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  1. Mark and Elsa Rubenstein papers

    Testimony, 2 pages, typescript, with outline-type list of experiences of Mark and Elsa Rubinstein during Holocaust, and Polish newspaper clipping about them.

  2. Memoir

    Testimony, 5 pages, handwritten, from Tuten in form of letter to Michael Abidor at Jewish Community Center in Charleston, SC, written in 1993. Describes experiences in U.S. Army during WWII, and in particular, account of atrocities committed at camp between Helmstedt and Magdeburg (is likely describing aftermath of Gardelegen massacre).

  3. A memoir relating to experiences in Zba̧szyń and emigration to England to the United States

    Four pages of typescript testimony about the experience of a Polish family living in Minden, Germany before World War II, growing antisemitism during 1930s, training in vocational program and apprentice on farm in Oldenburg, and their arrest and deportation during the Polenaktion of 1938 to the camp in Zbąszyń. After efforts of friends from a German farm, he was able to immigrate to England in 1939, but his parents and siblings never made it out of Poland and perished.

  4. Jeanette Wohlhendler identification card

    Identification card, 1947, attesting that Jeanette Wohlhendler (nee Jeckel) had been a prisoner at Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen.

  5. Affidavits and memoir relating to experiences in Auschwitz and Mauthausen

    Testimony, 1 page, typescript, of Burekhovich, who gives a brief summary of his deportation from Hungary to Auschwitz and subsequent camps, along with notarized document from fellow camp survivor, who attested to the veracity of Burekhovich's account, Los Angeles, 1989.

  6. Moses and Ruth Rontal collection

    Consists of scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, books, family tree information and clippings regarding the life and Holocaust experiences of Moses and Ruth Rontal. Moses, originally of Vilna, was the chief cantor in Radom prior to the war; he lost his wife and daughter in the Holocaust, survived several concentration camps, and met Ruth Gold, who also lost her husband and children in the Holocaust, in the Dachau concentration camp. They married in Stuttgart in April 1946 and arrived in the United States in May 1946, where Moses Rontal continued his work as a cantor. Includes photographs of ...

  7. Emily Sosnow collection

    Consists of a photocopy of a packet from the "Visas for Life: The Story of Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara" exhibit, seen at the Museum of Tolerance between January and March 1995, and a copy of pages 5-14 of a report written by Emily Sosnow related to Japanese relations with Jews and life in the Shanghai ghetto, which she wrote for a local section of the National Council of Jewish Women.

  8. Ausstellung SA-Gefaengis General-Pape-Strasse 1933 7 Kuenstler zeigen Arbeiten am Authentischen Ort Reaktionen auf Spuren und Dokumente

    Packet of documentation about history of barracks complex in Berlin on the General-Pape-Strasse used by the S.A. in 1933 as a location to imprison and torture political opponents of the Nazi regime. Velobound, contains history of complex, copies of documents and news clippings, photos of documentary filmmakers or others researching history and talking with survivors in 1990s.

  9. Erna Rettberg Bauer papers

    The Erna Rettberg Bauer papers comprise documents assembled by Erna in pursuit of legal action to regain her family’s property. Many of the documents focus on Julius Rettberg and his relationship with Friedel Bredderman, the wife of Sturmabteilung Trooper, Paul Bredderman who was allegedly responsible for taking advantage of Julius and the Rettberg family. These documents include correspondence with members of the United States House of Representatives, copies of Julius’ will, citizenship papers, and identification papers, paperwork relating to the deed of the property, testimony from frien...

  10. Memoir

    Testimony, 3 pages, typescript, written by Rudy Cohn (Bal Harbour, FL, 1995), describing how his wife's aunt, Flora Einson, returned to Kaiserslautern, Germany in 1936 with goal of helping as many family members as possible immigrate to the United States, and how Cohn and his wife accompanied her to the United States on her trip back.

  11. ID cards relating to Ebensee

    Identification documents, postwar, from a displaced person (DP) and former camp inmate.

  12. Semen Borokhovskiy collection

    Contains memoir, photograph, certificate, map, and news clips relating to experiences in Pechora.

  13. Johtje Vos colledtion

    Testimony, 217 pages, photocopy of typescript, titled "From the Entrance of the Tunnel." Describes activities of author and her husband in Dutch resistance and hiding Jews during German occupation of Netherlands.

  14. Testimony

    Photocopy of typescript report, 37 pages, "Special Report on the Concentration Camp Buchenwald, by Father Heribert Froboese, O.F.M., former prisoner…" written by someone at SHAEF for transmittal to White House.

  15. Irena Peritz papers

    The Irena Peritz papers include her autograph book, diary, and memoir documenting her friendships in Lvov and Borysław and her family’s experiences in the Borysław ghetto and labor camp and in hiding. The papers also include letters from Janka and Niuta Teicher documenting their experiences in the Drohobycz labor camp and Dachówczarnia brick factory. The autograph book includes signatures, poems, and drawings by Irena Peritz’s friends in Lvov and Borysław. Correspondence consists of letters written by Janka and Niuta Teicher in the Dachówczarnia labor camp in Drohobycz to Irena Peritz in Bo...

  16. Shlomo Meltzer memoir

    Testimony, 98 pages, photocopy of typescript, titled "A Jew" by Shlomo Meltzer, giving account of childhood near Lwow, invasion of Germans, war years, etc. Also includes Russian typescript version of same, along with copied Russian documents and photos.

  17. A memoir and deportation list

    Testimony, 2 pages, photocopied typescript, titled "As my father told me," with quotes from author's father, who was at Auschwitz. Enclosed is copy of Hungarian names list.

  18. Testimony: "Life under three flags, or, the story of a survivor,"

    Testimony, 27 pages, typescript, titled "Life under three flags, or, the story of a survivor," by Dov Eshel of Netanya, Israel. Account of life in small town in eastern Poland/western Ukraine, occupation, partisan, fighting with Red Army and Polish forces.

  19. Documents relating to Janis Lipke rescuer of Jews in Latvia

    Photographs and news clippings (mostly in Russian) related to memorial that was created in 1987 to honor the memory of Janis Lipke, a Latvian who saved 53 Jews in Riga during the occupation. Includes photos of Lipke as an elderly man, photos of the memorial, and of the dedication event.

  20. Harry Fogel collection

    Consists of a photocopy of a diary, in Polish, written by Harry Fogel between 1939-1944. In the diary, he describes his life in the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto, including the experience of purchasing food, the morale of those in the ghetto, and attempts at resistance. Also includes a photocopy of a speech, in English, which Harry Fogel gave at the Łódź ghetto commemorative ceremony in Montreal, Canada, on October 10,1994.