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  1. Rosemarie Gumpel speech on Nicholas Wintonʼs Rescue of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia

    Rosemarie Gumpel's speech describes the efforts and personality of Nicholas Winton, a man Gumpel claims saved the lives of 664 Jewish children by transporting them from Czechoslovakia to safer locations elsewhere.

  2. Charles Gross memoir

    Charles Gross' memoir, "My story," describes his experiences after the German annexation of Austria and during his internment in Dachau and Buchenwald.

  3. Prisoner 409

    Eva Gross' memoir relates the life of the author and her family in Mór, Hungary, before and during the Holocaust. It describes antisemitism before the Nazis occupied Hungary, her experiences at Auschwitz, a death march, and her liberation by Americans.

  4. The Holocaust

    Narrates the basic history of the Holocaust, including such aspects as the Einsatzgruppen, ghettos, transports, the SS, medical experiments, resistance, escapes, and war crimes trials.

  5. William C. Alston Jr. papers

    The William C. Alston Jr. papers consists of handwritten notes relating to the Mauthausen concentration camp, dated May 17, 1945; a booklet giving visitor directions to Mauthausen concentration camp and Gusen concentration camp; a handwritten note giving permission to visit a former Nazi concentration camp; a news article describing war-time activities of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany; a photocopy of an American army medical corps identification card for Alston; and a photocopy of a letter from Alston sent to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 wh...

  6. The undying spark from generation to generation

    The memoir describes the Jewish community of Shershev, Ukraine; how the author and his family were deported to the Pruzhany ghetto and from there to the concentration camp of Auschwitz; and Auerbach's emigration to the United States and his assimilation into American culture.

  7. A memoir for Paul, David and Adam

    The memoir describes the life of Paulette Singer Barrett from 1939 to 1953. It includes the pre-World War II emigration of Paulette's parents from Poland and Romania to Paris, France, Paulette's and her parents' journey to southern France after the Nazis seized Paris, the fate of her relatives who stayed in Poland, the resistance activities of French citizens, and the eventual imigration of Paulette and her family to the United States after the war.

  8. Chef der SIPO und des SD Umwandererzentralstelle Posen (UWZ) (Sygn. 68)

    Contains information about evacuations of Poles and Jews in the Poznań (Posen) areas and the resettlement of Germans in their place; transports of evacuated persons; camps for evacuees in Poznań and Łódź; removal of Jews and Poles to make room for military training grounds; evictions of Poles and Jews; population statistics in the areas of Poznań and Łódź; and Germanization of eligible Poles. Also contains case files of SS personnel and Umwandererzentralstelle employees.

  9. Case files of the Geheime Staatspolizei, Polizeistelle in Zichenau (Ciechanów) (Sygn. 148)

    Contains dossiers of cases of Poles, Jews, Germans, Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans), and other nationals who were either arrested or under surveillance for 1) membership in resistance movements (Organization of Armed Struggle, Home Army, Polish Fighting Resistance, Secret Insurgents' Army, The Peoples' Army and Guard, Polish Workers' Party, Peasants' Battalions, National Military Organization, National Military Forces, and others); 2) for escape from forced labor; 3) unlawful crossing of General Gouvernement or German borders; 4) illegal animal slaughter; and 5) failure to deliver food consi...

  10. Records of the Staatliche Polizei Verwaltung Sosnowitz O/S, 4 Revier Czeladź (Sygn. 171)

    Contains information about the activities of the police in Sosnowiec, Czeladź , and Katowice, Poland; air raid defense; and treatment of Jews by police forces.

  11. Generalgouvernement Amt des Distrikts Radom (Sygn.100)

    Contains information about the staff and operations of the various departments and divisions of the General Government’s district office in Radom, Poland, including the Internal Administration office, the Justice Department, the Economic Division, the Food and Agriculture Department, the Labor Department, the Building (construction) Department, the Price Controls office, the Forestry Department, and the Finance Division. Also included is information about factories and concentration camp facilities in the Radom district.

  12. Records of the Sondergericht Hohensalza (Inowrocław, Poland) (Sygn.76)

    Contains records for selected criminal cases tried before the Sondergericht (special court) in Hohensalza (Inowroclaw), Poland. Included is information about Poles accused of various crimes including arson, robbery, murder, rape, disturbing the peace, the violation of wartime economic laws, the unlawful possession of weapons, assault, and the violation of radio broadcasting laws. The files also contain the names and biographical information of the accused and the verdicts of the court.

  13. Records of the Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst in Lublin (Sygn.185)

    Contains information about arrests and court sentencing by the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst in Lublin, Poland, for various crimes from 1939 to 1945. Also contains information about prisoners transferred to the Lublin concentration camp; the Lublin ghetto; battles with partisans; and Polish propaganda.

  14. Essays relating to Holocaust survivor Morris Stark

    Contains "The Odyssey of Morris Stark: From the Kingdom of Hell to the American Army" and "The Odyssey of Morris Stark: A Miracle of Survival" both relating to the Holocaust experiences of Morris Stark. The essays include information about loss of Stark's father; experiences of antisemitism in Hungary; and incarceration in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Gunskirchen. Additionally, Morris Stark gives information on his postwar experiences in the American Army, helping to organize Jewish services and protesting antisemitism.

  15. Essay relating to the Steven Lazar Basic family

    Contains information about the experiences of the Basic family of Sombor, Yugoslavia (Serbia), during the Holocaust. The essay describes the deaths of family members; family members in forced labor; and family members held at Jasenovac concentration camp.

  16. Under the rooftiles

    Photocopy of memoir (228 pages) entitled "Under the Rooftiles." Photocopy of journal containing information about the German invasion of the Netherlands; persecution of Jews in the Netherlands; and hiding of Jews. The journal covers the time span from May 1940 to May 1945.

  17. Winlaw Bramley letter relating to post-liberation Buchenwald

    Contains information about conditions of disease and starvation in Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after liberation.

  18. My struggle for survival 1940/45

    Oscar Lichtenstern's journal explains his experiences after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Although it describes his stay in the transit camp of Westerbork, most of the entries relate to his internment in Terezin (a.k.a. Theresienstadt) and the hardships he experienced there.

  19. Victor Adler Some notes about my life, with Adler-Stöessler family genealogy and history

    "Some notes about my life" describes the experiences of Victor Adler and members of his family after the German occupation of the Sudetenland; in particular, it relates how Adler escaped Czechoslovakia; fled to Hungary and then to Palestine; enlisted in the Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade under British command; fought in the European theater during World War II; and emigrated to and rebuilt his life in the United States; Adler's parents were sent to Terezin and subsequently transported to and killed at Auschwitz; and how Adler's brother and cousins escaped Czechoslovakia and served in the All...

  20. Confirmation of Masya Ayzikovich's war-time experiences by Polya Leibovna Skazinetskaya and Enya Elevna Nashpits

    The Russian document and its English translation provide official confirmation of the internment of Masya Ayzikovich and her mother in a German concentration camp and their escape from that camp.