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  1. Rafael Fischer papers

    Original letters/diaries from Braslav (1941?), as well as later transcript of a Russian document (1944, transcript in 1990s), and document in Yiddish, unidentified, with background info on Braslav from Museum of Jewish Diaspora (1980s). Context needs to be determined.

  2. Donald E. Wolpe collection

    Testimony. Thirteen (13) pages, with additional copied documents, titled "Masha: Why Me? An Unlikely True Story," by Donald Wolpe, about the experiences of Masha Wolpe, and her family (originally of Kaunas, Lithuania).

  3. Pages from a notebook and return from the gate of death relating to conditions at Melk

    Testimony. Two photocopied documents. First is photocopy of a manuscript, 4 pages; the other is one typescript page (photocopy), both have accompanying note, presumably from donor, explaining that contents of both are from former prisoners at camp in Melk, Austria. Describes beating and mistreatment of prisoner at Melk, the other describes transfer of prisoner from Melk to Mauthausen.

  4. Ruth Kantor collection

    The Ruth Kantor collection consists of pre-war photographs of family members of Joseph and Ruth Kantor in Poland, as well as a photograph of the Kantors, circa 1980s-1990s. The collection also includes two postcards sent from the Birkenau concentration camp, 1943. One postcard appears to be addressed from Ruth’s mother to Ruth Kantor.

  5. Records relating to Jews in Ukraine during World War II

    Photocopied documents, all related to Archbishop Andrei Szeptycki (Sheptytsky) of the Ukrainian Catholic church, and his role and activities during the occupation of Ukraine.

  6. Klion family papers

    Envelopes, and in a few cases postcards, sent from Polish POWs in German prison camps (Oflag II-C, Oflag VII-A) to recipients in New York, 1941-1942.

  7. Korn family papers

    The Korn family papers includes five photographic postcards of a concentration camp, likely Buchenwald concentration camp following its liberation. The collection also includes two letters written by an American G.I. named "Ward," written to his mother, June and August 1945. One of the letters describes a visit to Buchenwald concentration camp.

  8. Holocaust in the Ukraine

    Typescript of text, approximately 200 pages, by A.I. Kruglov, titled "Kholokaust na Ukraine, 1941-1944," completed by Kruglov in 1993. This text was submitted by Steffan Sella in 1994 who included a handwritten explanation in English about Kruglov's work.

  9. Max Mermelstein papers

    Testimony, typescript, 17 pages, "Surviving the Forest," by Max Mermelstein, translated from Yiddish, originally appeared in Skala Memorial Book (1978), recalling events in Borshchov ghetto and in Skala, circa 1943-1944. File also contains photocopied archival documents about the Jewish communities of these towns.

  10. Selma Pickman papers

    Photographs, letter, and articles relating to Holocaust survivors, displaced persons, and the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  11. Samuel L. Tennenbaum papers

    Testimony, consisting of photocopied fragment of wartime diary of Tennenbaum, later published as "Zloczow Diary," as well as photocopies of supporting documents, such as identity cards and correspondence.

  12. Ruth B. Weitz family papers

    Correspondence, mostly from cousins in Yugoslavia and Israel, 1948-1950, describing events of war years. Includes photocopied documents from period of occupation of Yugoslavia, concerning Melanie Ormosch (cousin of donor).

  13. Memoir of Holocaust experiences in Russia

    Testimony. Photocopy of manuscript, 22 pages, untitled, author unidentified. Describes the German invasion of Soviet Union and occupation of an unnamed village midway between Vilnius and Minsk, and life she and her husband experienced in hiding during occupation.

  14. My meeting with Heinrich Himmler - April 20/21, 1945

    The collection consists of three versions of Norbert Masur's report of his meeting with Heinrich Himmler on April 20-21, 1945. Included is a copy of Masur’s original report in German, a version entitled “En Jude Talar Med Himmler” published in Swedish in 1945, and an English translation completed by Masur’s nephwer, Henry Karger. Masur was a member of the Swedish section of the World Jewish Congress. At his meeting with Himmler, Norbert Masur negotiated the release of 7,000 Jewish women from Ravensbrück concentration camp, and the women arrived in Sweden in April 1945.

  15. Correspondence relating to the persecution of Jews from Drohobycz

    Photocopied correspondence. Once letter, in Polish, with English translation, and one postcard, sent from I. Karliner in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to another Karliner family member in Russia, reporting on news she has heard about the family; all of them had been deported and no news since.

  16. Abram Kashtan collection

    The Abram Kashtan collection contains various documents relating to Abram Kashtan, a Holocaust survivor who hid in a barn for a year before joining with anti-Nazi partisans. Included in the collection are his diary filled with partisan and camp songs, health documents such as an immunization record and health certificate, and identification documents such as identification cards and a certificate of service. Also included is a newspaper copy of an article detailing the story of Cezary Chorążyczewski, who was awarded Yad Vashem’s Righteous Among the Nations for his family’s role in saving Ab...

  17. Krieger and family papers

    Correspondence from Benno Stern, while imprisoned at Buchenwald, and his death certificate documenting his death there in 1940, as well as correspondence from and about Bertha Mayer in Theresienstadt.

  18. Krieger and Lederer family papers

    Documents related to Lederer family, of Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Includes letter from Francis Lederer in 1945, describing what happened to various family members during the Holocaust, and between Harold Marx of Teaneck, NJ and the U.S. Consulate in Prague (March 1939), regarding efforts to obtain a visa for Zdenka Lederer.

  19. Memoir by a survivor who experienced the Łódź Ghetto, Auschwitz and Stutthoff concentration camps

    Contians a memoir of the author's experiences in the Łódź Ghetto and the Auschwitz and Stutthoff concentration camps.

  20. Articles relating to the murder of Jews in Lwow

    Newspaper. Issue of Yiddish newspaper "Ibergang," published in Munich, 1 June 1947. An article about Lwow ghetto is circled in red pencil at bottom of page 1.