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  1. Sophie Billys collection

    Consists of photograph albums, a memoir, newspaper clippings, and two reels of film related to the Holocaust experiences of Mrs. Sophie Billys, originally of Łódź, Poland. Mrs. Billys, with her husband Henryk and daughter Milanka, survived the war by posing as Polish Gentiles and assisted whomever they could to help them survive. Includes pre-war and post-war photographs, post-war certificates for Mrs. Billys' accomplishments, and two reels of film, one of a trip back to Poland and one of a family trip to Florida. Also includes Sophie's handwritten memoir, 50 pages, that describes the famil...

  2. Eliezer Rozenfeld letters

    Consists of copies of letters, dated 1939-1941, in Hebrew and Hungarian, to Eliezer Rozenfeld, who was living in Palestine, from friends and family in Hungary. The original letters are believed to have been destroyed.

  3. Photographs of Jewish Refugees in Cyprus

    Consists of one photograph album containing 44 photographic prints of Jewish refugees in British camps in Cyprus. The photographs show the arrival and internment of the refugees, as well as daily life and organized protests of the internment. The album was presented to the American Jewish Committee by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus in September 2007.

  4. Kaplan family photographs

    Consists of six photographs of the Kaplan family in pre-war Dombrowica, Poland, and of Rubin Kaplan in the Leipheim displaced persons camp after the war. Includes a photograph of the rabbi of Dombrowica with a description of how he was killed at the hands of the Nazis.

  5. Raymond C. Regan, Sr. photographs

    Consists of eleven photographs, some possibly taken by Raymond C. Regan, Sr., a member of the 104th Infantry Division (Timberwolves). Eight photographs depict corpses found upon the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp and are most likely mass-produced photographs. Three photos, possibly taken by Mr. Regan, were originally described by him as "D.P. trains arriving at Eilenburg with Russ[ians] and Poles," and show what are believed to be trains carrying repatriated displaced persons.

  6. "The Phoenix Cantata"

    Consists of a one-act play entitled "The Phoenix Cantata" by Rebecca Ritchie and Violet Fabian. The play depicts two sisters, Violet and Gabriella Czodik, their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944 and liberation by the British at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Dr. Josef Mengele is also a character. The play is based on the Holocaust experiences of Violet Czodik Fabian.

  7. Leon Rosenn collection

    Consists of an oral history transcript, written as a biography, of Leon Rosenn (Chaim Airyeh Rosenstrauch), originally of Kopyczince, Poland. The interview, which was conducted in February 2005 by Mr. Rosenn's niece, Caron Kuessous, describes his childhood, his memory of the Russian occupation of his hometown, and the German invasion in 1941. Mr. Rosenn survived on the run with his brother, Don, having many close escapes and living in hiding until 1944, when he joined the Red Army. In 1949, after leaving the Army, Mr. Rosenn joined his brother in the United States.

  8. Roman Sompolinski collection

    Consists of eight photographs taken of Roman Sompolinski and his family in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp between 1945-1949. Includes a photograph of Roman Sompolinski in front of the memorial sign erected by the British Army after the liberation of the camp, a photograph of his marriage to Masza Kuropatwa Sompolinski, and photographs of their daughter, Sara Sompolinski, who was born in the camp in 1947.

  9. Inge Laband Strauss collection

    Consists of documents related to the Holocaust experiences of the families of Inge Laband Strauss and Bruno Strauss. Includes a letter written in the Deggendorf displaced persons camp in 1945 by Inge's first cousin, Ilse Berger Pfingst, regarding her Holocaust experiences, including her deportation from Breslau to Theresienstadt (Terezin), to Auschwitz, to forced labor in a munitions factory near Oderan, Germany, and her liberation from Theresienstadt. Also includes pre-war documents regarding Herbert Laband's difficulty working in the mid-1930s due to antisemitism, as well as the emigratio...

  10. Dr. Zilla Cahn collection

    Consists of research notes and reference material collected by Dr. Zilla Cahn regarding the role of intellectuals in post-war France. Dr. Cahn, who passed away before publishing a book on the topic, explored the idea that French intellectuals worked to conceal the moral culpability of their actions during World War II; she collected, indexed, and cross-referenced a great deal of information related to this topic.

