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  1. 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...

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. "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.

  8. Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz and Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz letters

    Consists of one letter written by Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz in 1936, in which he accepts a position as principal of a Hebrew school, and one letter by Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz, undated, in which he requests financial aid from the Jewish community since he is a teacher and this brings him no income. Both Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz and Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz lived in Łodź, Poland, before World War II and were imprisoned in the Łódź ghetto. While the fate of Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz is unknown, Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz perished in the ghetto on May 8, 1942.

  9. "My short story of time in Mauthausen"

    Consists of one memoir, 15 pages, entitled "My short story of time in Mauthausen," by Waldemar Bialous, originally of Warsaw, Poland. In the memoir, Mr. Bialous relates his memories of his transfer from Auschwitz to Mauthausen and of his life within the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he worked in the kitchen until his liberation. Also includes correspondence from Mr. Bialous to Mr. Charles Torluccio, an American liberator of Mauthausen. The two men reunited at the 50th anniversary of the liberation in 1995.

  10. "The Planet and other stories"

    Consists of one collection of stories, 95 pages, entitled "The Planet and other stories," by Eva Kronenberg Zysman, originally of Łódź, Poland. After the German invasion in 1939, her family relocated to Radom. She was deported to Auschwitz from the Radom ghetto and liberated from Bergen-Belsen. After liberation, she immigrated to the United States. The book contains short stories of her experiences and the experiences of friends and family members both during the war and after liberation; some events have been fictionized.

  11. "My Holocaust Memoirs"

    Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, entitled "My Holocaust Memoirs," by Nathan Ben-Brith (Bundheim), originally of Hamburg, Germany (born Leonhard Nathan Bundheim). He describes his experiences under the pre-war Nazi regime, his family's escape to Belgium after Kristallnacht, his arrest and imprisonment in St. Cyprien and Gurs, his release from Gurs in 1941, his deportation to Drancy in 1942 and experiences in the Ottmuth labor camp, and in the Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps. Shortly before the liberation of Buchenwald, he was forced to accompany fleeing SS perso...

  12. "The Last Act": Hersh Croin memoir

    Consists of a copy of a memoir, 3 pages, entitled "The Last Act," written by Hersh Croin (Harry Kron) in June 1954, in "The Seminarian" newsletter, which was published by the students of the Jewish Teachers Seminary at Folks University in New York. In the memoir, Mr. Kron, originally of Janow-Lubelski, Poland, describes his memories of the deportation from Zaklikow and from the ghettos. Mr. Kron escaped from a concentration camp in Budzin and hid until liberation.

  13. Mirko Tuma collection

    Consists of material regarding the life and work of Mirko Tuma, a poet, playwright, and critic who survived the Theresienstadt ghetto. Includes photographs, program and script copies, a book entitled "Ghetto našich dnů" about Terezin, and a book of poetry entitled "Rust on a Weather Vane." Also includes newspaper clippings of his post-war theater career and articles about Terezin.

  14. Selected records from the India Office

    The India Office was the administration in London of the pre-1947 government of India. These files include records relating to immigration and internment policy, individual case files of Jewish refugees to India, and nominal rolls of internees.

  15. Jacob Fischler papers

    The papers consist of a letter written by Rabbi Moise Cassorla on September 8, 1941, attesting to a Bar Mitzvah ceremony to take place in Toulouse, France on September 20, 1941; a telegram sent to Sabina Fischler [donor's mother] by Jacob Fischler and his brother, Alexander; an identification tag from the American Joint Distribution Committee worn by Jacob Fischler (#43) and issued in Barcelona, Spain; a ticket issued in Bracelona on January 18, 1944; a letter written from Reichenberg (Liberec), Czechoslovakia, by Hermann Fischler [donor's father]; a letter written in English from Sabina Fi...

  16. Hannelore Wahlhaus papers

    The papers consist of letters, postcards, telegrams, a passport, a passport photograph, and other documents relating to the experiences of Hannelore Wahlhaus [donor's mother] and her emigration from Germany in 1937, with the assistance of the German-Jewish Children's Aid organization. The collection also documents the subsequent efforts of Max Schrayer, Wahlhaus's "adopted" father in the United States, to bring her parents, brother, and extended family to the United States.

  17. Popper family collection

    Consists of documents and photographs regarding the experiences of the Popper family, originally of Vienna, Austria. The family was forced to flee to the United States in 1938 in order to escape imprisonment. Includes attempts by Olga Popper to secure restitution for family members lost in the war as well as Austrian pensions after the death of her husband, Julius, in 1947. Also includes the family's pre-war and wartime papers, including passports, and photographs taken in pre-war Vienna (including photographs taken of Julius and Olga's daughter, Suse).

  18. Gertrude Philipp letter

    Consists of one letter, 12 pages, from Gertrude Philipp, of Germany, to the Salberg family in Pennsylvania on August 17, 1939. In the letter, she gives extensive description of her experiences on Kristallnacht and how difficult life had become as a result of the anti-Jewish laws and of popular sentiments.

  19. Harry David collection

    Consists of letters, articles, photographs, identity cards, and forms related to the life and experiences of Harry David, born Hans Dzialowski, originally of Berlin, Germany. Mr. David immigrated to Bolivia to escape the Nazis and worked as a news announcer for Radio Patria. In 1941, he immigrated to the United States, where he established himself as a writer and advisor for business affairs. Includes paperwork regarding his immigrations and his work with Radio Patria, as well as his identification cards and pre-war family photographs. Also includes writing samples from later in his life.

  20. Allen A. Cramer collection

    Consists of one memoir on CD-ROM entitled "A Half-Century Later," by Allen A. Cramer, a member of the 11th Armored Division and a liberator of the Gusen concentration camp. In the memoir, he describes his memories of the liberation and of his experiences guarding the camp. Also includes photographs taken by PFC Cramer of the Gusen concentration camp, including an episode of "Camp Justice," handwritten and V-Mail, regarding the liberation, sent to his parents and to Natalie Broder, who later became his wife. Also includes one piece of counterfeit English money produced by the Germans.