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  1. Erwin Berkowitz papers

    Papers relating to Ervin/Erwin Berkowitz who was one of the 50 children rescued from Vienna in 1939 through the efforts of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus. Includes a birth certificate, passport of Ernestine Berkowitz (Erwin's mother), passport and U.S. identification, copy of Honorable Discharge, and wedding photograph with Erwin and Marcella Kertzner and photograph of Ernestine with her granddaughter Michelle, circa 1954.

  2. Erwin Froman collection

    Consists of pre-war photographs of the Freimowitz family, originally of Romania, pre-war postcards sent by Ferenz Freimowitz (donor's father) to the donor's brother in the United States in May 1940, and post-war identification paperwork and affidavits for Eisik Freimowitz (now Erwin Froman). Also includes certificates, letters, and newspaper clippings related to Mr. Froman's work sharing the story of his Holocaust experiences.

  3. Erwin Haber papers

    The Erwin Haber papers consist of correspondence written by Erwin Haber, brother of Kitty Goldberg, written in August 1942. The correspondence relates the experiences of Erwin Haber and include a letter he threw from a train as we was being deported from Malines (Mechelen), Belgium, in August 1942. The letter was found by a stranger and mailed to his family.

  4. Erwin Hirsch and Martel Sommer collection

    Consists of documents, photographs, and a CD of music related to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Erwin Hirsch, originally of Strasbourg, France. Includes pre-war photographs of Mr. Hirsch in Mannheim, Germany, and articles and tributes related to his work as a cantor, both in the Mannheim synagogue from 1937 until Kristallnacht, and at Congregation Habonim in New York City from 1940-1983, as well as an audio CD entitled "Erwin Hirsch: A Voice Not Forgotten," of Hirsch's music. Also includes a scrapbook kept by Martel Sommer of clippings regarding her work as an organist wi...

  5. Erwin Lachman collection

    Contains two address books and one pocket calendar of Ernst Lachmann, who committed suicide in Berlin in 1942 to avoid deportation.

  6. Erwin Markowitz postcard

    According to Erwin Markowitz, his mother, father, and sister wrote the postcard and mailed it from Nagyberezna, Hungary, in April 1944. He received it while he was a prisoner in a compulsory labor camp called Ujverbas in Transylvania. According to a translation from the Hungarian provided by Mr. Markowitz, the card reads (on one side), "Last time do I write to you. We travel we don't know where. God wanted that way. We say goodbye to you, lots of kisses Sister Sadie"; on other side, "Many Kisses Your Mother followed by illegible translated word" and "Same greetings kisses your father."

  7. Erwin Marx and Ernst Rothschild collection

    The collection consists of World War I German medals and documents and corrspondence relating to the experiences of Erwin Mark and Ernst Rothschild in prewar Germany and of Erwin Marx during and after World War II in Germany, Shanghai, China, and the United States.

  8. Erwin S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Erwin S., who was born in Sa?rospatak, Hungary in 1924, the oldest of four sons. He recalls German invasion in spring 1944; train transport to a ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; remaining with his next youngest brother; transfer to Dachau after a week, then to Rothswaige the next day; reciting prayers to himself during appell; assistance from a Greek prisoner; receiving extra food from some German guards; transfer to Allach; hospitalization; being saved from selections due to his brother's privileged position; prisoners singing Kol Nidrei on Yom Kippur; liberation fr...

  9. Erwin Schattner family papers

    The Erwin Schattner family papers contain documents and correspondence related to the career of Dr. Erwin Schattner, a Polish-born physician in Vienna, his wife Ernestine, and their two daughters, Ruth and Hannah. Includes birth, education, residency, citizenship, academic, legal, and professional documents related to Erwin Schattner’s education and career in Austria, his emigration with his wife and daughters from Vienna to the United States in 1938-1940, his establishment as a physician in New York, and attempts to gain restitution in the 1960s. Also contains correspondence related to eff...

  10. Erwin Schwager collection

    Original negatives taken by Erwin Schwager (donor's father). Collection consists of 2,297 Leica photographic 35 millimeter and larger negatives primarily taken from 1932-1938, prior to Erwin's immigration to the United States. Some rolls document life around Munich, Czechoslovakia and Italy. Other rolls were shot while traveling throughout other countries in Europe and the Middle East. In October 1938, Erwin immigrated to the United States. His parents Leopold and Sabine were deported from Munich to either Riga or the 9th Fort.

