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  1. Harriet R. Karan collection

    Testimony, typescript, eight pages, titled "An Unforgettable Tale" by Nora Hope Karan, describing her experiences during German invasion of the Netherlands, imprisonment at Westerbork, then deportation to Bergen Belsen, liberation, life as DP, and immigration to U.S. Separate typescript (2 pages) titled "Eva" by Harriet Karan, letter addressed to her after death in 1978.

  2. Documents relating to the Paul Grueninger case

    Contains press reports, court records relating to the trial of Paul Grueninger, who saved 3,000 Jews.

  3. Hertz family history

    Testimonies, containing both German and English versions of memoir by Fred Hertz, titled "Four Hundred Forty Six Years and Ten Days," about life of Hertz family and relatives in Coesfeld, Germany, experiences after Nazis came to power, Kristallnacht, and emigration to Palestine via the Netherlands.

  4. Fela Grynbaum-Fonti collection

    News clippings from 1990s, and other documents from same era, about Fela Grynbaum and her work with Australian journalist to investigate story of Auschwitz inmate Rosa Robota.

  5. Joan Schwab memoir

    Testimony, typescript, 8 pages, titled "Life in England," by Joan Schwab (formerly Ingeborg Nussbaum). Describes life in Germany, desire to leave Germany after Kristallnacht, and experiences she and her brother Hans encountered on Kindertransport that took them to England in 1939, and life in Chichester during war.

  6. Memoir and letter relating to experiences during the Holocaust

    Letter (copy) that Kuttner sent to an attorney in Cologne, Germany, in 1965 (likely in restitution case) detailing experiences during war, in particular death march from Helmbrecht camp to Czechoslovakia in early 1945. Also, copies of poetry presumably written by Kuttner.

  7. David Kirsh collection

    Contains documents relating to donor's membership in the Belgian resistance and the Comite de Defense des Juifs de Charleroi.

  8. August Schultheis memoir

    Letter, one page, from August Schultheis of Vincennes, IN, addressed to USHMM in 1995, accompanying photos and explaining his own role as U.S. soldier in liberation of Landsberg camp.

  9. Max Liebster papers

    Photocopied documents, including post-war ID identifying Liebster as former prisoner at concentration camp, family photo, list of Jews from Reichenbach and their fates.

  10. Andrew Theodore collection

    Testimony, 1 page, handwritten, about Andrew Theodore's role in U.S. Army as a liberator of Buchenwald. Includes three specimens of Buchenwald scrip.

  11. Memoir

    Testimony, 18 pages, typescript, titled "My Experience in Nazi Times," written as letter to family in 1989. Describes childhood in Darmstadt during 1930s, persecutions of Jews, and family's immigration to U.S. (Los Angeles).

  12. Moritz Weisberg collection

    Contains a memoir and poems relating to experiences in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Gusen.

  13. Memoir

    Testimony, 17 pages, "A Holocaust Survivor's Story," by Marion Landau (1989). Describes German invasion and occupation of Bedzin, Poland, transfer to forced labor camp at Gleiwitz, and later, to Dachau.

  14. Photographs relating to the deportation and emigration of Jews

    Contains three photographs. One shows suitcases in a Holocaust museum exhibit, focusing on one for Hanna Minska, a child. Label on edge of photo is from Mrs. Rubin Minsky of Anaheim, CA, so is likely photo of her suitcase during time of deportation to camps (credited to L.A. Times). Other two photos are of Carole Kahan and Sara Zilberstein.

  15. Jane Smith Bernhardt collection

    Contains a typescript letter dated December 14, 1999, with handwritten annotations, as well as a videocasette entitled "Love Elly."

  16. Holocaust stories "A tribute to our parents."

    Testimony, 70 pages, photocopy of typescript, titled "Holocaust Stories: A Tribute to our Parents," assembled by Roseanne, Ed, and Phyllis Lion. Describes parents' childhood (in Baden and Bavaria, respectively), rising anti-Jewish persecution, Kristallnacht, internment in camps in France, etc. SEE 1995.A.0937

  17. Shanghai echo

    Bound issues of eleven volumes of the newspaper "Shanghai Echo," from 1945-1949.

  18. Perel Faust memoir

    Testimony, 30 pages, photocopy of typescript, on cover notes that it was written by Perel Faust (nee Reiner). Account of German occupation of town in Poland, translated from Hebrew.

  19. Ruth Sien memoir

    Testimony, 14 pages, typescript, from Ruth Sien (born Rachele Faust), of Cranbury, NJ, originally from a village near Rzeszow, Poland. Describes German occupation of Poland, hiding in farms and forests, posing as a Gentile, and survival through war, liberation, pogroms, immigration to U.S.

  20. A memoir

    Testimony, 7 pages, photocopy of typescript in German, along with English summary, relating to experiences of Martin Starke during war. Starke's own account was written in 1947. Describes Starke's arrest in Hamburg, imprisonment at Fuhlsbuettel, deportation to Auschwitz, time there as forced laborer, death march to Gleiwitz, then train to Mauthausen and other locations before end of war.