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  1. Hilda Hrabovecká autograph album

    The autograph album was created and carried by Hilda Hrabovecká at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Camp inmates contributed autographs, drawings, addresses, and "well-wishings " for the post World War II period to the album.

  3. "Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will: Nazi Propaganda at Work!"

    Consists of speech given by James May on April 29, 2003 at the State University of New York at Binghamton entitled "Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will: Nazi Propaganda at Work!" In the speech, he describes his experiences at school in Germany and the influences of the film work of Nazi director Leni Riefenstahl on his daily life. Includes copies of his correspondence with various media outlets regarding Riefenstahl.

  4. Harry Anrode collection

    Consists of one photocopied document, 9 pages, describing the author's arrest and detainment in the Buchenwald concentration camp after the Kristallnacht mass arrests in November 1938. The document is unsigned and undated.

  5. Dias Santilhano family papers

    Contains 11 photographs illustrating the experiences of Elisabeth and Jetty Dias Santilhano during and after the Holocaust, including a photograph of Simon Dias Santilhano [donors' father] that was carried by Jetty while in concentration camps, and and post-war photographs of Elizabeth, Jetty, Louis Furth [Jetty's husband], and their son. Also includings a postcard written by David Furth in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to his son Louis in Switzerland.

  6. Laufer family papers

    The collection contains photographs, correspondence, and documents relating to the exeriences of the Laufer family in Germany and the Netherlands during the Holocaust. The collection includes pre-World War II photographs of Elizabeth and Wilhelm Laufer and their daughters, Gisela, Margreet, and Deborah [donor], as well as a letter written from Elizabeth who was interned in Ravensbrück with her daughters to Wilhelm who was interned in Buchenwald, post-war documents issued to the Laufer women liberated in Bergen-Belsen, and post-war photographs of the family and three additional children bor...

  7. "Fighting for Survival" memoir

    Consists of a memoir, 218 pages, describing the Holocaust experiences of Erwin Kampelmacher from 1938-1945. The memoir describes his emigration to Holland from Vienna after the Anschluss and his experiences hiding with various Dutch families as a non-Jew and working in various occupations in wartime Holland. The memoir began as a diary, with the pages concerning 1938 written as the events occurred, but the description of the years following 1938 were written fifty years after the war.

  8. Edward Pavlakovich photograph collection

    Consists of 39 photographs taken by Edward Pavlakovich, a member of the 45th Division, upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

  9. Manfred Marcuse papers

    The papers relate to Manfred J. Marcuse's experiences during the Holocaust. Included are documents issued to Bruno Marcuse, Manfred's Jewish father, concerning his internment in and liberation from Theresienstadt concentration camp and documents issued to Manfred Marcuse, born of a Protestant mother, regarding his forced labor for the Organisation Todt.

  10. Malach and Feder family photographs

    Consists of 48 photographs of the Malach and Feder families of Be̜dzin and Da̜browa, Poland. Includes photographs taken in the Da̜browa Górnicza ghetto.

  11. Salomon-de Winter family papers

    The papers consist of documents, photographs, transcripts, newspapers, and a booklet concerning the experiences of the Salomon and de Winter families during the Holocaust. Included in the papers are post-World War II photographs of the Salomon family, a false identification card issued to Curt Salomon under the alias "Hendrik Piersma," and a false identification card issued to a family friend, Eva de Friese, under the alias "Johanna Huften." Also in the papers are photographs of the de Winter family before and after World War II, a document issued to Judik de-Winter after her liberation fro...

  12. Miller-Polak postcard

    The postcard was sent to Olga Polak [donors' paternal aunt] by Alfred and Lilly Miller [donor's father and his second wife] from Koprivnica, Croatia. The Millers were deported to Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia.

  13. Felice Zimmern Stokes collection

    Consists of correspondence written by Felice Zimmern [donor] from the Taverny, France, OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants) orphanage as well as a report card issued by the orphanage. Also includes two copyprints of wartime photographs taken of the donor while in hiding with the Patoux family, as well as two post-war copyprints, one of the donor and her sister with the Patoux, and one of friends at the Taverny OSE orphanage.

  14. Sonja Kirschener collection

    Consists of 41 photographs, mainly pre-war, of the Kaiser family in Germany, as well as wartime and post-war photographs taken after the family fled to Shanghai, China. Also includes three copies of the Shanghai Jewish school newspaper, "The Oracle," 1947.

  15. Carmen Marchesani liberation collection

    Consists of two photographs taken upon the liberation of the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp. Also includes a copy of a letter written by Carmen Marchesani to his sister describing his experiences upon the liberation of the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp.

  16. Meyer Strossberg photograph

    Consists of photograph of the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp Jewish police force.

  17. Paul Sanders liberation photographs

    Consists of 15 photographs taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of corpses and of railcars used to hold dead bodies.

  18. Dr. William J. Hagood Jr. collection

    Consists of a biography of the life of Dr. William J. Hagood, Jr., a doctor in the 335th Infantry Regiment of the 84th Division, 9th United States Army, which liberated the Ahlem-Hanover concentration camp; a short story written by Dr. Hagood in 1966, relating his experience; a booklet of cartoons presented to Dr. Hagood by Jan dirk Van Exter, a survivor whom Dr. Hagood liberated and remained friends with; and press clippings regarding the friendship between Dr. Hagood and Mr. Van Exter.

  19. Adam Schatz correspondence

    Consists of letter, dated Jul. 27, 1938, to Mr. Drew from Adam Schatz, Vienna, requesting his help in securing an affidavit for immigration to the United States.

  20. Obsbaum family photographs

    Consists of four pre-war photographs of the Obsbaum family of Warsaw, Poland. Some of those pictured perished during the Holocaust. The photographs were taken at the donor's great-grandparents' photo studio.