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  1. Elie Cohen memoir

    Consists of one memoir by Elie Cohen, originally of Thessaloniki, Greece. In the memoir, Mr. Cohen describes his experiences in the ghetto in Greece and his memories of Birkenau, where he was given the number 114222.

  2. Else Pollak Chandler collection

    Consists of the official response to a Red Cross inquiry into the fate of Jakob, Regine, and Edith Pollak, originally of Vienna, Austria. The inquiry was made by Jakob and Regine's daughter, Else, who was able to emigrate to England before the war. The response states that the remaining members of the family perished in the Holocaust. Also includes correspondence sent and received by Else Chandler after her immigration to England, documents regarding her immigration, and documents regarding her pre-war schooling.

  3. Harold Pearson liberation photographs

    Consists of 46 photographs, some duplicates, taken by Harold Pearson, a member of the United States Army. The photographs are possibly of the Belsen concentration camp after liberation.

  4. "Ted Arie Doron's Autobiography"

    Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, entitled "Ted Arie Doron's Autobiography, written in 2004 by Ted Arie Doron (born Tibor Weisz), originally of Budapest, Hungary. In the memoir, Mr. Doron describes life in Budapest before 1944, his experiences as a young child in the Budapest ghetto, including the deportation and death of his father in Bergen-Belsen, life in post-war Communist Hungary. He later emigrated, first to Israel, then to Canada, and finally to the United States.

  5. "A Time to Remember"

    Consists of one memoir, 11 pages, entitled "A Time to Remember", by Anja Legerstee, born Chana Deborah Kuperman, originally of Lublin, Poland. She recalls pre-war Jewish life in Lublin, the 1939 German invasion, life in the Lublin ghetto and her deportation to Majdanek. After she managed to escape from Majdanek and go to Warsaw, she posed as a Christian until the end of the war. She is the only survivor from her family.

  6. "Report on the Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai"

    Consists of one report, 23 pages, entitled, "Report on the Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai", written by William Schurtman for a Sociology class in 1954. Mr. Schurtman, a refugee who lived in Shanghai from 1938-1947, describes the political, social, and history of the Shanghai Jewish community as well as some of his own experiences.

  7. Barbara Lindenbaum Brotman collection

    Consists of documents and four photographs related to the Lindenbaum family, originally of Siedlec, Poland. Includes photographs of Dora Lindenbaum, who passed away in the Siedlac ghetto, of Genia Lindenbaum, who disappeared with her husband and child from Mezrich, Poland, of Adolf Lindenbaum, who disappeared with his wife from Lublin, Poland, and of Victor Lindenbaum and Hersh Grynberg. Also includes wartime and pre-war correspondence and documents from the family.

  8. Erich Steinheim collection

    Consists of one document, bound in a black album entitled "Theresienstadt." The document, dated June 9, 1945 and issued by the "Mitteilungen der jüdischen Selbstverwaltung Theresienstadt," thanks Mr. Steinheim for his hard work in the Copy and Lithograph department and relays his co-workers' good wishes for the future, especially in light of their terrible experiences.

  9. Perlberger family collection

    Consists of color photocopies related to the Holocaust experiences of Claire Perlberger-Untermans and her sons, Martin, Jacques, and Ralph Perlberger, originally of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Perlbergers were imprisoned in Westerbork and were able to escape being transported east for the majority of the war. On February 1, 1944, the Perlbergers were sent to Bergen-Belsen, and in April 1945, the family was placed on a transport east, now known as "The Lost Transport," which was liberated by the Russian Army on April 23, 1945 near Troebitz.

  10. Golda Szajniak registration form

    Consists of one document registering Golda Szajniak, born December 30, 1926 in Eichstädt, at her local police station. The document, which is undated, identifies her as Jewish, includes her fingerprint, and is stamped with a Third Reich police and SS stamp.

