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  1. Michael Salwen photographs

    Consists of more than 70 post-war photographs from the collection of Michael Salwen (Moniek Szmulewicz), originally of Sulejów, Poland. The photographs depict Michael and fellow survivors in Buchenwald and in a displaced persons camp in Switzerland, where he and other young survivors ("Buchenwald boys") were sent to recover after liberation. Also includes Michael's post-war identity card identifying him as a civilian internee of Buchenwald, and a newspaper article from the June 6, 1947 issue of the Göteborgs-Posten including a photograph of Michael Salwen.

  2. "The Crossing"

    Consists of one memoir, 19 pages, entitled "The Crossing," by Ilona Ricardo Kinzer, originally of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. When the Germans invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, Ilona was staying with relatives in the coastal town of Ymuiden. After the Dutch surrender, Ilona helped her uncle and the other employees of the Blast Furnace plant blow up the complex rather than let it fall into Nazi control. She describes her spontaneous decision to escape to England with a one-legged Englishman, Mr. Judd, across the English channel in a rowboat with only a small motor, and her memories of...

  3. Klara Salamon papers

    The Klara Salamon papers comprised documents created primarily by Salamon while she was held in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1943-1945. These papers include a diary made of toilet paper sewn together by Salamon, as well as notes and a birthday card passed between her and a friend, Nina, while both were interned in the camp. In her diary, Klara muses, in four different languages, about her friends and a particular boy named Alek in an adjacent camp whom she was attracted to. During her internment, Klara wrote love notes to Alek, which she passed to him through a friend. Ultimate...

  4. Heinz Sprung collection

    Consists of documents related to the pre-war, wartime, and immediate post-war experiences of Heinz Adolf Sprung, originally of Leipzig, Germany. Heinz was arrested in 1939 and was sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Collection includes letters and postcards, on Sachsenhausen stationery, which Heinz sent to his mother and uncles from 1939-1942, as well as mail he received from them. In 1942, Heinz was sent to Auschwitz and worked in Buna until January 1945, when he was sent on a death march back to Germany, where he was liberated. After the war, Heinz wrote down his experiences in ...

  5. Illuminated manuscript presented to Adolf Hitler from Hinrich Lohse, Gauleiter of Schleswig-Holstein

    Consists of one illuminated, calligraphic, manuscript, bound in brown leather, presented to Adolf Hitler from Hinrich Lohse, the Gauleiter of Schleswig-Holstein, on January 30, 1943 in Kiel. The manuscript was presented on the occasion of the ten year anniversary of Hitler's assumption of power. The letters are penned by Professor Th. Riebicke of Kiel, and are red, yellow, and blue. The leather binding of the book has a gold eagle, and the book itself is preserved in a brown leather box.

  6. Allied bombings of Dresden collection

    Consists of six photographs of the aftermath of the Allied bombings of Dresden, Germany, in February 1945, specifically the mass burning of victims of the bombings, as well as one official Nazi report, one page, dated March 22, 1945, describing the bombings and giving the number of bombs, the number of victims, and the damage done to the city. Also includes one handwritten poem, in English. The collection presumably belonged to Robert Lunow, a native German and the bookbinder of the Folger Shakespeare Library from 1948 until his death in 1971. These items were found in the bindery in May 1972.

  7. SS Auschwitz album

    The album consists of 116 photographs taken during the last six months of Auschwitz, between June 1944 and January 1945. The album shows Auschwitz during its most lethal period, coinciding with the murder of 400,000 Hungarian Jews. However, these events are alluded to only indirectly. The album was compiled by Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, the adjutant to Richard Baer, the last commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. This album also depicts other noted SS camp officers, including Rudolf Höss, Josef Kramer, Franz Hössler and Dr. Josef Mengele. These are the only known photographs of...

  8. "Guilty of Being a Jew"

    Consists of one memoir, 56 pages, entitled "Guilty of Being a Jew," by Michael Zysman, originally of Radom, Poland. Mr. Zysman recounts the German invasion of Poland, his internment in the Glinice and Szwarlikowska ghettos, and his transfer to the Szkolna labor camp, which later became the Radom concentration camp. Mr. Zysman describes his experiences in the Radom, Vaihingen, Unteriexingen, and Dachau concentration camps. He was liberated from Mitterwald in April 1945. Includes copies of family photographs.

