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  1. William Margolis letter

    Consists of one letter and it's transcription, dated June 2, 1945, from William Margolis to Abraham Morrison. As a medical officer of the U.S. army, Margolis was placed in charge of the treatment of prisoners at the Mauthausen concentration camp following its liberation. The letter describes the conditions of the camp, and the medical treatment Margolis administered to some patients.

  2. Colin McCrae letter

    Colin McCrae letter consists of a typed letter dated May 10, 1945, 2 pages, written by Colin McCrae and sent to his parents, Raymund and Gladys Shea. Colin McCrae, who was serving with the United States Army in Europe, describes his experiences near Münster, Germany; the news regarding V-E day; the reaction of displaced persons who had been recently liberated from forced labor; and what he witnessed when he toured the Dachau concentration camp at the beginning of May 1945.

  3. Three days in a Nazi prison

    Testimony, 7 pages, typescript, describing author's experiences after annexation of Austria in 1938, including his arrest, forced cleaning of sidewalks, mock execution in basement of police building, and other humiliations.

  4. A Jewish engineer in Europe during the Hitler years in memory of my parents Salomon Nossen and Rosa Hadra Nossen

    Testimony, 40 pages, typescript, about the experiences of the author and his family in Berlin, then in various parts of Europe (Denmark, Netherlands, the Westerbork and deportation to Theresienstadt), as well as role of El Salvador (specifically George Mandel-Mantello) in helping save him and family's life by issuing citizenship certificates.

  5. In combat with satanic forces

    Testimony, 16 pages, typescript, about experiences in pre-war Poland (around Sosnowiec), the start of World War II, flight to the Soviet Union, mistreatment by NKVD, return to Poland, imprisonment, and forced labor.

  6. Blima Glikstein Nunberg testimony

    Testimony, 7 pages, typescript, about experiences of donor (Blima Nunberg) in Sosnowiec during childhood, German occupation, ghetto, and deportation to a labor camp.

  7. Memoir

    Contains a testimony, 142 pages, photocopy of typescript, describing the author's account of being a woman in a concentration camp in Vienna for four months. In the preface, written in 1939, she says events are true but she changed names to protect people who may still be imprisoned. Includes an article from a U.S. newspaper describing Max Niedermeier and his daughter Maria, and alludes to his unnamed wife (likely the testimony author) who spent 4 months in prison in Vienna, while he was imprisoned for 2 months.

  8. The Warsaw ghetto fights, burns, and perishes Recollections from the days of the ghetto uprising

    Testimony, 12 pages, typescript. English translation and typescript of an account by Yanoosh (Janusz ) Ostrowski, originally published in an unidentified Polish-langugage publication, titled "Getto walczy, płonie i ginie," describing his eyewitness account of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

  9. Siegbert S. Pfennig collection

    Consists of "Testimonial: Siegbert Shlomo Pfennig," documents from Comite International de la Croix-Rouge, and copies of pages from a book by Dieter Arntz.

  10. The story of exodus from Wien

    Testimony, 15 pages, photocopy of typescript (2 copies) titled "The Story of our Exodus from Wien," by Walter Schwarz, about life in Vienna, the Anschluss and occupation, and his family's escape from Vienna in July 1938.

  11. My life in German concentration camps

    Testimony, 6 pages, typescript, describing experiences of Franciszek Proch, who served in Polish Army in 1939, after defeat returned to hometown, was eventually arrested by Germans and sent to camp at Szczeglin, and later Dachau, where spent duration of war years.

  12. Twelve lives

    Testimony, 276 pages, typescript, written as account of "twelve stories of heroic escape from the Nazis and starting over in America" written down and compiled by Evelyn Radford, who interviewed Holocaust survivors at a retirement community in Walnut Creek, CA in the 1980s.

  13. Panama Canal plot written by Eric Rath

    Testimony, typescript, 268 pages, titled "I Pledged Myself" by Eric Rath, originally written in 1946 and edited and researched by Sylvia Rath and Carol Jackson in 1987. Slightly novelized memoir of Eric Rath, discussing origins and family in Frankfurt, Germany, an escape from Germany, and experiences in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

  14. Robert Rieser collection

    Contains a memoir in Yiddish, photographs with Yiddish captions, and a certification document.

  15. William P. Rockwood collection

    Photocopies of documents relating to the liberation of Holleischen and prisoners of the camp.

  16. My father's Holocaust

    Testimony, 15 pages, typescript, of the author recounting stories of his father's experiences in occupied Poland (including Krakow, Lwow, and Warsaw).

  17. Leonid Roytan collection

    Various pieces by Leonid Roytman.

  18. Salomon Rubenstein collection

    Memoir, essays, and poem in Yiddish by Salomon Rubinstein.

  19. Tritsch family collection

    Documents relating to the imprisonment of Ernst Tritsch in Dachau in 1938 following Kristallnacht.

  20. A glimpse of the Holocaust

    Testimony, 4 pages, typescript, about William Newby's experiences as an American soldier in Bavaria in 1945 encountering a group of former concentration camp inmates.