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  1. "My Experiences as a Prisoner of War, December 1944 to June 1945"

    Consists of one copy of a typed manuscript, 33 pages, entitled "My Experiences as a Prisoner of War December 1944 to June 1945" by C. Robert Hartt, written in 1945. In the memoir, Mr. Hartt describes being wounded and captured at the Battle of the Bulge and being sent on a long march, arriving at Stalag IV-B on January 7, 1945. He describes life in the camp, being taken on a work detail in Zittau, and the importance of Red Cross packages. In May 1945, the soldiers were sent on a march to American lines, but were fired upon and separated; Hartt found a Czech town where he was cared for and w...

  2. Lola and Boruch Nortman papers

    Contains vaccination certificates, immigration documents, baggage tags, a telegram, and a mimeographed letter, relating mostly to the immigration of Lola and Boruch Nortman from a displaced persons camp in Germany to the United States, 1949.

  3. Fake diamond ring bartered to save the life of a Jewish family

    Finger ring made by Abraham (Bumek) Gruber in 1942 using crystal and nickel to simulate a diamond ring. In 1943, Bumek was working as a butcher at the oil refinery camp Galizien in German occupied Poland with his wife Blimka and daughter Liba. That summer, the Germans took Blimka and Liba, and other Jewish families, and executed them in the Bronica forest. Bumek planned to give himself up in the next Aktion, but he met Tusia and her 4 year old daughter Fela and formed a bond that changed his mind. He decided to go into hiding with them in Mlynki Szkolnikowe, where his family had once lived....

  4. Ungar family photographs

    Consists of copyprints of the family of Alfred and Stefa Ungar, who lived in Krakow, Poland, with their children Adam and Kuka (now Helen). Includes pre-war copyprints of the family, copyprints of the family at the labor camp of Krakow-Prokocim, and copyprints of Alfred Ungar in his concentration camp uniform, alone and with other prisoners, after their liberation from Buchenwald. Also includes a copyprint and published article about the memory of Adam Ungar, who was remembered at the bar mitzvah of Daniel Pyser.

  5. Hand carved wooden clogs found in Dachau concentration camp by an American soldier

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn78330
    • English
    • a: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)

    Handmade wooden clogs found by 22 year old Aubrey G. Kincheloe, an American soldier, in Dachau concentration camp after liberation between May 3-8, 1945. Aubrey was a private first class in the 45th Infantry Division, 179th Infantry Regiment, Company C. He entered combat in January 1944, in Italy, and fought in southern France and, in 1945, advanced into Germany. On April 29, the 45th Division liberated Dachau concentration camp, while Aubrey and the 179th Infantry Regiment were attacking Munich. On May 3, Aubrey and his regiment were sent to Dachau to guard and administer the camp. Aubrey ...

  6. Stanislaw Aronson papers

    Collection of photographs and documents relating to the Aronson and Kaffeman family in Warsaw and Łódź before the war.

  7. Joseph Lieberman ration card

    Consists of one War Ration Book No. 3 issued circa August 1943 by the United States Office of Price Administration to Joseph Lieberman, aged 19 months.

  8. L.P. Klink postcard

    Postcard sent to Anna Schlamm (donor's paternal grandmother) in Brooklyn, New York, from her nephew L.P. Klink in Riga, Latvia, 1946. In the postcard, he informs her that ."..all of our relatives have been cruelly murdered..."; dated February 1945, but postmarked February 1946.

  9. Kahn and Oppenheimer families papers

    Documents related to the extended family of Julius Kahn, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Includes an employee identification book ("Arbeitsbuch") used by an employee of his book manufacturing company, and receipts for taxes paid by member of the Oppenheimer family (donor's maternal grandmother's family) in Frankfurt, 1938-1939.

  10. Alex Frieder tours factories and sights in Manila and the Far East in 1948

    Alex Frieder boards a Philippine Airlines airplane and poses with a flight attendant. He shakes hands with the pilot and others. Scenes of logging and manufacturing, presumably in Manila. Several men wave and pose for the camera by the factory and automobiles. 01:04:10 LS, a Filipino man climbs a tall palm tree. Boats on the water. 01:04:46 Alex and others stand inside a factory beside an enormous tree that has been felled. CUs, mechanics and machines at work. Alex shakes hands with locals. Scenes of the shoreline and people on boats, beautiful shots. Hotels on the harbor. "Bowline Knot / M...

