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  1. Diane Lewis papers

    The papers relate to Ella Deutsch, daughter of Moritz Deutsch and Eugenie Deutsch of Uz︠h︡horod, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine), who were Holocaust victims, and her filing of a claim for property confiscated from her parents by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Ella Deutsch was Diane Lewis's husband's late wife who fled to the United States during World War II.

  2. Werner and Rosa Sallisohn papers

    The collection documents the wartime experiences of Werner and Rosa Sallisohn, originally of Berlin, Germany, who lived as refugees in Shanghai, China from 1939-1947 before immigrating to the United States. Included are birth certificates, Chinese identification papers, immigration documents, business documents regarding a potential job opportunity in Argentina for Werner, and correspondence. Some of the correspondence is from Werner's half-sister Hildegard, who perished during the Holocaust.

  3. Mania Schoffer photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph depicting a group of twelve men and women posed in front of a sign that reads "Time is money / English lesson / Please do not trouble" at the Schlactensee displaced persons camp in Berlin, Germany, and a photograph depicting members of the Schlactensee camp administration. Captions on the verso are in Yiddish and English.

  4. Oral history interview with Magda Katz Sternberg

  5. Wertheimer family papers

    The papers consist of documents and photographs relating to Samuel and Frajdla Wertheimer and their families in Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland; Warsaw, Poland; and Nowy Sącz, Poland.

  6. Jehuda Widawski photograph collection

    The collection consists of 16 photographs depicting all aspects of life in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, dated 1940-1943. Also included in the collection are five copy photographs of images from an album made by Arie Ben-Menachem in the Łódź ghetto.

  7. Photograph of the Rejers holding their infant daughter

    The image taken in Łódź, Poland, depicts Mordechai and Sara Leder Rejer holding their daughter, Lucia Rejer [donor].

  8. Dr. Paula Birkenfeld photograph collection

    The collection consists of five copy negatives and one copy print depicting scenes from different Jewish ghettos during World War II.

  9. Janos and Marta Beer papers

    The János and Marta Beér papers consist of five photographs by Tom Veres; three lists of Jews in different localities (prison camps) who fall under the protection of the Swedish Legation in Hungary; a letter signed by Raoul Wallenberg to free Dr. Georg Ballint (a Swedish citizen); a document issued by the Royal Swedish Embassy in Budapest stating that János Beér is a permanent employee of the Humanitarian Department; an identification card for János Beér issued by the Office for Jewish Issues; and a work identification card signed by Raoul Wallenberg.

  10. Rachela and Isaak Friedman papers

    The papers consist of two police certificates issued in Theresienstadt on July 18, 1945, attesting to the residency of Rachela and Isaak Friedman [donor's parents]; a drivers license issued to Isaak Friedman in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, on September 11, 1946; a certificate issued to Rachela Friedman in Landsberg am Lech on September 11, 1945, identifying her as a political prisoner interned in Flossenbürg concentration camp; and a Jewish newspaper.

  11. John I. Hill liberation letter

    Consists of one letter, three pages, written by John I. Hill, a member of the 12th Armored Division (the "Hellcats") during World War II. In the letter, Hill describes his reaction to a recently liberated concentration camp. Though the name of the camp is not mentioned, it was almost certainly a subcamp of Dachau.

  12. Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld papers

    The papers consist of three portrait images of Netka Putersznyt and Berisz Putersznyt, Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld's parents, and Frymeta Mortenfeld, Dwora's mother-in-law. Also included in the papers is a postcard written by Netka Putersznyt in ghetto in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, on December 24, 1942, to her daughter Zosia Putersznyt who was interned in Ober Altstadt concentration camp.

  13. Franz Beaufaÿs anti-Nazi poetry

    Consists of one book, 44 pages, entitled "Franz Beaufaÿs, 1897-1961." The book consists of a collection of wartime and post-war poetry written by Franz Beaufaÿs in which he expresses his anger and disgust toward the Nazi regime, believing that the Nazis had co-opted the formerly proud German culture. Poems include "Buchenwald," "Politische Konferenz," and "Gestapo."

  14. The United States vs. Vladas Zajanckauskas transcript

    Contains trial transcripts of United States vs. Vladas Zajanckauskas, which took place in Boston, MA, in January 2005. During the trial, in which the Government was represented by the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), Mr. Zajanckauskas gave testimony regarding his wartime activites in the Trawniki Training Camp. Peter Black, senior historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, testifed for the government on the Trawniki camp, Mr. Zajanckauskas's service there, and the deployment of Mr. Zajanckauskas to Warsaw to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto. The Federal District Court in Ma...

  15. Berger family letter

    Consists of one letter, dated 23 July 1942, from Niederzissen, Germany to "Siegmund and loved ones" from their parents. In the letter, the Bergers ask their children to help their family and friends that may return in the future and write that they hope to see each other again someday. The letter was written by the donor's aunt, Tillie Berger, who was writing to her son, Siegmund, who had immigrated to the United States.

  16. Selected records from the archives of the Jewish Historical Museum, Belgrade

    Contains documents created by the German, Italian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian occupation authorities regarding arrests and persecutions of, and reprisals against, Jews, members of antifascist movements, communists, and the general population. Also contains documents related to the operation of various concentration camps in the former Yugoslavia.

  17. Letter

    Letter with envelope: handwritten in black ink on lined paper on recto and verso; sent to donor's grandmother, detailing her parent's death in Vorontsovka, near Leningrad, in the Soviet Union.

  18. Hirszfeld and Grosfeld families' photograph collection

    The photograph collection consists of photographs depicting the Hirszfeld and Grosfeld families in Dąbrowa Górnicza prior to World War II. Tamar Grosfeld Klein and her family were living in Haifa during World War II. All of her family members who remained in Poland perished during the Holocaust.

  19. PFC George F. Seigman photographs

    Consists of five photographs taken by PFC George F. Seigman after the liberation of Gardelegen. Includes photographs taken of the corpses of victims and from within the trenches which were dug to bury the victims. PFC Seigman was a member of the 89th Chemical Mortar Battallion, which went through Gardelegen on May 8, 1945, while traveling to attach to the 102th division of the Ninth Army.

  20. "The Life of Irene Berger"

    Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, entitled "The Life of Irene Berger," by Irene Berger Glassberg, written in August 2004. In the memoir, she describes her childhood in Łódź, Poland, her life in the Łódź ghetto, her deportation to Auschwitz in 1944 and her experiences in the Auschwitz, Freiberg, and Mauthausen concentration camps. After her liberation from Mauthausen, she returned to Łódź, and then lived at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp before immigrating to New York in 1946. There, she obtained a nursing degree, became an American citizen, and started a family.