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  1. "From Flossenbürg to Freedom" and "The Backer/Bächer Families: Settling in New Lands"

    Consists of a written account, in Czech and translated into English, entitled "From Flossenbürg to Freedom", written by Boleslav Kubáček, originally of Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). Mr. Kubáček, a Catholic married to a Jewish woman who had converted to Catholicism, was arrested in October 1944 for his participation in the resistance movement and was deported to Flossenbürg in January 1945. From Flossenbürg, he was sent to Plattling, and on April 24, 1945, was sent on a death march, and was liberated in Lohnstamf, Germany on May 4, 1945. Also includes a copy of "The Backer/Bäch...

  2. Oral history interview with Hannah Fryshdorf

  3. Mimi Ormond collection

    Contains of materials related to the experiences of Alice Mimi Schleissner (Mimi Ormond), originally of Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia. Includes photographs of Mimi's immediate and extended family, photographs of her life on the Hachshara after arriving in England on a Kindertransport, and her 1944 wedding photograph from her marriage to Ed Ormond, an American GI. Also includes Mimi's wartime recollections of her experiences, the last telegram sent from her extended family in Terezin, and a copy of "Personal Testimonies of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Northeast Ohio," collected and pu...

  4. Thea Lange Spiegel collection

    Consists of materials related to the experiences of Thea Lange Spiegel, originally of Danzig, Germany (Gdansk, Poland). Includes wartime letters from Thea, who went to England in 1939 on a Kindertransport, to her mother and sisters, who were interned in Mauritius after a failed attempt to emigrate to Palestine in 1940; post-war letters to Thea from her mother and sisters in Israel; two copies of "Diskretion..Ehrensache!", published by the Jakob Lange (Thea's father) publishing house. Also includes a copy of a memoir entitled "A Free World? No Concentration Camp, but Behind Prison Walls" by ...

  5. Esther Shudmak collection

    Contains photographs and oral history transcripts related to the pre-war and wartime experiences of Julius Shudmak (1913-1992) and his wife Esther Shudmak (born Eva Bittman, 1927-2020). Includes one large pre-war photograph of the Shudmak family, originally of Poland; most of the family perished in the Holocaust. Also contains copyprints of photographs of the Bittman family, originally of Rakhiv, Czechoslovakia (Rakhiv, Ukraine). The photographs include descriptions on verso provided by the donor. Also included are transcripts of oral history interviews with Julius and Esther Shudmak as par...

  6. "The Most Telling Evidence: Four Letters from the Holocaust"

    Contains one article entitled "The Most Telling Evidence: Four Letters from the Holocaust," by Harold and Ellen Ticktin. In the article, the Ticktins present four post-war letters written to Eugenia Bursztyn Green, originally of Warsaw, Poland. Two of the letters were written in 1947, by Dr. Roman Rosenberg, who had emigrated to Australia, and describe his friendship with Eugenia's brother, Ben Bursztyn, and the circumstances surrounding Ben's death and the deaths of Eugenia's parents. The other two letters were written in 1959 by Eliza Szandorowska, a Christian who, with her family, aided ...

  7. Nachomowitz family collection

    Contains copies of documents and photographs related to the experiences of the Nachomowitz (Nachmanovic, Nakhumovich) family, originally of Polangen, Lithuania. Includes information on the fates of the children of Aaron and Feige Nakhumovich and focuses on the families of (Yenta) Meri Nachomowitz Brutzkus, who, with her immediate family, perished in the Holocaust, and the family of her sister, Belle Nachomowitz Fine, who immigrated to the United States in 1922. These documents were collected by Polly Fine [donor] while doing genealogical research.

  8. Hilda Seftor memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 8 pages typewritten, regarding the wartime experiences of Hilda Seftor (born Hilda Cohen), originally of Scotland. Her mother was the president of the Refugee Children's Committee, and Hilda describes her memories of the kindertransport children who lived with her family and of life in wartime Scotland.