  11. Lillian and Alexander Schachter papers

    The Lillian and Alexander Schachter papers consist of birth and marriage certificates, identification cards, immigration and naturalization certificates, and affidavits and legal correspondence documenting the Schachters’ internment in Auschwitz and Mauthausen, their immigration to the United States, and their efforts to receive restitution for damages suffered during the Holocaust including teeth that Lillian Schachter lost.

  12. Jewish life in Budapest before the war

    REEL 2. Margaret Gidaly and her children Paul and Elly on a hill overlooking city. An artist with glasses and hat paints the view on an easel. One-story home. Brief view of a different man in a hat. The children stand by Margaret and walk down a stair path next to a row of houses. Brief interior shot with the children. Another shot of Margaret and the children walking up the hill by the painter. 01:00:45 CU, Elly in a summer dress and women and young girls in white dresses on benches in a public park. Paul poses in front of a fountain. Margaret climbs. Paul slides down a large banister. ECU...

  13. Palace of Electricity at the Paris Exposition

    Panoramic film of the 1900 Paris Exposition of the Palace of Electricity, a pavilion that provided the energy for the other exhibits. Crowd in front of the Palace of Electricity. Row of empty chairs outside. Men stand and look toward the camera. Base of the Eiffel Tower. People stroll. The Palace of Electricity. People walk toward the Palace of Electricity.

  14. Charcoal and watercolor sketch of six Orthodox Jewish males

    Watercolor sketch called Pozsony, Hungarian for Bratislava, Slovakia, of 6 Orthodox Jewish males created by Magda Frank, a professional sculpture, at an unknown date. Magda, 30, a native of Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) was in Budapest attending art school when it was occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1944. Magda was relocated to a yellow star building and, in November, confined to the Jewish ghetto. In early 1945, Budapest was liberated by Soviet forces. In 1950, Magda emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to join her only surviving relative, a brother Stefan.

  15. Frieders on vacation, horseback riding, playing

    People play and relax on the beach, probably in Hawaii. Morris Frieder and his girls wearing flowered leis aboard a boat. 00:00:47 Pan of a large garden in the Philippines, probably in Baguio City (see Film ID 2957 at 00:02:56 for film of the same location when the girls are younger). Peggy and a younger girl (likely her sister Sue - b. 1934) pose for the camera. Jane practices swinging a golf club. Catherine O'Connor, the governess from Indiana, helps the girls pick flowers from the garden, and Jane picks up Sue. 00:02:17 A plane lands on a dirt runway. Morris gets out and kisses Sue. The ...

  16. James Boalick collection

    Consists of three pages of typed testimony written by James G. Boalick, a member of Company B of the 45th Armored Medical Battalion of the 3rd Armored Division of the Third Army. He was a replacement on the front line in the Battle of the Bulge and, in the spring of 1945, participated in the liberation of Nordhausen, where he administered first aid to survivors. Also includes a copy of his honorable discharge and his separation record.

  17. Myron and Dottie Miller collection

    The collection consists of photographs from an unidentified ghetto and of the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camp, as well as postal covers from Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Palestine, and Switzerland.

  18. Touring Germany

    In the mountains (Alps?). A man and a woman talk before a tree and look at the camera. Several young men smoke and pose for the camera at the foot of a ski slope. Guesthouse. Visiting the traditional frescoed facades of the Bavarian village Oberammergau and the Ettal Monastery. Pan across the mountain landscape and small towns below. Three men pose near the summit mount with their skis. People ski and ride in cable cars. Large church. 01:02:07 Pan and LS of an ice rink. A villager herds his sheep. Cut back to ice skating, mountains and people hiking. More aerial views, the ski slopes, and a...

  19. Hans (Jan) Löw collection

    Consists of enlargements, CD photographs, original negatives, copyprints, and original photographs of Hans "Jan" Löw, originally of Brno, Czechoslovakia. Prior to his 1936 emigration to England, Hans had previously edited a Revisionist Zionist publication in Prague and worked for Keren Tel Chai. Upon his arrival in London, Hans served as a secretary to Vladimir Jabotinsky in his office at 47 Finchley Rd. The office operated from 1936-1939.

  20. Blumberg family photographs

    Contains a photo album with images of activities and vacations with friends of Shlomo Baruch Blumberg (donor's father) who immigrated to Palestine in 1934 from Warsaw, Poland.