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  1. Letter relating to the expropriation of Jewish property and deportations to Terezin

    Photocopied document, unknown provenance, from Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland, giving instructions for evacuation from Bamberg, August 1942.

  2. Ludwik Krzywonowski letter

    Photocopy of a letter, apparently written in Zborów, Poland, July 1943, but then later sent (with annotations) from Ludwik Krzywonowski from Zborów in 1947, to Wilek Heilmann in Palestine.

  3. Gita Abraham memoir

    Testimony, three pages, photocopy of typescript. Fragment of memoir, describes author's experience at Auschwitz, and at liberation.

  4. A memoir

    Testimony, 1 page, typewritten, in form of letter, in which author describes her experiences in German occupied Ukraine, in the hopes this will help her with restitution claim via the Claims Conference.

  5. Memories of war

    Testimony, printed, approximately 15 pages, about Barratt's military service, including liberation of Dachau, as compiled by his daughter, Ruthye Payne, along with copies of photos and documents.

  7. Passover service, Munich Enclave

    Copy translation of Passover service, Munich enclave. Pages 1 to 17 are translated from Hebrew and the additional 4 pages are translated from Yiddish (15 Apr 1946-16 Apr 1946) copy ndSet by I. D. Sheinsohn

  9. Documentation of the Todt Organization in Minsk, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the Todt Organization in Minsk, 1942-1944

  10. Klezmorimlekh | Tif in veldele

    A: Klezmorimlekh; B: Tif in veldele. Folksinger Epelbaum (1894-1957) was imprisoned in 1949. Phonograph record 3 (red label): Cyrillic, 2 sides. Mikhail Epelbaum, voice Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Yakov Kukles (Moscow, 1939: Gramplasttrest 9019-9020)

  12. Ina and Maurice Teich collection

    The collection consists of books, documents, correspondence, photographs, and tefillin documenting the experiences of Ina Szuldiner Teich and her husband Maurice Teich during the Holocaust.

  13. Postwar painting of a Polish Jewish female survivor

    Painting created by Ita Bullard based upon a war-time photograph of her aunt Tola Lewenkron who survived the Holocaust in Poland.

  14. Anatol and Alexandra Gorko collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, a newspaper, and artifacts related to Anatol and Alexandra Gorko who both survived the Holocaust and married after the war in Łódź, Poland.

  15. Bruno Einstein family collection

    The collection consists of a wardrobe trunk, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Bruno and Frieda Einstein and their son Dieter when they fled Germany for the United States in 1939.

  16. Immigration Department, Office in Istanbul.

    We note the file L15/1181, containing correspondence on the persecution of the Jews in France, Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940-1944.

  17. Annette Fry collection

    The Annette Fry collection includes photographic material, correspondence, art objects, and publications documenting Varian Fry’s work for the Emergency Rescue Committee in France, some of the artists and intellectuals he aided, and travels around Europe.

  18. Bertelsen, Aage, Private Archive

    • Rigsarkivet
    • Bertelsen, Aage, Privatarkiv
    • Danish, English
    • 1943-1964
    • 1 parcel

    Material concerning Jews transfer to Sweden in 1943 and issues after the war related to that, 1943-1964, pcl. 2.

  19. All Army officers

    must certify by word of honor of not being affiliated to a franc Masonic loge. Follow declarations of officers from all Units.

  20. Bela and Gisa Pless collection

    Documents and photographs related to Bela and Gisa Pless [donors' parents], Czechoslovakian Jews who survived Sered and Theresienstadt; also includes Bela Pless's memoir and a yellow star, as well as letters.