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  1. "The Wisconsin Light"

    Consists of 27 issues of "The Wisconsin Light," a monthly (and later bi-weekly) newspaper that discussed gay and lesbian issues. These issues, dated from September 1988-November 1989, include articles by Dr. Terry Boughner in which he described the experiences of and interviewed homosexual Holocaust survivors.

  2. Der Stadthauptmann der Stadt Krakau Starosta miasta Krakowa (Sygn. 228)

    Contains records from the Stadthauptmann in Kraków (Generalgouvernement), including questionnaires, identification and registration cards, lists of deported Jews, registry records of the Jewish community (birth certificates), documents relating to confiscation of Jewish property, documents belonging to Jewish firms from Kraków , leaflets, and other documents related to Jewish life in Kraków during the occupation.

  3. Legacies and papers of Chaim Finkelsztejn (Sygn. S/346)

    Contains personal documents of Chaim Finkelsztejn; correspondence, both official and personal from 1939 to 2001; reports, notes, projects, and papers (including a short biography of Chaim Finkelszejn); books, brochures, newspapers, newspaper clippings; invoices, tickets, stamps, and notes; and photographs.

  4. Announcements and orders Obwieszczenia i zarządzenia władz okupacynych (Sygn. 241)

    Contains announcements and orders of Stadthauptmann, Kreishauptmann, SS-und Polizeiführer, Geheime Staatspolizei, the Älteste der Juden (Elder of the Jewish Council) of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto (Łódź Ghetto), and other offices. Most concern registration of property, identity papers, establishment of ghettos, and population transfers. Announcements refer to the entire Generalgouvernement as well as to Berlin, Częstochowa, Dębica, Falenica, Łódź, Kraków, Lublin, Lwów , Ostrów Mazowiecka, Otwock, Piotrków Trybunalski, Płock, Przemyśl, Radom, Rzeszów, Sanok, Skierniewice, Sokołów, Tarnów, Tomas...

  5. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Savoie

    Records concerning “Jewish affairs,” including lists of Jews who had their identity papers stamped with “Jew” and expropriations of private property; antisemitic legislation and its application in this Department; exit visas requested by Jews; surveillance of foreigners, especially Germans and citizens of the Reich; the attitude of Jews residing in the spas and resorts of the Savoie; complaints concerning the Jewish proprietor of a spa (“établissement thermal”); Jews under “house arrest” (“assignés à residence”); centers where Jews are interned; and Jewish students in the school system.

  6. Anne Kelemen collection

    Consists of an autobiographical sketch of the early life of Anne Kelemen (Anne Kelemen Robitscher), originally of Vienna, Austria. She describes the lives of her extended family, including her parents, who perished at Belzec in 1942. Ms. Kelemen was sent to England on a Kindertransport in May 1939, and reunited with her sister, who was in England working as a domestic. She became a Zionist and tried to immigrate illegally to Palestine in 1946, with a group of concentration camp survivors. They were turned back within sight of Haifa and were sent to Cyprus, where she remained until 1948, whe...

  7. "Boats in the Night"

  8. "Growing Up in Nazi Germany"

    Consists of one memoir, 58 pages, entitled "Growing Up in Nazi Germany" by Luitgard N. Wundheiler, who was not Jewish. In the memoir, written like a novel, Mrs. Wundheiler ("Lou" in the memoir) describes her memories of Hitler and the Nazi party during her childhood in the 1930s. She describes her family's mixed reaction to antisemitism, loyalty oaths, and Kristallnacht, as well as her own anti-Nazi sentiment. As the war progressed, she describes her experiences in the Arbeitsdienst and the death of her brother in the invasion of France. In 1941, she went to school in Switzerland, where she...

  9. Don Baldwin collection

    Consists of three documents from the collection of Don Baldwin. Includes a personal letter, 2 pages, in English, dated 29 Oct.1933, from Mildred and Carl Soule. The letter, written in Berlin, describes life at Berlin University, the new anti-Jewish regulations, and their feelings on the influence of Nazi propaganda. The letter was written on the verso of a form given to students attesting to their Aryan ancestry, which the authors have translated for Mr. Baldwin. Also includes one advertisement for a lottery.

  10. "Banatski Nemci i Jevreji"

    Consists of one article, entitled "Banatski Nemci Jevreji," by Dr. Teodor Kovac. The article, in Serbian, 56 pages, describes Jews and Germans in the Banat during the Holocaust.

