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  2. Project Second Wave records

    Contains transcripts of oral history interviews, completed questionnaires, and other related documents created and collected by Dr. Gerald Holton and Professor Gerhart Sonnert during "Project Second Wave," which documented the experiences of young refugees from Nazism who came to the United States and the lives and careers they built. Approximately 86 interviews were conducted for the project in 2003 and 2004.

  3. Mina Freier papers

    The papers consist of an identification card for former concentration camp inmates issued to Henry Freier donor's husband in Laufen, Germany, and an identification card ("Ausweis") for civilian internees of Mauthausen concentration camp issued to Mina Horowicz at the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) DP camp in Ebensee, Austria.

  4. Oster-Marcusohn family photograph collection

    Collection consisting of 46 photographs documenting the experiences of Blanchette Marcusohn [donor], Zvi Oster, and their families in Romania before World War II, during the war in Transnistria, and after the war in Cyprus and Palestine.

  5. Michael Danziger papers

    The papers consist of a labor card and a driver's license issued to Fajwel Dancygier [donor's father] at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany, a photograph of a boy wearing a dark military-style hat and a Star of David pin, a photograph of Itta Rizal Danziger [mother of Philip (Felix) Danziger] who perished in the Holocaust, and an identification document issued to Fajwel Dancygier by a Polish government official in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.

  6. Henry and Grace Dondero photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs of the proceedings of the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremburg and Dachau, Germany; one photograph of refugees on the ship "Medina Yehudit" attempting to enter Haifa, Palestine, on December 3, 1947; and a photograph of a little girl waving Israeli and American flags in front of a kosher butcher store in Pittsburgh, Pa., on July 2, 1948.

  7. Letters 1938 to 1945 The Grunwalds' journey from oppression to freedom

    Consists of a book, written and edited by Susanne Sommer, entitled "Letters 1938 to 1945: The Grunwalds' Journey from Oppression to Freedom." The book mainly consists of copies and transcriptions of the correspondence between Max and Marga Grunwald of Berlin, Germany, and Paul and Jean Lewinson, of Arlington, Virginia. The Lewinsons were the American sponsors of the Grunwald family who traveled from Germany to the Philippines where they remained for two years before arriving in the United States in 1941. Also includes copies of correspondence between the Grunwalds and other family members.

  8. J. Nestel letter

    The letter was written to Col. Wooten from J. Nestel in Salzburg, Austria, requesting that Capt. D'Jernes remain as commander in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) displaced persons camp "Beth Bialik" (Jewish Transit Camp #2). Attached are 51 sheets containing 1,417 signatures from camp residents.

  9. Stefan Zweig suicide letter

    This letter contains the text of the suicide declaration of the novelist Stefan Zweig, who took his life while in exile in Petrópolis, Brazil, in February 1942. The statement at the end of the first paragraph reads as follows:.".my spiritual homeland Europe, self-destructed." This version is likely a hand-written copy, from an unknown source. The original version of this letter is owned by the National Library of Israel.

  10. Selected records from the Kansallisarkisto (Finnish National Archive)

    Contains correspondence of the Jewish Congregation of Helsinki, primarily concerning aid to Jewish refugees and Soviet Jewish POWs in Finland. Also contains documents created by the Finnish State Police, the Finnish Ministry of Justice (Oikeusministeriö), and Finnish Prime Minister T.M. Kivimäki, all related to Jewish refugee issues and aid.

  11. Michal Van Dommelen papers

    The papers consist of an immigration identification card issued to Marianne Bohnstedt [donor] by the American consulate in Panama and a letter sent by the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz [German Red Cross] on behalf of Dr. Joseph Norden in Hamburg, Germany, to his daughter, Bertha Bohnstedt [donor's mother], in Alliance, Ohio.

  12. 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."

  13. Uriel Hanoch photograph collection

    The photographs document the experiences of the Hanoch family in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, before World War II and the experiences of Uriel Hanoch and her brother in a displaced persons camp in Germany and Italy after their liberation from concentration camps.

  14. World War I wound badge for a cap awarded to a German soldier

    1. Stefan and Frederike Deutsch family collection

    World War I wound badge awarded to Stefan Deutsch for injuries sustained while serving in the German Army.

  15. James G. McDonald collection

    The James G. McDonald collection consists of diary entries, correspondence, subject files, photographs, and printed materials documenting McDonald's work as chair of the Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany, chairman of President Roosevelt's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees, member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe, U.S. Special Representative to the Jewish State, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel. The collection also includes a name plate for Ambassador McDonald and a bible presente...

  16. Ernst Baerwald speech

    Consists of one speech, 10 pages, delivered by Ernst Baerwald to a Jewish congregation in Oakland, CA, in the spring of 1941, regarding the immigration of European Jews to China and Japan. Mr. Baerwald, who had lived in Japan for almost 30 years, attests to the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and appeals for funding for these refugees. He also mentions the help that Jan Zwartendijk, Chiune Sugihara (both unnamed in the speech), and Moses Beckleman had provided to refugees in Lithuania.

  17. David Kirszencwajg papers

    1. Kirszencwajg family collection

    The papers consist of letters and postcards written in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, by members of the Kirszencwajg family to Vilna, Poland, and Shanghai, China; documents relating to David Kirszencwajg and his life in Poland before World War II and his life in Shanghai, China, during the war; and photographs depicting David Kirszencwajg and his family in Warsaw, Poland, before World War II and later in Vilna, Poland, and Shanghai, China

  18. Esther Flam papers

    1. Esther Flam collection

    The papers consist of photographs taken at displaced persons camps in Schauenstein and Peppendorf, Germany, and two "temporary travel documents" issued to Esther Zoberman donor and Raisl Zoberman by the military government for Germany. The photographs are identified on the reverse in Yiddish.

  19. Judith R. Adler papers

    The papers consist of an envelope and a letter, dated May 22, 1939, written by Walter Weinberg aboard the MS St. Louis and addressed to Alfred Weinberg of Chicago, Il.

  20. Lottie Sidrer papers

    The papers consist of three photographs taken in the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech from 1947 to 1948; a news clipping announcing the birth of Eta Sidrer, Lottie’s daughter, on April 23, 1949; a certificate of marriage for Liowa and Lottie Sidere; and documents relating to immigration, relief organizations, and post-war lives of Lottie and Liowa Sidrer from 1947 to 1950.