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  1. How I survived in German occupied Hungary: a memoir

    Testimony: Typescript, 15 pages, "How I survived in German occupied Hungary, March 1944 - January 1945," by Maya Ben-Ari, dated 1996.

  2. In the shadow of death: Austrian Jews and the Nazi threat

    Author examines Jewish responses to antisemitism in Austria in the aftermath of World War II.

  3. Irmin Sternlieb collection

    Work card issued to Francisca Sternlieb by Romanian Government, dated 1942-1943; with stamps and photograph. Identification card issued to Francisca Sternlieb by Romanian Government; with stamps and photograph. Envelope from Geneva, Switzerland, addressed to "Herrn Isaac Rozentuler, Edinita, Jud, Hotin, Bessarabien," postmarked 2 April 1942.

  4. Henry E. Lehrich collection

    Letter written by Smyka (no last name) addressed to a unknown person. Discusses how before the war he had a great restaurant in Warsaw and was a rich man. Now after the war is too poor even to purchase basic items.

  5. Boris Mazelis collection

    A 22-page handwritten memoir in Russian regarding donor's life (there is also a 2-page English summary). Four photocopied pages of documents in Russian attesting to donor and donor's family in ghettos, Litin (now in Ukraine) and Zhmerinka (Zhmerynka, Ukraine).

  6. Hertha Spier collection

    The Hertha Spier collection consists of a short booklet, in English, entitled "Hertha Speir, KZ A-21646; Płaszów-Auschwitz e Bergen-Belsen" which contains a letter written by Hertha Spier in which she describes her Holocaust experiences. Originally from Bielsko, Poland, she describes the German invasion of Poland and being sent to the Kraków ghetto in 1940. She details her experiences in the Płaszów concentration camp where she was forced to make toys and gifts to be sent to Germany. Hertha describes her and her sister Gisela Pemper’s (née Gruber) deportation to the Auschwitz concentration ...

  7. Kathy Kirk collection

    Correspondence, statements, and reports relating to donor's father, Rev. Robert O. Beck, experiences at Dachau after liberation.

  8. Romanian anti-Jewish legislation

    Romanian anti-Jewish legislation for the following years: 1938, 1940-1944.

  9. Friedman family collection

    Consists of identity cards, photographs, and documents related to Willem and Helene Ginsburg Friedman, originally of Antwerp, Belgium. They were able to emigrate through France to Portugal, using visas provided by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and then to escape to the United States in 1940. Includes pre-war passports, safe conduct passes, pre-war, wartime, and post-war family photographs.

  10. Bryansk Oblast Archives records

    Reports.

  11. Nazi infiltration of the International Committee of the Red Cross

    Records relating to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) research into allegations concerning Nazi infiltration of the ICRC: lists of people suspected of espionage, reports about Giuseppe Berretta, reports on activities of ICRC representatives in North Africa, Naples, and Marseille, documentation of the activities of Jean-Robert (Jean-Roger) Pagan in North Africa.

  12. Commissariat général aux questions juives records

    Contains correspondence between the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ) and various offices such as the ministry of the interior, the finance ministry, military authorities, the German occupation authorities, associations for war orphans, and the ministry of education. Topics include the “Jewish Question,” the number of Jews in various regions, Jewish ex-servicemen, and Aryanization.

  13. Eric F. New collection

    Booklet published for the 100th celebration of the synagogue in Wangen. Correspondence, reports regarding donor's father attempts to help other Jewish emigrate from Germany.

  14. Alexandre Frank collection

    The collection documents Alexandre Frank and his wife Elka Barth Frank's efforts to help Jewish refugee children at Château de le Hille during the Holocaust. Contains a photocopy of a French article, dated circa 1985, regarding their work at le Hille; a photocopy of a 1985 German article from Freiheit regarding the Franks; two photocopies of lists of names and addresses of refugee children in the Franks' care; and an original copy of "Les Enfants de La Hille 1942-1985." containing biographies of the refugee children compiled for a 1985 reunion.

  15. Walter and Elizabeth Richards family papers

    The Walter and Elizabeth Richards family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, restitution files, and subject files documenting a German Jewish family from Berlin, some family members’ escape to Argentina, the United States, and England, the deaths of Elizabeth Richards’ parents at Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, and postwar efforts to receive restitution for confiscated money and property. Biographical materials include a 1922 German citizenship form for the Lewin family, employment information for Gyuri Olah, Hans Reich, and Walter Richards, emigration forms...

  16. Edna H. Greene collection

    The Edna H. Greene collection consists of correspondence between her parents, Louis Bissinger and Frieda Bissinger, while her father was interned on the Isle of Man, dated 1940-1941. Identification documents for Louis and Frieda Bissingerare also included.

  17. Leslie Van de Ven collection

    Materials regarding Gerard Van De Ven, a Dutch university student who resisted the Nazis.

  18. Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons collection

    The Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons collection consists of material created by the Committee in support of legislation concerning displaced persons in Europe. Editorials and press releases inform readers on the progress made on said legislation, while memorandum updates members and coordinating organizations of the Committee. Internal information consists of a variety of lists and news useful to members of the Committee. Also included is a report on immigration of European displaced persons to the United States. The Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons collection contains materia...

  19. Passport

    Passport belonging to donor's mother.

  20. Musia Gershenman testimony

    Contains a photocopy of handwritten testimony in Yiddish by Musia Gershenman, who, along with several other Jews from the Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania) ghetto, was rescued by Antonina and Jonas Paulavicius. Included with the testimony is an English translation provided by the USHMM. The collection also includes a videocassette of the ceremony at Yad Vashem recognizing Antonina Paulavicius as a "Righteous Among the Nations."