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  1. Memoirs. Contest: "Preserve Memory Project" Wspomnienia. Materiały konkursowe "Zachować pamięć"

    Collection of 589 Polish testimonies along with photographs, letters and other personal documents. It contains accounts of Polish victims of WWII, their experiences of German atrocities in Poland and as forced laborers in Germany. The testimonies were sent for the contest "Pomóżcie Nam Zachować Pamieć" organized by the Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) and Polska Unia Ofiar Nazizmu in 2005. Contains also other WWII materials collected by the foundation: as photographs, audio and video records. The most interesting materials were published by FPNP in two volumes under a title: “Za...

  2. Itzhak Nachmani papers

    The Itzakh Nachmani papers include two diaries Nachmani composed in 1942 and 1943 describing his family’s escape from Poland, his internment in a Soviet labor camp, his release into the Polish Army, and his service in Palestine, Egypt, and Iraq; a misdated Palestine Identity Card issued to Nachmani; and photographs depicting Nachmani and his Rumpler and Krzepicki relatives in Poland before the war and in Israel after the war as well as with fellow soldiers in Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine during the war. Itzakh Nachmani began his diaries on August 4, 1942, during his military service in Palest...

  3. V-E day celebrations in Germany; newspaper; discovery of important documents

    (LIB 6468) V-E DAY CELEBRATION, Idar-Oberstein, Germany, 8 May 1945. 00:00:07 Soldiers line up for flag-raising ceremony. An official military photographer shoots pictures. 00:00:34 Major General Hugh J. Gaffey speaks to troops. 00:01:10 Troops salute the US flag. 00:01:40 (LIB 6469) V-E DAY, Dusseldorf, Germany, 8 May 1945. Slate indicates cameraman R. Joyce. US troops enjoy free coffee and doughnuts. 00:02:14 Men and women crown around a radio. Troops salute an arriving military vehicle. Troops line up outside opera house. 00:02:50 Slate showing cameraman Crossley of the 159th Infantry Re...

  4. Frank E. Morse collection

    Partial copy of official transcript of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, specifically the judgement against the defendants; dated circa September 30 - October 1, 1946. The excerpted transcript summarizes the indictments against each defendant and ultimately, the judgement and sentence; in English. Frank Morse (donor's grandfather) was an attorney and former Minnesota judge who served as a lawyer working with the United States Army during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in 1945 and 1946

  5. Carol Mizrahi photograph collection

    Two photographic prints of Nazi party officials and SS officers. One image depicts Heinrich Himmler giving a speech at an unknown event at a stadium on May 24, 1942 and the second image shows two SS officers and a German soldier, dated 1942.

  6. "Krulik's Story"

    Consists of one memoir, 13 pages, entitled "Krulik's Story," by Israel (Krulik) Wilder. Wilder describes his childhood in Piotrkow, Poland, the German invasion in 1939, his family's escape to Radom, and life in the Radom ghetto. Israel Wilder got a job working forced labor at the Hortensia glass factory, where he worked until November 1944. He was deported to a series of camps, ending at Buchenwald concentration camp in December 1944, where he remained until the final weeks of the war, when he was sent to Theresienstadt, from which he was liberated. He was sent to England to recover, marrie...

  7. Selected records from the collection of the Bulgarian Exarchate (Fond 246K)

    Contains correspondence of the office of the Archbishop Vissarion of Lozengrad (Kırklareli) regarding the violent attacks against Jewish citizens of Lozengrad (Kırklareli) and Thrace,Turkey in June and July of 1934.

  8. "Zigi's Story"

    Consists of one memoir, 10 pages, entitled "Zigi's Story," by Zygmunt (Zigi) Shipper. In his memoir, Mr. Shipper describes his childhood in Łódź, his memories of life in the Łódź ghetto, and his forced labor in a metal factory, where he worked until July 1944. He was deported to Auschwitz then to a series of camps, including Stutthof. At the end of the war, he was sent on a forced march and ended up being placed on a barge near Neustadt, witnessing the accidental British bombing of another boat also containing prisoners. He was liberated by the British Army and settled in England, where he ...

  9. Brand family papers

    The Brand family papers consists of correspondence, documents, and pre-war photographs illustrating the Brand family of Frankfurt, Germany and the United States. Includes correspondence from Leo and Else Brand in Frankfurt to their older son Horst in the United States, and letters from their younger son Heinz. The documents illustrate the unsuccessful efforts to bring members of the Brand family and Thekla Strauss, Horst's grandmother, to the United States.

  10. Selected records from the State Archives of the Samara Region, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records of the former Communist Party Archives of the Samara (Kuĭbyshev) Region related to the evacuation of Soviet civilians to the Samara Region during WWII. It includes correspondence files related to their resettlement and name lists of communists evacuated to the region from various regions of the former USSR.

  11. Meitner family photograph collection

    Collection of photographs depicting Arpad Meitner and Berta Mahler Meitner before the war in Budapest, Hungary.

