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  1. Arthur and Meta Grunebaum Schmitt collection

    The collection consists of military artifacts and documents, photographs, correspondence, documents, and a dictionary relating to the experiences of Arthur (Abraham) Schmitt and Meta (Miriam) Grunebaum Schmitt and their families in Germany and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

  2. Arthur and Rose Gelbart collection

    The Arthur and Rose Gelbart collection contains primarily photographs of Arthur Gelbart, who was a resident of Częstochowa ghetto and several labor camps, and Rose Grosman, who was kept hidden throughout the war. The photographs show both at several separate displaced persons camps as well as life prior to the war.

  3. Arthur and Ruth Balsam collection

    Collection of postcards, received by Artur and Ruth Balsam in New York City from family in the Łódź ghetto; documents and correspondence relating to the Artur and Ruth (Rosalia) Balsam journey to the United States and attempts to track down the fate of their loved ones.

  4. Arthur B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arthur B., who was born in Os?wie?cim, Poland in 1928. He recalls German invasion; an unsuccessful attempt to flee to the Soviet zone with his family; organization of the community by the Judenrat; the building of Auschwitz; forced relocation with his family to Sosnowiec in April 1941; Moshe Merin's leadership there; separation from his parents during a round-up in August 1942; deportation for forced labor in Gru?snberg; receiving packages from his parents until August 1943; transfer to Kittlitztreben; a death march beginning February 3, 1945; arrival at Buchenwald on...

  5. Arthur B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arthur B., who was born in Tomaszo?w Lubelski, Poland in 1924. He recalls his family's affluence; German bombardment and invasion; brief Soviet occupation; return of the Germans; occupation of their home by officers; the round-up and beating of Jewish men; bringing valuables to free his father; and escape to Rava-Ru?ska in the Soviet zone. Mr. B. recounts deportation with his mother to Siberia; forced labor at a logging village near Barnaul; cold and hunger; release after a year and a half; working in Barnaul; repatriation to Wroc?aw in early 1946; learning of his fat...

  6. Arthur Ben-Israel personal archive, Kibutz Beit-Alfa (RG-95-19), ארתור בן-ישראל

    Contains personal archive of Arthur Ben-Israel (1901-1986) from the kibbutz Beit Alfa including his biographical data, correspondence, testimony on the Hashomer Hatzair in Germany, records from the mission in England (1939-1945).

  7. Arthur C. Bower photograph collection

    Photographs taken at Mauthausen concentration camp shortly after liberation.

  8. Arthur Cohn and Leo Nast collection

    The collection consists of religious articles, document cases, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Nast before and after his immigration to the United States from Hamburg, Germany, in 1934 and of publications relating to the experiences of Arthur Cohn, who emigrated with his family from Breslau, Germany, to the United States.

  9. Arthur F. Peternel collection

    The Arthur F. Peternel collection consists of a letter written by Lt. Arthur F. Peternel, a liberator at Dachau concentration camp, and addressed to Collette A. Peternel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The letter, dated May 2, 1945 describes Lt. Peternel's experiences at Dachau during liberation.

  10. Arthur Fishman collection

    Photographs, photograph album pages, and a letter documenting Arthur Fishman’s experiences as a soldier in the United States Army visiting the Dachau concentration camp shortly after its liberation in April 1945. The photographs include depictions of corpses in the camp and the Dachau death train, survivors, German prisoners, and camp architecture. There are also photographs of a 3rd anniversary celebration of the 2829 Engineers “C” in Flintsbach, Germany, and of Arthur Fishman in uniform. The Dachau photographs include original photographs in the album pages and loose contemporary copy pri...

  11. Arthur Goldberg collection

    Photographs and a document of Arthur Goldberg illustrating his experiences as an Army Medic (pharmacist) in the 139th Evacuation Hospital of the US Army. Photographs (copy prints) were taken in the Ebensee slave labor camp in Austria; document distributed likely by the US Army; photos taken by Arthur.

  12. Arthur Goldstein photograph collection

    This is a collection of 21 photographs taken after the liberation of Dachau and Ohrdruf, taken by Arthur Goldstein.

  13. Arthur Greenbaum papers

    The Arthur Greenbaum papers consists of six documents relating to Arthur Greenbaum (Szlama Gruenbaum) and his experiences immediately following the Holocaust as a refugee and his immigration to the United States. Included in his collection are two documents for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration at the Backnang Displaced Persons Camp. One document recommends Szlama for citizenship in the United States, while the other is a signed statement by Abraham Fuchs, verifying that he was with Szlama Gruenbaum in Mauthausen Concentration Camp and later in the Backnang Displac...

  14. Arthur Greenleigh papers

    The Arthur Greenleigh papers contains correspondence, reports, and various other records created by Arthur Greenleigh from the period of 1943 to 1956. From 1943-1946, Greenleigh served with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and from 1946-1956, Greenleigh served with the United Service for New Americans (USNA) and the United Hias Service (HIAS). The reports and correspondence from his years at the JDC focus on assisting Jewish displaced persons during and after World War II. The reports give status updates and activities of the JDC, while the correspondence is with both...

  15. Arthur Gross photographs

    The Arthur Gross photographs consist of ten black and white photographs of Arthur Gross and his family and friends in Poland before the war posing for pictures and partcipating and Maccabi sports clubs. The collection also includes one photograph of Aleksander Gross' grave in Straubing.

  16. Arthur Grossman memoir

    The Arthur Grossman memoir is a 3-page handwritten memoir in which Arthur Grossman describes his experiences as a slave laborer in Stopnica and Skarzysko, Poland and in Rehmsdorf concentration camp; on a death march from Rehmsdorf to Terezin concentration camp; and his postwar life in the United States.

  17. Arthur Grossman papers

    Photocopies of three identification documents for Arthur Grossman, originally of Plock, Poland, who was interned at Buchenwald, and then post-liberation lived at the Landsberg displaced persons camp.

  18. Arthur H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arthur H., a non-Jew, who was born in Angleur, Belgium in 1913. He recalls his happy childhood; socialist activities; working as a journalist; marriage; his daughter's birth; German invasion; fleeing to Poitiers, then Toulouse; returning home in August; participating in the socialist Resistance; traveling to Paris as part of the Resistance; surrendering to save his family from arrest after a colleague was caught with his name; incarceration in St. Gilles; transfer to another prison where nuns assisted him; deportation to Mauthausen as a "Nacht und Nebel" prisoner; wit...

  19. Arthur Hecht papers

    The Arthur Hecht papers consist of two German passports ("Reisepass") stamped with a red "J" and issued to Simon Hecht and Lottie Hecht in Vienna, Austria in September 1938.

  20. Arthur J. Mainzer collection

    War diary of U.S. Air Force combat cameraman Arthur Manizer (about 40 pages) and one 16mm original kodachrome film documenting Arthur Manzer's wedding to Germaine Giradot on June 30, 1945 in a suburb of Paris, France (Montreuil Sous Bois).