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  1. Wofford Lewis collection

    Consists of Wofford Lewis's copy of "Nurnberg" by Charles Alexander (Nurnberg, Germany: Printed by Karl Ulrich & Co., 1946) along with his documents (some pasted inside the book) related to his time at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, in August 1946. Includes his signed gallery ticket (upgraded to "press"), dining room permission, military authorization for the trip, IMT brochure, copies of 1945 regulations regarding treatment of prisoners on trial, and a description of the IMT heraldic design.

  2. Concentration camp uniform dress worn by a Jewish Czech inmate

    Concentration camp uniform dress worn by Leopoldine “Poldi” Langer in Leipzig-Schoenfeld concentration camp from August 4, 1944, until she was on a death march in late April 1945. On March 15, 1939, Germany annexed the region of Czechoslovakia, including Orlau, where Poldi lived with her husband Hans. Hans was arrested in April, escaped after two days, and the couple fled to Prokocim, Poland, near Krakow. That September, Germany invaded Poland. In January 1941, Poldi and Hans were arrested and sent to Prokocim labor camp. In November 1942, they were transferred to Płaszów slave labor camp. ...

  3. Oscar Stein papers

    Collection of manuscript texts of poetry copied from underground periodicals, circa 1938, which had originated in Germany during the period from 1933-1936, along with a typescript memoir by Stein, circa 2015-2016, which describes his family's experiences following the German annexation of Austria and the family's subsequent escape. The underground publications were received and copied by Oscar Stein while he was employed at the Palästina Amt in Vienna. Approximately 80 leaves, containing over 100 poems, from authors such as Bertolt Brecht, Stefan Heym, Oskar Maria Graf, Walter Mehring, Eric...

  4. Ludwig Stern narrative about Theresienstadt

    One mimeographed typescript narrative, 16 pages, by Ludwig Stern, of Giessen, Germany, describing his experiences of being deported and interned at Theresienstadt from 1942-1945, as well as other experiences of persecution as a Jew in Germany prior to that. Written circa 1945. Stern describes various facets of life in Theresienstadt and of his own experiences there, including the conditions of lodging, the division and separation of families, the census of November 1943, visits to the camp by various delegations, including the visit of the Danish Red Cross, poor sanitary conditions, hospita...

  5. Adler and Gumpert family papers

    One file of documents pertaining to the family of the donor's parents and their families, including copies of correspondence from Johanna Adler (donor's grandmother), written from Heilbronn, Germany, to the donor's father, Robert Adler, 1940-1941, after he had immigrated to the United States and shortly before her deportation to Theresienstadt. Also includes restitution paperwork for the donor's mother, Rolande (Meyerfeld) Gumpert, documenting her efforts to obtain compensation for properties belonging to her late husband's family in Heilbronn and her own family in Giessen, 1964-1966, and a...

  6. Gleitman family collection

    Collection of documents, copy prints, photographs and correspondence documenting the experiences of Joseph Gleitman, his wife Sura (Sally) Lazega, and their friends before, during, and after the Holocaust. Includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war family photographs; a large pre-war school photograph of Polish and Jewish students in Slakow; post-war documentation relating to the marriage of survivors Joseph Gleitman and Sally Lazega, and Joseph Gleitman's work managing a mill after the war; a pre-war letter written to Joseph Gleitman; documentation acquired prior to Joseph Gleitman's immigrat...

  7. Rosenzweig family photographs

    Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of David Rosenzweig and Anna Gensels (later Rosenzweig), both from the area near Sosnowicz, Poland. Includes pre-war family portraits, wartime photographs, and post-war photographs taken in displaced persons camps, including in Feldafing. Includes photographs of David and Anna's wedding in a displaced persons camp and of their children.

  8. Otto Eidlitz diaries

    The Otto Eidlitz diaries consist of three diaries written by Otto Eidlitz between 1940 and 1943. The diaries cover the period of his escape from Hungary to Spain and his time in the Miranda del Ebro prison. The diaries also include his handwritten Hungarian to Spanish dictionary.

  9. Henry Cohn postcards

    Five postcards (containing the contents of three letters), sent by Henry Cohn, of Paris, from September - November 1944, to his uncle, Albert Cohn (the donor’s grandfather), in London. In the postcards, Henry Cohn describes some of his experiences during the German occupation of France, as well as what happened to his mother, Meta Johanna Cohn (1896-1942) who was deported to Auschwitz in July 1942. The contents of the first letter, dated 23 September 1944, are written on three separate postcards that were mailed in succession, and numbered accordingly.

  10. Eugene and Tadeusz Zuber collection

    Consists of color copies of post-war identity documents for brothers Eugeniusz (Eugene) and Tadeusz Zuber, originally of Lapy, Poland. The brothers, who were Roman Catholic, were arrested as resistance workers during the Warsaw Uprising and were imprisoned in concentration camps in Austria, including Mauthausen, Ebensee, and the Schlier subcamp. Includes copies of prisoner cards, DP cards, the ship manifest for their 1949 immigration to the United States, and a brief narrative of their experiences written by Eugene's daughter, Elizabeth Weaver.

  12. New York American newspaper issue

    Partial newspaper, "New York American"; headline states "Hitler Lists 46 Dead in 'Blood Purge,' but Estimate Number Slain at 200"; dated July 8, 1934.

  13. Gerson family collection

    Documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Walter Gerson (b. 1913 in Homburg, Germany) and his parents Karl and Joanna Gerson. Walter immigrated to the United States, arriving November 15, 1938 aboard the Volendam. Collection includes certificates of birth, conduct, residence (all in Homburg), passports, and translations of many documents. Walter's parents were unable to immigate and were deported to Riga, Latvia on December 11, 1941 where they are presumed to have been killed.

  14. Elkhanan Elkes collection

    Consists of pre-war and post-war family photographs, correspondence, and documents related to Dr. Elkhanan Elkes, his wife Miriam, and children Joel and Sarah. The collection includes Sarah Elkes' handwritten diary, in German, from 1935-1937. Sarah’s entries describe her schooling, school friends, family, summers, and Hebrew studies. The collection also contains correspondence between the members of the family, with Avraham and Pnina Golub (later Tory), pre-war power of attorney document, a letter regarding the health of one of Dr. Elke’s patients, and photographs and a letter regarding the...

  16. Soap issued to a concentration camp prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau

    Soap issued to Esther Moses, October-November 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Esther Zelmanovits Moses was interred in Auschwitz-Birkenau. She was given this bar of soap when she was sent to work in Hamburg on November 26, 1944. She carried it with her for the remainder of the war. Her husband, Herbert Moses hid the bar of soap in his father-in-law's, Sam Zelman, store in Kansas.

  17. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by a US soldier and NRRA administrator

    Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, issued in 1943 in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp acquired by Mordecai E. Schwart. Schwartz, a soldier in the United States Army, was recruited after the war ended in May 1945 to serve as Area Director for UNRRA. He worked for UNRRA until 1948, when the organization was deactivated. He then became Area Director for the International Refugee Organization (IRO), supervising twenty-eight displaced persons camps in Germany. The DP camps were set up to house and feed, and to provide medical service and legal protection for survivors of the concentration and ...

  18. Martin Sloan collection

    Consists of identity paperwork, naturalization and citizenship documentation, and restitution paperwork related to the post-war experiences of Mendel Slomovits (later Martin Sloan), a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Also includes testimony written by Albert Hersch (born Adolph Hershkovitz), who survived the camps with Mendel.

  19. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin

    10 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip and tokens were designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killi...

  20. Green patch with a gray embroidered swastika within a diamond

    Green parch with a gray swastika to be worn by a Nazi party member or sympathizer.