  9. Werner Lipton collection

    Contains letters written to Werner J. Lipton, originally of Mindelheim, Germany, from his parents, grandparents, and other relatives, between 1941-1943. Mr. Lipton was sent at the age of 11 in 1939, to live with relatives in Switzerland to escape the Nazis, while the rest of his family remained in Mindelheim and ultimately perished in the Holocaust. Includes a letter written by Mr. Lipton's parents on the day of their deportation. Also includes one copy of "Fragments of a Childhood and Youth: Autobiographical Memories" and "Toward the Abyss: Cards and Letters," which includes photocopies an...

  10. Selected records of Lucien Lublin related to resistance (CMXX)

    Contains materials, collected and assembled by Lucien Lublin, related to Jews in the French Resistance and to post-war Jewish French Resistance organizations.

  12. Textilwerke Seiden-un Schafwollwarenfabriken AG collection

    Consists of copies of documents and photographs related to the Textilwerke Seiden-und Schafwollwarenfabriken AG in Lomnice, Czechoslovakia, and to the Kubie family, who were major shareholders in the company. Includes a timeline and extensive documentation as to the looting of the assets of the factory by the ADCA (Allgemeine Deutsche Creditanstalt) and their persecution of the Kubie family, many of whom perished in the Holocaust. Includes copies of photographs of the factory before the war and pre-war photographs of the Kubie family.

  13. Silberman and Seelenfreund family photographs

    Consists of nine pre-war and wartime copyprints of photographs of the family of Yosek and Salka Silberman. Includes photographs of Yosek and Salka; their children Chana, Benek, and Daniel; Salka's parents, Laura and Ludwig Seelenfreund; as well as photographs of Sala and Gimbel Silberman and Ota (Othkar) and Emanuel Seelenfreund. The original photographs were taken between 1928-1942.

  14. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of 22 photographs which were taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of piles of corpses stacked outside of the crematoria, photographs of buildings, and of a Hitler dummy hanged in effigy.

  15. Nammering Massacre collection

    Consists of one report, dated May 16, 1945, by Robert Schoenfeld, a member of the 5th Infantry Division, regarding the Nazi massacre of transported prisoners in Nammering, Germany, from April 19 to April 23, 1945. Also includes five photographs of the mass grave of the Nammering victims, including two photographs of the citizens of Nammering visiting the site.

  16. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of five photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The photographs depict a pile of corpses and a pile of bones behind a gallows. The photographs are from the collection of Emmet Stevens, who was a member of the United States Army.

  17. Oral history interview with Daniel Hassan

  18. Rob Knight research collection regarding Jehovah's Witnesses

    Consists of four books of articles, clippings, and information compiled by Rob Knight entitled, "The History of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and the History of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holocaust." The books include articles about Jehovah's Witness Holocaust survivors, the stories of Jewish survivors and Nazi soldiers who converted to become Witnesses after the war, and information regarding the Museum's holdings on the topic of Jehovah's Witnesses. Also includes one original Jehovah's Witness tract, published in 1941, entitled "End of the Axis Powers: Comfort All tha...

  19. Schenkelbach and Feldbau family collection

    Contains documents, passports, correspondence, and photographs related to the wartime experiences of the families of Otto Schenkelbach and of Margaret (Gretl) Feldbau, both originally of Vienna. Includes Otto's correspondence from his imprisonment in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps in 1938-1939, Gretl's correspondence regarding her 1938 immigration to the United States and her attempts to support the immigration efforts of both her parents and of Otto, and correspondence between Otto and Gretl. The couple married in New York in 1940. Also includes Otto's pre-war, wartime, and ...

  20. Konrad Bieber collection

    Contains documents, correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to the life and Holocaust experiences of Konrad Bieber. Includes information about his parents, Hugo and Lucy Bieber, who escaped France with emergency visas in 1940, and information regarding Konrad Bieber's wartime experiences. He was imprisoned in Montreuil-Bellay, France in 1940, escaped on Yom Kippur and worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Montauban, France from 1940-1942. In 1942, he went into hiding and remained in hiding, working for the French Resistance, until liberation in 1944. After the war,...