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  1. Air compressor tank placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Air compressor tank placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek h...

  2. Aizik Eisen papers

    1. Julie Keefer family collection

    Documents, photographs, and a personal narrative regarding the Holocaust experiences of Aizik Eisen and his two grandaughters Julia and Tola Weinstock in Lwów, Poland [Lviv, Ukraine] and the assistance their family received from Lusia Nowicka, a non-Jewish Polish woman who hid them. Included is a post-war manuscript written by Aizik about his Holocaust experiences. The manuscript is in Yiddish, and includes an English translation. Documents include Aizik’s former concentration inmate identification card, his United States Declaration of Intention form, and naturalization certificate. Also i...

  3. AJDC bar patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) badge worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for the relief organization after the end of World War II. He was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was ho...

  4. Akten der Gestapo Trier, Gestapo-Bereich Köln, betr. im Reg. Bez. Trier wohnhafte Juden (umdatiert, Vorkriegs-und Kriegszeit.) - ...

    1. Transportlisten Gestapo

    Akten der Gestapo Trier, Gestapo-Bereich Köln, betr. im Reg. Bez. Trier wohnhafte Juden (umdatiert, Vorkriegs-und Kriegszeit.)1.) Verz. v. Juden, hauptsächlich Bewohner d. Stadt Trier, unter Angabe ihres Besitztums, und Aufführung d. am 28.02. u. 15.03.43 ausgesiedelten Juden.2.) Verz. d. Juden im Reg. Bez. Trier nach der Personenstandsaufnahme v. 10.10.38, kreisweise geordnet, mit statistischen Aufstellungen

  7. Aktenstücke, Dokumente

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. NSDAP und angeschlossene Verbände
    4. Reichsleitung
    5. Adjutantur des Führers
    1. Bericht Gestapo-Amt Berlin (Best) vom 14. Oktober 1935: Verschlechterung der Stimmung im Saargebiet, die nach der Abstimmung zunächst sehr gut gewesen war, Gründe: Nichteinhaltung deutscher Versprechen, 6 S.; 2. Vertraulicher Bericht (von Chappius) vom 10. August 1935: Eindrücke aus einem Englandaufenthalt, die für Deutschland günstige Stimmung durch Flottenabkommen durch Nachrichten über Judenverfolgungen und Ereignisse auf religiösem Gebiet getrübt, Sympathien für Abessinien gegen Italien, Zurückhaltung gegenüber Ribbentrop, erwarteter Rücktritt Baldwin, 6 S.; Aktennotiz v. Chappius vo...

  8. Aladár Szegedy-Maszák papers

    The collection consists of the personal papers of Aladár Szegedy-Maszák, a high ranking Hungarian diplomat and foreign ministry official during the Holocaust era. Includes correspondence and memoirs relevant to the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, with special emphasis on Hungary’s role, its efforts to leave the war and to avoid Soviet occupation. The collection also contains biographical information on Aladár, family correspondence, subject files, copies of his Voice of America commentaries, and phonographs.

  11. Albert Garih testimonies

    The Albert Garih testimonies consists of two testimonies written by Albert Garih in 2000 and updated in 2011. The first testimony describes Albert Garih’s personal experiences as a hidden child in France. The second testimony describes the experiences of Benjamin Garih, Albert’s father, who was sent to a forced labor camp on the Channel Islands.

  14. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection, 1939-1986

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    The Alexander Kulisiewicz collection contains microfilms, correspondence, music scores and notation, personal narratives, artwork, poetry, manuscripts, research notes, photograph, negatives, and various other documents compiled by Aleksander Kulisiewicz from 1945 until the time of his death in 1982. The materials in the collection relate to a variety of Holocaust topics, but mainly music, poetry, art, and theater in the concentration camps during World War II. Kulisiewicz compiled the small archive of music, poetry, literature, photographs, and sound recordings during the years after his li...

  15. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Audycje Polskiego Radia [APR]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    18 sound reels including Polish radio broadcasts of Kulisiewicz and his performances. Reel 1 - APR 1 Polish radio broadcast, "Choral ze piekla dna" [Songs from the depths of hell]. Side A includes various camp songs and fragments of camp songs sung by Aleksander Kulisiewicz (A.K.) such as "Elzunia," "Agonia Staszka," "Kostus moja," "Kolysanka dla synka." An a cappella choir sings "Marsz Pasiakow'' and "List." A.K. and Burski recount experiences surrounding musical activity at the camps. Side B includes a recording of a concert at Auschwitz from 1967. A.K. sings "Birkenau," with accordian ac...

  16. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Cassette Tapes [TK]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    52 cassette tapes including recordings compiled by Aleksander Kulisiewicz consisting of songs, poetry, interviews, lectures, radio broadcasts, and other music programs. Cassette 4, TK 5 Side A includes a duplicate recording of a lecture-demonstration given by Aleksander Kulisiewicz (A.K.) at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, 12 Feb 1974 as re-recorded on 14 May 1974 in Paris. Various Polish camp songs performed by A.K. with guitar accompaniment are followed by a discussion of these songs both in Polish and in French. Side B consists of a concert of Polish camp songs performed in -Tarnowskie-Go...

  17. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Jak umierał mój glos [JUM]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    31 sound reels categorized by Kulisiewicz as "How my voice was dying." Kulisiewicz (A.K.) discusses various biographical information in (monologue) story form. This series is divided into various parts with their own sub-titles and includes recordings of songs and poetry. Reel 1 - JUM 1A Side A is part of "My mother's romance" (Part I) which includes a prologue, family history, and father. Side B is a continuation of Part II, "The Quail and the Lunatic" including Roob, Old songs from A.K.'s childhood, Rubato and Smierdzionka. Reel 2 - JUM 1B Side A is a continuation of "My mother's romance"...

  18. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Nagrania Polskiego Radia [NPR]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    14 sound reels including Polish radio recordings of Kulisiewicz and his performances.

  19. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Nagrania rozne [NR]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    33 sound reels including various recordings that Kulisiewicz compiled after his liberation from Sachsenhausen concentration camp, such as recordings of songs and poetry written in concentration camps, concerts by Kulisiewicz, and interviews with Kulisiewicz and other musicians.

  20. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Nagrania zagraniczne [NZ]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    34 sound reels with including various recordings from abroad that Kulisiewicz compiled after his liberation from Sachsenhausen concentration camp, such as concerts, interviews, or radio programs.