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  1. Diaries of Wilhelm Hollitscher

    This set of manuscript war-time diaries from an Austrian Jewish refugee provide a unique insight into a refugee's life and his interpretation of national events. A number of enclosures were found loose within the diaries. These have been catalogued separately [1277/16] with a note of their place of origin. Hollitscher begins his English diaries by remembering his last days in Vienna, but soon turns to a discussion of the political news of the day. In this case a secret meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. Hollitscher is furious about Hitler's treachery, abandoning South Tyrol as a gift to ...

  2. Diaries, chronicles, memoirs Dzienniki, kroniki, pamiętniki (Sygn.1349)

    Contains diaries, chronicles, and memoirs pertaining to World War II and the Holocaust. Includes a diary written by Ludwik Landau, distinguished economist and social researcher. His manuscript contains notes written over approximately 1600 days from 1939 to 1944. The notes relate to the political and economic situation of Poles and Jews in Poland under Nazi occupation as well as comments about the German press.

  3. Diary and other writings of ordinary German women

    This collection consists of two unrelated items, both of which document the sympathetic attitudes of two ordinary German women to the Nazis and their Führer.

  4. Diary from the ghetto in Budapest

    Donor's mother describes life in Budapest during the Holocaust.

  5. Diary of a German woman

    Manuscript diary of a German woman who was apparently a keen supporter of Adolf Hitler

  6. The Diary of a Survivor

    The memoir details the separate lives of Herbert R. Ert and that of his father, Samson Reichstein. In addition to describing Ert's life in the United States, the memoir also describes Reichstein's simultaneous experiences in Nazi-occupied Europe. The author has indicated that, contrary to the text of the memoir, his mother died in Belzec, and not Bergen-Belsen, and that the Anne Frank which he mentions in his memoir was not the diarist. He mistook her for an adolescent of the same name.

  7. Diary of Anna Dashevskaya

    The diary of Anna Dashevskaya, a Jewish young student of the Kiev University, provides thorough account of her family evacuation from Kiev to the Ural Mountains describing major events, daily life and many problems she and her family encountered during the evacuation to the Urals.

  8. Diary of Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front

    The diary was written by a unknown Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front between 23 September 1941 and 27 December 1941. In the diary the soldier provides very detailed descriptions of daily life and his experiences. On 23 September 1941 he describes witnessing Jews march down the road wearing yellow stars and on 30 September 1941 he describes arriving at an unidentified town where Jews had recently been hanged for supposedly burning a bridge. The diary includes French vocabulary practice and some brief entries in shorthand.

  9. Diary of dr. Alfons Van Orshoven. Collection

    This collection consists of three elements. First is a diary by Alfons Van Orshoven which he noted at Bergen-Belsen itself during his volunteering work, the first entry dating from 24 May 1945 and the last from 4 August 1945. Within the diary, there are some numbered pages which, however, remain unwritten. Among the things and people mentioned inside is friend and fellow year-old Prof. Jozef Vandepitte (called "Pitten") who was one of the other doctors that came to Bergen-Belsen together with Alfons. Second, there is a notebook in which are written the disease symptoms and treatment of pati...

  10. Diary of experiences at Terezín

    Contains photocopies of pages of Eugenie Singer's diary as the pages appeared in the original diary and a copy of the transcription located at Beit Theresienstadt.

  11. Diary of Hans Frank

    Contains the diary (day book) of Hans Frank, governor of occupied Poland during World War II. The journal is in typed format, in chronological order, covering all aspect of Generalgouvernment (GG) administration from its seat in the royal Wawel castle in Krakau (Kraków). The entries reflect careful, thoughtful consideration of administrative matters, rather than the spontaneous thoughts or feelings usually found in a diary.

  12. Diary of Jakow Tobaisz

    Contains a photocopy of a diary written by Jakow Tobias (December 12, 1900 - September 17, 1970), kept ; written in Karakulino, Russia between 1941-1946.

  13. Diary of M. Zhabotinskii, a Jewish actor

    The collection includes the 85-page photocopied memoirs of M. Zhabotinskii, written between the years of 1957-1962.

  14. Diary of Mrs. Paul Wolf

    Consists of one typed, bound, and translated copy of the memoir of Mrs. Paul Wolf, which was written in diary-form. In the memoir, which describes the period between March 19, 1944 and January 18, 1945, Mrs. Wolf described the German invasion of Hungary, the takeover by the Arrow Cross, the bombing of Budapest, and the Russian liberation of the city. Includes handwritten and typed notes at the end of the memoir.

  15. Diary of Nelly Epstein

    The diary of Nelly Epstein includes entries, drawings, clippings, and maps written from January 1, 1935 - January 18, 1943. Nelly began the diary with entries about friends, family, and activities, such as travel, theater, and life in general in Vienna. In the later years, Nelly documented her journey with her husband Emil (Aryeh) Katscher and other young Zionists fleeing on vessels down the Danube River, across the Black Sea, through the Gallipoli Peninsula to the Aegean, and the Mediterranean Sea, and finally landing in Haifa, Palestine. The diary includes illustrations of their journey. ...

  16. Diary of Walter Tausk

    Contains four volumes of the diary of Walter Tausk. Walter Tausk describes own experiences in Nazi Germany related to antisemitism and polices against Jews. The diary contains also newspaper clippings, photographs of leading Nazis, letters to Walter Tausk, fascists leaflets, business cards of companies Tausk worked for and meal vouchers for Jews.

  17. Dias Santilhano family papers

    Contains 11 photographs illustrating the experiences of Elisabeth and Jetty Dias Santilhano during and after the Holocaust, including a photograph of Simon Dias Santilhano [donors' father] that was carried by Jetty while in concentration camps, and and post-war photographs of Elizabeth, Jetty, Louis Furth [Jetty's husband], and their son. Also includings a postcard written by David Furth in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to his son Louis in Switzerland.

  18. Dick Houwaart

    Dick Houwaart deed uitgebreid onderzoek naar Friedrich Weinreb en de Joodse samenleving in Den Haag. Hij publiceerde het boek Weinreb. Een witboek. Friedrich Weinreb (Lemberg (Lviv), Oekraïne,1910 - Zürich, 1988) was een joodse schrijver en econoom. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog speelde Weinreb een controversiële rol.

  19. Dickens' books

    Actors portraying characters from Dickens' books outside the "Old Curiosity Shop."

  20. Dickopf, Paul

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Der Nachlass von Paulinus Dickopf kam in zwei Abgaben im Oktober 1977 und im April 1978 in das Bundesarchiv, und zwar über das Bundeskriminalamt. Bei dieser Zwischenstation wurden amtliche Vorgänge aus dem Nachlass in die Dienstregistratur des BKA re-integriert. Für die 13 formierten Bände der ersten Abgabe wurde 1977 ein vorläufiges Verzeichnis erstellt (s. Konkordanz). Die zweite Abgabe befand sich in einem unbeschreiblichen Durcheinander. In Hunderten von Umlaufmappen lagen Briefe, Notizen, Vermerke ohne Zusammenhang. Ein System der Ablage war nicht erkenn...