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  1. Excerpts from the Shidlovtsa Yiskor book

    Contains information about Holocaust survival from former residents of Shidlovtsa, Poland. Translations from Yiddish into English were completed by Freda Stone.

  2. "The Paper Gauze Ballerina"

    Contains information about Sophie Miklos and her experiences of persecution in Romania, deportation from the Oradea (Nagyvárad, Hungary) ghetto, imprisonment at Auschwitz, and liberation by the Red Army.

  3. Remember not to forget: memoirs of a survivor of the Holocaust

    Contains information about the life of Clara Horowitz in Czortkow, Poland, before, during, and after World War II. In the form of a poem, Horowitz describes life in the ghetto, atrocities against Polish Jews, and her life in hiding. Specific dates are not mentioned in the poem.The poem was likely authored by Clara in the 1970s.

  4. Nina Kaleska papers

    Contains information about the experiences of Nina Kaleska in Auschwitz and her thoughts on Jewish-Christian relations in the years since the Holocaust. Also included is a copy of a love poem in German written during the Holocaust.

  5. Lily Zelenka biography "Little Lily"

    Contains the remembrances of Lily Zelenka in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, as a victim of deportation, prisoner in several concentration camps, and survivor of the Holocaust. "Little Lily" covers a general span of time from 1900 through the 1950s. "Little Lily" was written by Claire Ramsay as told to her by Lily Zelenka in 1981.

  6. Alois Moser papers

    Contains information about Alois Moser's experiences as a Jehovah's Witness during the Holocaust. Moser describes his persecution as a Jehovah's Witness, his imprisonment in several camps including Mauthausen, and the various types of camp inmate markings (triangles and badges) that he encountered in the camps. Also included is a timeline that traces Moser's travels as a prisoner from April 1939 through May 1945.

  7. Emil: episodes and remembrance

    The testimony describes Emil Jacoby's Holocaust recollections and his return to Eastern Europe to visit various concentration camps in 1987. Included is information about imprisonment at Auschwitz, survival of a death march in Austria, liberation by the Soviet army, and Jacoby's involvement in a Zionist organization called the Palestine Brigade (a.k.a. Jewish Brigade).

  8. "Once upon four decades, 1939-1979"

    Consists of a copy of "Once upon four decades, 1939-1979" written by Margaret Collin. The volume contains testimonies of several Holocaust survivors seeking restitution from the German government. The various testimonies describe the experiences of the survivors in concentration camps, escape from the Nazis, life in hiding, episodes of suicide, and great mental anguish suffered since the end of the Holocaust. Also included are recollections of Margaret Collin about her own escape from Germany and the loss of her family. Intermingled in the text are several photocopies of Holocaust-related d...

  9. "Hell and rebirth: my experiences during the time of persecution"

    Consists of a copy of "Hell and Rebirth: My Experiences during the Time of Persecution," by Dr. Edith Kramer. The memoir describes Kramer's experiences as a Jewish physician forced to care for women in various camps near Poznań, Poland. Also included is information on the inferior medical conditions in the camps, inferior sanitation, the treatment of women, and Kramer's post-liberation acquaintance with Hermann Hesse (Nobel Prize winner) and his wife, Ninon Hesse.

  10. "Fort Montluc and Ravensbrück" a record of imprisonment

    Consists of copies of a memoir of an anonymous Holocaust survivor. A member of the French resistance, the young woman was captured by the Gestapo and subjected to severe treatment. The testimony describes her deportation from France to Ravensbrück, slave labor in a German plane factory, experiences with female SS guards, her many illnesses as a prisoner, and her eventual liberation by the Red Army.

  11. Death march April 14, 1945-April 24, 1945

    Consists of a copy of "Death March: April 14, 1945-April 24, 1945," written by Benno Fischer in June 1945. The testimony describes Fischer's experiences as a prisoner of Flossenbürg, his forced labor in an airplane factory, and his participation in a death march through Bavaria.

