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  1. Letter relating to liberation experiences at Dachau and Landsberg

    "Dachau and Landsberg" is a 3 page letter (memoir) which relates to the Holocaust experiences of Edward Newell as a liberator in Europe.

  2. Selected records from the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD)

    Contains records relating to the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to1945; persecution of Jews in the Netherlands; looting of Jewish property; activities of the SS and Gestapo in the Netherlands during the German occupation; anti-Jewish measures in Dutch society after the German invasion; Jewish refugees; and German concentration camps and work camps in the Netherlands during World War II.

  3. Return home: from the diary of Ms. Gorzędowska

    Collection contains an excerpt from the donor's diary describing her underground schoolwork in the Warsaw ghetto from 1940 to her Gestapo arrest in May 1943. After being beaten in the Warsaw prison, Gorzędowska was sent to Auschwitz until January 1945. On January 17, 1945, she and others were led on a four-day march to an unnamed train depot, packed into boxcars, and taken to Ravensbrück; she arrived on January 25, 1945. In February 1945, she and others were transported to a camp located at Neustadt-Gleve. While there, Gorzędowska was able to be detailed to "house help" in the children's b...

  5. Selected records relating to concentration camps from the National Archives and Records Administration

    Contains camp registration name lists, transport name lists, camp arrival registers, death lists, lists of Jews who emigrated, personal property lists, medical records, death certificates, prisoner biographical data cards, postwar questionnaires, and other camp records. Included is information about the Buchenwald, Dachau, Sandbostel, Flossenbürg, Mauthausen, Hinzert, Natzweiler, Gross-Rosen, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. The collection also contains documents relating to various Gestapo branches and to the Jewish Agency.

  6. "Survival in the Lion's Den"

    Contains information about the experiences of Fred Angress's family during resettlement in Amsterdam and their life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The testimony draws from Angress' personal diary and other published sources, all of which are listed in a short bibliography. The testimony is dedicated to Nelly Gispen, a close friend of the author during the Holocaust era.

  7. Janina Spinner Mehlberg testimony

    Consists of a copy of a testimony by Janina Spinner Mehlberg. The testimony describes the experiences of Mehlberg and her husband as refugees in hiding in Lublin, Poland, during the Holocaust and their involvement with an underground movement to assist the prisoners of Majdanek concentration camp.

  8. The remembrance

    Consists of the transcript for the oral history video "The Remembrance" by Norman Feld. "The Remembrance" concerns the experiences of the Feld family in Poland as they attempted to escape Nazi persecution during the Holocaust. The bulk of the transcript contains information on Feld family genealogy and the emigration of family members to the United States after World War II. The oral history interview was conducted with Norman Feld's father, Stephen Feld, his uncle, Mel Feld, and his aunt, Estelle F. Nadel.

  9. L'univers concentrationnaire Conference internationale du 26 au 28 Octobre Washington sur la liberation des camps de concentration Nazis par les Arme Allie et Franaise

    Consists of "L'univers concentrationnaire" compiled by the French Embassy for the International Liberators Conference in October 1981. Included is a report concerning the general history of concentration camps and reports on selected individual camps. Among the camps with individual reports are Dachau, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Mauthausen, and Alderney (a.k.a. Aurigny).

  10. Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes records relating to Roma in Austria

    Consists of copies of various letters and government-generated documents relating to the fate of Roma in Austria during and after the Holocaust. The documents focus on topics such as deportations, establishment of concentration camps for Roma, forced labor of Roma, and transports of Roma to Mauthausen and Auschwitz.

  11. Blueprint copies for Buchenwald

    Includes three copies of the blueprint plans for Buchenwald concentration camp. Also included is a report by the Sixth Service Command describing conditions in Buchenwald in 1944. This report contains testimony by Henry Glass, a prisoner of Buchenwald for approximately four months, from September 1938 to January 1939. The report describes the physical layout of the camp, its administration, methods of torture practiced in the camp, and the colored markings used to identify the prisoners.

  12. 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.

  13. "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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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...

  19. 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.

  20. 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.