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  1. Alain D. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alain D., a non-Jew, who was born in Pâturages, Belgium in 1925. He recalls attending school until 1941; working in a bakery; his older brother escaping to England after receiving a notice for forced labor; arrest in November 1943 in place of his brother; forced labor in Watten for Organisation Todt; observing French and Belgian camp officials and Slavic guards; his friend's shooting on his way to the latrine at night; observing a few Jews, but having no contact with them; increased rations, which they were not allowed to eat, during a Red Cross inspection; release ...

  3. Alain M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alain M., who was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1924, one of five children. He recalls his family's poverty; their focus on religion and learning; one sisters's death from tuberculosis; attending Jewish schools; antisemitic harassment and violence; futile efforts to emigrate; working as a furrier; German invasion; forced labor; food shortages; his mother's death; ghettoization; deportation to Annaberg; slave labor building roads; observing Soviet POWs in very poor condition; transfer to Sakrau, Faulbru?ck, Go?rlitz, then Gross-Rosen; slave labor building factories as w...

  4. Alain Markon and Raya Magid Markon family collection

    The collection consists of a blanket and children's clothing relating to the experiences of Alexander and Raya Magid Markon and their young son, Alain, during the Holocaust when they escaped German occupied France for the United States.

  5. Alain Morley collection

    The collection consists of two Scoutisme Français [Boy Scouts in France] badges relating to the history of the Eclaireurs Israélites de France and Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France during the war in German occupied France.

  7. Alan J. Reyner collection

    Contains information on the donor's experiences in World War II, specifically camp Berga.

  8. Alan M. Lanard letter

    Letter, typescript, sent by Alan M. Lanard, a major in the U.S. Army, from Brussels, to "Frank," February 1945. In it, Lanard describes his experiences in the Army the past three years, and impressions of liberated Brussels, including his conversations with Jewish Belgians and a man who told him about his imprisonment at Dachau.

  9. Alan Marcus collection

    The Alan Marcus collection consists of one audio tape of the NBC production "The Girl Without a Name"; a photocopy of the transcript of the same production, a photocopy of "Ratachusky's Return," which was written by Alan Marcus [donor] and published in "The Atlantic" in August 1946, and photocopy of email correspondence.

  10. Alan Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alan Z., who was born in Ko?o, Poland, in 1921. He describes the outbreak of the war and the resulting anti-Jewish legislation; the beginnings of extermination in nearby Che?mno in 1941; his escape to the village of Warta; the liquidation of Ko?o; and his flight, with his uncle, to the ?o?dz? ghetto, where he had the privileged job of vegetable gardener and had contact with high ghetto officials, including H?ayim Rumkowski. Mr. Z. relates his transport to Cze?stochowa, where he worked in the HASAG labor camp; his sudden transfer to Buchenwald, and two weeks later, to ...

  11. Alan Zimm photograph collection

    The collection consists of one photograph of a man holding a bowl standing at the entrance of a semi-demolished building (inscription on reverse: "Kaufering en by Landsberg Lager illegible number 11 1946") and one photograph of a row of five semi-demolished buildings (inscription on reverse: "Lager [illegible number] Kaufering en by Landsberg 1946").

  12. Alapszabálygyűjtemény (1941-1944)

    • Collection of Statutes (1941-1944)

    The Collection of Statutes includes the statutes of a host of various associations, such as burial societies or pensioners clubs, for the years 1941 to 1944. It includes the statutes of Jewish associations operating in Hungary at this time as well. The collection is of special importance for the study of the process of anti-Semitic discrimination and exclusion, on the one hand, with question such as in what ways were attempts of Jewish self-organization restricted and under what conditions were Jewish associations allowed to continue to function. On the other, the statutes also reveal Jewis...

  13. Alaska Development Corporation Act

  14. Albers, Dr. Wilhelm (Generalarzt)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Dr. Wilhelm Albers Generalarzt geboren am 02. November 1859 in Uelzen, gestorben am 17. Dezember 1919 in Lüneburg 29. März 1879 - 15. Februar 1883: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Akademie für das militärärztliche Bildungswesen 1891 - 1895: Arzt in der Chirurgischen Abteilung der Charité in Berlin 17. Juli 1900 - 04. März 1904: Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps der Ostasiatischen Besatzungsbrigade bis 17. Dezember 1901: Chefarzt Feldlazarett 2 in Peking und Feldlazarett 1 in Tientsin 18. Dezember 1901 - 04. März 1904: Brigadearzt 1910: Generaloberarzt und Divisionsarzt der 5. D...

  15. Albersheim family papers

    The Albersheim family papers consist of biographical, photographic, and printed materials documenting Walter Albersheim from Billerbeck, Germany before World War II, his photography studios in Barcelona and Amsterdam during the Nazi years, his efforts to avoid deportation during the Holocaust, the liberation of Amsterdam, and Albersheim’s immigration to the United States with his wife and daughter after the war. Biographical materials include birth, registration, marriage, and business records related to Walter Albersheim, a photocopy of his personal narrative in German and an English trans...

  16. Albert and Alice Genis collection

    Consists of documents and family photographs that capture the pre- and postwar experiences of Albert and Alice Genis (formerly Genichowicz), the donor's parents. Additional documents include certificates indicating their residency of the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1951, papers related to their university studies in Munich, their ketubah, and their 1958 US Naturalization certificates after they immigrated to United States in 1951.

  17. Albert and Angela Feldstein collection

    The collection conisists of World War II era buttons: "Halt Hitler" and "Jewish War Veterans of the U.S. Wings for Victory"

  18. Albert and Hilde Simon papers

    Mimeographed names list, compiled circa late 1940s, with report by Erich Simon from 1948, writing about Theresienstadt. Addressed to members of "F.W.Ver." Also contains a couple of documents relating to Kurt and Hauptman of Jackson Heights, NY.

  19. Albert and Milda Salinger: Copy correspondence

    This collection contains copy correspondence between members of the Salinger family during World War II.Personal papers including details of the name change of Albert Salinger's daughter Judis, Judis's emigration to England, and the death of Milda Salinger's mother in 1943.German

  20. Albert and Olga Friedmann family collection

    Consists of documents related to the life of Albert Friedmann, his wife Olga, son Tibor, and stepdaughter, Eva (born Weiss). Albert and Olga married in 1946; both had lost their spouses in the Holocaust. The documents mainly concern the Friedmanns' lives in the Hallein displaced persons camp and Mr. Friedmann's position within the camp. Also includes immigration and naturalization correspondence and documents for Nisen Ganz, a survivor of Auschwitz, Melk, Ebensee, and Terezin, originally from Czechoslovakia. Olga Leitman (her maiden name). Also included are fourteen pillowcases and four sma...