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  1. Ration book

    The ration book ("Zuteilungskarte") was issued by the Jewish Committee in Hannover, Germany, to Frieda Landau.

  2. Charlotte Ader papers

    The papers consist of a birth certificate for administrative use issued by the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères in France for Abraham Blatt donor's father who was unable to provide proof of his original nationality and an identification card issued by the Fédération Nationale des Centres d'Entr'Aide des Internés et Deportés Politiques in France to Abraham Blatt concerning his internment in Auschwitz.

  3. Susan Laurents papers

    The papers consist of a Jewish identification card ("Kennkarte") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Köln (Cologne), Germany; a worker's book ("Arbeitsbuch") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Cologne, Germany, and stamped by Federnfabrik Bernhard Stübecke; a change of address report ("Abmeldung") issued by the police to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Hemer, Germany; and a tax document ("Lohnsteuerkarte") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Hemer, Germany.

  4. Victoria Hopkins papers

    The papers consist of a camera permit, a document recognizing honorable discharge from the United States Army, a discharge certificate, and a Separation Qualification Record. All of the materials were issued to Orville Barlow [donor's grandfather] who served in the United States Army during World War II.

  5. Christmas card from soldier

    The stationery card has "Adolf Hitler" embossed in the upper left corner. A message in German is written on the recto and has an illegible signature. A message in English is written on the verso: "Merrie sic Xmas and Happy New Year / from me, too, Jack! / Adolf is sending his greetings / this year / Love, Kisses, Hugs, [signature illegible] / P.S. That signature is authentic!."

  6. Alice Gadlin papers

    The papers consist of 28 file copies of identification cards ("Kennkarte") with photographs, two file copies of identification cards without photographs, one original identification card with photograph, and two documents concerning the disposition of identification cards.

  7. Mina Freier papers

    The papers consist of an identification card for former concentration camp inmates issued to Henry Freier donor's husband in Laufen, Germany, and an identification card ("Ausweis") for civilian internees of Mauthausen concentration camp issued to Mina Horowicz at the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) DP camp in Ebensee, Austria.

  8. Hirsch Henry Kolber identification card

    The identification card for a civilian internee of Buchenwald concentration camp was issued to Hirsch Henry Kolber.

  9. Photograph of Duke University law students

    The photograph depicts the faculty and student body of the Duke University School of Law in the autumn of 1941. Raphael Lemkin stands in the fifth row, sixth from left. Jack Bloom, who was a first year law student at the time of this photograph, is sitting in the third row, sixth from left.

  10. Magdalena Deutsch Klein identification card

    The document ("Legitimation") served as an identification card for Jewish Holocaust survivors who had lost their identification documents in concentration camps. This document was issued to Magdalena Deutsch Klein [donor's wife] who had been interned in Auschwitz, Fallersleben, and Salzwedel.

  11. Bavarian Biological Research Institute letter of protest

    The typed letter was written by members of the Bavarian Biological Research Institute (Bayerische Biologische Versuchsanstalt), protesting that no outrages were being done to Jews in Germany in spite of media reports to the contrary. The letter bears 36 signatures of members of the Bavarian Biological Research Institute.

  12. Daisy Grob papers

    The collection documents the wartime experiences of Blanche Goldszpiner, an American living and working in Warsaw during the Holocaust. Included is a photographic postcard of a seated woman; a letter written by Blanche Goldszpiner in 1940 in Warsaw, Poland, to her cousin in the United States prior her internment in the Warsaw ghetto; and an envelope addressed to "Readers Digest" from Jack Balinsky in Haifa, Israel. The letter states following: "Dear Cousin:/I wrote to you some letters by mail but I see/that they did not reach you. My father addressed to our/Medical Director in Supervisory C...

  13. Eli Oliff papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Eli Oliff (born Eliasz Olewnik), originally of Żuromin, Poland. Included are two photographs depicting Eli in his concentration camp uniform after liberation at Buchenwald, a letter with envelope written by Eli in the Garmisch Partenkirchen DP camp to his relative Joseph Olev in Chicago, Illinois.

  14. Ralph Jaffe papers

    The Ralph Jaffe papers consist of letters and envelopes sent to Ralph Jaffe in Brooklyn, New York, from his brother Del J. Smuklezyte in the ghetto in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, Also included are letters written by Ralph Jaffe to his father, Leib Jaffe who was residing in Lithuania.

  15. Shlomo Shafir photograph collection

    The Shlomo Shafir photograph collection consists of two group photographs of partisans, members of a Zionist underground movement, 1943. Some of the members are seen wearing Star of David patches. One photograph includes (right to left, seated) Esther Gottfarstein, Rivka Rogol and Mina Kaminski (who after the war might have been known as Shapiro) and (right to left, standing) Aharion Rosin, Leah Sokolski, Moshe Nadel, and Miriam Rogol (who after the war was Pfeffer), and Abraham Gurwitz. The second photograph includes (right to left, seated) possibly Chaim Strom, Mordecai Fisher, Moshe Gurw...

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- British delegates visit Buchenwald

    British MPs at Buchenwald, Buchenwald, Germany, September, 1946. VS, convoy bearing British delegates arrive and enter the camp. Walking about the camp, inspecting and talking to inmates. VS, Mrs. Mavis Tate and others interview victims in prison courtyard. Survivors cook over fire behind barbed wire. INT, barracks at Buchenwald, talking to survivors in prisoner uniforms lying on cots. CU, pan, two emaciated victims. VS, Mrs. Tate and inspection party through barbed wire. Pan, tilt shot from pile of naked bodies to MPs looking on. MS, inspection party looking at a truck full of dead bodies....

  17. German occupation of Paris; crossing Marne river

    Reel 10: German soldiers advance, cross a river, throw grenades, fire artillery, talk over a field telephone, ride armored vehicles, care for wounded mates, advance thru a city on the Marne, decorate graves, enter Paris, raise a flag on the Eiffel Tower and pass the Arc de Triomphe and other landmarks. Armored vehicles advance towards Paris. Abandoned Allied war material blocks the advance. German forces cross the Marne on a pontoon bridge. Cavalry units ride into Paris. German officers in Paris salute parading troops and award Iron Crosses.

  18. Ohrdruf; Hadamar

    Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton inspect Ohrdruf camp. Shows whipping posts, crematoriums, and corpses. Civilians taken on a tour of the camp. Shows emaciated inmates of Hadamar, hospital. Corpses are exhumed and buried; autopsies are made.

  19. Ferencz interviewed by Richard Hudson

    Interview with Benjamin Ferencz. Host: Richard Hudson, executive director of the Center for War/Peace Studies. Sponsored by the Center for War/Peace Studies. Series discusses ways of enabling the United Nations to seek a world of peace with justice. Interview focuses on the Center's proposal of a binding triad system for global decision-making (included in Ferencz's book, "A Common Sense Guide to World Peace," 1985). Ferencz describes two defining elements of his book: a) the bridge to peace involves three interlocking components: law, courts, and enforcement; b) if people are better inform...

  20. Oral history interview with Aaron Elster