  12. Jewish family life in Germany before the war

    Car on the street, police directing traffic, trams, shop signs. People peer into shop window of Süsskind shop. Norbert, Erna, and her mother Bertha stand on a street corner. 01:00:26 INT, woman in front of a window. Man walks on a cobbled street with an overcoat thrown over his shoulder. Sally waves and runs backwards away from the camera. Alice, Erna, and Norbert joke and run on the street. INT, woman in an apron cleans dishes in the kitchen. [VQ shifts to poor] Alice in a drop-waist dress walks in yard, others gather. 01:01:26 Leo Greif, Bertha, and others get out of a car with Saarbrueck...

  13. Snatager family papers

    The Snatager family papers include biographical material, correspondence, documents and journals relating to Bernard, Olga, and Leonie Snatager’s pre-war and wartime experiences in the Netherlands. The collection includes Bernard’s birth certificate and telegram announcing his birth, documents relating to his business, and records relating to his death as well as Olga’s birth certificate, vaccination certificates, marriage certificates, and letters regarding her pension. The collection also includes a Dutch ID card for Leonie, poetry written by Leonie for her father, papers relating to her ...

  14. Heilborn and Fassberg family papers

    The Heilborn and Fassberg family papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, and family research related to the family of Theodor and Recha Bloch Heilborn, originally from Berlin, Germany and Harold Fassberg, from Ohio. The collection documents the Heilborn family’s history in Germany from 1840-1939 including Theodor Heilborn's career as an attorney, being stripped of his position in 1933, and the family's emigration documentation. Also included is extensive correspondence between the Heilborns’ only child, Vera, and Harold Fassberg, a member of the American military during Wor...

  15. Damaged Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered postwar in Latvia

    Corroded Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered in a Latvian swamp many years after World War II. Production of the Ssh40 model helmet began in 1940 and continued until 1960. It was issued to Soviet soldiers on all fronts during World War II. The Ssh40 was designed to replace the Ssh39, which had a liner that made it difficult for the wearer to place the helmet over a winter hat or garrison cap. The Ssh40 was designed to solve this problem by attaching the liner to the exterior shell near the rim, which allowed the helmet to slide over another hat. The Soviet Union occupied the independe...

  16. Frieder family on holiday

    The Frieder family on holiday. Women pose with Jane and Peggy on a mountain, probably in Hawaii. Pan of the ocean vista and city below, probably Honolulu. 00:00:29 Two adult couples lounge outdoors. The girls and their mother Julia pose before going to the beach and swimming in the ocean. Jane and Peggy on a ship deck with flowered leis around their necks. Smoke stacks from other boats are visible behind the rail of the ship deck. 00:01:21 People aboard an ocean cruiser. Shores. Someone dives from the boat. 00:02:14 Jane, Peggy, and Julia wear heavy coats on the ship deck. Other Frieder fam...

  17. Harvard football game

    In United States, houses in neighborhood. Women and children in front of house. Men rowing on the Charles River, flag. Harvard University marching band on a sports field. Men play American football, sign: "Harvard 14, Visitors 13." Marching band plays in the stands. Car driving on highway past trees and power lines. Aerial pan. Car drives up a snowy road. A group of young people exit the vehicle and walk towards the camera.

  18. Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families papers

    The collection primarily documents the prewar and postwar experiences of the Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families, originally of Sosnowiec, Poland, and consists of biographical and immigration documents, restitution paperwork, and photographs. The bulk of the material documents the postwar experiences of Fela Schwarzbaum (Fela Lesorgen) and Lewek Lesorgen (Leon Lesorgen) as displaced persons prior to immigration to the United States, where they later met and married. Documents include identification cards, vaccination cards, immigration documents, correspondence, and clippings. Photographs inc...

  19. Nina Negrin memoir

    Consists of a photocopy of handwritten testimony written by Nina Naoum Negrin, originally of Volos, Greece. In the testimony, she describes the military battles between Italy and Greece in 1940-1941 and the Italian and German occupations of Greece. She describes hearing of the deportation of the Jews living in Thessaloniki and her family's decision to take on false, Christian, identities. She also describes her sister's arrest by the EASAD Greek terrorist organization, from which she was able to escape. Also includes an English language summary and translation completed by Ninetta Feldman.

  20. Jacob Silvermintz papers

    Documents related to the post-war experiences of Jacob Silvermintz (aka Jakob Silberminz), originally of Szkosin, Poland; issued while he was living as a displaced person in and around Munich, Germany, 1945-1949. Includes identification cards, including those certifying that he had previously been a prisoner at Buchenwald; residence permits; health documents; and letters of reference related to his apprenticeship as an auto mechanic at a number of German companies after 1945, including Robert Bosch, GmbH. Includes his typescript memoir, 71 pages, entitled "I'm Still Here: The Story of Jacob...