  11. Foreign Address and Occupation Index

    Consists of index cards (Form G-153) completed by all immigrants to the United States aged 18 to 65 (except those who were housewives or children between 1940 and the date of their immigration) who either: (1) Naturalized after October 1, 1957 in which case, the card will be stamped “NATZ; (2) Arrived after September 1957; (3) Adjusted status to permanent resident after September 1957; or (4) Entered as conditional entrants admitted under Sec. 203(2)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. These index cards indicate all dates and addresses of foreign residence from January 1940 to Januar...

  12. Selected records from collections of the Botoşani branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. The records were generated by the Botoşani district prefecture, the police of Botoşani, the mayor of the town of Dorohoi, the police of Dorohoi, the district Dorohoi district prefecture. Includes selected records from the Jewish communities of the following localities: Dorohoi (1931-1949), Săveni (1941-1948), Ştefăneşti (1945-1949), and Mihaileni (1945-1948). Contains also records from the Centrul National De Romanizare Botoşani and includes selected records relating to: aryanization of Jewis...

  13. Selected records from collections of the Buzău branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions.The records were generated by the police of Buzău, the mayor of the town of Buzău, the legion of genarmerie of Buzău, the district prefecture of Râmnicu Sărat, the legion of gendarmerie of Râmnicu Sărat, and the mayor of Râmnicu Sărat. Includes also selected records from the Buzău regional office of the Centrala Evreilor in Romania the Central Office of Jews in Romania and the records of the Jewish community of Buzău.

  14. Selected records from Ministerul de Razboi, Cabinetul Ministrului

    Contains records concerning the policies of local offices on Jewish matters, including records relating to movements of the Third and Fourth Armies, antisemitism, and Jewish forced labor. Also contains list of Jews from Neant forced labor camp, and records from Vspnisska camp.

  15. Selected records from Ministerul Economiei Naţionale

    Contains selected records from Ministry of National Economy. Records include following subjects: implementation of legislation regarding Jewish and non-Jewish staff of industries; expropriation of Jewish goods; the antisemitic polices of the Iron Guards; Iron Guard control of Jewish companies; surveillance of Jewish commerce; regulations concerning food packages sent to Jews in Transnistria; reports on Jewish commerce; forced labor of Jews in Ilia, in the Hunedoara district; aryanization of Jewish enterprises; memos of W. Filderman about the Jewish star (star of David); orders concerning fo...

  16. Card files of non-Aryans Fremdstaemmigenkartei

    Contains partial and preliminary indexes of Jews in Germany of the later Reichssippenamt (Reich Office of Genealogy) mainly concerning Jewish students, also cards on Jewish companies as well as variety of diverse information on Jews in Germany, like obituaries.

  17. Association of the Prussian provinces Selected files from the collection: Verband der preussischen Provinzen (B. Rep. 142-06)

    Contains records relating to health politics: castration and sterilization law; welfare and eugenics; taxes for nursing facilities. Also includes correspondence related to welfare services for “psychopaths” and “cripples”, and statistics related to welfare services for Jews.

  18. Selected files from various collections of the Landesarchiv Berlin

    Contains records relating to Jewish properties and cemeteries, health care, forced labor, discrimination, Jewish children's home, and adoption issues. Also contains personal files, name lists of Jewish people and addresses of Jewish properties, including alphabetical street names register of expropriated Jewish property in Berlin, alphabetical name register of Jewish people whose mortgages on land were sold, correspondence concerning Jewish mortgages and war damages; Jewish marriages; and the Blood Protection Act.

  19. Selected files from the collection: Amtsgericht Mitte, Berlin (A Rep. 341-02)

    Contains records relating to 52 criminal cases (selected out of over 6,000 similar cases from the Amtsgericht of Berlin-Mitte). Includes records of persons arrested for refusal to work; "pro-Jewish behavior;" enticement; receiving stolen goods; and breach of work contract.

  20. Chamber of Industry and Commerce Selected files from the collection "Industrie- und Handelskammer" ( A. Rep. 200-02)

    Contains records relating to financial transactions of the metal industry. Includes also information about several press agencies and different companies with specialization in the production of cigarettes, umbrellas, chemical products, and perfume.