  11. "Czechoslovak Calvary"

    Consists of a photocopy of an album of newspaper clippings collected and prepared by William P. Zachar. Mr. Zachar was living in Philadelphia in 1938 and collected clippings from local papers regarding the buildup to and invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Mr. Zachar titled his album "Czechoslovak Calvary."

  12. Austrian Consulate General in Berlin Österreichisches Generalkonsulat Berlin, Gesandtschaft

    Records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives) located in Vienna, Austria, pertaining to the Austrian Generalkonsulat in Berlin (Gesandtschaft, Berlin).

  13. Nationalsozialistische Parteistellen (Gauleitung Wien), Signature: AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ NS Parteistellen, 2

    Contains records pertaining to the activities of the Nazi party in Austria before and after Austria’s annexation to Nazi Germany.

  14. Records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) (previously the Academic Assistance Council (AAC))

    Contains records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) relating to assistance to academics fleeing the Fascist regimes in Europe between 1933-1955. Contains also administrative and financial files, reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence with international and local refugee organizations, records assisting interned refugees, as well as a sample of personal files of scholars assisted by the Society. Includes name lists of scholars in various disciplines from many European countries.

  15. Stillhaltekommissar, Signature : AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ Stiko Wien

    Records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives) located in Vienna, Austria, pertaining to the Stillhaltekommissar, department IV of the Reichskommissar für die Wiedervereingung Österreichs mit dem Deutschen Reich. The responsibilities of Reichskommissar Albert Hoffman, who was appointed after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany by Gauleiter Bürckel, were defined by the law dated May 17, 1938 regarding the “Überleitung und Eingliederung von Vereinen, Organisationen und Verbänden” (GBl. für Österreich Nr.136/1938), i.e. the transfer and incorporation of clubs, o...

  16. Applications of the Jewish residents on the Stanisławów County of Poland (now Ivano-Frankivsk Region of Ukraine) for obtaining passports (Fond 6, Opis 3)

    The collection contains applications for obtaining passports enabling travel abroad for business, medical treatment, or pleasure. Applications were submitted for review and approval to the Stanisławów County Executive Office (Stanisławów powiatowe starostwo) during the years 1918 to 1938. A typical file contains correspondence with foreign embassies and consulates, original passports, correspondence with Polish government officials justifying travel abroad, various copies of the official documents and certificates.

  17. The Austrian General Consulate in Palestine (RG 151)

    Contains passport and visa documentation, a list of Austrian Jewish war dead buried in Palestine, and various other materials on Jewish emigration to Palestine.

  18. The Eventov Archives of the Association of Immigrants from the former Yugoslavia in Israel

    Contains documentation about Jewish communities in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia. Three major categories are communal and Zionist entities, papers and notes on subjects of Jewish concern, and personal papers. These include correspondence, memoirs, photocopies of official documents, and other ephemera. The collection also includes files on prominent personages, social affairs, and Jewish participation in the partisan movement during World War II, as well as notes on archeological sites of the first through the third centuries and materials on the medieval site ...

  19. Selected records from the Central State Archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan related to the evacuation to Kazakhstan during the Second World War II

    The collection contains copies of the archival records related to the evacuation of civilians to Kazakhstan during WWII that includes information about resettlement, employment and food supplies and medical assistance provided by the local authorities. This collection also includes records related to the special assistance given to foreign political immigrants (mostly members of the Communist Parties of the Nazi occupied countries) who were evacuated to Kazakhstan by the Soviet authorities.

  20. Selected records of the District People's Courts and the Local People's Courts from the State Archive in Bratislava

    Trial and investigative records of Slovaks and former Hlinka guard members tried in the District People's Courts (Okresný ľudový súd) and the Local People's Courts between 1945 and 1947 for collaborating with the German security forces. Includes the trial records of individual Slovaks accused of denouncing their Jewish neighbors, the trial records of regional Hlinka Guard commanders responsible for the deportation of local Jews, as well as the trial records of political defendants. Features survivor and eyewitness testimonies describing the persecution of Jews and crimes committed against J...