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  1. Tola Goldblum postcards and letter

    Contains two postcards and one letter, all written by Tola Goldblum to Hanka Sara Wajntraub from February 25, 1942 to April 9, 1942, while Wajntraub was in the Jewish women's labor camp at Gruenberg.

  2. Gertrude S. Ogushwitz collection

    Contains photocopies of a deportation list of Hungarian women taken to Auschwitz concentration camp and computer print outs of genealogical information for Janka and Etelka Weisz.

  3. Starzynski family collection

    Contains Judal and Szajndla Starzynski's legal documents pertaining to their Holocaust experiences and health problems for their restitution claims.

  4. William Powell collection

    Contains a 1997 audiocassette and copy of a newspaper article about William Powell's experiences as an American military survivor of Buchenwald.

  5. Congregation Hakafa letters

    Contains English translations of letters from individual survivors describing the ordeals that they experienced in the Minsk ghetto or as partisans hiding in the forest during the Holocaus.

  6. Eugenia Pinski papers

    Contains three memoirs entitled, "Class Reunion," "The Last Days of War," and "The Last Days of the Bedzin Ghetto."

  7. Paul Flesch collection

    Contains two letters, a telegram, an envelope, and a black and white photograph from Paul Flesch's parents in Hungary.

  8. Joseph Brill papers

    Contains twenty-five letters, five postcards, three bank receipts, and one application for location service pertaining to the futile attempt of a Jewish couple to leave Germany, and immigrate the United States, notification from financial institutions concerning transfer of funds, and bank account booklet about the funds they raised to facilitate their settlement, and the last will of Mr.Henry Brill, grandfather of the donor.

  9. Eichmann Trial -- Session 90 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    The footage begins in the middle of the session. Attorney General Gideon Hausner cross-examines Adolf Eichmann about threats he made to Josef Loewenherz, head of the Jewish community of Vienna. Eichmann warned Loewenherz that if he did not comply with Eichmann's demands, Eichmann would bring back the horrors of Kristallnacht. Eichmann examines the document that contains the statement made by Loewenherz (00:02:43). Hausner asks the accused again to look at the document. The accused begins to answer and Hausner, visibly agitated, yells at Eichmann for a clear answer (00:05:27). Hausner presen...

  10. Ezra Siff oral history interviews

  11. Imre Ylles Hegedus postcards

    Contains three postcards from Imre Ylles Illes? Hegedus to his family which were mailed from a labor camp, mailed through the postal service, and hand delivered.

  12. Leibowitz family papers

    Contains one meal card for Samuel Leibowitz from IRO Area 7 Munich Resettlement Center, one baggage check ticket, four registration documents, one certificate for Saul Leibowitz from Munich-Freimann DP Center, an affidavit declaring Saul and Rachel Leibowitz, registration for Military Government of Germany for Saul and Rachel Leibowitz, one program for concert, and witness statements for reparation payments.

  13. Victoria Herron papers

    Contains a memoir about Victoria Herron's Holocaust experiences, Victoria Herron's passport, death certificate, and a decree from the director of the Interior of the Canton of Zurich.

  14. Margaret Klein Goetz family correspondence

    The Margaret Klein Goetz family correspondence consists primarily of letters, telegrams, and postcards to Margaret Klein from her parents and sister in Heidelberg and then Gurs, Les Milles, Nexon, and Masseube. The correspondence documents the family’s efforts to immigrate to the United States, money and parcels received by the family members in the camps through Quaker and Swiss relief agencies and an uncle in Switzerland, daily camp life, and news of family members and friends. Additional letters and postcards are addressed from Heinrich Klein in Masseube, Gurs, Noé, and le Vernet to Dr. ...

  15. David Frankel papers

    Contains a memoir about David Frankel's experiences during the Holocaust. Also contains two booklets.

  16. Abraham Aviel Lipkunski manuscript

    Contains an English translation, 189 pages, of Abraham Aviel Lipkunski's published Hebrew manuscript, "Recollections."

  17. Joseph Beer collection

    Contains three original photographs of Joseph Beer, nine copy prints of Joseph Beer, five copies of his operetta "Polnische Hochzeit," a poster entitled "Stadttheater Zurich," and a copy of "Stradella."

  18. Fred S. Gichner correspondence

    The Fred S. Gichner correspondence contains letters and telegrams documenting Gichner’s help in supporting the American immigration of the families of his European cousins, Maurice (Moritz) and David Bronner, largely facilitated by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).

  19. Naumann family papers

    The Naumann family papers consist primarily of correspondence to Ilse Sternberger from her father, Kurt Naumann, documenting his life in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) before his deportation, as well as from her relatives Else Hammer, Robert Karpel, and Walter and Ida Naumann documenting their postwar lives in Italy and Germany. The collection also includes a copy of the personal narrative of Albert Nothmann, a former neighbor of the Naumann family in Gross‐Strehlitz (now Strzelce Opolskie, Poland). His narrative describes his and his twin brother’s survival at Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. ...

  20. Raymond Winter Frankmann scrapbook

    Contains a scrapbook that includes photographs, newspaper articles, telegrams, and war emblems which documents the experiences of Raymond Winter Frankmann's service in the United States military.