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Displaying items 901 to 920 of 3,431
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  1. Marga Lakritz photograph

    1. Marga Lakritz collection

    The photograph depicts a group of women posing on the street outside of a bookbinding factory, "Bunge Reichsnahrstand Bucherei," in Germany. Pictured from left to right are: Marga Lakritz, Erica Drenske, an unknown woman, and Ruth Walter.

  2. Michael Kishel memoir

    1. Michael Kishel collection

    Contains information about Michael Kichel's (Meilech Kisielnicki) escape from deportations in Kałuszyn (Kalushin), Poland; his life in hiding in Warsaw, Poland; his escape from a deportation from the Warsaw ghetto; his internment in Majdanek and subsequent internment at Auschwitz-Birkenau; his experiences working in the Birkenau camp; his transport to the Lagischa camp near Sosnowiec, Poland; his stay at the Bunawerke (I. G. Farben complex); and his participation in a death march.

  3. Mojsze Kisielnicki memoir

    1. Michael Kishel collection

    Contains information about the German seizure of Kałuszyn, Poland; the establishment of the Kałuszyn Judenrat in November 1939 by Mayor Bumiszcz Plywaczewsky; confiscation of Jewish property in Kałuszyn; general mistreatment of the Jews of Kałuszyn; the special work of Mojsze Kisielnicki as a member of the Kałuszyn Judenrat; disease in the ghetto; and deportation of Kałuszyn Jews to Warsaw; Also included are the names of several Kałuszyn Judenrat officials.

  4. "The Life of Alexander Perlberger before, during, and after the Second World War"

    1. Mina Perlberger collection

    Consists of the typescript memoir entitled "The Life of Alexander Perlberger, Shortly Before and Shortly After the Second World War" written by his widow, Mina Perlberger. The memoir describes the life of Mr. Perlberger from adolescence until his death. She includes information about Perlberger's imprisonment in concentration camps in Poland, his experiences during Kristallnacht, his enlistment in the Red Army, and his emigration to the United States.

  5. Mina Perlberger papers

    1. Mina Perlberger collection

    Includes a typescript of "Buried Alive: A Diary" written by Mina Glücksman Perlberger in 1984. "Buried Alive" describes Perlberger's experiences as a young Polish Jew in hiding during the Holocaust. Also includes a compilation of eight poems by Perlberger relating to her Holocaust experiences and a list of family members deported and/or murdered during the Holocaust.

  6. "Courier: a memoir"

    1. Leah Silverstein collection

    Describes Leah Silverstein's reactions to the Holocaust.

  7. Leah Silverstein memoirs

    1. Leah Silverstein collection

    Contains two versions, typescript, circa 200 pages each of the donor's memoirs.

  8. Janine Gimpelman Sokolov papers

    1. Janine Sokolov collection

    The papers consist of 21 photographs and documents relating to Ursula Klipstein (later Janine Gimpelman Sokolov), her life in Frankenhausen, Germany, before World War II, and her experiences in the Kindertransport, at the Kinderheim orphanage in Brussels, Belgium, and in hiding at a convent near Braine-L'Allend, Belgium.

  9. Janine Sokolov memoir

    1. Janine Sokolov collection

    Testimony, three pages, handwritten. Account of Janine Gimpelman Sokolov (born Ursula Klipstein) and her life in Frankenhausen and Plauen, Germany, and efforts to emigrate, first to Belgium, where author lived in hiding during war, and then after war to U.S.

  10. Eva Anker papers

    1. George Fogelson collection

    The papers consist of one photographic postcard of Eva Anker [donor's maternal aunt] and two packing lists for Eva Anker.

  11. Stefan Czyzewski photographs

    1. Stefan Czyzewski collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Stefan Czyzewski, a Polish partisan, in 1946 and a photographic postcard of a lodge used as a state hospital after liberation where Stefan Czyzewski was a patient from 1945 to 1946.

  12. Stefan Czyzewski identification card

    1. Stefan Czyzewski collection

    The identification card ("Auxiliary D.P. Employee's Certificate") was issued to Stefan Czyzewski, a Polish victim of the Holocaust, as an employed meesenger of DP Camp 256. The card was issued in January 1947 in Aschattenburg, Germany.

  13. Hana Evyatar papers

    1. Hana Evyatar collection

    Consists of two letters from Edouard Robert, who helped rescue Hana Evyatar.

  14. Hena Evyatar papers

    1. Hana Evyatar collection

    Papers consist of a group of letters written to Hena Kohn [donor] during and immediately following World War II by Father Edouard Robert; a false identification card used by Kohn; and a false identification card issued to "Andre Goedweert" that was used by Azriel Gutwirth [donor's husband] while in hiding. Also includes 33 photographs that document Kohn's pre-war and wartime experiences.

  15. Hermine Markowitz papers

    1. Hermine Markowitz collection

    Consists of documents, including a false French "Carte d’identite" pertaining to the donor's time in hiding, and documents pertaining to the donor's husband's incarceration in camps and claim for restitutioon.

  16. Hermine Markowitz papers

    1. Hermine Markowitz collection

    Consists of a small blue photo album and a handmade paper book painted with watercolor scenes of children playing in various locations; both albums contain photographs of children in the OSE homes of Draveil, Bellevue, and Champfleur, 1946-1948.

  17. Day 206 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 206 - Monday, August 19, 1946. Mr. Dodd speaks. The German counsel for the Gestapo addresses the court. Courtroom discussion.

  18. Day 207 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 207 - Tuesday, August 20, 1946. Counsel for the Gestapo. Courtroom discussion. Defendant Hermann Goering. German counsel for the SA.

  20. Day 211 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (Set B)

    1. Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

    Day 211 - Monday, August 26, 1946. Dr. Merkel for the Gestapo. US counsel, Mr. Dodd, speaks. German defense for the SD and the SA.