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  1. "Shakespeare Saved My Life"

    Consists of one memoir, 84 pages, entitled "Shakespeare Saved My Life," by Eva Porges Rocek. In her memoir, Eva describes her family's history, her memories of the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, the antisemitic laws and regulations, her family's deportation to Theresienstadt (Terezin) and then Auschwitz, her liberation by the Russian Army in January 1945, and her life after the war in the United States.

  2. "Shanghai Jewish Chronicle" collection

    Consists of copies of the "Shanghai Jewish Chronicle" dated: May 10, 1942; Sep. 11, 1942; Sep. 28, 1943; Sep. 29, 1943; May 7, 1944; Sep. 2, 1945; and an undated issue entitled "Ein Jahr Aufbau."

  3. "Shari's Story"

    Consists of one memoir, 52 pages, entitled "Shari's Story" by Charlotte Wiesner Kuna, originally of Michalovce, Czechoslovakia. In the memoir, she describes pre-war family life in Michalovce, the beginning of anti-Jewish restrictions, and the fate of many friends and family members in Michalovce. In 1944, Charlotte (known as Shari or Shandele) and her sister received identity papers with Aryan names and moved around frequently to escape the Gestapo. They were imprisoned by the Gestapo in the spring of 1945, escaped after five weeks, hiding until they were liberated. She reunited with surviv...

  4. "Shmai Israel" poem

    Consists of "Shmai Israel" ("Hear, O Israel") written by Olga Zaslavsky. The poem, in Yiddish, relates to the massacre of Soviet Jews at Babi Yar. The poem is accompanied by a typed English translation.

  5. "Sieben Johre"

    Contains a book of nine drawings, entitled "Sieben Johre." The cover is thick paper with fabric spine; metal rivet at top and bottom. The right side is torn and missing.

  6. "Signs of Life: The Letters of Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer from Westerbork Nazi Transit Camp, 1942-1944"

    Testimony. Typescript, bound titled "Signs of Life: The Letters of Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer from Westerbork Nazi Transit Camp, 1942-1944." Edited by her daughters, Yoka Verdoner and Francisca Verdoner Kan.

  7. "Silenced Forever"

    Contains a poem entitled, "Silenced Forever," about the experiences of Christina Yannetsos and her family during the Holocaust.

  8. "Six Million? How could it be done?"

    Contains a memoir describing the donor's Holocaust related experiences. The memoir also contains copies of original art completed by the donor.

  9. "Soldiers Without Weapons" excerpt

    Consists of an excerpt from the book by Sophia Binkiene, which is comprised of testimony by Dr. F. Gurviciene concerning the rescue of her daughter during the Holocaust by Dr. Ona Landsbergiene, the mother of the future democratically elected president of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis.

  10. "Some Victims of the Nazi Terror"

    Consists of one magazine entitled "Some Victims of the Nazi Terror," which contains photographs and propaganda information about the Kitchener camp in Richborough, England. The magazine describes the daily lives of the mostly Jewish refugees living in the Kitchener camp. The magazine was created by the Kitchener Camp Committee. In a special camp, Kitchener, in Richborough, Kent, England, some 5,000 people who needed immediate shelter were housed during an eighteen - month period from the end of Jan. 1939. These 5,000 refugees had been released from concentration camps, or their internment h...

  11. "Songs, 1938-1947: Lithuania-Poland-German-USA"

    Consists of songs recorded onto 2 CDs by Edith Goetz Bloch; the songs were taught to Mrs. Bloch in Europe between 1938-1947. Also includes a short autobiography entitled, "Songs," and photocopied samples of original lyrics which she collected.

  12. "Sophia's Story"

    Consists of one DVD-ROM containing "Sophia's Story," an oral history interview with Sophia Miszkowski, born Zissel Kurcharski in Bȩdzin, Poland, in 1915. Sophia tells the story of her experiences in pre-war Poland and her experiences in slave labor camps in Germany during the war. The oral history is mostly in Yiddish, with a little bit of English.

  13. "Soviet War News"

    Photocopies of "Soviet War News" from 1944. Contains information about the German invasion of the USSR; the "sacking" of Kiev; mass killings; the Babi Yar massacre; killings in Rovno (a.k.a.Rowne) and Odessa; Soviet prisoners of war; the Majdanek concentration camp; the German invasion of Estonia; and the deportation and killing of citizens of Lʹviv (Lvov).

  14. "Standing in the Face of Madness: Raoul Wallenberg's Fight to Save the Jews"

    Consists of one DVD on which is a documentary entitled "Standing in the Face of Madness: Raoul Wallenberg's Fight to Save the Jews," created by Brittany Darrow and Megan Reese for the National History Day competition of 2006. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography and a description of the multiple interviews conducted by the donors.

  15. "Stefan Sebastian Lazarus Salomon Frank"

    Consists of one memoir, 57 pages, entitled "Stefan Sebastian Lazarus Salomon Frank," written by Stefan Frank, who was born in Regensburg, Germany and raised in Regenstauf. In the memoir, he describes his childhood in the 1920s and early 1930s, his early education, and the family's decision to move to Schweinfurt when Stefan and his brother, Michael, were about to enter secondary school. Mr. Frank describes antisemitic persecution in Schweinfurt in the 1930s; Michael was sent to Palestine in 1936 while Stefan, still a young teenager, began to work as an apprentice cook as career training wit...

  16. "Stolpersteine"

    Consists of one DVD containing a documentary, approximately 22 minutes, regarding the Stolpersteine in Berlin. The Stolpersteine, which translates to stumbling blocks, are small markers that memorialize those who previously lived at specific addresses. This DVD focuses on the Stolpersteine of Siegfried and Marie Perl, who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstandt in July 1942; Siegfried perished there in September 1943, while Marie was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. It also focuses on the memorial for Selma Heimann, who was deported in September 1942 and killed in Raasiku, Estonia. Mrs. ...

  17. "Story of a Jew who Fled Treblinka in August 1943"

    Consists of one typed document, 6 pages, in Hebrew, regarding the escape of a man named "D.M." who escaped Treblinka on August 30, 1943. The document describes D.M.'s experiences hiding under a pile of garments and then fleeing the camp with two other boys, as well as his description of life in the extermination camp. The document was published by the secretariat of the Kibbutz Meuchad "Ha-Chalutz" committee and is dated October 4, 1943.

  18. "Strangers in the Heartland"

    Donald M. Douglas wrote the essay, "Strangers in the Heartland" in January 1989. The essay consists of three parts, accounts of those who escaped from Europe, of those who survived in Polish forests, and of one man who survived Auschwitz. The narratives include such subjects as: emigrating to the United States, Kristallnacht, resistance movements and partisans, male rape, and the conditions inside concentration camps.

  19. "Studenternes Efterretnigstjeneste"

    Contains copies of a newspaper entitled "Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste," with information about the arrests of members of the Danish population by the Gestapo. Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste (SE) was an underground resistance organization in Denmark.

  20. "Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste"

    Contains six pamphlets entitled, "Studenternes Efterretningstjeneste," copies of an underground newspaper produced by a resistance organization.