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  1. Kay Nabel collection

    The collection consists of artifacts: a forced labor badge, a dress, and a towel, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Krystyna Selinger Nabel and her family in Poland and Germany before and during the Holocaust.

  2. Taubner-Kovacs family collection

    The collection consists of a Swiss schutzpass issued to Zoltan Taubner and Jozsa Kovacs Erika Gold's parents, 1 certificate for a work camp, Shell Koolaj R.T., issued to Zoltan Taubner, 1 certificate for a work camp issued to Jozsa Kovacs and Erika Gold, and 1 laminated dollar bill carried by Zoltan Taubner in the heel of his shoe while working for Shell Koolaj R.T.

  3. La guerra 1939-1940 en mapas

    The "La guerra 1939-1940 en mapas" (The war 1939-1940 on maps) edited by the Giselher Wirsing. It consists of maps and reports explaining German success strategy in the WWII campaign.

  4. Oral history interview with Adele Schreiber

  5. Bertha and Eliazer Davids family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the extended families of Bertha Kaufman Davids and Eliazer Davids in the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States before and during the Holocaust.

  6. Sylvia Bassman collection

    The collection consists of an artifact, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Sylvia Bassman before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Aviva Slesin oral history collection

    Collection of materials gathered for and related to the film Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII, including oral history interviews, photo stills, B-roll footage, and video segments.

  8. The World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series E. Culture Department

    The Series E (Culture Department) consists of correspondence of the department directors, Simon Federbush and Wolf Blattberg, together with reports, publications, and other material pertaining to the activities of the New York branch of the Culture Department. Material in the series includes correspondence of the first director, Simon Federbush (1945–circa 1950) and the second director, Wolf Blattberg (1950–1958), who joined the department in 1945. After Blattberg's death in 1958, Greta Beigel assumed his responsibilities for cultural work. Included in Blattberg's files is correspondence wi...

  9. Youth Organization (Lwow Branch) (Hehaluta Haklal-Zioni), Fond 455, Opis 1

    The collection contains records related to cooperation with other Zionist organizations worldwide, records related to activities of the local branches of the organization and regional Zionist organizations across Eastern Galicia, including vocational and agricultural training for the Zionist youth immigrating to Palestine. This collection also includes a list of the members of the organization who completed agricultural and professional training before their immigration to Palestine.

  10. Alexander Kipnis papers

    Two letters from Kipnis, sent to composer Max Wolff, in London, October 1938; plus one concert program from a performance by Kipnis at the Synagogengemeinde Düsseldorf, March 1935.

  11. Robert Pettit collection

    Consists of 27 photographs taken by Robert Pettit, a member of the United States Army, after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of liberated prisoners, of captured German soldiers, of Mr. Pettit in the camp, and of camp architecture. Also includes photographs taken during the Battle of the Bulge and of destruction in Germany. The photographs are described by Mr. Pettit.

  12. Sonia Beker collection

    The collection consists of three broadsides relating to the experiences of Fania and Henia Durmashkin as members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra in Germany after the Holocaust during which the sisters had been interned in several concentration and labor camps.

  13. Regional Palestine Bureau, Lwów branch (Fond 332, Opis1)

    The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with immigrants residing in Eastern Galicia (Malopolska) regarding immigration to Palestine and preparation of immigration documents. These documents are organized alphabetically by surname of applicant or chronologically. The collection also includes correspondence with the Central Palestine Bureau in Warsaw and various Jewish and Zionist organizations worldwide regarding immigration, visas for immigrants, regulations and laws concerning immigration to Palestine. In addition, this collection also includes statistical information about i...

  14. Central Historical Commission : Historical questionnaires (M.1.Q)

    Contains 667 questionnaires gathered by the The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich from selected Holocaust survivors coming from different countries and towns. The aim was to gather detailed information about the persecution during Nazi rule.

  15. Károly Verebes papers

    The collection consists of the memoir of Károly Verebes (1920-1987), a Hungarian actor who worked almost continuously in forced labor battalions during World War II. Mr. Verebes was only able to complete a first draft of his memoirs; however, the wartime chapter is complete. Also includes deposit receipts and wartime postcards and letters written to family and friends about his thoughts, feelings, and experiences while working in the Jewish labor battalions. The majority of correspondence is with Sándor Gelb, who was likely a relative.

  16. Cohn family photographs

    Photographs of donor's family from Solotvina, Transcarpathia, who perished in the Holocaust.

  17. German cultural propaganda collection

    The collection consists of a bust of Hitler, an Olympic torch holder, and a German made radio associated with the history of Germany under the Nazi regime.

  18. German Campaign in Russia

    Destroyed Russian position, prisoner. Germans salute at grave of comrade. CU and MS tanks and vehicles roll over bridge and road. Entry into city (Lvov?) 01:12:37 Artillery supported troops and motorized units bypass Minsk and enter Baranovichi. 01:17:24 Anti-sniper squads restore order in city, long column of POWs march to rear. Women on streets of town. 01:18:34 Build bridge then enter Lusk or Lemberg (Lvov). City street scenes, evidence of damage. Tanks advance, destroyed Russian tanks.

  19. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of Réunion

    This collection comprises several administrative documents concerning anti-Jewish measures that the Vichy regime applied in the overseas department of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

  20. Street scenes in Wittenberg; Hitler Youth; church

    Establishing shot, EXT, MLS of street, Schlosskirche (All Saints Church) in BG where Luther nailed his 95 theses. Workers are digging a trench along street. SS man standing on sidewalk as traffic passes; bus comes up and stops. Nazi official with swastika armband directing traffic; two women pass in FG, wheeling baby carriage. Cut to EXT, MS, angle up, church roof and steeple. MCU, worker digging trench with a pick-axe, pauses to look at camera. CU, doorway of church, painting of the crucifixion in arch above door, writing on the door. MCU, rear view of man opening church door; enters. INT,...