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  1. Document

    The Jewish Communities of Shanghai collection comprises photocopies of a sample of archival materials about the Jewish communities of Shanghai from archival and private sources in Taipei, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Materials include records from the Kuomintang Archives and Shanghai Municipal Archives and from individuals Regina Strubreiter, Annemarie Pordes, and Tess Johnston. Records from the Kuomintang Archives include catalogs, foreign ministry records, Shanghai city government announcements, Shanghai Kuomintang Party records, newspapers, and clippings. Records from the Shanghai Municipal ...

  2. Photographs of mass grave sites at Dora-Mittelbau

    Photographs of mass graves at Dora-Mittelbau being viewed by local German residents of Nordhausen.

  3. Robert E. Herzstein collection

    Consists of a paper entitled "The American Media, the Survivors and the Establishment of the State of Israel 1945-1948: An Analysis of 'Time,' 'Life,' and 'The New York Times'," by Dr. Robert Edwin Herzstein. The paper, 47 pages, was presented at an international conference entitled "The Jewish People at the End of World War II," held at Yad Vashem on October 10, 1995.

  4. Thekla Samuel papers

    The Thekla Samuel papers contain documents relating to Thekla Samuel, a Jewish nurse from Cologne, Germany who sought refuge from Nazi persecution in Belgian Congo in 1938. At the time of increasing hostility towards Jews, Thekla fled Germany by marrying her pen pal, German born watchmaker, Erich Samuel who lived in Elisabethville, Belgian Congo. Included among her papers is correspondence from friends and family in Germany, primarily from her father, Moritz Bamberger, and papers documenting her travel preparations including a fiancée visa request filed by Erich, her ship passage informatio...

  5. Alfred Meyer papers

    Death certificate for Alfred Meyer, who died at Buchenwald in November 1938, and receipts for expenses of his burial at Jewish Cemetery in Frankfurt am Main; letter from camp announcing his death to his widow, Mrs. Erna Meyer; and later correspondence (post-war) as she sought to trace fates of other family members.

  6. Edward S. Lowenstern papers

    Photo of anti-semitic caricatures near donor's former home in Germany (1936), small leaflets with antisemitic and Nazi slogans on them (such as "Wir achten keinerlei Klasse, sondern die arische Rasse!"), and news clipping.

  7. Short history of my life

    Testimony, 2 pages, typescript, of survivor who was infant at time of occupation of Riga.

  8. My nightmare in hell

    Testimony, 19 pages, typescript, titled "My Nightmare in Hell," by Harold Spear (Hercko Szpiro). Describes childhood in Poland, invasion by Germans, labor camp in Lublin, Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz, and death marches.

  9. Saul Cohn papers

    Photocopy of correspondence between Lila Perl and Harry Stein, director of the archives at the Buchenwald Memorial, seeking information in their records about Ozjasz (Saul) Cohn. Cohn had worked assembling parts for V-1 and V2 rockets at Stassfurt, and saw his father briefly while imprisoned at Buchenwald. Cohn asked Perl for help in tracking information about his father, Nutta Cohn.

  10. Echoes from the past: the story of Janina

    Testimony, 124 pages, typescript, titled "Echoes from the Past: The Story of Janina," by Irene Bazan Waller, written about her mother's experiences in Poland during the war and occupation. Was submitted as senior thesis in College of Lifelong Learning at Wayne State University in 1995.

  11. Morris Krakowsky memoir

    Testimony, 27 pages and photos, typescript, titled "Morris Krakowsky Memoir," dated 1995. Describes experiences in his hometown of Łódź prior to and during occupation, and at Skarżysko labor camp, then Buchenwald, and at Landsberg DP camp after liberation.

  12. Copy of a research report entitled "Captain Ocskay, a righteous man."

    Historical text, circa 150 pages, titled "A Research Into the Activities of Captain Ocskay Laszlo of the Hungarian Army, during the Years 1944-1945," documenting his efforts to save Jewish prisoners in a Hungarian labor battalion. By Dan Danieli of Riverdale, NY, 1995.

  13. Jan Zwartendijk papers

    Contains information about Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch consul in Kaunas, who worked with Chiune Sugihara to help Jews escape Lithuania.

  14. Photocopies of miscellaneous German correspondence relating to the escape of Czeslaw Mordowicz from Auschwitz and the condition in the camp as of 1944

    Photocopied documents describing the escape of Czeslaw Mordowicz from Auschwitz in 1944.

  15. Ruben J. Baer papers

    Correspondence from Baer to his parents, spring 1945, while he served in U.S. Army in Germany. Describes scene at concentration camp near Hannover.

  16. David Zdenek memoir

    Testimony, 16 pages, typescript, titled "The War, the Nazi protectorate, and Victory," by David Zdenek. Focuses on author's mother, but also discusses his experiences in occupied Czechoslovakia.

  17. Papers of the Blumenthal family

    Consists of photocopies of list of residents of "the Jews' House", Munster; of drawing of "Das Judenhaus" from publication; and of correspondence (German and English translation) from Tea Blumenthal and Rabbi Steinthal.

  18. Alexander Primavesi papers

    The Alexander Primavesi papers contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi relating to activities of the Gestapo in Dortmund, Germany between 1933 and 1945. The papers include records relating to the development of the Westphalian state police office in Dortmund, Arnsberg, forced labor, persecution of Jews, religious communities and other minorities in the district of Arnsberg. The Alexander Primavesi papers primarily contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi concerning Gestapo activity in Dortmund Germany from 1933-1945. The contents of each report are as follows: Fol...

  19. German town; Degenerate Art exhibit in Munich

    In the medieval German town of Eisenach, passersby, civilians, artist painting quaint scene outdoors. EXTs Wartburg fortress walls. LS, hillside. 00:13:52 Industrial exhibition in Dusseldorf, high angle views. Visitors at displays, including farm equipment: "Stahl-Kombinus" and "Leichte Maschinen". Fountain inside exhibition, crowds. 00:15:25 Very crowded city square in Weimar in summer. Throngs of people, many seated at tables outdoors, men in uniform, women in summer dresses. Large group dancing, ballroom style (motion is slowed down in film). Banners with swastikas surround the square. 0...

  20. Courting, rehabilitation, and the sick at Belsen

    British officer speaks to British MPs sitting in chairs in front of a building, smoking. VAR views, CUs. Sign reads HEADQUARTERS BELSEN CAMP. Women walking in street. Another tree-lined street with pedestrians, mostly soldiers and women. Entering building. Board reading, ARMY WELFARE SERVICE TONIGHT. Women in courtyard of camp. INT, British rehabilitation workers (women) providing survivors (women) with new clothing, shoes, hats. Woman helping boy with clothing. Survivors exiting, boarding truck, driving away, waving to camera. More similar sequences. British MPs and civilian women, courtin...