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  1. Recollections of a Polish Holocaust survivor

    Contains information about the early life of Mieczyslaw Paul Makowski (a Polish Christian) in Poland; his participation in the Polish resistance against the German occupiers; his incarceration in Pawiak Prison, Majdanek, Buchenwald, and Flossenbürg; his experiences on a death march from Flossenbürg; his liberation; and his subsequent life in the United States.

  2. Peter Gersh testimony

    Contains information about Peter Gersh's (Pinchas Gerszonowicz) boyhood in Poland; his impression of antisemitism among the Poles; German invasion of Poland; German occupation of Poland; work for the Luftwaffe at an airbase; life in a concentration camp; escape from a death march; search for relatives after World War II; and emigration to the United States.

  3. Newspaper clippings of Italian press

    Contains late post-World War II Italian press clippings on Holocaust-related topics including Italian fascism, war criminals, trials, the Italian army during World War II, death camps, Italian transit camps, and the like.

  4. Bulgarian Orthodox Church newspaper articles relating to antisemitism

    This collection contains copies of articles from a Bulgarian newspaper concerning Bulgarian government and Bulgarian Orthodox Church policy on antisemitism, as well as English-language translations of each.

  5. Defense of the nation law protests from the State Historic Archives in Bulgaria

    Contains photocopies of articles, petitions, letters, and various other documents relating to the persecution and rescue of Jews in Bulgaria during the Holocaust. The collection comes from several sources, among them the Central Consistory of the Jews in Bulgaria; The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Church; The Doctors Union; and The sons and wives of Jewish participants in the Liberation War of 1877-1878. Also included in the collection are rescue appeals from organizations to save Bulgarian Jews, and a public letter (published in the press) written and signed by former Bulgarian ministers, la...

  6. Records relating to the Soviet Union under Nazi Occupation

    Contains public notices, maps, testimonies, letters, and reports relating to killing in Lithuania during Nazi occupation; killing in retaliation for sabotage; activities of Einsatzgruppe A from October 1941 to January 1942; mass shootings of Soviet citizens; Soviet POWs; creation of ghettos; operation “Hornung“; the annihilation of Jews in Slutsk (Minsk Oblast); killing of Soviet citizens in retaliation for partisan activities; interrogation of Kiev inhabitants concerning the massacre at Babi Yar; operation “Swamp Fever“ near Minsk; operation “Magic Flute“ in Minsk; operation “Kottbus“ in B...

  7. Bureaucratic persecution Jewish life in Frankfurt-am-Main, 1933-1938

    Manuscript produced at Harvard by Paul Hamburg in 1967. Contains information about antisemitic persecution and anti-Jewish laws in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; organized boycotts of Jewish businesses; Kristallnacht; and Jewish reaction to persecution in Frankfurt am Main.

  8. Golden book and other Forty-Second US Rainbow Division memorabilia from the Rainbow Division archives

    Contains information about the involvement of the 42nd US Infantry ("Rainbow") Division in the liberation of Dachau and the memorialization of Belgian political prisoners who died there. Included are excerpt pages from the "Golden Book" containing the signatures of several Dachau survivors.

  9. Records relating to displaced persons in Ebensee

    Contains photocopies of name lists of displaced persons, grouped by nationality, remaining in Ebensee concentration camp after liberation. Lists of Polish displaced persons make up the bulk of the collection. Also included are records relating to the Polish Committee in Ebensee and a map of Austria showing Mauthausen and the Mauthausen sub-camp network.

  10. Postcards and telegrams concerning persons in Theresienstadt

    Consists of six postcards to and from various persons in a "Jewish camp." One blank savings book, which at one time belonged to Berta Rosenzweig. Four telegrams from Topalcany, Czechoslovakia. One entry pass for Theresienstadt.

  11. Jack O. Horton letter describing liberation of slave laborers near Barth, Germany

    The letter was written by Jack O. Horton in 1990 and contains his recollections about the liberation of Jewish slave laborers at a German airport near Barth, Germany.

  12. Records relating to Nazi genocide in Poland from the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland

    Contains information about executions by Nazis; laws and regulations imposed on Poles and Polish Jews by the Nazis; ghettos; and deportations to German concentration camps in occupied Poland.

  13. Articles relating to post-war Germany from the Antifa-Archiv

    Contains German newspaper articles (originals and copies) describing Germany in the years since the fall of the Third Reich. Among the topics of the articles are the rise of neo-Nazism and antisemitism in present-day Germany, the rise of new German nationalism, and well-known anti-Nazi and pro-Nazi personalities from World War II, such as Hans Eiden and Ernst Tag.

  14. Oskar Brill concentration camp letters

    Contains information about the experiences of Oskar Brill in Strafgefängnis und Arbeitshaus Ebrach, Zuchthaus Amberg, and Buchenwald concentration camp.

  15. Richard W. Wharton testimony of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp

    Contains information about Richard Wharton's experiences as a participant in the invasion of Italy and the liberation of Dachau. The testimony focuses on the desperation felt by Wharton after the death of a child in the camp.

  16. Slovak State Archives records

    Contains photocopies of documents from various Slovakian archives concerning events in Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary during World War II. Among the topics mentioned are the occupation of Slovakia by Hungarian and German troops, antisemitism, and anti-fascist movements.

  17. Selected records from archives in Rostock, Dresden, Potsdam, and Leipzig relating to Jews during the Holocaust

    Contains photocopies of reports, lists, articles, and various other documents from German archives in Rostock, Dresden, Potsdam, and Leipzig. The documents relate to the fate of German Jews in various German cities, deportations to concentration camps, exclusion of Jews from public activities, and organized antisemitism.

  18. Records relating to Jews in Lʹviv

    Contains photocopies of Ukrainian police documents concerning the fate of Jews in the Lemberg (Lʹviv) area. The documents relate to Jewish property, attempts of Jews to bribe the Lemberg police, and Jewish housing in Lemberg.

  19. "Buchenwald and beyond" excerpts

    A photocopy of parts of "Buchenwald and Beyond," which concerns the 120th U.S. Evacuation Hospital and its service to survivors and displaced persons at Buchenwald concentration camp and Cham, Germany, after liberation. Entire book is in Library collection as D807.U722 120th B83 1946.

  20. Robert Weil papers

    Includes a transcript of a speech given by Robert Weil to students in the Philadelphia, Pa., area concerning his experiences during the Holocaust. In addition, there are letters of response and thanks collected from hundreds of students who heard Weil's speech. Also included are copies of military documents concerning Weil's discharge from the United States Army.