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  1. Florence Leeds photograph collection

    Two photographic prints. First print is a post-war black and white image of the Death Wall in the yard of Block 11 at the Auschwitz concentration camp; stamped on verso by the Auschwitz Museum and the photographer; in Polish. Second print is a black and white image of unknown piece of artwork, likely from the collection of the Auschwitz Museum.

  2. J. Robert Cox photograph collection

    Contains photographs taken by J. Robert Cox, MD (donor's father), who served with the 132nd Evacuation Hospital, taken shortly after his arrival at the Dachau concentration camp on May 2, 1945, a few days after liberation; inscriptions by Dr. Cox written on verso. Also includes U.S. Army Signal Corps images documenting the atrocities in the Dachau concentration camp immediately following liberation

  3. Joseph Bookowich photographs

    Consists of photographs from the collection of Joseph Michael Bookowich (later Brooks), a member of the 339th Ordinance Depot Company, depicting the capture of Hermann Göring and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The photographs taken in Dachau depict prisoners showing various aspects of camp life, while the photographs of Göring depict him posing and talking to his American captors. Also includes mass produced photographs of women mourning the death of children, who appear to have died in a bombing raid, possibly in eastern Europe.

  4. Archives of the Jewish Community Thessaloniki (RI-33)

    Records of the Jewish community in Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece, 1882 to 1941. The collection consists of minutes, legal ordinances, correspondence, books of debtors, ledgers of accounts, various bank documents, statistics, census, and private papers relating to Jewish community meetings, cooperation with other Jewish communities in Greece and abroad, financial operations, real estate and construction, religious affairs, family status (birth, marriage and death records, genealogy, etc. 1882-1940), education and culture, welfare and health, Jewish organizations and Zionist movement, famil...

  5. Inspectorate of Home Army in Częstochowa Inspektorat Armii Krajowej w Częstochowie (Sygn.399)

    Records of the Armia Krajowa (AK), the Inspectorate in Częstochowa. Documents relate to organizational matters and orders of the Home Army Headquarters, quartermaster’s orders, military problems, budget, financial settlements, financial reports, and contain lists of the sanitation equipment. The collection also contains documents on AK Women's Military Service, the Warsaw insurgents, and guerrilla troops.

  6. Matricule 49859 / Temoignage de Pierre ARNAUD Ancien Resistant Deporte

    Contains unpublished memoirs of Pierre Arnaud (donor's grandfather), a resistance fighter deported to Buchenwald. Manuscript entitled "Matricule 49859 / Temoignage de Pierre ARNAUD Ancien Resistant Deporte."

  7. Selected records of commune Pass Akta gminy Pass (Sygn. 60)

    The register of sought people from the Pass commune in Poland.

  8. Selected records of the Court of the First Instance in Nowe Miaste on Pilica Sąd Grodzki w Nowym Mieście nad Pilicą (Sygn. 1837)

    Court civil cases of the post-war period in Poland. The cases relate to Jews who were inhabitants of Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą and include records of possession, reconstruction of acts of marital status (certificates of birth, marriages and deaths), finding dead persons, and cases of inheritance.

  9. Poster issued postwar by the Central Historical Commission, Łódź

  10. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button, "Jap You're a Sap"

  11. Diana Kurz papers

    The Diana Kurz papers include biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and writings documenting Diana Kurz of Vienna, Austria, her Polish-born parents, and her family’s prewar life and immigration to the United States via Italy, Switzerland, England, and Ireland. Biographical materials include identification papers, student records, birth and marriage certificates, and a few business records for the Kurz family’s optical business. This series also includes some manuscript sheet music. Correspondence primarily consists of congratulatory telegrams on the occasio...

  12. Czuczka family correspondence

    Consists of letters written by members of the Czuczka family of Vienna, Austria, between 1939-1941. The majority of the letters were written by Artur Czuczka and detail his attempts to emigrate from Austria and join his brother's family in the United States. The letters were written from Vienna and, after Artur's February 1941 deportation to Opole, from Poland.

  13. American siblings visit Berlin during the Nazi Olympics

    Americans visit Berlin. Street views and city monuments in Berlin. Nazi flags and banners. 01:56 Sign on hood of car: “Nancy Jeux Olympiques” [Nancy Olympic Games]. More street views and monuments and churches. Flags of the participating countries displayed on the street. The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Victory Column, Reichstag building and exterior of Olympic stadium with crowds and rows of parked cars outside. 04:04 Field from the crowded stands; a procession begins. SS man seen in the stands. 05:00 People saluting en masse in the stands. More processions, a flock of birds is released from ...

  14. UNRRA selected records AG-018-039 : Germany Mission

    Consists of correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, circulars, newspapers, incoming and outgoing cables, intelligence reports, and reports relating to legal matters. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: interpretations, drafts, and revisions of U.S., British, French, and military agreements; military government laws affecting displaced persons and civilians; assistance for displaced persons; voluntary agencies; legal assistance and protection for displaced persons and stateless persons; unaccompanied children; emigration and repatriation of displaced persons; supplies and tr...

  15. Edith Horn family papers

    Correspondence regarding the attempt by the Horn family, originally of Vorst, Germany, to obtain restitution from the German government, primarily for property seized from them during the Holocaust. Correspondence is between representatives of the West German government, and attorneys representing the families of Karl and Irene Horn (and their son Werner), as well as Max and Hilde Horn (and their daughter, Edith), in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Germany, between 1949 and 1981. Also included is family correspondence from a the brother of Irene Horn, Walter Eckstein, in Kibbutz Givat Hayim Ichud...

  16. Robert Slack collection

    Consists of 26 original photographs of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. Contains images of clothed and unclothed bodies in mass graves, local townspeople forced to move bodies from mass grave sites, and live prisoners in bunks. Taken by Robert Slack during his service with the US Army during WWII.

  17. Selected records of the Court of the First Instance in Skierniewice Sąd Grodzki w Skierniewicach (Sygn.1654)

    Court civil cases related to the custody of children, alimony, repayment of debt and other similar matters. Parties in these lawsuits were Jews, inhabitants of Skierniewice. The files contain personal data about participants of lawsuits.

  18. Selected records of the city Żyrardów Akta miasta Żyrardowa (Sygn. 2)

    This collection contains selected records of the city Żyrardów in Poland, e.g. registers of permanent inhabitants and houses, birth certificates, circular letters and other documents issued by the German authorities (1940-1943); witness testimonies relating to the crimes committed by the Gestapo and gendarmerie; documents relating to the changing of surnames, social welfare in the wartime including a list of victims, and documents of the WWII Committee of the Exhumation of those Murdered by the Nazis.

  19. Life (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    Consists of one "Life" magazine, dated October 19, 1942, containing a poem entitled "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.