  12. Samuel Gerstenfeld memoir

    Consist of a copy of a handwritten memoir by Samuel Gerstenfeld. The memoir describes his experiences of antisemitism in pre-World War II Poland, discrimination against Jews in business and education, his life in the Kielce ghetto, and his escape from the Blizyn camp. The memoir also contains detailed information concerning the Gerstenfeld family genealogy.

  13. "Dancing through the minefields"

    Consists of a copy of "Dancing through the minefields," a typescript memoir by Fred Schiller and Janice Blumberg. The memoir describes Schiller's early life in Yugoslavia, his career as a jazz musician, his flight from Yugoslavia after the establishment of the Nazi-Ustashi (Ustaša) government, his experiences as a refugee on various Yugoslav islands in the Adriatic Sea, his service with the United States Army, and his immigration to the United States in 1948.

  14. A life of survival

    The testimony describes John P. Kartal's early life in Hungary, his experiences as a laborer during World War II, his hiding during the deportation of Hungarian Jews, his life under Hungary's post-war communist government, and his immigration to the United States.

  15. From "Jerushalayim d'Lita" and back (Wilno, "Jerusalem of Lithuania")

    Consists of a copy of a survivor testimony entitled "From 'Jerusalayim d'Lita' and back (Wilno, 'Jerusalem of Lithuania')" written by William Z. Good. The testimony describes Good's experience as a child in Niemenczyn, Soviet Union; persecution by Poles; his narrow escape from an execution in Ponary; hiding in the forest and in the homes of Poles during the Holocaust; and his return to Wilno, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Niemenczyn after 43 years. Also included are several photocopies of Gdud family photographs through the years and an article from a Russian-language newspaper in Vilnius...

  16. Out of the hell of Minsk into the 'paradise' of Theresienstadt

    Includes a copy of a German-language printed version of "Aus der Hölle Minsk in der 'Paradies' Theresienstadt" by Dr. Karl Loewenstein, accompanied by an undated English translation by Bernard Ahrend. The article is Loewenstein's account of events in Theresienstadt (Terezín) during his imprisonment. Among the things described are the deportation of Jews from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to the camp, the role of the SS in the camp, the "self administration" of the Jewish elders, the treatment of children and the elderly, and the liberation of the camp by the Red Army.

  17. My story

    Contains information about the life of Rosa Taubman Budick in Poland before the Holocaust, the antisemitism she experienced from Poles, the ghetto in Kraków, Poland, her experiences while working for the SS in a prison, the Jewish police in the Kraków ghetto, living under an assumed identity, and liberation by the Red Army. Also included is a photograph of Taubman family members in Kraków circa 1940 and a brief biography of Rosa T. Budick written by the Ruth Taubman Glosser [donor].

  18. My memories

    Consists of a copy of "My memories, 1939-1945," by Fay Walker. The testimony describes Walker's memories of the German invasion of Poland, her life in hiding, the murder of family members, persecution by the Soviets, the reunion with her brother late in World War II, and her immigration to the United States.

  19. Memoires pour mes petit-enfants Memoirs for my grandchildren

    Consists of a copy of a 47-page French-language typescript entitled "Memoires pour mes petit-enfants (Memoirs for My Grandchildren)" by Sandor (Alexandre) Bokshorn. The memoir, which is dated July 1985, describes the author's early life in Hungary. He attended school at the Sorbonne then entered his family's furrier business. He describes increasing antisemitism in Hungary beginning in the mid-1930s, slave labor, deportations, Soviet liberation, deportation to the Ukraine, and life in postwar communist Hungary until the 1956 revolt and his escape to France in the following year. The memoir ...

  20. Janina Spinner Mehlberg testimony

    Consists of a copy of a testimony by Janina Spinner Mehlberg. The testimony describes the experiences of Mehlberg and her husband as refugees in hiding in Lublin, Poland, during the Holocaust and their involvement with an underground movement to assist the prisoners of Majdanek concentration camp.