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  1. Simon Fuks collection

    Contains legal documents, letters, newspaper articles, and a memoir describing the experiences of Simon Fuks, a rabbi of Agen, France. Fuks' memoir, "Souvenir de Guerre," concerns the German occupation of France; his service in the French military and the collapse of the French forces; his capture and subsequent release by the Germans; how he and other rabbis resisted the Nazis and gave assistance to those Jews that they could during May 1941 to May 1943; activities undertaken by the Union gééale des Israéites de France; conditions inside the camps of Drancy and Rivesaltes; and his escap...

  2. Concentration camp from Oct. 1941 to May 1945

    The collection consists of a personal narrative written by Elizabeth Reif describing her deportation from Vienna, Austria, to Łódź, Poland; her occupation as a pharmacist in the Łódź ghetto; conditons inside the ghetto; the deportation of her mother to Terezín, Czechoslovakia (a.k.a. Theresienstadt); her deportation to the camps of Auschwitz and Mittelsteine; her liberation and her return to Vienna.

  3. Józef V. Czarski collection

    The collection consists of a curriculum vitae and short story of Victor Penzer, originally of Kraków, Poland, written under the name of Józef Czarski, his false identity used when he was in the Resistance in Poland during the Holocaust. The curriculum vitae is a brief narrative describing Victor’s prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences, including his deportation to Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau), the death march to Mauthausen, and his liberation at Gunskirchen in May 1945. The short story "Schillinger and the Rabbit" describes a guard at Auschwitz II assaulting Jewish prisoners after...

  4. I am not a hero but I am a survivor it is a story of ten miracles in my life

    Describes Joseph Deak's work in a Hungarian forced labor battalion; his liberation by members of the Soviet military; his journey home; and the postwar experiences of members of his family.

  5. Julius Eisenstein collection

    Consists of certificates attesting to Eisenstein's incarceration in Dachau, 17 November 1944 - 29 Apr 1945, and to his being deloused on 30 May 1945.

  6. A void in my heart the memoirs of Regina Godinger Hoffman, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, (1927- )

    The memoir describes Regina Hoffman's (b. 1927) deportation from Czechoslovakia to Poland, the deaths of family members, her psychological trauma, internment in the ghetto in Khust, Ukraine, life in Auschwitz and her transfer to camps in Nuremberg, Germany, and Holešov (Holeshovitz), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), liberation, and immigration to the United States in 1948.

  7. Joe Gelber collection

    Describes the German occupation of Poland; the creation of and conditions in the Czestochowa ghetto; his separation from his wife and other family members; the HASAG forced labor camp at Czestochowa; deportations to and conditions in Buchenwald and Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora-Mittelbau); Gelber's liberation by Seymour Zipper; his reunion with his wife and other surviving family members and their experiences at the Feldafing displaced persons camp; and Gelber's emigration to the United States. Also includes an original letter and copy of a photograph, both by Seymour Zipper, relating to Joe Gelb...

  8. Ferencz lecture: Structures for a Peace Convocation

    Structures for a Peace Convocation conference, Washington, DC. Lecture: "What Structures Can Save the Environment, Promote Development, and Insure Human Rights?" Presider: Rev. Donald Harrington. Benjamin Ferencz states the principles established at Nuremberg: a) aggressive war is a crime; and b) crimes against humanity are punishable by law. He claims that world peace is "not so complicated" and calls for "world government" to enable international law and order. He reminds the audience to embrace our progress. Finally, Ferencz urges the public to favor time, compromise, and a willingness o...

  9. The Jacob family

    Describes the experiences of members of Jacob's family before, during, and after the Holocaust. It also relates the fates of thirteen family members who were imprisoned in camps including Dachau, Buchenwald, and Theresienstadt (Terezín).

  10. Never to be forgotten a biography of my father

    Relates the experiences of Morris (née Moishe) Elbaum; in particular his childhood in Warsaw, Poland; his life inside and escape from the Warsaw ghetto; his capture by the Germans, transport to a concentration camp, and his escape; his passing as a Polish gentile; his being sent to concentration camps in Ludwigshafen, Eichwalde, and Berlin, Germany as a laborer; his liberation; his attempts to find family members who had survived; and his emigration to the United States.

  11. A survivor's story Simon Sterling

    The memoir describes Simon Sterling and his wife's experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland; the Brody ghetto; his separation from his wife, Sophie, and his deportation to a concentration camp; his escape; Simon and Sophie's reunion; hiding in a forest; Simon's bout with typhus; their liberation by the Soviet military; Simon's work in a brewery; their escape to the American Zone of Occupation in Germany; the displaced persons camp at Föhrenwald, Germany; and their immigration to the United States.

  12. The three lives of Gizel Berman

    The memoir describes Gizel Berman's childhood in Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine, and Sobrance, Czechoslovakia, her schooling in Brussels, Belgium, the imprisonment and torture of Berman's boyfriend, Nick, her reunion with Nick and their marriage, their deportation to Auschwitz, Berman's transfer and life in Stutthof and her physical separation from her husband, her liberation and return to Uz︠h︡horod, her reunion with her husband, their immigration and assimilation into American culture, and their daughter's experiences with antisemitism.

  13. Memories of the Holocaust

    Describes Hanoch Green's experiences in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau and the death of his parents and brothers and sisters.

  14. The survivor as researcher

    Describes how Greenfield learned the fates of her mother and of 1,196 Jewish children and their adult guardians from Białystok, Poland, who were transported from Theresienstadt and gassed in Auschwitz on 7 October 1943. Includes a name list of those on the transport, excerpts of testimonies, photographs, and letters.

  15. Flora Herzberger memoir

    The memoir describes Flora Herzberger and her family's deportation from Düsseldorf, Germany, to the ghetto in Łódź, Poland; the death of her husband; conditions inside the ghetto; her and her children's transport to Auschwitz; her and her daughter's deportation to a forced labor camp; and their liberation.

  16. Stanley Hochman collection

    Describes Stanley Hochman’s (b. 1916) childhood in Demblin (Deblin), Poland; the death of his mother; his relocation and experiences in the Demblin ghetto and numerous concentration camps in Poland and Germany; his liberation; and his immigration to Canada.

  17. When the living envied the dead

    Describes her childhood in Poland; her imprisonment in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland; her incarceration in Auschwitz; the fate of her family; her reunion with her sister in Poland; their escape to the American Zone of Occupation of Germany; the Feldafing displaced persons camp; and their emigration to the United States in 1950.

  18. Benjamin Klotz memoirs

    In his memoir Benjamin Klotz (1901-1974) describes the German invasion of Poland and his life during the occupation of Łódź, Poland; his escape to and life in Soviet-occupied Lʹviv, Poland (now Ukraine); his subsequent escape from German-occupied Lʹviv; the fates of members of his family; life in the concentration camps of Bierzanow-Płaszów, Buchenwald, and Bautzen; liberation by the Soviets; life as a displaced person, including a meeting with Earl G. Harrison; and his reunion with his son and their immigration to the United States in 1946.

  19. Fritz Buchholz's report about Auschwitz

    Fritz Buchholz's report (dated 19 Jun. 1945) describes the following in Auschwitz-Birkenau: sadistic camp guards; torture of inmates; the deaths of Jewish prisoners in gas chambers; confiscation and stockpiling of the arrivals' property; and the destruction of the camp's crematorium by the Nazi guards before the camp was overrun by the Soviet military.

  20. Hans Engel letters

    Hans Engel's letters (dated 17 May 1945; 27 May 1945; and 11 Jun. 1945) describe his impressions of the concentration camp of Sandbostel and of its survivors' medical conditions.