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  1. Wolf and Gidanskis letters

    The Wolf and Gidanskis letters consist of letters written in Yiddish between December 1938 and April 1941 in Lithuanian. One letter was written by Yitzhak Zev Wolf and eleven letters by Josef Gidanskis to his niece, Esther Golde. In the letters, Mr. Gidanskis discusses pre-war Jewish life in Lithuania and alludes to the news he is hearing about the Holocaust.

  2. Justice Ministry : Signature VI : Criminal Cases NSDAP Justizministerium : Signatur VI : Strafsachen NSDAP

    Contains court cases against illegal Nazi party members in Austria before annexation to Nazi Germany.

  3. List of Jews living in Luxembourg on May 10, 1940

    Contains names of Jewish residents in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as of 10 May 1940. It includes all Jews who were resident on 10 May, the date of the German invasion. It excludes all Jews who left Luxembourg before then. It is a working list still not completed, there are 4462 entries.

  4. Gunvor Jensen collection

    Consists of letters and testimony written between 2003-2004 by Gunvor Jensen about his activities in the Norwegian Resistance. The testimony explains the history of resistance activity in the city of Stavanger in the Rogaland area of southern Norway, and explains Mr. Jensen's personal activities within the group. Includes photographs, maps, and contextual explanation. In his letters, Mr. Jensen answers questions about the testimony and provides additional information, including a list of "Jackdaws," female members of the resistance dropped in France.

  5. Dr. Joseph Antognini collection

    Consists of a small photograph album entitled "From out of the Dachau Concentration Camp," which was sold in June 1945 in a photography shop owned by Hans Uschold in Munich, Germany. The album, which contains thirty mass produced photographs taken after the liberation of Dachau, was purchased by Corporal Joseph Antognini, who was stationed in Munich with the 38th AAA Brigade.

  6. Jeffrey Bryan collection

    Documents and photographs concerning Rudi Britzmann's (donor's father) experiences in Nazi occupied Germany; in the United Kingdom; on board the ship "Dunera"; in the Hay and Tatura camps in Australia; and as a post-war war crimes investigator and participant in the Nuremberg war crimes trials. Includes photographs of Lore Koenigshoffer (donor's mother) in pre-war Germany and war-time United Kingdom.

  7. Justice Ministry : Files of the State Public Prosecutor's Offices ; miscellaneous matters Justizministerium : Akten der Staatsanwaltschaften. Verschiedene Angelegenheiten

    Consists of administrative orders and internal reports pertaining to prisons and incarceration facilities in Polish territories occupied by the Third Reich. A preponderance of documents in this collection were issued by the Prosecutor's Office in Katowice, Poland (Kattowitz) in regard to prisons and incarceration facilities in Bielsko Biala (Bielitz) and the Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław (Breslau) in regard to prisons and incarceration facilities in Sosnowiec (Sosnowitz). Includes ordinances about treatment of political prisoners, POWs, and Polish slave laborers; reports about prisoner esc...

  8. Selected records from the Estonian State Archive

    Contains selected records of Baltöl, the German petroleum company in Estonia; arrest and interrogation records of Jews (R-64); and other miscellaneous records concerning the Holocaust in Estonia.

  9. Relli Schmerler Katz memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 25 pages, untitled, by Relli Schmerler Katz, originally of Czechoslovakia. In the memoir, written in 1996, Mrs. Katz describes pre-war Jewish life. Her family was deported in April 1944 to the ghetto in Mátészalka, Hungary, and from there to Auschwitz. She describes the process of arrival in Auschwitz, reuniting with an aunt who had been deported previously, and surviving multiple selections. In August 1944, she and her mother were sent to the Geislingen an der Steige forced labor camp. She describes a number of her specific memories of the camp, including the memory...

  10. Chris Makas papers

    Consists of a memoir written by and oral history conducted with Sgt. Chris Makas, a member of the 63rd Infantry Division of the United States Army, who participated in the liberation of the Kaufering concentration camp. Both the memoir, which is undated, and the oral history, which was conducted in December 2000, describe his wartime experiences. Includes copyprints of Sgt. Makas and several images of Kaufering after liberation. Also includes copies of several documents related to Sgt. Makas's history and memories of Kaufering. The oral history was conducted by Sgt. Makas's daughter, Elaine...

