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  13. Einwandererzentralstelle Litzmannstadt (R 69)

    Contains general files including activity and situation reports, statistics, and guidelines and standards for bestowing citizenship on Volksdeutsche being transferred from eastern and southern Europe. The collection is partially digitized.

  14. Selected records relating to concentration camps from the National Archives and Records Administration

    Contains camp registration name lists, transport name lists, camp arrival registers, death lists, lists of Jews who emigrated, personal property lists, medical records, death certificates, prisoner biographical data cards, postwar questionnaires, and other camp records. Included is information about the Buchenwald, Dachau, Sandbostel, Flossenbürg, Mauthausen, Hinzert, Natzweiler, Gross-Rosen, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. The collection also contains documents relating to various Gestapo branches and to the Jewish Agency.

  15. Janina Spinner Mehlberg testimony

    Consists of a copy of a testimony by Janina Spinner Mehlberg. The testimony describes the experiences of Mehlberg and her husband as refugees in hiding in Lublin, Poland, during the Holocaust and their involvement with an underground movement to assist the prisoners of Majdanek concentration camp.

  16. The remembrance

    Consists of the transcript for the oral history video "The Remembrance" by Norman Feld. "The Remembrance" concerns the experiences of the Feld family in Poland as they attempted to escape Nazi persecution during the Holocaust. The bulk of the transcript contains information on Feld family genealogy and the emigration of family members to the United States after World War II. The oral history interview was conducted with Norman Feld's father, Stephen Feld, his uncle, Mel Feld, and his aunt, Estelle F. Nadel.

  17. Ida Dancyger family photographs

    Consists of a large portrait, taken in the 1920s, of a young man (possibly her brother) and older woman who were family members of Malka Finkelstein, originally of Warsaw, Poland. Also includes a post-war photograph of Ida Flint, the daughter of Malka Finkelstein and Mendel Flint, with her father at the Hallerin displaced persons camp in post-war Austria.

  18. Helen Waren letter concerning displaced persons

    Consists of a copy of an undated letter by Helen Waren, an actress in Europe at the close of World War II. In her letter she describes her experiences with Allied troops in Europe, displaced persons camps, and displaced Jews suffering persecution after the war. Also included is a 21 Nov 1945 letter by Maj. Charles Heitzberg of the War Department - Office of the Chief of Staff describing the origins of the letter to Lt. General Lucius D. Clay.

  19. Vincent La Vista report on illegal immigration in and through Italy

    Consists of a copy of a declassified memorandum written on 15 May 1947 by Vincent La Vista to Herbert J. Cummings. The memorandum describes the illegal immigration of Jews, Hungarians, displaced persons in general, and other groups into and through Italy after World War II. La Vista also reports on the alleged illegal activities of institutions and groups including the Vatican, the International Red Cross, and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in connection with illegal immigration.

  20. Articles, clippings, and other materials relating to the UNRRA and displaced persons

    Consists of several newspaper and magazine articles concerning Jews and displaced persons and the activities of American and British armies in the occupied zones in Europe after World War II. Included are three issues of "UNRRA," which concern the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) with displaced persons after the Holocaust. Also included are issues of Jewish publications in Brazil containing articles about displaced persons and two issues of "Army talks."