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  1. "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.

  2. 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.

  3. "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).

  4. 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.

  13. Oral history interview with Tina Strobos

    1. Testimony oral history collection

  14. Oral history interview with Edward Adler

    1. Testimony oral history collection