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  1. Gorodiscas family papers

    Consists of Bencelis Gorodiscas's passport from Lithuania, issued in 1921; the "livret de famille" family book documenting Bencelis's marriage to Malka Mendrzycka (originally of Warsaw) and the births of their children, Marguerite in 1933 and Gilbert in 1944. Also includes a certificate of liberation issued to Bencelis Gorodiscas from the Gurs internment camp in April 1943 and a bill for their immigration to the United States in 1961.

  2. David Marcus photographic negatives

    Consists of original photographic negatives of images from the collection of David Marcus, a member of the Frankfurt GI Council. Includes images taken at Kibbutz Buchenwald, in Austria, and in Munich and Lindenfeld, Germany.

  3. Naymark family genealogy and history

    Consists of one typed manuscript, 99 pages, entitled "Naymark Family Genealogy and History," written and compiled by Richard Naymark in 2013. In the manuscript, Mr. Naymark describes his family's history beginning in the 1860s in Poland, the immigration of some members of his family to the United States and settling in Duluth, MN, in the early 1900s. The manuscript includes translations of correspondence between David Naymark in the United States and his sisters, who remained in Poland and lived in Warsaw, and includes descriptions of the wartime fates of the Weicner and Naymark families in...

  4. John E. Meyer photographs

    Consists of seven photographs taken of piles of corpses at the Dachau concentration camp, as well as a photograph of the Dachau death train with the rail car door marked "Off Limits." Includes a note written by John E. Meyer, a member of the 45th Ordnance Company, which reads "Pictures taken in Dachau concentration camp."

  5. Selected records from the State Archives of the Penza Region related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII

    Contains selected records related to the evacuation and resettlement of the Soviet civilians evacuated to the Penza region during WWII. It includes lists of evacuees and their families, statistical data, information about food and medical supplies provided to the evacuated population by the local government authorities etc.

  6. Embroidered floral blouse made prewar by a Polish Jewish woman for her sister

    Halutzka or peasant blouse with embroidered flowers made by Shoshana Galicki Feizensztajn, about 16 years old, as a parting gift for her sister Chava when she left their hometown of Siedlce, Poland, for Palestine in 1933. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland in September 1939. Siedlce was in Soviet controlled territory. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. German forces occupied Siedlce, and set up a Jewish ghetto. In August, Shoshana, her husband Shalom, and their infant daughter were confined to the sealed ghetto. At some point, Shoshana was shot and killed by the G...

  7. Tersch family papers

    The Tersch family papers contains German issued Jewish passports for Dr. Herman Tersch and his daughter Edith Tersch, dated May 1939, and official notification documents regarding the confirmation of Dr. Hermann Tersch and Edith Tersch’s residency in Vienna, Austria, undated. Also included is an Affidavit of Support dated June 24, 1939, filed by Raymond E. Law in Chicago, Illinois offering support for the Tersch family. The Tersch family papers include German issued Jewish passports for “Dr. Herman Israel Tersch” and “Edith Sara Tersch” dated May 8, 1939 and May 9, 1939. Official notificati...

  8. Oral history interview with Steven Friedman

  9. Henri Maizels photograph collection

    The collection includes a photograph of Henri Maizels's parents in Paris before WWII and a photograph of Henri's aunt and uncle, who he lived with after WWII, dated 1947.

  10. District Court in Warsaw Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Sygn. 654/III)

    Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted at the District Court in Warsaw during the years 1946-1956. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles during the German occupation in Poland. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of war criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes commi...

  11. George C. Gross photographs

    Consists of photographic negatives of images of the "death train" from which concentration camp prisoners from Bergen-Belsen were liberated near Farsleben (near Magdeburg, Germany) in April 1945. The prisoners had been placed on the train and departed Bergen-Belsen prior to the camp's liberation though the train had no intended destination. The images were taken and acquired immediately by George Gross, who was part of the 743rd Tank Battalion which secured the train while others in the unit sought provisions for the newly liberated prisoners.

