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  1. Ida L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Ida L., who was born in Krako?w, Poland in 1923. She recalls antisemitic incidents during her childhood; activities in a Zionist youth group; harsh conditions in the Krako?w ghetto; smuggling food to share with her sister; one sister's deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to P?aszo?w when the ghetto was liquidated in 1943; working in the laundry; random killings by camp commander Amon Goeth; a Jewish doctor being severely beaten and displayed in a wheel barrow as an example of punishment for helping others; declining to escape with help from a Polish friend fearing retr...

  2. Ida Marcus collection

    Consists of photographs and portraits, mostly pre-war, of members of the extended family of Ida Marcus (née Vanowsky/ Yarnilyski, also known as Chaie Marksfeld, later Fentel), originally of Russia. The family members pictured, some of whom lived in Łódź, all likely perished in the Holocaust. Also includes copies of Ida Marcus's naturalization papers and a copy of her daughter Minna's birth certificate.

  3. Ida N. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Ida N., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1924, the oldest of ten children. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; living with relatives in Krako?w; German invasion; returning home; one brother fleeing to Warsaw (she never saw him again); ghettoization; her father's death from starvation; deportation with her mother and siblings to Auschwitz; separation from her family (she never saw them again); wanting to die; transfer to Bremen; slave labor; a death march and train transport to Bergen-Belsen; lying next to corpses; liberation; assistance from the Red Cross; depressio...

  4. Ida Nathan papers

    The papers consist of two passes issued to Jacob Weisman [donor's uncle] in Auschwitz concentration camp.

  5. Ida Nestoyter collection

    Photograph: black and white image of two girls in the shape of a leaf with preprinted text above. Blue ink inscription on side of image, "Rapoport Ida." Verso, inscription in blue ink, "Ida Nestoyter/ Ida Rapoport/ (maiden name)", dated April- May 1945; Yampol, Ukraine.

  6. Ida Ney letters

    Contains correspondence sent by Ida Ney from Brno, Czechoslovakia, to her son Paul Ney, who was able to travel through Dublin and Rio de Janeiro before ultimately emigrating to the United States. The bulk of the correspondence describes Ida Ney's failed efforts to obtain a visa first to the United States and then to Cuba.

  7. Ida S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Ida S., who was born in Tarno?w, Poland in 1921, one of ten children. She recounts her father working as a kosher slaughterer and rabbi; one sister's emigration to Palestine in 1937; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; her father illegally continuing kosher slaughtering; a sister and brother fleeing to the Soviet Union; ghettoization; deportation of three brothers in June 1942; hiding in sewers, then with her brother-in-law in a cellar; deportation in cattle cars; escaping (she had false papers); returning to the Tarno?w ghetto; deportation to P?aszo?w in 1943;...

  8. Ida Schloss: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Ida Schloss who emigrated to the UK in 1939 to flee Jewish persecution in Austria.Personal papers including Ida Schloss' birth and marriage certificates, Austrian citizenship certificate as well as extract of birth register and death certificate of her husband Max Schloss.English German

  9. Ida Shrut Fisher collection

    Three black and white photographs relating to Josef Perell (donor's first cousin) and his experiences during the Holocaust.

  10. Ida Sterno photograph

    Contains a photograph of Ida Sterno, a social worker who was very active in Jewish underground organizations in Belgium during World War II. Rectangular form with scalloped edges; on recto, black and white image of headshot of a middle aged woman wearing a decorative pin at her neck; on verso, handwritten text that reads "Ida Sterno 1944" and photographer's stamp.

  11. Ida Szczygiel Yasterbelski Boisson memoir

    Contains a memoir, seven pages, about Ida Szczygiel Yasterbelski Boisson's experiences surviving in France with the aid of false identification papers.

  12. Ida Tenenbaum Yomtov manuscript

    Contains a 187 page manuscript with information about Ida Tenenbaum Yomtov's Holocaust experiences.

  13. Ida Weiss collection

    The collection consists of a steamer trunk and a passport relating to the experiences of Ida Weiss before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during her emigration to the United States in 1938.

  14. Idarius and Goldberg family collection

    Oral history interview with Abram Goldberg and a Yom HaShoah presentation by Abram Goldberg, Bela Goldberg, and Rene Durand

  15. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 2 opens inside a busy cafe, where Mayor Nettelbeck discusses Napoleon with two other men. Young Claus, the son of Nettlebeck's close friend Werner, hands Nettlebeck a proclamation in which Napoleon claims that he wants only to secure peace and prosperity in Europe. Nettelbeck is the only one of the three who thinks that Prussia should attempt to stand up to Napoleon. Back to the festival, where Nettelbeck's goddaughter Maria (Claus's sister) breaks off her dance to join Nettelbeck and her father inside their farmhouse. Nettelbeck tells Maria that he worries about her brother, who has b...

  16. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 5 begins with Gneisenau giving an inspiring speech to the Kolbergers in the square of the town. The speech ends with the words, "the best way to defend a fortress is to attack!" Schill is shown leading his soldiers into battle on white horses. Maria, presumably still on her return journey, is in a boat off the coast watching the battle from afar. The boat captain wants to go back but Maria insists on taking a rowboat to shore. Schill waits until the French get as close as possible before giving the order to shoot, thus inflicting as much damage as possible. Claus is shown briefly, clut...

  17. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 4 opens with Schill demanding that Lucadou release Mayor Nettelbeck, whom the commandant has imprisoned after Nettelbeck requisitioned cannons without Lucadou's permission. Schill announces that French scouts are almost upon Kolberg. The next scene shows Maria and Claus frantically hurrying cows away from burning buildings. Werner has set their house on fire rather than allow the French to stay there. In the next shot Maria stands outside Nettelbeck's jail cell. He hugs her as she grieves for her father, who was killed when their house burned down. Nettelbeck hands Maria a letter in wh...

  18. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 1 The opening title indicates that the film was written and begun in 1942 and that it is based on historical events. The first scene takes place in Breslau in 1813. General Wilhelm von Gniesenau bursts into the chambers of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and chastises him for refusing to enlist the citizenry to aid in the war effort against Napoleon. Gniesenau reminds the King of the perfomance of the citizens and especially the Mayor of Kolberg. The film flashes back to Vienna in 1806, where Franz II renounces his throne under the peace imposed by Napoleon. Veit Harlan, the director of Kol...

  19. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 3 opens to find Mayor Nettelbeck sitting at a large table with his advisers. He reads an ultimatum he has received from the French. While some of the councillors recommend capitulation, Nettelbeck again argues that they must stand and fight, and he delivers a patriotic refusal to surrender to the French envoy. Napoleon is furious when he hears of the tiny city's insolence and promises that Kolberg will be taken without pity for its inhabitants. Back in Kolberg, the members of the Werner family celebrate a somber New Year's Eve with Nettelbeck and Schill. Nettelbeck laments the fact tha...

  20. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 6 starts with Maria and Nettelbeck looking down at Friedrich's body. Outside, the battle continues to rage. As large numbers of French soldiers march toward Kolberg, Gneisenau discusses the overwhelming odds with Nettelbeck. He suggests that they surrender. Nettelbeck tells Gneisenau how much Kolberg means to the people who live there. He falls on his knees and begs Gneisenau not to surrender. Gneisenau hugs Nettelbeck and tells him that now they can die together. As the battle continues, the French debate whether they should halt their attack on the city, in light of the peace negotia...