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  1. Aaron Shapiro liberation photographs

    Consists of 20 contact prints of photographs from the collection of Aaron Shapiro, taken upon the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Mr. Shapiro is pictured in a number of these photographs.

  2. Twentieth Century Fox version, Reel 5: 20th July bomb plot; Hitler's 55th birthday

    Reel 5 of the English language version of "The Nazi Plan" produced by Twentieth Century Fox with new graphics. (The order of this reel is slightly different that the version shown in the Nuremberg courtroom - see RG-60.2465). Title: "1944" "Conference after Hitler's escape from the bombing plot 20 July 1944." Hitler with Mussolini and others at the Fuehrerhauptquartier (FHQ). Mussolini leans out of a train window and speaks to Hitler. Goering, Funk, Sauckel, Speer, Dr. Sauer, Lammers, Himmler, Goebbels, Guderian, Fegelein, Bormann, Jodl are all present. The narrator notes that Goebbels was ...

  3. Chateau La Hille photograph

    Consists of a photograph taken at the Chateau La Hille children's home. The photograph was probably taken in 1940 and depicts young adults eating at a table outdoors.

  4. "My Life-Story": Ruth Marks memoir

    Consists of memoir, 66 pages, entitled "My Life-Story," by Ruth Marks (Roma Glowinski). Originally from Kalisz, Poland, Ruth spent the war in hiding as Vislava (Viesha) Serafinska in Pruszków, Poland. Her parents and sister were deported from the Sandomierz ghetto in 1942 and perished in Belzec. Ruth Marks emigrated to Israel in 1947.

  5. "My Escape and Survival during the Nazi Occupation of Yugoslavia"

    Consists of memoir, 48 pages, entitled "My Escape and Survival during the Nazi Occupation of Yugoslavia," by Henrietta Mayer-Juhn. In the memoir, she describes her experiences during the years 1939-1942 regarding her family's escape from Yugoslavia, including her memories of her husband's arrest, deportation and of learning of his death in the Jasenovac concentration camp in 1942. She and her daughter, Brankica, went into hiding, escaping the deportations through which she lost the rest of her family.

  6. "Around the World in Ten Years"

    Consists of a memoir, 68 pages, entitled "Around the World in Ten Years," written by Dr. Frank J. Parnes. Dr. Parnes describes his experiences escaping Vienna and working as a physician in internment camps in Belgium and France. Upon his return to Belgium, he made and sold cigarettes but was arrested and deported to the Malines concentration camp, where he worked as a physician until his liberation in 1944. He emigrated to the United States and lived in New York City until his death in 1996.

  8. Aurich, Germany collection

    Consists of an extensive list of victims of the Holocaust who were from Aurich, Osfriesland, Germany. Also contains newspaper articles regarding the dedication of a memorial to the victims in Aurich in 2002 and also supplemental notes about the community.

  9. Birobidzhan (Jewish Autonomous Region)

    Excerpt from a film extolling the merits of Birobidzhan, capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region, which was created in 1934 in the eastern USSR. Scenes in a classroom. A female teacher shows Hebrew letters to a young boy. The rest of the film, not shown here, shows construction of the settlement, gold mining, a marble quarry, natural resources, and various scenes of the city.

  10. Handmade wooden hanukiah with Hebrew inscription made by Kindertransport refugees

    8-branched Hanukkah menorah with central holder for the 9th candle made for Louis Judah and Etty Cohen by 3 male student refugees at the Whittingehame Farm School in East Lothian, Scotland. One evening, the students requested that Mr. Cohen and his family come to the school and, in a heartfelt ceremony, presented the handcrafted menorah to the couple to thank them for what they had done for them. Judah and Etty were governors of the school, and members of the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation which established the school in 1939. Its mission was to care for German and Austrian Jewish children a...

  11. Birkenau liberation photographs

    Consists of eleven photographs taken upon the discovery and liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The photographs were taken by a member of the advance guard of the Eastern Polish Corps, which traveled with the Soviet army, and depict the abandoned camp, camp structures, and corpses of inmates who had not been evacuated.

  12. Gertrude Kupferblum Russi collection

    Consists of one memoir, untitled, written by Gertrude (Gert) Kupferblum Russi in September 2002, describing her experiences in Poland and Italy in the 1930s and her immigration to the United States with her husband, Simon, in 1938, in order to escape the Holocaust. Also includes one photograph, taken in 1920, of Simon Russi with his family, one photograph, dated 1936, of Gertrude Kupferblum with a friend, and one photograph of Gertrude Kupferblum with her brother Henry in 1937.

  13. Regina Shumiray collection

    Collection consist of 34 photographs and a calling card relating to the Rozenthal and Shumiray families before the war in Poland and after the war in the Bergen-Belsen and Bad Neuheim Displaced Persons camp.

  14. "Non Omnis Moriar"

    Consists of one memoir, two copies (in English and Spanish), of "Non Omnis Moriar," by Irene Birnbaum, originally of Warsaw, Poland. In her memoir, she describes her life in the Warsaw ghetto, including her memories of the deportations of friends and loved ones, and how she resisted deportation while living in the ghetto. She escaped the Warsaw ghetto in February 1943, and hid, first in Warsaw and then as a Polish Catholic worker in the countryside.

  15. Commemoration material

    Consists of one postal commemoration envelope with stamp honoring the victims of the Shoah and the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II; first day issue of May 9, 2005.

  16. Muenz family correspondence

    Consists of correspondence to Eleanor Muenz from family members and friends in Vienna, Austria, between 1938 and 1941. While Mrs. Muenz was able to emigrate to the United States in 1938, the family and friends who authored this correspondence perished in the Holocaust.

  17. Zina Jakuschewa deToll collection

    Consists of one set of working papers for Zina (Sina) Jakuschewa (now deToll), originally of Podolsk, Russia. Includes one work card and one work book (each with a photograph) identifying Zina Jakuschewa as a non-Jewish forced laborer assigned to Ravensburg, Germany, in 1943 and 1944.

  18. Goldman family collection

    Consists of photographs and documents relating to the wartime experiences of Dmitry Goldman, originally of Chisinau, Moldova, and of Nesya Goldstein Goldman. Includes Soviet Russian work papers and ration cards, as well as pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs for Dmitry, who fought in the Red Army, and for Nesya, who was a forced laborer.

  19. Ohrdruf liberation photographic negatives

    Consists of photographic negatives taken of the Ohrdruf concentration camp by James Howard Hartley Blackmore, a professional photographer and member of the 80th infantry division. Photographs mainly depict the bodies of victims.

  20. Hannah Weill photographs

    Consists of 13 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Hannah Mansbacher Weill, originally of Berlin, Germany. She and her family immigrated to Shanghai, China in May 1939 in order to escape the Holocaust. They immigrated to the United States in 1947. Photographs depict Hannah in Berlin, life in post-war Shanghai, and photographs of the family's immigration to California.