  11. Tova Strauss photograph collection

    Contains seven photographic images of Tova (Gittel) Strauss (nee Wolmerman) of Pirtan, Germany, while living in a Jewish orphanage or children's home near Kremberg, Germany. Gittel Wolnerman was a child passenger on board the Exodus.

  12. "Story of a Jew who Fled Treblinka in August 1943"

    Consists of one typed document, 6 pages, in Hebrew, regarding the escape of a man named "D.M." who escaped Treblinka on August 30, 1943. The document describes D.M.'s experiences hiding under a pile of garments and then fleeing the camp with two other boys, as well as his description of life in the extermination camp. The document was published by the secretariat of the Kibbutz Meuchad "Ha-Chalutz" committee and is dated October 4, 1943.

  13. Jewish census cards

    Consists of two registration certificates for the Jewish Citizens Population census, which occurred in Romania in 1942. One certificate was filled out by Leiba Strul on June 14, 1942 in Iasi, while the other certificate was filled out by Cecilia Goldschmidt on May 31, 1942 in Arad.

  14. "Lamentation for the Murdered under the German Regime" Qynt mqʾtylnʾ tḥt kdmt ʾl-ʾlmʾn. "Kinéte mkatilna tahte khedmete el-Almane"

    Consists of one booklet entitled "Kinéte mkatilna tahte khedmete el-Almane" ("Lamentation for the Murdered under the German Regime"; "Qynt mqʾtylnʾ tḥt kdmt ʾl-ʾlmʾn") which was published in Tunisia in 1946. The text is in the Judeo-Arabic language written in both Hebrew and Roman characters.

  15. "Der Grager: Geşriben in Lager"

    Consists of a booklet entitled "Der Grager: Geşriben in Lager," written by Samson Först and published in Bucharest, Romania, in 1947. The booklet is a parody written on the occasion of Purim for survivors of the Holocaust in Bucovina and Transnistria. The parody includes the text of stories, songs, and parodies about Haman, Hitler, and Jewish life in Romania during and after the Holocaust. The booklet is written in German designed to be an imitation of Yiddish with a Romanian accent.

  16. Goldstein family letters

    The Goldstein family letters consists of letters sent by Hinda Goldstein and her children in Lviv, Poland, to her daughters, Marimtzia (Molly), Rivka (Regina) and Chantzia (Ann), who had immigrated to the United States. The letters, written between 1927-1941, detail the hardships and poverty of life in Lviv, as well as the desire to come to the United States and the fear of the impending war.

  17. Renate Bob collection

    The Renate Bob collection consists of a report regarding the Ravensbrück concentration camp written immediately after the war, likely by a former inmate of the camp. The report (which was called "Mia's Report" by the donor's mother, though the author remains unknown) describes the history of the camp and the lives of prisoners. It was written in German but the collection also includes an English language translation. Also includes a document from the Dutch Red Cross to Hilde Hochfeld (Hoke) letting her know that members of the Katz family of Amsterdam perished in Sobibor in May and June 1943.

  19. Don Tague testimony

    Consists of handwritten testimony, two pages, written by Don Tague, a member of A Company of the 261st Infantry, 65th Division, who participated in the liberation of prisoners on a death march from the Mauthausen concentration camp on May 4, 1945. He describes his company's movement and a story he heard when the reserve troops tried to get bread from a local bakery for the newly liberated prisoners.

  20. Georges Zeraia Ayache collection

    Consists of a folder of copies of webpages, a copyprint, and a letter describing the life and Holocaust experiences of Georges Zeraia Ayache, originally of Algiers. In April 1944, Mr. Ayache was picked up in Paris and deported to Drancy, and then in May, deported to Kovno, where he was interned in the Ninth Fort. Mr. Ayache perished in the Holocaust. Includes a copyprint of Mr. Ayache and photocopies of webpages annotated with additional information.