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  1. David Wisnia songs written in Auschwitz (Oswiecim)

    Consists of the handwritten lyrics to four songs: "Oświęcim" (in Polish), "Oświęcim" (in Yiddish), "Mendele" (in Polish), and "Schweig, Herzele, Schweig" (in Yiddish), written by David Wisnia while imprisoned in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The lyrics were smuggled out of the camp in a metal can by Wisnia's friend, Isaiah Kalfus, during the evacuation of the camp. Also includes sheet music for "Oświęcim" written in 1984, as well as an audiocassette of the songs.

  2. Table of contents

    Title and contents page from a portfolio of reproduced drawings created by Henri Pieck depicting life as a prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in 1945.

  3. Correspondence and documents relating to Westerbork concentration camp

    Contains copies of correspondence and documents, circa 1942, relating to the experiences of Menil and Rosa Strawczynski's (donor's parents) at Westerbork.

  4. Album from the Jewish orphanage in Brest-Litovsk, Poland

    Contains a color photocopy of album with drawings, and a name list of Jewish children from a Jewish orphanage in Brest-Litovsk, Poland.

  5. Bruce Neuburger papers

    Contains a bound, self-published book containing biographies of various members of Neuburger family, and photocopies of documents used in trial of Benno Neuberger in Berlin in 1948.

  6. Letter from the Ichud (Kraków) to The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee regarding Oskar Schindler

    Consists a letter relating to Oscar Schindler's rescuing of Jews, and about his postwar financial condition.

  7. Bijvoegsel van de Nederlandse Staatscourant van Donderdag

    Contains supplements to the publication "Nederlanse Staatscourant," consisting of lists compiled by the Dutch Ministry of Justice accounting for missing Dutch residents and their likely or recorded fates after arrest and deportation during German occupation.

  8. Maps of Ukraine, Transnistria, and Rumania

    Contains copies of wartime maps of Ukraine, Transnistria, and Rumania [sic], reproduced from the collections of the Library of Congress.

  9. Photo album and memorabilia

    Contains an album of photographs, military patches, badges, and other memorabilia, compiled by a woman who served in some capacity in the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division during WWII. Most photographs appear to be in Belgium or the Netherlands, and many concern a pharmacy where she may have worked.

  10. Miscellaneous programs relating to the Holocaust

    Contains audio tapes on the following programs: "Euthanasia"; "Survivors of the Holocaust"; "Elie Wiesel at the National Press Club"; "Japanese Americans: The Redress Effort"; "Neo-Nazis in America"; "Women in the Holocaust" and "Children of Nazis."

  11. The Gyula Trebitsch papers

    Contains photocopies of three documents pertaining to Julius Trebitsch, 1945-1947. The first two relate to the organizations for liberated Jews/political prisoners in Holstein, 1945, the third is a Hungarian document from 1947, attesting to the treatment Trebitsch had received from Germans during imprisonment and work on forced labor battalion, 1942-1944.

  12. Robert McKeever papers

    Contains documents and photographs relating to Robert McKeever's service as a member of the Judge Advocate Division of the U.S. Army, and his involvement in investigating of German nationals , who committed atrocities at Dachau, Dachau-Allach, Landsberg, and Terezin concentration camps.

  13. Refugee soldier of World War II

    Testimony: Photocopy of typescript, 76 pages plus copy, titled "Refugee Soldier of World War II," describing experiences of Jack Hochwald, who fled from Austria as a 14 year old with his family in 1938, was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942, and assigned to an "Austrian Battalion."

  14. Hitler

    Typescript of text, read by a woman at a garden club in rural Ohio in 1933, concerning the rise of Adolf Hitler and persecution of Jews in Germany.

  15. Jacqueline K. Holland papers

    Contains a photocopied journal, written by Francois Montel, about events in Compiegne, France, from April to June 1942. Also includes photographs, a postcard, and an explanatory note from the donor.

  16. Jacob Avni papers

    Consist of photocopies of a memoir, news article, names lists of survivors, and other miscellaneous charts, correspondence, etc, in Hungarian, Hebrew, and/or Yiddish, written and compiled by Jacob Avni (born Gyoergy Steiner) in 1993.

  17. Ferenc Klopfer papers

    Consists of photocopied documents from Dr. Ferenc Klopfer, including a handwritten memoir of Klopfer's experiences in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Theresienstadt, written in the latter location after liberation in May 1945. A separate text describes in more detail events during the death march from Buchenwald to Theresienstadt in early 1945. Also included is a photocopy of the surviving portion of a list of patients treated by Klopfer in the hospital at Buchenwald, with names of patients, including their birthdates and places of birth, dates of their deaths, as well as diagnoses and causes of...

  18. Harry Kranz collection

    Contains photographs (33) and copy of typescript text (6 pages), describing a visit made by the donor to his parents' ancestral village in Poland in 1985 to seek traces of the Jewish cemetery and other buildings.

  19. Brian Wolfson collection

    Contains two bound volumes sent to the donor's family in 1950 by Judge Michael Musmanno of Pittsburgh, PA, who had served as a judge at the Einsatzgruppen Trial (part of the subsequent Nuremberg trials) in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1948. The first volume is his concurring opinion in the case of "United States vs. Oswald Pohl, et.al.," the second is "Opinion and Judgment of the Tribunal," Case No. 9, 8 April 1948, at which Musmanno was presiding judge. Also contains two letters from Musmanno to Emanuel Wolfson, which were enclosed with each volume when mailed in 1950.

  20. Memoir

    Contains a photocopy of typescript text, unpaginated (approximately 50-60 pages), titled "Escape from Gestapo and S.S." by K. Elsberg.