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  1. Blumenthal family papers

    The Blumenthal family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration papers, and photographs documenting the Blumenthal family from Hüttengesäß; Albert, Alice, and Ellen Blumenthal’s immigration to the United States before World War II; and Bernhard Blumenthal’s deportation to Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. Biographical materials include Albert Blumenthal’s identification papers and World War I military papers; Alice and Ellen Blumenthal’s immunization records; tracing documents attesting to Bernhard Blumenthal’s imprisonment and deportation; a co...

  2. Henryk Langsam identification card

    The identification card was issued to Henryk Langsam in Thüringen (Thuringia), Germany, after liberation and indicates that the recipient was a political prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp.

  3. Passports

    The passport ("Reisepass") stamped with a red "J" was issued to Leo Schweitzer by the German Consulate in Jaffa (Tel Aviv), Palestine (Israel). It includes immigration visas for the United States and transit visas for France and Switzerland.

  4. Leah Lipman photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs documenting the wartime and post-war experiences of Ethel (née Fischman) and Abraham Kleinman, both of whom survived the Holocaust and met and married in the Fürth displaced persons camp. The photographs include depictions of Ethel and Abraham shortly after their engagement in Fürth and their wedding day on 26 August 1946. There is also one photograph depicting Israel Fischman (standing third from right) among a group of Hungarian Jewish laborers, circa 1941-circa 1944.

  5. Piera and Meyer Solender papers

    The Piera and Meyer Solender papers consist of two identification cards for Meyer Solender (a Jewish Community of Milan identification card and a reproduction of a Provisional identification card for civilian internee of Mauthausen) and a brief autobiographical testimony describing Piera Solender’s life.

  6. Brochure

  7. Letter related to August Gutmann

    The letter was sent from the local chairman of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront German Workers Front to the mayor of Andernach, Germany, informing him that August Gutmann, owner of a toy and sport shop in Andernach, participated in the funeral of the Jew, Loeb, and asking him to note that Gutmann is not a member of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront.

  8. Rosalie Gottlieb papers

    The papers consist of a photograph of Yankel and Blima Kilanski, a photograph of the Kilanskis' two sons, Srulek and Shmulek, a postcard sent from Isrulek Frydman in Pabianice, Poland, to his uncle, A. Friedman, in Washington, D.C., and a postcard sent by Blima Kilanska in Warsaw, Poland, to Fannie Friedman in Washington, D.C.

  9. Edith Bredehoft papers

    The Edith Bredehoft papers consist of a letter and three postcards sent from Dachau concentration camp by Oskar Richter to Klara (Clara) Richter, circa 1938-1939; and an identifcation card issued to Dr. Oskar Richter in Shanghai, China.

  10. Leon Weinberg papers

    The papers consist of an identification card for Fajwel Weinberg [donor's father] issued by the Arbeitsamt-Getto [Ghetto Labor Organization] in Łódź (Litzmannstadt), Poland, as well as two greeting cards for the New Year with photographs of the Weinberg family [Fajwel, Golda Kajla, Malka, Ester Hadasa, and Leon].

  11. Work permit

    The work permit was issued by the Arbeitsamt-Getto in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, to Dobrysz Sztern.

  12. Hirsch Altusky papers

    The papers document the Holocaust experiences of brothers Joszyja, Juda, and Moses Altusky, and Hirsch Altusky. Included are two medical receipts from Theresienstadt issued to Hirsch Altusky, postcards sent from Joszyja Altusky and Moses Altusky in Warsaw, Poland, to Juda Altusky in Bronx, N.Y., and a postcard sent from Moses in Warsaw to L. Buchweje in Brussels, Belgium.

  13. UN opens conference at San Francisco

    Issue 153, Part 1: Opening of first session of U.N. Secretary of State Stettinius introduces President Truman who speaks from Washington, D.C. Good CU. Architects of a "better future." Second day session, EXT, various delegations arrive. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Great Britain with Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov and Lord Halifax. Joined by Stettinius and Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko. VS, delegates seated in auditorium. Shots of press coverage. China delegate Ambassador T.V. Soong, Molotov, and Eden speak (sync sound).

  14. Arthur Hecht papers

    The Arthur Hecht papers consist of two German passports ("Reisepass") stamped with a red "J" and issued to Simon Hecht and Lottie Hecht in Vienna, Austria in September 1938.

  15. Frances Laxson papers

    The Frances Laxson papers consists of a letter and liberation photographs sent home by James Laxson. The photographs consists of liberation photographs of either Dachau or Buchenwald concentration camps.

  16. Varian Fry letter to Jean Gemähling

    Jean Gemähling (1912-2003) was a French Catholic educated at an English boarding school and worked as one of Varian Fry's assistants in Marseilles. In his January 9, 1945 letter to Gemähling, Fry asks for news of Gemähling’s survival and arrests in Vichy France and describes his 1945 memoir Surrender on Demand, his work at the New Republic and establishing the American Labor Conference on International Affairs, and his personal life as well as those of common friends and acquaintances. Among others, he mentions Jay Allen, Heinz Behrendt, Daniel Benedite, Georg Bernhardt, Victor Brauner, And...

  17. Hans Cherney photograph collection

    The Hans Cherney photograph collection consists of photographs taken at a Jewish rally or meeting in Germany during the 1930s. The photographer is unidentified. Also included is a photograph of a sign printed with an antisemitic sentiment in German.

  18. Jewish Workers and the Masses Handbill urging Jews and workers to remain and build a Socialist Poland

    Handbill issued by the Bund, the Jewish Workers Party in Poland (Ogólny Zydowski Zwiazek Robotniczy] urging Jewish workers and to remain in Poland and to build the future with the Socialist government in opposition to reactionary forces who might otherwise gain power.

  19. US soldiers go directly to the Pacific from Europe

    Issue 166, Part 3: Good aerial shots of American staging area of tents, equipment. GIs loaded into transport, then board ship in Marseilles for war in Pacific. Served food by Red Cross worker. Men line rails of ship. LS, ship pulls out.

  20. World Union of "Alliance Raciste Universelle," Department for Germany, Berlin Weltband der Volkischen Abteilung Deutschlands der "Alliance Raciste Universelle," Berlin (Fond 1299)

    Records relating to the pro-Nazi alliance, also known as European Union of Racists, whose purpose was to repulse purported Jewish influence on national life in various countries. Included are organizational bylaws, samples of the alliance periodical Judenkenner, materials on Jews and Freemasons, correspondence with local branches of the alliance and with Munich NSDAP headquarters, announcements of lectures, reports from sympathetic visitors to Germany who repudiated "Jewish hate propaganda," membership lists, and proofs of racial purity. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.