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  1. Beatrice Cahn collection

    Collection consists of Deutsches Reich Reisepass issued to Beate May, (now Beatrice Cahn, donor) in Berlin, April 12, 1939. Beate left for the United States with a transport on the MS Hamburg on May 18, 1939.

  2. "A Jewish Brezover Merchant: Reb. Chaim Leib Diller"

    Consists of one article, 4 pages, entitled "A Jewish Brezover Merchant: Reb. Chaim Leib Diller", by Chaim Bank, written in 1983. Mr. Bank relates a biography of and stories about Reb. Chaim Leb Diller of Brzozow, Poland. Reb. Diller perished in the Holocaust.

  3. "The United States Army's War Crimes Trials Program in Post-World War II Germany and Austria"

    "The United States Army's War Crimes Trials Program in Post-World War II Germany and Austria" is an unpublished manuscript written by Scott McKay Wallace as an independent study project in 1976-1977. The manuscript describes the administrative and legal aspects of the American war crimes trials, which took place almost exclusively at the former Dachau concentration camp, as well as a history of the trials themselves. The manuscript also includes appendices with photographs and documents regarding the executions of the convicted war criminals.

  4. Sidney Gritz collection

    Consists of one article written about the life and wartime experiences of Brigadier General Sidney Gritz, who as an engineering officer tasked with clearing mines in advance of the Third Army, was a member of one of the first units to enter the Buchenwald concentration camp. Also includes a DVD-ROM in which Gritz, a devout Jew, talks about his experiences to a group of school children.

  5. Uri Hanauer identity cards

    Consists of one Kennkarte and one Czech repatriation office identity card, both issued to Uri Hanauer, born on February 6, 1940 in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Hanauer was liberated from Theresienstadt (Terezin) with his mother at the age of five.

  6. International Holocaust remembrance day commemorative stamps

    Consists of one set of stamps, one envelope with first day issue, and one brochure issued for the Romanian commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance day on January 27, 2007.

  7. "A Memoir"

    Consists of one memoir, 54 pages, entitled "A Memoir", by Richard Mayer, originally of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. The memoir, which was edited by Mr. Mayer's grandson, Ron Gery, describes the experiences of Richard and Hella Weiskopf Mayer who escaped, with their young daughter, Astrid Miriam Mayer (later Miriam Gery), from Yugoslavia to Palestine during the Holocaust. Mr. Mayer describes his memories of the German invasion of Yugoslavia, the confiscation of goods and property, and the difficulty both in traveling and in leaving the country. The Mayers eventually managed to escape Yugoslavia and...

  8. Trzebinia collection

    Contains photocopies of articles, photographs, and documents related to the Holocaust in Trzebinia, Poland, and of the family of Elimelech Gross of Trzebinia in particular.

  9. Walka Wiery Gran z Cieniami

    Consists of a Polish translation of an affidavit given in Tel Aviv in 1971 regarding Polish singer Wiera Gran. In the affidavit, the unidentified claimant accuses Ms. Gran of collaborating with the Gestapo responsible for the Warsaw ghetto.

  10. Judaica collection

    Consists of a program for a 1941 Passover seder celebration held at the Mooragh Internment camp on the Isle of Mann. In the program, the celebrants express their desire to be free next year. Also includes one program for a Passover 1945 service held at Agudath Israel be-Eretz Israel in Palestine in memoriam for the victims of the Holocaust.

  11. Eva Hamlet photographs

    Consists of two photographs from the collection of Eva Riese Hamlet, originally of Magdeburg, Germany. One photograph shows Eva holding a Schultuete filled with candies on her first day of school in 1930, and one photograph of Eva with her parents in 1939 before she left on a Kindertransport to England.

  12. Berta Rosenhein Hertz photographs

    Consists of pre-war photographs of Berta Rosenhein Hertz, originally of Leipzig, Germany. Includes photographs taken in 1929 of Berta with her parents and on the first day of school.

  13. Eichengruen family photographs

    Consists of pre-war photographs of the Eichengruen family, originally of Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Most of the photographs depict a family vacation at the Norderney resort in 1924.

  14. Kaplan family photographs

    Consists of pre-war and wartime photographs of the families of Eliezer and Chaya Gar Kaplan, originally of Kovno and Kron, Lithuania.

  15. Mary Popper Strauss Lewin collection

    Consists of the birth certificate and United States naturalization certificate of Mary Popper Strauss Lewin, originally of Most, Czechoslovakia. She was born in 1905, survived Theresienstadt (Terezin), and immigrated to the United States at the end of 1949.

  17. "Secret of the Hat"

    Consists of one videocassette containing a documentary entitled "Secret of the Hat," which appeared on Slovak TV in 1979. "Secret of the Hat" tells the story of Elzbieta Ross (Rossova), known as Elsa in the documentary, born in 1915 in Trencín, Czechoslovkia. Elzbieta, who was Jewish (though that is not mentioned in the documentary) became a communist and was expelled from medical school for her communist ties. She became a courier for the communist underground, carrying directives received from Prague in, among other hiding places, her hat. She was arrested on November 21, 1941, by the Ge...

  18. "The Man of a Thousand Faces: The Story of Tibor Slezák"

    Consists of a Hebrew copy and an English language translation of "The Man of a Thousand Faces: The Story of Tibor Slezák," 124 pages, by Avivah Even Hen. Tibor Slezák was a medical student and member of the Czech resistance in Brno at the beginning of the war, assisting those attempting to flee Czechoslovakia to Palestine. After the German invasion, he returned to his hometown of Źilina briefly before escaping over the border to Hungary. He lived in Budapest and was able to acquire the stamp of a military officer which allowed him to create false orders to be able to save people from dep...

  19. Radzyń Podlaski memorial album

    Consists of one album containing photographs of a memorial service held in Tel Aviv on January 10, 1970, to honor the victims of the Holocaust from Radzyń Podlaski, Poland.

  20. Lou Dunst 80th Birthday Celebration videocassette

    Consists of one videocassette of footage of the 80th birthday celebration of Lou Dunst, held in San Diego, CA on March 5, 2006. At the party, Mr. Dunst, a Holocaust survivor, was reunited with a liberator of the Ebensee concentration camp, Robert Persinger, who liberated Mr. Dunst and his brother Irving in May 1945. Mr. Dunst was also presented with the gift of a memorial Torah scroll. Also includes clippings of the television news accounts of the party.