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  1. Selected records from the Sächsisches Staatsarchiv Leipzig

    Various local government offices in Leipzig, Germany, created the documents from the 1880s to the 1940s. Among topics covered in the Holocaust era are Jewish organizations, youth organizations, Romanies, labor, Jehovah's Witnesses, and confiscation of Jewish property.

  2. "The story of Dr. Josef Jaksy"

    Includes of "The story of Dr. Josef Jaksy" by Amira Trattner. The speech includes testimony by several of Jaksy's acquaintances including Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York. The testimonies describe Jaksy's activities as a Righteous Gentile in Czechoslovakia where he was responsible for the rescue and successful escape of many Jews and political deviants. Also included is an invitation to a reception given in Jaksy's honor at the Consulate General of Israel in NewYork.

  3. Rundschreiben from the Frankfurt am Main office of the United Restitution Organization

    Collection consist of thermofax and mimeograph copies of United Restitution Organization (URO) Rundschreiben from the Frankfurt am Main office, 1961-1970; miscellaneous printed and mimeograph memorandums, statistical reports, etc. some are from the URO office in Berlin.

  4. Natzwiller concentration camp records

    Consists of various documents relating to Natzwiller (a.k.a. Natzweiler) concentration camp. Among the documents are memoranda and reports relating to camp administration, statistical reports regarding inmate population, and a French-language report on the conditions at Natzwiller. The French report includes photographs and information on medical atrocities. Many of the materials (including the French report) are accompanied by English translations.

  5. Johannes Schindler autobiography

    Consists of an autobiography by Johannes Schindler covering his life as a Jehovah's Witness after World War I, persecution and imprisonment under the Nazis, and subsequent persecution and imprisonment in East Germany.

  6. Peter Gersh testimony

    Contains information about Peter Gersh's (Pinchas Gerszonowicz) boyhood in Poland; his impression of antisemitism among the Poles; German invasion of Poland; German occupation of Poland; work for the Luftwaffe at an airbase; life in a concentration camp; escape from a death march; search for relatives after World War II; and emigration to the United States.

  7. Records relating to the Soviet Union under Nazi Occupation

    Contains public notices, maps, testimonies, letters, and reports relating to killing in Lithuania during Nazi occupation; killing in retaliation for sabotage; activities of Einsatzgruppe A from October 1941 to January 1942; mass shootings of Soviet citizens; Soviet POWs; creation of ghettos; operation “Hornung“; the annihilation of Jews in Slutsk (Minsk Oblast); killing of Soviet citizens in retaliation for partisan activities; interrogation of Kiev inhabitants concerning the massacre at Babi Yar; operation “Swamp Fever“ near Minsk; operation “Magic Flute“ in Minsk; operation “Kottbus“ in B...

  8. Bureaucratic persecution Jewish life in Frankfurt-am-Main, 1933-1938

    Manuscript produced at Harvard by Paul Hamburg in 1967. Contains information about antisemitic persecution and anti-Jewish laws in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; organized boycotts of Jewish businesses; Kristallnacht; and Jewish reaction to persecution in Frankfurt am Main.

  9. Records relating to Nazi genocide in Poland from the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland

    Contains information about executions by Nazis; laws and regulations imposed on Poles and Polish Jews by the Nazis; ghettos; and deportations to German concentration camps in occupied Poland.

  10. "Life versus the Holocaust"

    Consists of a copy of "Life versus Holocaust," a survivor testimony by Dr. Bernard S. Cytryn concerning his experiences of persecution and loss during the Holocaust. The testimony contains information about Cytryn's relatives who were killed during the Holocaust; his family in the United States; his life in Kielce, Poland, before the Holocaust; his deportation to Auschwitz; and his observations on the role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust.

  11. Organizational and administrative correspondence relating to the Wehrmacht, SS, SD, and SIPO in Ostland

    Contains photocopies of letters, memoranda, orders, directives, and various other documents relating to the organizational and operational structure of the Wehrmacht, SIPO, SS, SD, Einsatzgruppen A and B, Geheime Feldpolizei, Feldgendarmerie, Hilfspolizei, and Ordungspolizei in Latvia and the USSR. Of special interest is a copy of a letter, December 4, 1939, RSHA Amt II, concerning antisemitism and a pogrom.

  12. "Soviet War News"

    Photocopies of "Soviet War News" from 1944. Contains information about the German invasion of the USSR; the "sacking" of Kiev; mass killings; the Babi Yar massacre; killings in Rovno (a.k.a.Rowne) and Odessa; Soviet prisoners of war; the Majdanek concentration camp; the German invasion of Estonia; and the deportation and killing of citizens of Lʹviv (Lvov).

  13. Childhood memoirs of World War II

    The memoirs describe how Eva Edmands emigrated with her parents from Austria to France after the Anschluss and how they lived in hiding until France's liberation.