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  1. Selected records of the commune Szymanów Akta gminy Szymanów (Sygn. 54)

    Records related to control of the movement of population of the municipality Szymanów, 1945-1946.

  2. Questionnaires, related to Ktav-Heter and Agunot, post-Holocaust Hungary

    Nine questionnaires recording testimonies of men and women whose spouses were killed during the Holocaust, and who were seeking to record documentation of such, in order to obtain a writ of permission (Ktav Heter) to remarry. Stamped and signed by rabbis in various locations in Hungary, approximately 1946-1952.

  3. Paul Hirschfeld collection

    Collection of eight photographic postcards documenting the reburial of Holocaust victims and forced confrontation by local residents; inscribed "Naila, Nov. 1945" in black ink on verso; some also stamped as enlargements by photographer. The postcards were brought back to the United States after the war by Paul Hirschfeld (donor's father), who had fled Vienna in June 1938 and returned to Europe as a member of the US Army and OSS investigator.

  4. Morris B. Parloff papers

    Correspondence, scrapbook pages, and documents, related to the service of Morris B. Parloff in the Counter Intelligence Corps of the U.S. Army, from 1942-1945, including his service in occupied Germany in 1944-1945, and his training in counter intelligence at Camp Ritchie, Maryland. Includes some original correspondence sent from Parloff to his wife, Gloria, during the time he served in the Army, primarily from 1944, as well as a later (circa 2001), typescript compilation of all correspondence Mrs. Parloff received from her husband, for much of which the originals are no longer extant. Also...

  5. Kathleen M. Dorry collection

    Postcard: black and white photograph of Adolf Hitler saluting as he is walking up steps with three other men, soldiers in a row in front of them saluting back, crowds and Nazi flags on poles behind them; captioned across bottom “Appell der Politischen Leiter”; Nürnberg, Germany; not dated; in German.

  6. Berl Grosser postcards

    Consists of a collection of handwritten and typed postcards and letters sent to Bernhard (Bernard/Berl) Grosser, originally of Kamionki Wielkie, Poland, but who was living in Milan, Italy. The postcards, sent from family and friends, mainly writing from Poland between 1938-1942, were used to update Mr. Grosser on their personal situation, attempts to immigrate, and discussion of relief packages. Unbeknownst to Mr. Grosser, his mother died in the late 1930s; the greetings from her on many of the postcards were included as his family attempted to shield him from this information.

  7. Invitation to a Purim festivity, General Organization of Zionists "Theodor Herzl," Shanghai, 1940

    One printed leaflet, announcing a Purim event hosted by the youth of the General Organization of Zionists, "Theodor Herzl," in Shanghai, China, on 27 March 1940. The event was to take place at the Broadway Theatre on Wayside Road, and likely included the performance of a play titled "Zion and Ourselves" by Bruno Guttentag, a synopsis of which is given on the verso of this leaflet.

  8. The Schmidt and Englander families collection

    Contains documents and correspondence regarding the experiences of the Schmidt and Englander families in Stuttgart and Konstadt, Germany and their flight from Nazi occupation.

  9. UNRRA selected records AG-018-005 : Bureau of Administration

    Records on UNRRA's organizational and procedural history, the Headquarters central files (Registry files) dealing with every aspect of UNRRA's work.

  10. Max Landwirth papers

    Correspondence, affidavits, tax returns, telegrams, photographs and other documents primarily related to the efforts of Max Landwirth (1863-1943), of Michigan City, Indiana, to assist relatives in Germany and Austria with immigration to the United States, as a result of Nazi persecution in those countries, 1938-1939.

  12. Green admission ticket for an anti-Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden

    Green ticket for entrance to an anti-Nazi rally titled, Mass Demonstration Against Hitler Atrocities, held by the American Jewish Congress, B'nai Brith, and the Jewish Labor Committee in Madison Square Garden, New York City, on July 21, 1942.

  13. Lt. Col. Pinckney McElwee photograph collection

    U.S. Signal Corps photographs taken shortly after liberation at Reichenau, Dachau, and Landsberg camps; includes photographs of a survivor of a death march to Munich and of a mass grave near Waldlager 11.

  14. Pearl Laufer photograph collection

    Collection consists of one photograph of survivors of Dachau. Among those pictured is the donor's mother, Zelda Feldlaufer.

  15. Dr. Henry P. Limbacher photograph collection

    Collection of seven black and white photographs, mounted on an album page with typed captions, documenting the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp. The photos were taken by Major Henry P. Limbacher, MD, who headed the medical unit at the camp following liberation, and was head of a MASH unit under General Patton.

  16. Selected records of the files of the bailiff of District II of the Court of the First Instance in Skierniewice-Czesław Gołębiowski Akta Komornika II Rewiru Sądu Grodzkiego w Skierniewicach-Czesław Gołębiowski (Sygn. 952)

    Protocols and certificates of the bailiff, Czesław Gołębiowski and the court cases of execution of verdicts concerning alimonies, eviction and putting in possession.

  17. Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. papers

    Reports and correspondence from American attorney Alfred Jaretzki, Jr., reporting on visits to Vienna and efforts to work with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to assist Austrian Jews with emigration, 1938. Includes one report, undated, 11 pages, describing his trip to Vienna in June 1938, including meetings with American diplomats, journalists, members of the Viennese Jewish community, and non-governmental organizations. Among his contacts were Therese Bloch-Bauer, and her daughter Maria; Josef Löwenherz of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien; the American journalist Vin...

  18. Looking Back, But Not in Anger The Story of One who Eluded the Holocaust by the Skin of his Teeth

    Consists of one memoir, 12 pages, entitled "Looking Back, But Not in Anger: The Story of One who Eluded the Holocaust by the Skin of his Teeth," by Herbert P. Paisley, originally of Berlin, Germany. In the memoir, he describes his childhood in Germany, schooling in Belgium, imprisonment in St. Cyprien and Gurs, joining the French Foreign Legion and later the British Pioneer Corps, where he worked as an interpreter.

  19. Leslie Nichols collection

    Consists of letters, dated August-September 1935, related to the efforts of Leslie Nichols of Cleveland, OH, to assist in the emigration of Dr. Walter Jaffe (who was half Jewish) and his wife, Sylvia Lavalle (who was not Jewish), of Berlin, Germany. Includes instructions on how to proceed, blank visa paperwork, a letter from Leslie Nichols to Judge Maurice Bernon of Cleveland asking for his assistance; and a letter from Leslie Nichols to Sylvia Lavalle informing her of his efforts on her behalf. The couple eventually survived the war in Paris.

  20. Selected records of the Tax Office in Pruszków Urząd Skarbowy w Pruszkowie (Sygn. 86)

    The collection includes financial books and a list of debtors and depositors of the Municipal Administration of Pruszków, Poland. The records relate to the Jews and the Jewish Community in Pruszków.