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  2. Otto Ernst Falkenhagen papers

    Consists of four letters written by Otto Falkenhagen in the 1990s reflecting on his life and that of his family under National Socialism in Hamburg, Germany. The letters address his internment between the years 1940 and 1945 at the Moringen Youth Camp, the persecution of his father and disabled sister under Nazi eugenics policies, and the death of his sister who died at age 12 in the Alstersdorf Anstalten in 1941. Also includes 3 copy prints of photographs depicting Falkhagen family members circa 1920—1931.

  3. Hiking; Performance in Vienna; Family holidays - Easter and Christmas

    Title: “Buntes Allerlei” “Mitglied des Klubs der Kino-Amateure Österreichs” “Schulwandertag April 1931-May 1933”. Shaky views of a school group hiking trips, dining outdoors. Girls dressed up in gowns embrace. Horse races. The group hikes, older man with a cane, they relax at the Liesing Brewery. 01:01:46 Ferdinand Hausner. Ducks. More shots of the school group at the brewery. 01:02:58 A different group of friends at a brewery, carrying flower bouquets. Cinema [Kino] in Vienna, “Weisse Woche”. “Verbands Kunstlaufen” sign. Crowds at Heldenplatz. Indoor performance. “Ostern 1933” Scenic shots...

  4. "Journal of Hungarian Jews" Magyar Zsidók Lapja [Newspapers]

    A Jewish weekly newspaper "A Magyar Zsidók Lapja" issued in Budapest, Hungary, 1939-1944.

  5. Oral history interview with Regina Naftaniel

  6. Walter Eisenhuth photograph collection

    Consists of 16 photographs documenting scenes at Buchenwald shortly following liberation. The photographs are associated with the military service of Walter Eisenhuth, who served with an Army Engineer Maintenance Company. Includes images of piles of corpses; the burial of victims; survivors in their camp uniforms; scenes at various buildings aroud the camp site; and the hanging of a sign, in English, announcing a memorial observance for the victims of the camp.

  7. Oral history interview with Isak Fligman

  10. Oral history interview with Hanus Weber

  11. Visiting the countryside and Karlovy Vary

    Waterway, bridge in unknown location. EXT of church, painting on facade. City sights, mountains in BG. CUs young woman with a kitten. Train station, views of beautiful scenery from the train window, excursion. The rapids, tunnels, a waterfall, mountains, etc. 01:02:00 The young friends take turns on playground equipment, spinning, seesaw. They crowd into one automobile, and smile for the camera. 01:03:03 They visit a church and dine. CUs, water from moving boat. More scenic shots of architecture, railroads, mountains. An archway, pedestrians on the street, “Triumph Garage” sign. HAS, touris...

  13. Peter Tabaracci photograph collection

    Consists of nine photographs. Eight of the photographs depict scenes of the Gardelegen Massacre. The ninth photograph is identified as an aerial view of a former labor camp near Braunschweig. All of the photographs include original English inscriptions on the versos and are associated with the service of Peter Tabaracci, who served with the 4th Signal Battalion.

  14. Hamel family collection

    Contains two photographs and a document related to Marion Hamel and her parents, Hilda (Pincus) and Frederick Hamel who came to the United States from Germany. Contains a birth register certificate for Hilda Hamel.

  15. S.L. Shneiderman papers

    Material related to the experiences of author Samuel L. Shneiderman (donor's father). Includes genealogical records and biographical information; photographs; newspaper clippings; and writings including on the Holocaust and Warsaw ghetto, Israel soon after 1948, and Arthur Szyk.

  16. Oral history interview with Cila Trus

  18. Oral history interview with David Novick

  19. Oral history interview with Jan Huldt

  20. Israel "Sol" Sokolik papers

    The collection consists of handwritten testimony of the wartime experiences of Israel "Sol" Sokolik, who survived the Holocaust in Slonim (Belarus) in the ghetto and as a partisan. The testimony was used at the 1973 trial of Gerhardt Erren and Lothar Schultz for war crimes committed in Slonim. Also included are two doucments in Polish and Russian.