for the camera. Group poses in street, including Allegra Confino and the rabbi (with a fez). More street scenes. Title card: “Mr. & Mrs. Bocko Mayo visiting chil...

  18. The Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States collection

    The institutional archives of the Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States; including but not limited to: papers, correspondence, publications, financial records, documents and other materials gathered by Donny J. Casarella, Vice Chair of the Committee [donors' grandfather].

  19. Kletsk photograph collection

    The collection consists of pre-war photographs depicting Jewish residents of Kletsk, Poland (Kletsk, Belarus).

  20. Selected records from the Marijampolė Branch County Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of Jewish property

    Records of the county State Notary and Taxation Offices in Marijampolė and Šakiai related to the restitution and inheritance of the individual and communal Jewish property after World War II.