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  1. List of war crimes suspects from Gerolzhofen

    Letter from Louis Hahn, of Milwaukee but originally from Gerolzhofen, Germany. Letter, written in 1946 and addressed to American Military Government in Gerolzhofen, sought to identified leading Nazi figures in that town, as Hahn remembered them, so could be apprehended by authorities and tried.

  2. Communist Party of Romania records

    Contains documents regarding war crimes trials in Romania, and extracts from memoirs of Gheorghe Tatarascu, Prime Minister from 1936-1937 and Minister of Foreign Affairs From 1944-1946.

  3. Benjamin K. Raphael collection

    Contains pages from an unidentified publication of names of German doctor's who are non-Aryan and enemies of the Nazi State.

  4. Deposition of Isaak Egon Ochshorn

    Photocopied document, looks to be testimony from Ochshorn given for purposes of trials at Nuremberg, about life in six Nazi concentration camps. Is in German, but also appears to have handwritten Hebrew translation.

  5. Documents relating to postwar Jewish refugee activities in the United States

    Program (mimeographed) for Hanukkah celebration at "The Haven: Buffalo Jewish Club" in 1947, along with text of speech given there and lyrics of songs.

  6. A memoir and letter relating to Holocaust experiences

    Testimony, 19 pages, typescript; and letter, 2 pages, typescript, from Ellenberg, of Nashville, TN, describing his experiences as child in Mannheim, witnessing Kristallnacht, arrest and imprisonment at Dachau, being a forced laborer in Paderborn for 4 years, then deportation to Auschwitz.

  7. ID card from Deutsche Ortskommandatur Mogilev

    Consists of one identity card issued by the Deutsches Ortskommandatur Mogilev.

  8. A memoir relating to pre-war experiences in Germany and the United States

    Testimony, 5 pages, handwritten, by Rennert (1994), originally from Mannheim, Germany. Describes persecution in Germany, immigration to the United States, joining the Army and fighting in the Italian campaign and in southern France, where he was captured by Germans and survived remainder of war as POW and forced laborer.

  9. Personal history

    Consists of a handwritten memoir, 2 pages, written by Lilly Aron Weiss, originally of Balassagyarmat, Hungary. In the memoir, she describes her experiences in Hungary in 1944, her deportation to Auschwitz, being separated from her family, and life in Auschwitz. In the fall of 1944, she was transferred to the Ashesleben airplane factory and from there, to Theresienstadt, where she was liberated.

  10. Wolf Hochman memoir

    Testimony, 1 page, handwritten, recalling author's experiences as child of British father and German mother in Leipzig, internment in camp on Bodensee for several years, reuniting with father, and family's emigration to England.

  11. Bassia Wharton memoir

    Testimony, three pages, typescript, similar description to that of husband (David Wharton; see 1995.A.1150), of life in Kaunas, invasion, ghetto of Slabodka.

  12. Memoir

    Testimony, circa 40 pages, typescript, concerning author's experiences in Gleiwitz, Buchenwald, Auschwitz.

  13. Bertold J. Vilner memoir

    Testimony, 2 pages, typescript. Relates experiences in and around Minsk during German occupation, including Minsk ghetto.

  14. Leya Tsvayner papers

    Information compiled circa 1989-1994, describing the occupation of Dubossar, Moldova, from 1941 onward, with list of names of families from there. Compiled by a memorial committee seeking to document events in that town, led by G. Kiseleva and A. Moskaleva.

  15. Asya and Zakhar Mikhelman memoir

    Testimonies, four pages, handwritten, relating to experiences of Asya and Zakhar Mikhelman. Asya was from Brailov, Zakhar from Tiraspol, and both describe experiences during occupation of Moldova.

  16. David Wharton memoir

    Testimony, one page, typescript. Brief description of experiences in Kaunas, in ghetto of Slabodke, then Stutthof, then liberation. Met and married his wife, Bassia (see 1995.A.1151), in Slabodke.

  17. Leon Bitner papers

    Testimony, 1 page, typewritten, along with photocopies of list of family members, and of photographs of Bitner. Brief description of life in Warsaw Ghetto and of period when he was hidden outside ghetto.

  18. Sally Pitluk memoir

    Testimony, four pages, handwritten. From Plonsk, Poland, describes life there, German invasion, creation of ghetto, and deportation to Auschwitz.

  19. A memoir

    Testimony, 1 page, photocopied from standard museum questionnaire form, plus five separate pages of handwritten text.

  20. A Memoir relating to experiences in Poland and Germany during the Holocaust

    Testimony, 4 pages, handwritten, relating experiences of donor, originally of Kalisz, Poland, in pre-war times, German occupation, and her own time as forced laborer at Neusalz (sub-camp of Gross Rosen) and Flossenbürg.