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  1. Regina Tigel papers

    Photocopy of Soviet document, attesting that donor (Regina Blufstein) fought as a partisan during war, and tear sheet from a Russian-language Israeli newspaper (1991), with an article telling Blufstein's (Tigel's) story, as well as two copy print photos of her.

  2. Arthur Kleinman and family papers

    Testimony, oral history transcript, 48 pages, typescript, titled "Interview of Blanche Stern, by Carol Oster and Art Kleinman." Describes childhood in Munkacs, Hungary (Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia), deportation to Auschwitz.

  3. Karima Cristella collection

    Contains papers relating to refugee relief work of the Rev. Peter Abraham Azar.

  4. "Memoirs of Violet Dattner"

    Consists of a transcript of the dictated memoir of Violet Dattner, originally of Transylvania. She studied in Paris in the 1930s and met and married her husband, Willy, in Belgium in 1938. They lived in Antwerp until May 1940 when they escaped into France. They were temporarily arrested in 1940, attempted to escape through Spain, but were turned back to Belgium. In 1940, they were able to escape to Havana, Cuba. She also describes her experiences trying to help other family emigrate and in the post-war years, to obtain restitution and information regarding family who perished, as well as he...

  5. Place called Dachau

    Testimony, 2 pages, photocopy of typescript, account by American soldier titled "Place Called Dachau" about liberation of that camp by Allied soldiers.

  6. Roman Ziegler and family papers

    Copy of letter to Roman Ziegler, 1981, from Council of Jewish Communities in CSSR, concerning Ziegler's search for the grave of his sister, Bala. Also, copy of article from Czech newspaper (undated) describing Ziegler's search for information about his sisters' fate, as well as a translation of the same, along with a photo of the gravesite.

  7. Photographs of Hitler and of prisoners of war

    Photographs (3), only caption is on one of Hitler riding in a car, with date of March 1936 and caption of "Pauluskirche" then an illegible word. One of soldiers in open rail car, one of women wrapped in shawls.

  8. Albert Rosenberg papers

    The Albert Rosenberg papers is comprised of materials collected by Albert Rosenberg of the United States Army Psychological Warfare Division during his deployment to Europe during World War II. The bulk of this collection is comprised of the original Buchenwald Report typescript prepared by Albert, his Intelligence team, and Eugen Kogen in May 1945, along with numerous testimonies and statements contributed by former prisoners. Correspondence related to the creation of this report is also included in this collection, some of which is between Rosenberg, his colleagues and superiors regarding...

  9. Memoir of Dr. Blanca Rosenberg

    Testimony, typescript, in chapters, circa 150 pages. Recounts experiences in either Eastern Poland or western Soviet Union (Kolomija) from time of German invasion, through deportation to ghettos in Lwow and Warsaw, and time as forced laborer in Heidelberg.

  10. Albert and Hilde Simon papers

    Mimeographed names list, compiled circa late 1940s, with report by Erich Simon from 1948, writing about Theresienstadt. Addressed to members of "F.W.Ver." Also contains a couple of documents relating to Kurt and Hauptman of Jackson Heights, NY.

  11. Morris and Hanna Stark papers

    Contains photocopies of letters, photographs, and documents, related primarily to Morris Stark's post-war experiences in a Displaced Persons camp, and later correspondence regarding restitution process.

  12. Photographs of Dachau and other World War II scenes

    Photographs, in album, taken by German émigré working with U.S. Army, in Bavaria, 1945. Shows towns (Mittenwald), and camp at Dachau, with liberated prisoners, and dead SS officers. Album appears to be compiled by someone other than Sieburth since it gives information about him in a caption label at end.

  13. Addison Moll collection

    Contains numerous photographs accompanied by a mimeographed text titled "Photos of the Signal Corps, Story of the 166th" (approximately 32 pages). The photos depict events in France, Luxembourg, and western Germany, many with captions on verso.

  14. Documents and publication relating to Larry L. Watts's monograph on Ion Antonescu

    Letter and related documents, sent from Gruber in 1995, with a letter challenging the work of two American historians (labeled as revisionists) on Antonescu. Charles Gruber (donor) was a personal secretary to W. Filderman, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities from Romania.

  15. A memoir relating to the liberation of Dachau

    Testimony, 6 pages, photocopy of typescript, recounting experiences of Dan Daugherty, an American soldier, at liberation of Dachau.

  16. Testimony relating to the execution of Jews

    Testimony, in form of one handwritten fragmentary letter, dated 1995, from a man who said he had just shared a hospital room with someone who would be a "first class witness for your Holo-Institute." He recounts the experiences of the man, Hermann Knoch, who served in the army on the Eastern Front and was witness to mass shootings of Jewish civilians.

  17. Documents relating to confiscation of Jewish property and recruitment of doctors and pharmacists to replace deported Jews in Gollub and Briesen

    Photocopies of documents, related to confiscation of Jewish property in occupied Poland, September-November 1939. One document has stamp from Polish State Archive, Torun (Thorn).

  18. Documents relating to in hiding in Berlin

    Photocopies of documents pertaining to post-war experiences of Hella Zacharias in Germany.

  19. A memoir

    Testimony, 7 pages, typescript, titled "An Account of the Holocaust," by Sam Seif (Shlomo Zaif). Account of author's family during German invasion of Poland (they lived in Kalisz), transport to ghetto at Rzeszow, then at Płaszów camp, then as forced laborer in or near Czestochowa. Account appears to have been written by one of Seif's children.

  20. A memoir and documents relating to Holocaust experiences

    Testimony, plus documents, photocopied, in Russian, with some English translation and an inventory, about the author's experience during the German occupation of Kiev, including an eyewitness account of mass killing at Babi Yar.