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  1. Philip Friedman collection

    Collections consists of 93 published photographs used to commemorate the 1936 Olympics.

  2. Henry Bermanis collection

    Letters from Henry Bermanis to his daughter Betty regarding his family and personal life history. Memoir entitled "A visit to Vilnius" by Bermanis, dated April 5, 1992. Memoir entitled "Witness to Minsk" by Bermanis, undated. Memoir entitled "Riga revisited, plus some other places" by Bermanis, dated January 26, 1992. Memoir entitled "Brief Impressions from a short trip to Romania" by Bermanis, dated July 14, 1992.

  3. Jewish resistance personnel executed by the Nazis at Mont-Valeien (Paris)

    Adam Rayski compiled these names; no indication as to where his research was conducted.

  4. Yom ha-Shoʾah commemoration speech

    Speech written and delivered by Isaac Schweitzer [donor], 14 April 1996.

  5. Alan Marcus collection

    The Alan Marcus collection consists of one audio tape of the NBC production "The Girl Without a Name"; a photocopy of the transcript of the same production, a photocopy of "Ratachusky's Return," which was written by Alan Marcus [donor] and published in "The Atlantic" in August 1946, and photocopy of email correspondence.

  6. Basil Herzstein collection

    Photocopies of excerpts of books and magazines relating to Donor's father, Fred Herzstein. Newspaper clippings from German newspapers and Dutch magazines containing articles relating to donor's father, from the 1930s.

  7. Joseph R. Beyrle collection

    Memoir of Joseph Beyrle's [donor] wartime service; articles pertaining to donor as a POW.

  8. Siegmund Levarie collection

    Postcard addressed to Sophie Löenherz; mentions Erna Patak, first president of the Austrian section of the WIZO.

  9. "The bloody record of Nazi atrocities"

    Consists of two copies of the late 1944 publication, "The Bloody Record of Nazi Atrocities" edited by Joe Weil and published by Arco Publishing Company. The publication is split into two parts, "The Crimes," written by Burnet Hershey, and "The Punishment," written by Johannes Steel. The publication is illustrated with artwork by comic book artist A.M. Froelich and with photographs supplied from the Soviet agency SOVFOTO.

  10. Hans J. Kaufman collection

    Book and articles regarding donor's father Arthur Kaufman. One photocopy of document with Himmler's signature, 17 August 1942. One postcard with list of names of those who appear.

  11. Indictment in the proceedings against Koch, Ilse for murder

    Indictment, dated 10 May 1950, of Ilse Koch, widow of former Buchenwald Commandant Karl Koch.

  12. Richard Stiel collection

    Fluechtlingsausweis (refugee identification document) for Marthe Stiel.

  13. My ten days in Buchenwald: a memoir

    Donor describes his Holocaust related experiences in Buchenwald.

  14. "A Time to Weep"

    A research paper documenting donor's father's journey from Germany to China to Panama and to United States. Ten black and white family photographs with notes.

  15. Lang C. Dickinson collection

    Correspondence and photographs of Holocaust scenes, German medals, foreign paper money, etc. Includes photographs of U.S. Army Air Force photographer Lang C. Dickinson, and survivors and victims at Buchenwald shortly after liberation.

  16. Joseph Gosler collection

    Family register used when Joseph Gosler [donor] lived in the underground. Poem entitled "Hidden Children, W.W. II" written by donor.

  17. Handbill

    German Weekly Review, Nr.85

  18. Martin Pereira collection

    The Martin Pereira collection consists of a registration form and passport issued to Martin Rodrigues Pereira, March 11, 1941, in Hilversum, the Netherlands, containing transit stamps documenting his journey through France and Portugal on his way to Cuba and Argentina; letters from the Civil Defense authorities of Townhall of Hilversum regarding volunteer duty for the Air Defense, May 10-12, 1940; an identity card issued to Martin Rodrigues Perriera in 1939 for membership in the Dutch Youth Hostel Organization ("Ned. Jeugd-Herberg Centrale"); an identification card issued in 1933; and an id...

  19. Faivel Ziegelbaum

    The story of Szmuel (Artur) Ziegelbaum through his brother, Faivel. Faivel reads his brother's letters and occasionally offers his own reflections. This interview took place in Tel Aviv. FILM ID 3882 -- Zygielbojm Camera Rolls 1-11 In Israel, in several takes, Faivel Zygielboim reads a letter which his brother, Szmuel (Artur) Zygielboim wrote, preceding his suicide. In the letters, Artur describes the powerlessness and guilt he feels at the conditions his family and thousands of others live in back home in Europe. After Artur wrote letters to Churchill and other leaders of Allied countries ...

  20. Folio

    Folio cover for a collection of 7 print reproductions of drawings by Henri Pieck, a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, of daily life in the camp.