  12. Marta Kaufmann collection

    The Marta Kaufmann collection consists of a photograph of the Szerencs synagogue in northern Hungary, her mother's hometown. The collection also contains a photograph of Alexander Gellman, Marta Kaufmann’s father, who worked as dentist in Hungary, with a group of survivors of the Sárospatak forced labor camp at a meeting after the war.

  13. Pinkus Edelsberg collection

    Contains ten photographs and one document concerning the experiences of Pinkus Edelsberg in Włodawa, Poland; as a partisan during the war; and in the Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camp.

  14. Charlotte Delbo collection

    Consists of one handwritten letter, 2 pages, written by Charlotte Delbo (who went by her married name of Charlotte Dudach at the time), to her sister Odette, on 21 March 1942 (though the letter is physically dated 1941, it was actually written in 1942). The letter, written while Charlotte was imprisoned in the Depot prison in Paris, gives Odette instructions regarding personal property and notes that Charlotte has been separated from her husband, George. Also includes four photographs of Charlotte Delbo taken between 1970-1985.

  15. Dr. Arthur Leser collection

    Consists of documents and correspondence regarding Jakob Leser (later Arthur Jack Leser), who obtained a medical degree in Vienna, Austria, before emigrating to England, Scotland, and finally the United States in 1938. Includes documentation regarding Dr. Leser's struggle to obtain his licensure and to find employment in the United States as a Jewish refugee physician.

  16. Court Grodzki in Warsaw, file Zg.1946 Sąd Grodzki w Warszawie, akta Zg.1946 (Sygn. 655)

    This collection contains selected files, so-called “Zg.” of the Sąd Grodzki w Warszawie, i.e. contains cases of establishing somebody as deceased or issuing a death certificate. Cases apply to those who had perished (99 per cent of cases) during the Soviet or, mainly, Nazi occupation: who were arrested either by the Soviets or Germans, deported to the USSR or the Third Reich, sent to concentration camps, or murdered in ghettos or places of extermination. The files (app. 5-20 pages) contain an application for establishing that someone had died, testimonies of two witnesses on standard forms,...

  17. Selected records from the State Archives of Ascoli

    Contains records from the Cabinet and Police Headquarters of Ascoli from 1938-1944 relating to census of the Jews, racial laws, Jewish internees, concentration camps.

  18. Henry and Edith Wertheimer collection

    Collection of letters written by Heinz Ludwig Wertheimer (b. May 22, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany). He was sent by his parents Dr. Max and Rosel Wertheimer to England on the Kindertransport. The parents joined their son Lutz in August 1939 and a year later they immigrated to the US. using a false identity of Edith Adler (b. 1924 in Ulm, Germany) issued under the name "Edith Aubert" who was a member of the French underground.

  19. Frieder family at their estate in Manila; children at camp; Jewish refugee family from Europe; Alice's birthday

    Alex and Corinne Frieder's children swim in the pool at their home in Manila. Louise and Edna hold up Alice. Edna poses and shows off for the camera. Edna, Louise, and Alice dance around their mother, seated in a chair. Swans in the second pond in front of the house. Edna, Louise, and other children in costume dance on the tennis courts during dance class. 01:05:35 Large outdoor dinner party at the estate in Manila. People talk and eat ice cream. 01:05:57 American children at Yosemite Camp in Baguio practice giving "Baguio" salutes to the camera. They raise an American flag, perform exercis...

  20. Isenberg family visits Switzerland; zoo; train station

    Visiting a zoo (probably Zoo Basel) - ape, peacock, cage of birds, ram, flamingoes, camel, ostrich, wolves, antelope, and bears. 01:15:34 LS, Basel train station and street scenes with traffic. Sign: "Grand Hotel, Hotel Euler" in Basel. Erna exits hotel and gets into a car. Stone monument surrounded by stones and flowers, quick view of a family at left in the park. Aerial view of tram. A different sign of "Hotel Euler" and tourist pan with sign: "Central Apotheke." MS, unknown man posing in front of a fence. Two people talk in a dining room. Erna in bed with her boys, Artur, Norbert, and He...