  9. Albersheim family papers

    The Albersheim family papers consist of biographical, photographic, and printed materials documenting Walter Albersheim from Billerbeck, Germany before World War II, his photography studios in Barcelona and Amsterdam during the Nazi years, his efforts to avoid deportation during the Holocaust, the liberation of Amsterdam, and Albersheim’s immigration to the United States with his wife and daughter after the war. Biographical materials include birth, registration, marriage, and business records related to Walter Albersheim, a photocopy of his personal narrative in German and an English trans...

  10. Max Goodman collection

    Consists of documents, clippings, publications, photographs, and correspondence related to the life of Max Goodman (Ghitman), originally of Orchard Park, NY. Max's family, who were originally from Germany, returned to Berlin shortly after Max was born, and Max studied music at the Berlin Conservatory of Music. He became a professional jazz musician, and immigrated to the United States in 1937 after being warned by family that the Nazis were looking for him in Germany. Max worked as a musician after his immigration, as a draftsman during the war, and as a piano tuner later in life. The colle...

  11. Felix Popper collection

    Consists of documents and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Felix Popper, originally of Dzialoszyce, Poland. Includes post-war photographs of Felix Popper presumably burying bodies in the summer of 1945 outside of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Also includes Mr. Popper's embarkation card for his 1947 immigration to the United States, his immigration intention declaration, and several receipts for restitution he received as a Holocaust survivor.

  12. John R. Rice collection

    Consists of nine photographs taken by John R. Rice, a member of the 40th Engineer Combat Regiment, in the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. Includes photographs of mass burials and of soldiers standing near buildings in the camp.

  14. Ernest and Lily Brod photographs

    Consists of four photographs of Lily and Ernest Brod taken in Budapest, Hungary, between 1930 and 1940; and photographs of their April 1940 immigration to the United States.

  15. Dachau death train photographs

    Consists of two photographs, taken after the liberation of Dachau in April 1945, of the Dachau "death train." One photograph shows corpses on the train; the other shows American soldiers viewing these corpses. The photographs were sent to Manuel Band while he was in the armed forces during World War II.

  16. Eli Rozycki collection

    Consists of photographs and documents related to the post-war experiences and life of Eli Rozycki, originally of Krakow, Poland. Eli, a survivor of the Krakow, Plaszów, Jerozolimska, Pionki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Flossenbürg concentration camps, lived in Passau, Germany until his immigration to the United States in 1949. Includes photographs of life in Passau, his identity cards, his naturalization papers, and photographs of his life in the United States. Also includes one German/English dictionary, designed for auto mechanics, which was distributed after the war to aid communication bet...

  17. Emmy Blau Gold collection

    Consists of a history of the Gold family, consisting of Jenö and Emmy Gold and their two daughters, Leonie and Vera, originally of Hamburg, Germany. In 1937, Jenö and Emmy divorced, and Jenö emigrated to the United States. His daughters also emigrated after the war broke out--Leonie(Lonny) and her husband Georgy emigrated through Belgium, and later Vera through Lisbon. As Emmy was unable to obtain a German reentry visa after a visit to Belgium in 1938, she was forced to go to Hungary, as she was of Hungarian descent. In 1944, Emmy was deported from Nagykanizsa, first to Sarvar, and then ...

  18. Coslow family collection

    Consists of six pre-war photographs of family friends, including Rivka Savitzsky, Gruena Suchowolsky, Itzak Kozlovsky, and Breina Suchowolsky, as well as wartime letters, in Yiddish, sent from Vilnius and from New York City. Also includes a copy of a book containing clippings and articles about Yiddish music, theater, and culture in the Baltimore, MD, area, as well as supplemental material about musician Chanan Levkovitz and material about the Suchowolsky and Koslovsky families, including a family tree.

  20. Federal Interagency Holocaust Memorial programs

    Consists of DVDs of the Federal Interagency Holocaust memorial programs from 1994-2010, marking the Days of Remembrance. The programs commemorate Holocaust experiences in various countries, including Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Poland, and raise awareness of present-day genocides in Rwanda and Darfur. The programs include music and speeches by survivors and rescuers. Also includes advertising posters, printed programs, four round buttons worn for the commemoration events, and photographs of the ceremonies.