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  1. Regensburg; Generals meet; liberated Allies; Hungarian slave laborers

    (LIB 6092) City of Regensburg, Germany, April 27, 1945. LS, CUs, infantrymen and trucks of the 65th Infantry Division cross bridge, drive thru streets and outskirts of town. LS, wrecked cars in railroad yard. VS, German civilians clear earthen roadblock under archway, shoveling rocks into carts. CUs, captured German WAC and other prisoners. Seq: Germans, Russians and Poles search through wrecked railroad cars picking out clothing, food and other useful articles. MSs, CUs, German and US officers at surrender proceedings in town square. (NOTE: Surrender was effected between Col Frank Dunkerly...

  2. "The story of the Jews of Vilkomir"

    Consists of a testimony given by three Kronik family members for the "Jewish Committee." At the time, they were in a displaced persons camp in Kassel, Germany awaiting emigration to Israel. Describes: the Kronik family's history; the Lithuanian Jewish communities of Musnik (a.k.a. Musninkai), Sirvintas (a.k.a. Sirvintos, Sirvintai), and Vilkomir (a.k.a. Ukmerge, Wilkomir, Vilkomierz); the communities' responses to the Soviet and Nazi occupations; and the fate of the communities' members. Also includes a list of Lithuanian partisans and police who participated in the mass execution of Jews.

  3. Marketa Farnik memoir

    Describes Marketa Farnik's life in Czechoslovakia; her internment in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen; Marketa's liberation; the fates of family members; the reunion with her mother; her emigration to Israel in 1949; and her feelings about the Holocaust and its participants.

  4. Exposé and synopsis of the book a generation of wrath a story of embattlement

    "Exposé and synopsis of a generation of wrath: a story of embattlement, survival and deliverance during the Holocaust of World War II" (1984) by Elio Romano (b. 1923) contains information about Elio's childhood in Oświęcim, Poland; the German occupation of Poland; his attempted escape to Czechoslovakia; his work as a slave laborer helping to build the Auschwitz concentration camp; his internment in concentration camps in Poland and Germany, including Auschwitz-Birkenau, Blachstädt, Annaberg, Dachau, and Kaufering, camp number seven; and his liberation.

  5. Holocaust memories of Genya Rotenberg

    Describes Genia Rotenberg’s (b. 1930) life in Poland before and during the Nazi occupation, including life in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland; her escape through the sewers; the death of her mother; Genia's capture and internment in Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen; her liberation and experiences in a displaced persons camp for children; the help she received from Dr. Hadassah Rosensaft; her reunion with her father; and their immigration to Palestine in 1946.

  6. Reminiscences of Albert Lapidus, from Baltimore, a former prisoner of the Minsk ghetto

    Consists of a Russian language memoir and an English language summary which describe author's childhood in Belarus, experiences of author and his family in the Minsk ghetto, Aktionen, experiences of children in the ghetto, and resistance activities undertaken by ghetto inhabitants. Memoir includes a list of individuals involved in resistance activities in Minsk.

  7. I remember odyssey of a Jewish teenager in eastern Europe, 1939-1946

    Describes Marcus Lecker's (b. 1923) childhood in Romania; the Soviet occupation of northern Bucovina; the German invasion and occupation of the Soviet Union; Marcus’ attempt to escape and his capture; surviving "Aktionen" undertaken by Germans and their Ukrainian collaborators; his internment in the Borshchuv ghetto; his escape from that ghetto's liquidation and survival by hiding in a forest; Marcus’ bout with typhus; his liberation and reunion with his parents; and joining, experiences in, and demobilization from the Soviet Army. Includes photocopies of photographs of Marcus and his family.

  8. Joseph Kiman a witness to history

    Describes Joseph Kiman’s (b. 1922) childhood in Chmielnik, Poland; the German invasion of Poland; his internment in numerous concentration camps, including Biala Podlaska, Skarzysko, Kielce, Czestochowianka, Buchenwald, and Magdeburg; a death march; the deaths of members of the Kiman’s family; and Joseph's liberation, marriage, and his post-Holocaust experiences.

