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  1. Liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp, Apr. 1945 A personal memoir by Irving Lisman

    Contains information about Irving Lisman's (b. 1912) experiences as a ambulance driver in the 122nd Medical Battalion of the 42nd United States Infantry Division during the liberation of Dachau.

  2. 71st Infantry Division documents relating to the liberation of Gunskirchen

    Contains an unsigned report, 06 May 1945, concerning the conditions in Gunskirchen, a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp, at the time of liberation and an undated report by Major Cameron Coffman describing the conditions in the camp and the activities of the 71st Infantry Division in the liberation of the camp.

  3. A personal memory of Flossenbürg

    Contains information about Leslie A. Thompson's experiences as a Protestant chaplain with the 97th Infantry Division of the United States Army and his recollections of post-liberation Flossenbürg.

  4. Interrogation statement of Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski with photograph and tribunal pass

    Contains a copy of the interrogation statement made by Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Also contains a copy of a photograph of Von dem Bach-Zelewski's appearance during the trial and a tribunal pass used by George Sakheim while translating for the trials.

  5. Sidney Stenzler papers

    The Sidney Stenzler papers consist of correspondence documenting the situation of Displaced Persons at Landsberg in 1945, photographs of Dachau and Buchenwald, and writings and speeches describing the Warsaw Ghetto, the plight of DPs, and the deaths of Italian Holocaust victims. Correspondence primarily consists of V‐Mail and letters from Stenzler to his wife describing his activities with DPs in Landsberg and his trip to Dachau. This series also includes a letter from his friend’s wife, Barbara Falik, including excerpts of letters in which her husband, Sidney Falik, described his activitie...

  6. Hugh M. Jenkins papers

    Contains photocopies of a personal narrative by Hugh Jenkins describing his experiences in Bergen-Belsen as well as British Red Cross and British military documents relating to the camp after liberation. Also contains photocopies of two photographs depicting the burning of structures at Bergen-Belsen.

  7. Records relating to post-liberation Buchenwald and Dachau

    The collection contains an undated inspection report of a VIP tour of Buchenwald (circa April 1945); an essay concerning the liberation of Dachau written by Tec. 3 James W. Creasman, member of the 42nd Infantry Division; and a typed note from Kurt Weiler to his wife concerning the safe keeping of these documents.

  8. The Log

    Contains a copy of a newsletter published by the 45th Air Depot Group entitled "The Log." The 14 May 1945 issue contains the article "We Say Dachau." It describes the experiences of a 45th Air Depot Group task force sent to Dachau on a fact finding mission.

  9. The Stars and Stripes

    Consists of the 23 April 1945 issue of "The Stars and Stripes", the daily newspaper of the US Armed Forces in the European Theater. It contains articles relating to the liberation of the concentration camps.

  10. Paul Seres papers

    Consists of 20 photographs depicting scenes at post-liberation Ebensee and a notice entitled "The Camp of Ebensee" with handwritten annotations by Paul Seres. The notice contains information about the evolution of the camp, conditions for prisoners, and atrocities committed by the camp commanders. It appears to have been written by a camp prisoner shortly after liberation. The photographs and the "notice" were collected by Paul Seres shortly after the liberation of Ebensee. An annotation on the cover states that it was presented to Paul Seres by a French prisoner in Ebensee.

  11. Hitler Youth

    The fifteen-year-old Johannes von Redel returns to his father's rural estate in Prussia after his mother dies. Johannes lived with his mother for ten years in Argentina, where he is portrayed as an urban, decadent, and fastidious Auslandsdeutscher [German living abroad] alienated from his German roots. After encountering trouble with his father, he enters a "Napola" [Nazi elite boarding school] where fellow students ridicule his alien customs and behavior. It is only after accomplishing a heroic deed during a military summer drill that he gains the comradeship of the elite pupils and is inc...

  12. Records of the Umwandererzentralstelle Poznań Service Branch in Łódź (Sygn. 358)

    Contains regulations concerning the uniforms of the SS and police functionaries; applications of administrative authorities for the expulsion of Poles and installation of Germans in their place; lists of expelled Poles; correspondence of the office of Race and Resettlement and Germanization of Poles; cases of Poles applying for German citizenship; transport lists of expelled Poles; decisions for the release of inmates from camps; files on Poles who are fugitives from resettlement; lists and schedules of resettlement; materials concerning finished expulsion in the region of Zamosc; informati...

  13. Ksiazka Telefoniczna - Amtliches Fernsprechbuch für den Distrikt Warschau

    Telephone directory for Warsaw, Poland, 1942, containing names and addresses as well as telephone numbers.

  14. Case files from the Gestapo in Zichenau, Poland (Sygn. 186)

    Case files kept on individuals by the Gestapo in Zichenau (Ciechanów), Poland. The case files contain information about individuals in the Zichenau area suspected of crimes such as acts of resistance, smuggling, and illegal border crossings. In some cases, the persons accused were sent to concentration camps. Also contains files concerning Polish priests involved in underground movements, attacks by partisan groups, and investigations of illegal border crossings.

  15. Records of the Amt des Gouverneurs des Distrikts Krakau (Sygn. 98)

    Contains information about the appointment of Dr. Hans Frank as Generalgouverneur of the occupied Polish territories; regulations for Jews (including the wearing of arm bands); resettlement of Jews from the Kraków district to other communities; closing of Jewish schools and dismissal of Jewish teachers and students; businesses and factories in the Kraków district; the Abteilung Arbeit (labor department); and employment in the Kraków district, specifically Jarosław, Poland.

  16. Sächsische Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden records

    Contains information about revocation of citizenship; activities of Zionist organizations and Zionist congresses; cases of Rassenschande; restrictions on Mischlinge; Jehovah's Witnesses; homosexuals; antisemitic propaganda; anti-Jewish laws; treatment of Ostjuden; concentration camps; treatment of German Romanies; the Jewish question in the East; and activities of Israelitische Religionsgemeinde in various German cities.

  17. Kommandeur der SIPO und SD für den Distrikt Radom records (Sygn.184)

    Contains information about the activities of the police and Gestapo in the area of Radom, including investigations of members of various underground movements, the organization of the Gestapo, the investigation of Communists, and prisoners found guilty of resistance who were sentenced to concentration camps.

  18. Stadt Kielce und Kreishauptmann Kielce records (Sygn.183)

    Contains orders, lists, correspondence, reports, and various other documents relating to the activities of the office of the Stadthauptmann und Kreishauptmann in Kielce, Poland, and Kreishauptmann Hans Drechsel. Also contains information about economy, labor, welfare assistance, police activity, partisan activity, propaganda, and Jewish affairs in Kielce.

  19. The Mefkure Tragedy: An Inquiry into the Slayer's Identity

    Contains information about the 1944 sinking of the merchant ship Mefkure which was used to transport approximately 300 Romanian Jews to Palestine. The author attempts to prove that the German military sunk the Mefkure, and not the Soviet military as was previously believed. Also contains a list of the victims' names.

  20. Dana I. Alvi memoir

    Relates to Dana Alvi's experiences as a child in Warsaw, Poland during World War II; her family's involvement in protecting and hiding Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto; the activities of her uncle, Wladyslaw Wisniewski, in helping Warsaw's Jewish population; the events of the Warsaw Uprising; the Soviet occupation of Warsaw; postwar internment in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany.