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  1. Henry Flatow papers

    The papers consist of an envelope censored in France sent by Henry Flatow's father Hans Flatow in Italy in March 1945 and two airgraphs (one with envelope) sent to and from Hans and Henry Flatow in Italy and England in May and June 1945.

  2. Identification certificate

    The identification certificate was issued to Eugen Fiscman [donor's brother] in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, stating his intent to immigrate with his brother, Michal [donor], to Uruguay from the "U.S. Zone of Germany."

  3. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 23 and 24 -- Testimony of L. Wells, H. Ross, and J. Buzminsky

    Session 23. Adolf Eichmann stands as the Presiding Judge enters and then sits down. WS of the courtroom. The Presiding Judge takes notes and declares the twenty-third Session of the trial open. He then confirms that applications submitted by Dr. Servatius will be discussed later on. Servatius states that the evidence given by the witness, Dr. Wells, is irrelevant and repetitive and thus should not be submitted. Attorney General Hausner responds by saying that Eichmann was appointed by Reinhard Heydrich, who was in charge of exterminating the Jews, and offers several other examples as well. ...

  4. Irene Horn papers

    The papers document the experiences of Irene Horn (born Irena Szachter), originally of Bodzentyn, Poland, and her family immediately following WWII. The collection includes a composition book used by "Szachter Ira" containing notes on dentistry, a membership card issued by the Society of Jewish Sport Organisations and Center for Phisical Education of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany for Abram Hirshenhorn, Irene's husband, in 1946, and twenty-nine family photographs

  5. Rena Berliner papers

    The Rena Berliner papers consist of photographs, programs, and school records documenting Rena Berliner’s time at the Neu Freimann displaced persons camp, musical performances at displaced persons camps, and attendance at the Händel-Konservatorium in Munich. Photographs depict Berliner performing at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp and a group of ORT UNRRA vocation school students in front of their classroom at Neu Freimann. Programs document Berliner’s performances at displaced persons camps. School records include an identification card, membership card, report card, certificate, and...

  6. Photograph of Friedl Dicker Brandeis

    The formal studio portrait is of Friedl Dicker Brandeis and was taken in Vienna, Austria, in the 1930s.

  7. Fred Loeb papers

    Two Cuban entry permits issued by Manuel Benitez Gonzales, Director of Cuban Immigration, for members of the Loeb family and members of the Lehmann/Herz family.

  8. Roza Ayzenberg photograph collection

    The collection consists of two photographs of Roza Aizenberg in Kiev, Ukraine, one taken before World War II and one after.

  9. Photograph of Fanya Martynova as a child

    The formal studio portrait was photographed in Kiev, Ukraine, and depicts Fanya Martynova as a child wearing a sailor suit dress and holding a doll. Caption in Russian on the verso.

  10. Photograph of Charles Radoszycki and his brother

    The image depicts two boys outside in garden, one seated in wheelbarrow and the other standing on the left. The boy standing is the donor, Charles Radoszycki, and the boy in the wheelbarrow is his brother, Maximilien. The photograph was likely taken in Bailleul, Belgium.

  11. Photograph of a family in Homel, Belarus

    The image depicts three men, five women, and five children, seated and standing in front of wood wall. A black ink "x" is inscribed over the head of a woman standing in the last row. The photograph was taken in Gomel (Homel), Belarus.

  12. Fritzi Schiffer photograph collection

    The collection consists of two photographs depicting a performance on stage in Romania in 1940 and two photographs depicting a group of young men and women on an excursion in Romania in 1937.

  13. Photograph of Mrs. Grove, her sister, and her son

    The photograph depicts the Grove family in Vienna, Austria. The image shows two women and a small boy, identified as Mrs. Grove, her sister, and her son, Fred. Mrs. Grove's husband and family perished during the Holocaust.

  14. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 86, 81, 41, 51 and 53 -- Eichmann creating orders, ghetto visits, children

    Session 86. Eichmann says that he was in charge of organizing things insofar as he would write down the decisions made by his superiors. At the beginning, he says, he wrote down orders and passed them along to the Ministry of the Interior or other departments. He talks about his typist having nothing to do because of this, and he will return to this topic later. 00:14:38 Session 81. Dr. Servatius is submitting a document concerning visits to camps. Eichmann talks about visits from the Head Office of Reich Security happening whenever there were issues that could affect the entire Reich. Ther...

  15. Pomyślna poczta

    Contains a copy of "Pomyślna Poczta," an antisemitic newspaper from Lwów, Poland (Lʹviv, Ukraine).

  16. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 107 and 108 -- Questioning Eichmann's loyalty and character

    Session 107 and Session 108. Eichmann is handed a paper and asked who wrote it. He wrote it recently, and says that he cannot feel completely innocent because his receiving orders is irrelevant thanks to retroactive paragraphs. He says that he has thought over his situation many times, and he decided that he was a tool of others, and at least to himself, he is innocent. 00:10:07 Skip to an earlier sequence duplicated in Tape 2193. Eichmann is asked about his statements concerning being brought to Israel against his will, and later saying that he was relieved to be brought there to justify h...

  17. Zvi Griliches photograph collection

    The collection consists of thirty photographs relating to Zvi Griliches' childhood in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania and after World War II in the DP camp in Feldafing, Germany, and Israel.

  18. Eichmann Trial -- Session 110 -- Prosecution begins closing statement

    Session 110. Waiting for the Judges to enter. 00:04:29 Judges enter and Session 110 begins. 00:05:57 Hausner begins summing up his case. He says that this is the trial of one of the ghoulish personalities which history will forever remember. He reminds everyone of the struggles of the witnesses, of Auschwitz, of religious leaders being degraded, of torturous activities, of murder. He says that man cannot create a nightmare so terrible, and yet it happened, created by Eichmann. He says that after hearing all this, Eichmann got his turn, and 16 years later he does not have one ounce of remors...

  19. Eichmann Trial -- Session 93 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Session 93. Shot of Eichmann and then the Prosecution. 00:01:09 Judges enter. They open the 93rd Session of the trial. Eichmann is reminded that he is under oath. Attorney General Hausner asks Eichmann if it is true that he has a good relationship with Mildner. He says that Mildner claims that Eichmann was in charge of the deportations, the police, and the camps, according to a document submitted by the Defense. Eichmann says that he had to interrupt his Defense concerning this document and said that Mildner was making a mistake, and that this was very provable. Hausner says this is not an ...

  20. Eichmann Trial -- Session 104 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    The footage begins near the middle of Session 104, with Eichmann reading portions of statements from the Wilhelm Sassen document about congratulations Eichmann received for the foot march [death march] which occurred in November of 1944. Some 70,000 men, women, and children were forced to march from Budapest to Vienna. Some of this footage is duplicated on Tape 2181 (at 00:40:35). Eichmann is then asked to describe his role in the implementation of the foot march, which he insists was technical (00:12:55). The camera switches between Eichmann and the civilians sitting in the courtroom. The ...