  9. My years under the Hitler terror

    Describes Peter Ostermann's arrest for expressing anti-Nazi opinions; his internment as a political prisoner in numerous German prisons and concentration camps including Tiefenbach, Bad Kreuznach, Koblenz, Cologne (Koln), Hannover, Berlin, Sachsenhausen, and Dachau; and his release from Nazi custody.

  10. How one day in a Nazi death camp changed my life forever

    Describes author's reactions during her visit to Buchenwald and its memorial on Yom Kippur, 18 Sep 1991. The author was born in Germany to Christian parents.

  11. Simon Klein letters

    Typed, transcribed, and translated letters (dated 23 January 1945 and 12 March 1946) describe: German occupation of Hungary; author's property which was confiscated; author's deportation to and experiences in Auschwitz; the deaths of members of the author's family; author's transport to Gross-Rosen; and his liberation by the Soviet military. The original letters in Hungarian are not included.

  12. The beginning of Sam Stammer's life as written by him in German

    Describes Samuel Stammer’s (Dornfeld, Austria, 05 Jul 1905 - ) childhood in Austria and life in the Free City of Gdansk (Danzig); his experiences as a Polish soldier during the German invasion and as a prisoner-of-war; his transport to and experiences in Nazi concentration camps and ghettos (including: Majdanek, the Lowicz ghetto, the Warsaw ghetto, the Miedzyrzec ghetto; Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Schlier Redl-Zipf, and Ebensee); the death of family members at Treblinka; his work counterfeiting American and British money for the Nazis; his liberation and being a displac...

  13. Memoirs of Liselotte Kahn

    Describes Liselotte Kahn’s childhood in Germany; her marriage to Dr. Ernst Müller and the birth of their sons; Nazi antisemitism; their immigration to Greece; her husband's medical practice in Athens, Greece; the Italian and German invasion of Greece; their escape to Palestine; and their immigration to and experiences in the United States in 1941.

  14. "My experiences in concentration camps"

    Describes Stanley Kania’s (Okocim, Poland, 07 May 1920 - ) arrest for anti-Nazi activities and interrogation by the Gestapo; his transport to and experiences in various Nazi concentration camps including Auschwitz, Gusen, Wiener Neudorf, and Mauthausen; and his liberation.

  15. In the safety of the Third Reich

    Describes Charlotte Kahane and her mother's escape from an "aktion" and their hiding from German athorities; their activities in the ghetto in Lut︠s︡ʹk, Ukraine; their separation; Charlotte's experiences in Dubno, Ukraine; her mother's death; her escape from and recapture by German authorities; being an Ostarbeiter in Germany; and the end of World War II and her immigration to Australia.

  16. Journey through the valley of perdition traveled by Gary A. Keins

    Describes the Gary Keins’ (b. 1909) life in German Silesia; life in Poland after World War I; the German invasion of Poland; his taking on a false identity; conditions in Warsaw, Poland, during the occupation; his experiences in Zamość, Poland, and Lʹviv, Ukraine; the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; his experiences with the Soviet military; the end of World War II; family members' deaths; and the his immigration to the United States.

  17. Freda Karpul memoir

    The collection consists of a four-page memoir of Freda Karpul (née Fridmanaite), originally of Skaudvilė, Lithuania, who was a survivor of the Kovno ghetto (Kaunas) and Batakiai concentration camp. In the memoir, Freda describes her internment in the Kaunas ghetto, deportation to Batakiai, her escape and involvement with partisans, the fate of her family, her liberation by the Soviet Red Army, and later immigration to the United States.

  18. The autobiography of Irene Katz

    Describes the author's experiences in Nazi-occupied Hungary and Vienna, Austria.

  19. Interview with Holocaust survivor Rudy Katz

    Describes the history of Rudy Katz's family in Germany; his experiences after Kristallnacht; his escape to Belgium and immigration to the United States in 1940; and the Holocaust-related fates of members of his family.

  20. "Goodbye for always"

    Describes Cecile Kaufer’s (Paris, France, b. circa 1932) childhood in Paris, France; the German occupation of France and the consequent fates of her family including their stay in the Vélodrome d'hiver in Paris and their hiding in Normandy; the liberation of France and their immigration to and life in the United States.