  11. Peter Ornstein memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 30 pages, "Peter's Story: Surviving Auschwitz and a Death March," by Dr. Peter Ornstein, originally of Vienna, Austria. In his memoir, he describes wartime Vienna, being entrusted to neighbors as his mother and future stepfather had immigrated to China (with the intention that Peter and his two sisters would follow), and in 1939, to a convent when it became too dangerous. In 1942, they were relocated to a building used to collect potential deportees, but were released because their paternity (and thus degree of Jewishness) was questioned. In February 1944, Peter was ...

  12. Charles "Bud" Norris photographs

    Consists of 25 photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The images show victims of the Dachau death train, piles of corpses, members of the United States Army, and various buildings around the camp. The photographs were taken by an unknown member of the 283d Field Artillery Battalion and given to Charles (Bud) Norris, a member of the same battalion, who annotated the photographs on the verso and dated them 25-26 May 1945.

  13. Dr. Zvi Richter memoir

    Consists of one memoir, referred to in the text as a CV or Vitae, by Dr. Zvi Richter, who was born Budapest, Hungary and raised in Berehovo. In the memoir, Dr. Richter describes life in Berehovo, the Jewish and Zionist community, establishing his own law firm, and his memory of the Hungarian occupation in 1938. He served in the Horthy army for a brief period in 1940, but was recalled after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. As a Jewish soldier, he witnessed the effects of the massacres and deportations of Jews in the areas in which he served until 1943, when he was captured and impris...

  14. Selected records from the collection of the Magnus Hirschfeld Society, Berlin

    Contains photocopies of 50 documents about Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), a German physician, sex researcher, and early homosexual rights advocate. It includes documents concerning allegations of homosexual behavior, and information about organizations connected with Dr. Hirschfeld, including the Institute for Sexual Knowledge, Berlin; the Magnus Hirschfeld Stiftung; and the Scientific Humanitarian Committee (Wissenschaftliche-humanitäres Komitee). There are also a few documents concerning Ernst Röhm.

  15. Leo Komar memoir

    Consists of a memoir, 140 pages, entitled "Memoirs," by Dr. Leo Komar, which he wrote in Israel in 1995. The memoir describes Dr. Komar's experiences growing up in Poland between the wars, his extended family, his schooling, his immigration to England in 1933, and his memories of attending medical school in Glasgow. He finished medical school and joined the British Merchant Navy, serving all over the world until 1946. He resumed his medical work in Canada, living in Vancouver from 1955-1992. The memoir also describes Dr. Komar's thoughts about Israel and a history of his family's experience...

  16. Sara Weber Schwimmer memoir

    Consists of a bound copy of a memoir, handwritten by Sara Weber Schwimmer, originally of Czechoslovakia. The memoir, addressed to her children and grandchildren, describes her childhood, memories of her siblings, and her memories of chores and recipes. She describes how various countries occupied her area, and her memories of moving to Budapest. She spent most of the war in Budapest, and remembers life in Hungary in 1944, enduring antisemitic persecution. She was ordered to perform forced labor and describes witnessing a mass shooting. She was then turned over to the Germans and deported, f...

  17. Ella Landenberg collection

    Consists of a folder of documents, correspondence, and articles regarding Ella Landenberg, who lived on false papers in Belgium during World War II and was an active member of the Resistance. Includes copies of wartime correspondence, in English and Hebrew, written to Ella as "Leonie" about her wartime espionage.

  18. Bayard L. Cabe papers

    The Bayard L. Cabe papers consists of a letter written by Bayard L. Cabe, a member of the 6th Armored Division, on 23 April 1945, regarding the liberation of Buchenwald. In the letter, he describes the tour he took with English-speaking former prisoners and summarizes their experiences. The letter is missing the final page(s). The papers also include photocopies of military records and photographs from his service.

  19. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of six small copy prints depicting the liberation of Dachau. The images, which are fuzzy and were mass produced, are labeled on the verso "Dachau, Germany, '45-'46." The photographs were taken in April 1945.

  20. Signal Corps photographs

    Consists of 23 enlarged copyprints of images taken by the United States Army Signal Corps. Includes images of the Buchenwald concentration camp, the Nuremberg trials, President Harry Truman in Europe, the ruins of the city of Nuremberg, and the discovery and reburial of corpses found in the snow.