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  2. Oral history interview with Rachel Wallach

  3. "A Testament of the Survivors, A Memorial to the Dead: The collection of Gross-Breesen Letters and Related Material"

    Consists of one CD-ROM containing three volumes (consisting of a total of 1537 typed pages) entitled "A Testament of the Survivors, A Memorial to the Dead: The Collection of Gross-Breesen Letters and Related Material." The volumes consist of correspondence, photographs, and documentation related to the Gross-Breesen institution, a training farm for Jewish youth founded in May 1936 by Professor Dr. Curt Bondy, and the pre-war, wartime, and post-war lives of those who lived in Gross-Breesen. The volumes were created for the 70th anniversary of the founding of Gross-Breesen.

  4. Tadeusz Ciekata and Benedykt Bielski letters

    The Tadeusz Ciekata and Benedykt Bielski letters consists of letters sent by Benedykt Bielski to his family from the Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1940 and 1941. The letters are written on camp stationery were sent by Tadeusz Ciekata to his family and his girlfriend, Wanda Bilska from the Wiener Neudorf concentration camp, a sub-camp of Mauthausen concentration camp. Wanda Bilska is the sister of Benedykt Bielski, who was killed in the Holocaust. Tadeusz Ciekata survived the war. The letter dated May 11, 1945 describes Tadeusz’s his liberation experiences and how excited he is to be reu...

  5. Naming of Second Croat Division

    Consists of the document officially commissioning and naming the Second Croat Division of the Waffen SS, a mountain division given the honorary title of "Kama." The document is dated May 28, 1944 and is signed by both Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. The official title of the division was 23. WaffenGeb.Div. der SS "Kama" (kroatische Nr. 2) and the division consisted mainly of Croatian Muslims. Also contains a copy of a photograph of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem reviewing an SS division.

  6. "Israel Meyer and Mollie Lesin: From Birth in Lithuania to a New Life in America"

    Consists of one book containing a printed copy of a PowerPoint presentation prepared by Dr. Benjamin Lesin entitled "Israel Meyer and Mollie Lesin: From Birth in Lithuania to a New Life in America." The presentation contains family history, photographs, and documents regarding the family of Rabbi Israel Meyer Lesin and his wife, Malke (Mollie) Glatt Lesin, originally of Naumiestis, Lithuania. Rabbi Lesin and Malke Glatt left Lithuania in 1939 and traveled to Switzerland, where they married and Rabbi Lesin worked at a yeshiva as they tried to obtain visas to emigrate to the United States. Fi...

  7. "From Flossenbürg to Freedom" and "The Backer/Bächer Families: Settling in New Lands"

    Consists of a written account, in Czech and translated into English, entitled "From Flossenbürg to Freedom", written by Boleslav Kubáček, originally of Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). Mr. Kubáček, a Catholic married to a Jewish woman who had converted to Catholicism, was arrested in October 1944 for his participation in the resistance movement and was deported to Flossenbürg in January 1945. From Flossenbürg, he was sent to Plattling, and on April 24, 1945, was sent on a death march, and was liberated in Lohnstamf, Germany on May 4, 1945. Also includes a copy of "The Backer/Bäch...

  8. Oral history interview with Hannah Fryshdorf

  9. Mimi Ormond collection

    Contains of materials related to the experiences of Alice Mimi Schleissner (Mimi Ormond), originally of Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia. Includes photographs of Mimi's immediate and extended family, photographs of her life on the Hachshara after arriving in England on a Kindertransport, and her 1944 wedding photograph from her marriage to Ed Ormond, an American GI. Also includes Mimi's wartime recollections of her experiences, the last telegram sent from her extended family in Terezin, and a copy of "Personal Testimonies of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Northeast Ohio," collected and pu...

