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  1. Bruno and Elsa Lewin collection

    Documents relating to Bruno Lewin and his emigration from Nazi-occupied Berlin.

  2. Chaim Piotrkowski collection

    The Chaim Piotrkowski collection consists of a photocopy of Piotrkowski's personal narrative about his experiences in the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose, written in English; a photocopy of Hercko Ciesluk's personal narrative about his experiences in the Bialystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen, written in Yiddish in 1947; and Piotrkowski’s English translation of Ciesluk's personal narrative.

  3. Military government concentration camp questionaire with photograph

    Photocopy of Arnold Wachtel's postwar Concentration Camp Inmate Questionaire with his photograph.

  4. Marek Jannusz collection

    Contains audio tapes, programs and brochures, etc. of Requiem and Sh'ma dated April 27, 1996, and a Boston University Conference on "Rescue and Resistance WWII and the Present."

  5. U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation of the Facts, Evidence and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre, 82nd Congress, 1st Session (RG 233)

    Includes reports, evidence documents, investigation results, and other materials relating to the committee’s investigation on the Katyṅ Forest Massacre,1940 (Murder of the Polish officers and Polish intelligentsia).

  6. Selected records of the Nikolaev Oblast Archives II from Yad Vashem

    Contains primarily documents from the Romanian occupation government’s Prefecture of the Golta region in Transnistria. Roll 1 contains historical and geographical information on the Golta region, correspondence regarding the use of Jews for work, and a 1943 list of Jews in the Golta ghetto. Roll 2 contains military orders and reports about the fight against Soviet activists and Communists, correspondence of the prefect of Golta, correspondence regarding the use of police for disposal of victims’ possessions and the use of prisoners of war for work (1941–1942), and 1943 orders of the 2nd Dep...

  7. Die Grosse Negertrommel der kolonialen Werbun Die Deutsche Afrika-Schau 1935-1943

    Consists of an article entitled "Die Grosse Negertrommel der kolonialen Werbung: Die Deutsche Afrika-Schau 1935-1943" [The Big Negro Drum of Promoting Colonialism: the German Afrika-Show], by Elisa Forgey, which was originally published in Werkstatt Geschichte in 1994. The article describes the ways in which black performers were humiliated and abused during the Nazi era.

  8. Charles Winter collection

    Consists of copies of directives (captured German records) from the Reich Chief of Police and Ministry of the Interior signature blocks by Daluege and Himmler, NSDAP directives, other Police and Nazi Party Officials, etc. Some have handwritten signatures and annotations. These documents mainly relate to Nazi policies and they give some information pertaining to religious intolerance during the Holocaust.

  9. Sue Yarnelli collection

    Consists of 10 black-and-white photographs of Ebensee and survivors and victims thereof issued by the United States Army.

  10. Certificate of incarceration

    Certifification of donor's incarceration in Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps.

  11. Selected Records Relating to the German Africa Show (Deutsche Afrika-Schau)

    Photocopies of records related to the German Africa Show (Deutsche Afrika-Schau), a tour in Germany organized by the NSDAP to promote German racist ideology and support for colonialism in Africa.

  12. "Krankengymnastin in Auschwitz"

    Consists of a typed memoir, in German, by Simha Naor (born Stella Silberstein, 1899-1994), originally of Vienna, Austria. The memoir, 238 pages, is based on Ms. Naor's journal, which she wrote shortly after her liberation from Bergen-Belsen, and which included information about her work in the hospital in Auschwitz. The memoir based on this draft was published in 1986 as "Krankengymnastin in Auschwitz: Aufzeichnungen des Haftlings, Ausgabe 80574."

  13. A memoir

    Contains a photocopy of a typescript testimony, in Polish.

  14. "La Banalita del Bene" The story of Giorgio Perlasca

    Consists of a draft of an English language translation of "La Banalita del Bene: The Story of Giorgio Perlasca," originally of Enrico Deaglio and translated by Gregory Conti. The draft, consiting of 129 pages and including a transcript of part of Perlasca's diary, was later published as "The Banality of Goodness" (South Bend : University of Notre Dame Press, 1998).

  15. Auschwitz

    Draft manuscripts and research materials for book entitled Auschwitz.

  16. Chayim Gefen: my life: a memoir

    The memoir is in English and Hebrew and relates to the Holocaust experiences of Chayim Gefen in Poland including liberation.

  17. Recollections of a combat medic

    Contains donor's recollection as a combat medic with Company "C," 82nd Armored Medical Battalion of the 12th Armored Division, serving in France and Germany, and participating in the liberation of Landsberg concentration camp.

  18. "Honor... whatever the price: a memoir"

    Discusses Holocaust experiences while living in the Netherlands. Father arrested for political reasons; mother involved in underground movements.

  19. Transcending trauma: exploring psychological mechanisms of survival and marriage council 1991-1992 annual report

    Reports relating to postwar trauma of Holocaust survivors.

  20. Dana Pomerants-Mazurkevich collection

    One publicity flyer; memoir about Dana Pomerants-Mazurkevich [donor], author unknown; newsclipping regarding the donor.