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  1. Selected records from the Archives départementales du Pas-de-Calais

    Documents on the expropriation of Jewish-owned property in the Pas-de-Calais; information on Jews living in the area, their businesses, the wearing of the Jewish star, and the confiscation of radios belonging to Jews.

  2. Youth Organization (Lwow Branch) (Hehaluta Haklal-Zioni), Fond 455, Opis 1

    The collection contains records related to cooperation with other Zionist organizations worldwide, records related to activities of the local branches of the organization and regional Zionist organizations across Eastern Galicia, including vocational and agricultural training for the Zionist youth immigrating to Palestine. This collection also includes a list of the members of the organization who completed agricultural and professional training before their immigration to Palestine.

  3. Regional Palestine Bureau, Lwów branch (Fond 332, Opis1)

    The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with immigrants residing in Eastern Galicia (Malopolska) regarding immigration to Palestine and preparation of immigration documents. These documents are organized alphabetically by surname of applicant or chronologically. The collection also includes correspondence with the Central Palestine Bureau in Warsaw and various Jewish and Zionist organizations worldwide regarding immigration, visas for immigrants, regulations and laws concerning immigration to Palestine. In addition, this collection also includes statistical information about i...

  4. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of Réunion

    This collection comprises several administrative documents concerning anti-Jewish measures that the Vichy regime applied in the overseas department of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

  5. Raymond Douglas Dopp collection

    Consists of one typed official report, entitled "Orientation Training" written before the end of the war after a visit to the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. The report gives a physical description and a brief history of the camp, including prisoner arrival and death rates. Also includes information and incidents related by prisoners regarding daily life, torture methods, and medical experimentation. The collection includes a letter, with a copy, written by Raymond Douglas Dopp, who was part of the personnel group who wrote the "Orientation Report," after visiting Buchenwald ...

  6. "In the Light of the Memories: The Story of Willy and Orah Bogler"

    Consists of an English-language translation of the Hebrew manuscript "In the Light of the Memories: The Story of Willy and Orah Bogler", originally written and edited by Vered Shakhaf-Golan in 2007. The manuscript describes the history of the Bogler family, originally of Cieszyn, Poland, focusing on Willy and Orah Bogler, who spent the Holocaust in Russia and later immigrated to Israel. The book was translated (save for the last two chapters) by Dalia Frieder, the niece of the Boglers, in 2008. The Hebrew book is available both in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library, and a c...

  7. Dr. Nathan Salczberger and Kahnt family collection

    The Dr. Nathan Salczberger and Kahnt family collection consist of documents concerning Dr. Salczberger, a Jewish doctor in occupied France during World War II, and his claims against his former landlords in Paris, the Lavergne family, who had denounced him and confiscated his property while he was imprisoned by the Germans. The collection also contains digital images of documents and photographs concerning the love affair of the Lavergne's daughter, Georgette, with a German soldier, Erich Kahnt, and their post war life together. Among the materials related to Dr. Salczberger include testimo...

  8. John Heelan collection

    Consists of twelve photographs from the collection of John Hewitson of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of buildings and barbed wire fencing, as well as photographs of corpses found both in the buildings and on the so-called "Dachau death train."

  9. Staff Sgt. Bernard Kemper collection

    Consists of 51 photographs taken by Staff Sgt. Bernard Kemper, a member of the United States Army, upon the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of reburial, of German citizens forced to tour the camp, and of corpses prior to reburial. The photos are described as having been taken in Leipzig at the “Tigler” concentration camp, though the images are of Buchenwald, near Leipzig. Also includes copies of Bernard Kempner’s honorable discharge and separation record.

  10. Lt. Albert Montenaro collection

    Consists of five photographs taken by Lt. Albert Montenaro, a member of the 4th Armored Division, after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Includes photographs of corpses and of a pyre in which bodies were burned before liberation.

  11. Steinbach family collection

    Consists of one folder containing documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Walter Steinbach and his wife, Friederike Dicker Steinbach, both originally from Vienna, Austria, and their immediate families. Includes a large certificate acknowledging Heinrich Steinbach as a bank director, official documents they filled out prior to immigration, the passenger list for their December 1938 immigration to the United States, and wartime family correspondence.

  12. Herbert Steinhouse collection

    Consists of one photograph and photocopies from the collection of Herbert Steinhouse, who was in Europe working for the UNRAA and JDC after the war. The photograph depicts displaced persons in the Bergen-Belsen DP camp, and the collection also contains photocopies and descriptions of post-war Bergen-Belsen photographs and information about Mr. Steinhouse.

  13. Selected records from the Inspectoratul de Jandarmi Chisinau

    Includes correspondence between the General Inspectorate in Bucharest and the Inspectorate in Chisinau (Kishenev), Moldavia.

  14. Renée de Monbrison diary and Colette Cahen d'Anvers Moore memoir

    The collection, spanning 1939-1992, consists of one memoir and a diary chiefly documenting life in France leading to and including war. The memoir of Renée de Monbrison (September 1939 to August 1944) is a bound copy typed in French. Entries describe time spent in Biarritz, an arrest in Hossegor, plans of fleeing to England, and her attempts to save her aunt, Loulou Warshawsky, from a camp near Tours. The memoir also includes copies of letters, documents, clippings, and post-war writings. Also included in the collection is one memoir typed in English by Colette Cahen d'Anvers Moore, entitle...

  15. Records of the HeHalutz (Youth Zionist Organization for Education and Preparation of Jews for Immigration to the Land of Israel) Organization, Lwów Regional Branch, Poland (Fond 457, Opis 1)

    The collection consists of bylaws and correspondence of the local Zionist organizations with Polish authorities regarding funding, agricultural training, membership fees and financial records. This collection also contains card catalogue of the members of the local organization (1934) who went through the agricultural training before making Aliyah to the land of Israel.

  16. Records of the Maccabi Organization, Lwów Branch (Fond 501), 1917-1965

    This collection includes correspondence of the Lwów (Lviv) branch of this organization with the Polish headquarters of Maccabi in Warsaw, and circular letters of the Polish branch of the Maccabi to its regional organizations.

  17. Records of the Hanotiah Organization (Association of Jewish Landowners), Lwów Branch, Poland (Fond 500)

    The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence files with the Central office of the organization in Warsaw regarding contracts and payments for land.

  18. Association for Assistance to the Jewish Students in Poland, Lwów Regional Branch (Fond 499, Opis1)

    This collection consists of students' applications for financial aid. Applications are organized alphabetically by surname of the applicant.

  19. Records of the Trade Union of Jewish employees working for the private sector, Lwów regional branch, Poland (Fond 496, Opis1)

    The collection consists of the financial records of the members of the Trade Union.

  20. German invasion of Poland and USSR

    Title: The German Invasion of Russia Autumn of 1941. American narration describes the German invasion of the USSR. Fires and other devastation in USSR; Soviet POWs. Germans attack Poland in 1939. Clips of battle footage (from German newsreels) while the narrator enumerates the countries invaded by the Nazis. German bombers attack USSR. A German soldier tears down a banner containing a portrait of Stalin. A German soldier raises a barrier at the border. German soldiers enter the USSR on bicycle, foot and on tanks. Bombs dropped on Soviet territory. Nice shot of a long line of German tanks di...