  10. "The Most Telling Evidence: Four Letters from the Holocaust"

    Contains one article entitled "The Most Telling Evidence: Four Letters from the Holocaust," by Harold and Ellen Ticktin. In the article, the Ticktins present four post-war letters written to Eugenia Bursztyn Green, originally of Warsaw, Poland. Two of the letters were written in 1947, by Dr. Roman Rosenberg, who had emigrated to Australia, and describe his friendship with Eugenia's brother, Ben Bursztyn, and the circumstances surrounding Ben's death and the deaths of Eugenia's parents. The other two letters were written in 1959 by Eliza Szandorowska, a Christian who, with her family, aided ...

  11. Nachomowitz family collection

    Contains copies of documents and photographs related to the experiences of the Nachomowitz (Nachmanovic, Nakhumovich) family, originally of Polangen, Lithuania. Includes information on the fates of the children of Aaron and Feige Nakhumovich and focuses on the families of (Yenta) Meri Nachomowitz Brutzkus, who, with her immediate family, perished in the Holocaust, and the family of her sister, Belle Nachomowitz Fine, who immigrated to the United States in 1922. These documents were collected by Polly Fine [donor] while doing genealogical research.

  12. Hilda Seftor memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 8 pages typewritten, regarding the wartime experiences of Hilda Seftor (born Hilda Cohen), originally of Scotland. Her mother was the president of the Refugee Children's Committee, and Hilda describes her memories of the kindertransport children who lived with her family and of life in wartime Scotland.

  13. Werner Lipton collection

    Contains letters written to Werner J. Lipton, originally of Mindelheim, Germany, from his parents, grandparents, and other relatives, between 1941-1943. Mr. Lipton was sent at the age of 11 in 1939, to live with relatives in Switzerland to escape the Nazis, while the rest of his family remained in Mindelheim and ultimately perished in the Holocaust. Includes a letter written by Mr. Lipton's parents on the day of their deportation. Also includes one copy of "Fragments of a Childhood and Youth: Autobiographical Memories" and "Toward the Abyss: Cards and Letters," which includes photocopies an...

  15. Textilwerke Seiden-un Schafwollwarenfabriken AG collection

    Consists of copies of documents and photographs related to the Textilwerke Seiden-und Schafwollwarenfabriken AG in Lomnice, Czechoslovakia, and to the Kubie family, who were major shareholders in the company. Includes a timeline and extensive documentation as to the looting of the assets of the factory by the ADCA (Allgemeine Deutsche Creditanstalt) and their persecution of the Kubie family, many of whom perished in the Holocaust. Includes copies of photographs of the factory before the war and pre-war photographs of the Kubie family.

  16. Silberman and Seelenfreund family photographs

    Consists of nine pre-war and wartime copyprints of photographs of the family of Yosek and Salka Silberman. Includes photographs of Yosek and Salka; their children Chana, Benek, and Daniel; Salka's parents, Laura and Ludwig Seelenfreund; as well as photographs of Sala and Gimbel Silberman and Ota (Othkar) and Emanuel Seelenfreund. The original photographs were taken between 1928-1942.

  17. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of 22 photographs which were taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of piles of corpses stacked outside of the crematoria, photographs of buildings, and of a Hitler dummy hanged in effigy.

  18. Nammering Massacre collection

    Consists of one report, dated May 16, 1945, by Robert Schoenfeld, a member of the 5th Infantry Division, regarding the Nazi massacre of transported prisoners in Nammering, Germany, from April 19 to April 23, 1945. Also includes five photographs of the mass grave of the Nammering victims, including two photographs of the citizens of Nammering visiting the site.

  19. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of five photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The photographs depict a pile of corpses and a pile of bones behind a gallows. The photographs are from the collection of Emmet Stevens, who was a member of the United States Army.

  20. Rob Knight research collection regarding Jehovah's Witnesses

    Consists of four books of articles, clippings, and information compiled by Rob Knight entitled, "The History of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and the History of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holocaust." The books include articles about Jehovah's Witness Holocaust survivors, the stories of Jewish survivors and Nazi soldiers who converted to become Witnesses after the war, and information regarding the Museum's holdings on the topic of Jehovah's Witnesses. Also includes one original Jehovah's Witness tract, published in 1941, entitled "End of the Axis Powers: Comfort All tha...