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  1. Kurt Weiser collection

    Collection of documents, photograph albums, and correspondence related to Kurt Weiser's experiences during World War II. Born in 1922 in the Czech Republic, Kurt was raised in Chorzow, Poland and deported or forced to flee to Siberia and further east into the Soviet Union. After the war, Kurt settled and worked in the New Ulm displaced persons camp, and eventually immigrated to Buffalo, NY.

  2. Selected records of the town Skalbmierz Akta miasta Skalbmierza (Sygn. 2219) : Wybrane materialy

    Records concerning registration and control of migration of population in the city Skalbmierz, including a book of the permanent inhabitants of Skalbmierz (File No 261) and notices about their migration. Also includes records relating to Jewish property (1946), and industry matters during WWII (1943).

  3. Reichsbanknote

    100,000 Mark bank note dated 1923.

  4. A kleinichker vintele | A ganze vokh

    Phonograph record 5. USSR, 2 sides. Tatyana Weintraub, vocalist; State Ukrainian SSR Folk Music and Dance Ensemble, Solomon Feintuch, conductor. Recorded in Kiev, 1939. Side A: A kleinichker vintele (A kleynikhker vintele). Folk song, arranged by Joel Engel. Side B: A ganze vokh (A gantse vokh). Folk song, arranged by Solomon Feintuch. Yiddish singer Tatyana Weintraub (Tatiana Vayntraub) may have been "disappeared" during a Stalinist purge (see Joel Rubin, liner notes to CD "Shalom Comrade"). Solomon Feintuch (1899-1985) was a popular and prolific Soviet-Ukrainian conductor-composer-pianist...

  5. Natan Huppert postcard collection

    Three postcards, sent from family members and acquaintances living in Auschwitz (Oświęcim) Poland, to Natan Huppert, living in Lwow, Soviet-occupied Poland, and later in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia, 1940-1941. Two of the postcards, from February and March 1940, were sent to Huppert in Lwow from his father, Heinrich Huppert, the latter of whom was living in Auschwitz. The third postcard was sent from Erna Bachner, living in Auschwitz, and addressed to Huppert in Arkhangelsk, Russia, in February 1941. All three postcards also are addressed to Dora, who was presumably Huppert's wife and...

  6. Prayer book

    Sukkot Mahzor, published in 1877, that belonged to Martha Bermann Loeb.

  7. Sightseeing in Paris; World's Fair 1937; Cherbourg

    "FRANCE" Riverside. "Views of Paris" Street scenes in Paris. Seine. Book market. Street traffic with parked Coca-Cola truck. Shops. La Madeleine church. Arc de Triomphe and cafe. Le Figaro. Riverboats. Fountain. Children playing. Outdoor cafe. Pedestrians crossing the street. American-Express-Co building. 01:05:53 "The World's Fair In Paris" Pan up, Eiffel Tower. Crowds attend the World's Fair. Pavilions with fountains and monuments. 01:06:57 Nazi flag flying from the Germany pavilion. CUs of Great Britain and USA pavilions. Visitors. The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dan...

  8. Hand-made wooden souvenir letter opener

    Painted wood souvenir letter opener given to Lavan Robinson. One side is engraved, "Souvenir from your boys" and the other is engraved, "Post Theatre Dachau 1946. The handle of the letter opener is a four-leaf clover.

  9. Ludwig Hiss collection

    The collection documents the post-war experiences of Ludwig Hiss of Borysław, Poland in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; other DP camps in Linz, Austria; and the Bellfaire orphanage in Cleveland, Ohio. Documents include a civilian transportation pass from Linz; a newspaper clipping describing Ludwig’s story; and two writings of Ludwig describing his experiences during and after the war. Photographs include depictions of the DP camps, Ludwig’s immigration to the United States onboard the SS Marine Perch, and the Bellfaire orphanage he lived in after he arrived. There are also a few pre-...

  10. Jay Janis collection

    Photograph of Berchtesgaden taken by Jay Janis (donor's father) in the postwar period.

  11. Sali Friedler photograph collection

    Contains four vintage photographs and two copy prints illustrating the pre-war life of Sali Friedler (donor's husband) and his immediate family in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Sali, born in 1930, was sent on Kindertransport to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 with his older brother Leo. Their parents, Charlotte and Bernhard, were deported to Riga, Latvia and Auschwitz-Birkenau respectively. Charlotte was deported from Riga to the Stuthoff concentration camp and was liberated in March 1945. She was eventually reunited with her sons in the 1950s in the UK.

  13. Harold Oram collection

    Collection illustrating the direct mail campaign efforts for the organization Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons. Harold Oram created direct mail fundraising for the Committee. Collection consists of several examples of the fund raising and public relations pieces that were sent by the Committee to not only garner support for displaced persons who remained in camps in Europe awaiting emigration, but to raise funds under the signature of Earl G. Harrison and William S. Bernard (secretary of the committee).

  14. Sección Khurbn un Vidershtand

    Consists of a mixed provenance collection of documentation donated to Fundacion IWO in Buenos Aires, Argentina by survivors starting in the immediate post-war years until the 1970s. Includes documents, photographs, manuscripts and other records.

  15. Selected records of the District Court in Kielce Sąd Okręgowy w Kielcach (Sygn. 146) : Wybrane materialy

    Court files pertaining to civil cases of Jewish population in Kielce: Authorization, protocols, statements, translations from Russian, court judgments, notices, receipts, marriage certificates related to inheritance, rights of possession, notary acts, acknowledgement of purchase-sales, restoration of property, exclusion of rights of possession, appropriation of land, annulment of last wills, bids, returning of money, divorces and annulment of marriages, ratification of marriage acts, alimonies, determining identity, rectification of register act, criminal acts as homicides, robbery assaults...

  16. Captain Stuart Cosgriff, MD collection

    Contains correspondence written by Dr. Cosgriff to his mother and a friend/fellow doctor which document his experiences in the Buchenwald concentration camp in the days immediately following liberation, his visit of Ebensee and other locations. Also includes photographs taken by Dr. Cosgriff during his visit to the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Wels, and a Russian POW camp at Nurnberg; dated April - May 1945; in English. Dr. Cosgriff was in charge of the medical setup in Buchenwald after liberation.

  17. Bimah cover

    Bimah cover cloth from the Dej synagogue. This cloth was in the synagogue when it was used in 1944 as a gathering place for Jews before they were sent to the local ghetto.

  18. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Berlin Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Berlinie (Sygn.475)

    Correspondence, passport applications, passports, and consular letters relating to legal matters of Polish minorities living in Germany, and about Zionist organizations in Germany.

  19. Hausspiegel family collection

    Contains postcards that Wolf Hausspiegel received from relatives in the Łódź ghetto; Bertha (Priwin) Hausspiegel's passport; and a Polish/Hebrew document regarding the family.

  20. General Jewish Council. Selected records.

    Constitution, meeting agenda, press releases, statements, memoranda, and similar documents, from the General Jewish Council (New York, NY), relating to its efforts to raise public awareness of the threats of Nazism and antisemitism, and to mobilize individuals and organizations in the United States to combat antisemitism, 1938-1942. The documents, which were mimeographed copies that were distributed to member organizations, were collected and housed in one volume at the library of the American Jewish Congress at time of distribution, and were later withdrawn from that library. In addition t...