  11. Erwin Stern collection

    Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Erwin Stern, born in Rechnitz, Germany and later of Vienna until 1939, when he and his sister Theresa were sent to France and hidden in the Château du Masgelier children's home. They came to the United States in June 1941 through a transport organized by the United States Committee for the Care of European Children. Includes documentaiton compiled in preparation for that journey, such as an affidavit in lieu of passport.

  12. Erwin Teich identification card

    The "Ausweis" was issued to Erwin Teich as a Polish civilian internee at Buchenwald concentration camp.

  13. Erwin Tepper collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and writings related to the experiences of Erwin Tepper and his parents, Juda Ber and Schifra Tepper, originally from Vienna, Austria, who immigrated to the United States in 1939.

  14. Ery Magasanik collection

    Consists of US naturalization certificates, identification documents such as Iranian passports and "Shenasnameh," or Iranian identity booklets similar to birth certificates, for the donors' parents, Michael (b. 1900) and Judith Magasanik (nee Bromberg, b. 1908) who left Bucharest in 1940 using the Iranian passports they obtained in the late 1920s as citizens of Iran. They eventually immigrated to the Miami and then settled in New York in 1942.

  15. Erzählte Geschichte

    • Oral Interviews with Witnesses

    The collection includes life story interviews with approx. 1050 people. The Interviewees were born between 1890 and 1944 and participated in the resistance and/or were subjected to persecution in the period from 1934 to 1945. They report on the history of the 20th century from their perspective. The topics of the interviews include: First Austrian Republic, Anti-Semitism, Austro-Fascism, Resistance between 1934 and 1938, Resistance between 1938 and 1945, Spanish Civil War, “Anschluss” of Austria to Nazi Germany, Shoah, Disfranchisement of Jews, Deportation, Exile, The persecution of Carinth...

  16. Erzberger, Matthias

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1097
    • German
    • 1914-1921
    • Nachlässe 70 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 1,1 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners M. Erzberger, Erlebnisse im Weltkrieg, Stuttgart/Berlin 1920 NDB 4, S. 638 ff. Politiker (Zentrum), MdR (1903-1921), Reichsministerium der Finanzen (1919-1920) Bestandsbeschreibung Vorwiegend Sachakten über politische Angelegenheiten aus der Zeit des Weltkrieges; Unterlagen zu den Waffenstillstandsverhandlungen. (Stand: 1977) Zitierweise BArch N 1097/...

  17. Escape attempt Print 6 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting a prisoner being shot for trying to escape when a Kapo actually knocked him out of a line of prisoners moving along the perimeter fence at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both men were m...

  18. Escape from Treblinka: The Joseph Polonski Story

    This documentary film details the Holocaust experience of Joseph Polonski, one of two known individuals to escape from the Treblinka death camp. The film profiles Polonski's life before, during, and after the Holocaust. It includes original narration, excerpts from an interview with Joseph Polonski, as well as archival photographs and film. 01:35 Early Life. 02:40 Lukow Ghetto 07:45 Deportation 10:04 Cigarette Ally 12:12 Treblinka 14:31 Escaping Treblinka 15:44 On the Run 18:47 Becoming a Partisan 20:37 Starting Over 26:01 Closing credits

  19. Escape from Yugoslavia

    Silvio Finci describes his family's experiences in Yugoslavia, specifically, the family's running away from a small village near Sarajevo to the city of Mostar; how they survived during the Nazi occupation; their escape to Italy; and how they immigrated to Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York and rebuilt their lives in the United States after 1941.

  20. Eschenburg, Theodor (Konteradmiral)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Konteradmiral Geboren am 14.03.1876 in Lübeck, gestorben am 26.02.1968 in Kiel. 1920 Inspekteur des Torpedo- und Minenwesens, Chef des Stabes. Bestandsbeschreibung Privatkorrespondenz mit Kameraden und Freunden des Segelschulsschiff- gedankens (1942-1954); Berichte über Schulschiffreisen (1909, 1937); Kriegstagebuch des Kommandos S.M.U 64 (Kommandant Kapitänleutnant Morath) 1918. Zitierweise BArch N 225/...