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  1. Simon Mamberg collection

    Collection of three photographs of members of the Mamberg family before the Holocaust.

  2. Simon Marcks correspondence

    Collection of correspondence written by Simon Marcks (donor's paternal grandfather) in Germany to his children (donor's parents) who were able to leave Germany in 1938 to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); dated February 1940 - January 1942; in German. Simon Marcks was unable to leave Germany due to financial reasons. His wife Zilla (Karoline) died of natural causes, but Simon along with his three sisters, was deported from Dusseldorf to Theresienstadt on July 22, 1942. On September 21, 1942, he was deported to Treblinka and is presumed to have been killed upon arrival, as there were no surv...

  3. Simon Preizler papers

    The papers consist of a citizenship certificate from the Hungarian Royal Interior Ministry and a newspaper article from "Magyar Nemzet."

  4. Simon R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Simon R., who was born in Ozorko?w, Poland in 1916 to an orthodox family of six children. He recalls his family moving between Ozorko?w and ?owicz; working from age ten; disbelief that anything bad would occur; opening a store near Ozorko?w in 1939; German invasion; fleeing to Ozorko?w; learning the Gestapo was looking for him; hiding in a village; returning to Ozorko?w; and three months in jail in ?e?czyca. Mr. R. tells of his return to Ozorko?w; his brother's arrest; ghettoization; forced labor; the community saving a boy from public hanging for not wearing the yell...

  5. Simon Ruder photographs

    Consists of seven post-war photographs from the collection of Simon Ruder, originally of Obertyn, Poland. Mr. Ruder was deported to Loncki prison in 1941, where he spent two years sewing Nazi uniforms before being sent to Auschwitz, Dachau, and then the Mühldorf subcamp, from which he was liberated in 1945. The photographs, taken at an unknown displaced persons camp, depict Mr. Ruder, his brother Mendel, and other newly released prisoners. Includes a photograph of what appears to be a remembrance ceremony, and a group picture in which some of the men appear to be wearing prisoner uniforms.

  6. Simon S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Simon S., who was born in Poland in 1922. He recalls attending public school; an apprenticeship at age fourteen; the outbreak of war; public hanging of the Jewish leaders; ghettoization in 1940; forced labor for eighteen months in Leszno; the hanging of two friends who had asked local Poles for food; transport to Birkenau in 1943; a severe beating; transfer to Jaworzno; forced labor in coal mines; receiving extra food for playing on the prisoner soccer team; and prisoners singing the Czech national anthem while awaiting hanging after an escape attempt. Mr. S. recounts...

  7. Simon Schweitzer collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Simon Schweitzer during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  8. Simon Silver collection

    Consists of one typescript biography, 44 pages, entitled: "Simon: from Darkness at the Break of Noon 'til Dawn's Early Light, an Abridged Oral History" by Dave Hunterman (pen name), written in 2011. Huntermann describes the experiences of his father, Simon Silver, who was born in Chelm, Poland. After the German invasion and after briefly spending time in the Warsaw ghetto, he returned to Chelm and managed to briefly escape deportation. He was sent on a death march and bribed a Nazi soldier with a gold coin to avoid being shot. Simon, his brother, brother-in-law, and friend escaped during a ...

  9. Simon Slivka collection

    The Simon Slivka collection consists of one document, 3 pages, in Polish, written on February 12, 1937, unsigned. The document talks about the author's philosophy on life and reflections on training for hachshara. Also includes a photograph of a young man.

  10. Simon Slivka photograph collection

    The Simon Slivka photograph collection consists of eight photographs of the Śliwka family in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland before and during the war.

  11. Simon Srebnik - Chelmno

    Simon Srebnik (Shimon Srebrnik) was a boy of 13 when he was deported to Chelmno from the Łódź ghetto. He worked on a Sonderkommando burying those who had been murdered by gas. Srebnik was seriously wounded by Nazi gunfire during the liquidation of the camp, but managed to escape and find refuge with a Polish farmer. The Germans offered a large cash reward for turning Srebnik in, but the Poles, who already feared the approaching Russians more than the Germans, did not betray him. After the war he immediately immigrated to Israel. Srebnik's story is a focal point in the film "Shoah." The inte...

  12. Simon Steil collection

    The Simon Steil collection consists of photographs and documents from the collection of Simon Steil, originally of Antwerp, Belgium. After being separated from his family, who were deported, Simon went into hiding, eventually living with the Henrard family in Perwez, Belgium, where he remained throughout the wartime and immediate post-war period. After the war, he went to an Orthodox children's home in Antwerp run by Jonas Tiefenbrunner. The collection includes a photo album containing photographs of groups of children at the children's home; pre-war Steil family photographs; wartime and po...

  13. Simon Strauss photograph

    Consists of one photograph depicting Jewish deportees from the Hanau, Gelnhausen and Schuechtern districts boarding a train at the Hanau station. Among those being deported is the donor's uncle, Ludwig Gernsheimer.

  14. Simon Wiesenthal letter

    Consists of a letter, with envelope, addressed to James Bogle, then a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, by Simon Wiesenthal. The 2 December 1977 letter, on the letterhead of the Documentation Centre of the Association of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime (Dokumentationszentrum des Bundes Jüdischer Verfolgter des Naziregimes) includes Wiesenthal's reflections on Martin Bormann's death in 1945 and the observation that many governments were reluctant to prosecute Nazi criminals.

  16. Simon Zilberberg collection

    Consists of photographs of Simon Zilberberg and his family before and after World War II and of the Simon's father, Henry, in Pithiviers camp, France; one document relating to Pithiviers; two passports belonging to the Simon's parents; and one New Year's card from 1941, with a painting of Pithiviers by Henry.

  17. Simon, Helmut.- Bildbestand

    Bestandsbeschreibung Porträtaufnahmen sowie Bilder zur beruflichen Tätigkeit Zitierweise BArch N 1440-BILD/...

  18. Simona G. Frajndlich papers

    The papers consist of an identification card, certificate, University student book, letter of recommendation, three letters from Chemisches Institut der Universität, biographical documents on war experience, an admission pass, and courtroom map.

  19. Simone Bowers memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 11 pages, written by a friend of Simone Bowers, originally of Benfeld, France, based on notes of conversations about Simone's Holocaust experiences. The memoir describes Simone's childhood and the early days of the German occupation of Benfeld. In 1944, her parents were deported, first to Drancy and then to Auschwitz, where they perished. Simone and her siblings were taken in by families in the town who baptized them in order to say that there were no Jewish children in the town. Includes information about her sensory memories of life in hiding, as well as about life...

  20. Simone Brand Birndorf photographic collection

    The Simone Brand Birndorf photograph collection consists of black and white photographic prints of members of the Brand family of Łódź, Poland, taken before and after World War II.