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  1. Boris Schachnes family collection

    Collection of photographs and documents relating to the Schachnes family in Berlin until 1938, in Warsaw between December 1938 and December 1939, Istanbul, Turkey and Palestine since March 1941. Three audio tapes: interview with Boris Uri Schachnes. Erna and Abram Schachnes joined their children Boris and Wladimir in Palestine c. 1942. Wladimir and Boris fought in the War of Independence in the Givati Brigade; Wladimir Zeev Schachnes was killed in action on May 13, 1948.

  2. Boris Taslitzky collection

    The collection consists of a drawing created by Boris Taslitzky in Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  3. Boris Tödtli: Papers and correspondence

    This microfilm collection of correspondence and papers documents the activities of Boris Tödtli, a Russian Nazi sympathiser and Anti-semite, who, as a leading light in the Swiss branch of Weltdienst organised the defence of the veracity of that infamous forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. A large part of this collection consists of correspondence described as the 'Russian Letters', containing copies of the originals and French and German translations. These letters were confiscated by the Swiss police in Bern in relation to his prosecution for espionage. The letters are thought to ...

  4. Boris Vaysbrod memoir

    Testimony, handwritten, five pages, by Vaysbrod (Weisbrod), of Brooklyn, NY, written in Russian, describing his experiences during German occupation in Lugansk, Ukraine, and elsewhere.

  5. Boris W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Boris W., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland. He recounts living in Zalozhtsy; friendly relations with non-Jews; Soviet occupation in 1939; housing a Soviet official; German invasion in June 1941; hiding during round-ups of Jewish men; briefly working for the German Army; hiding with his wife in a bunker located in the nearby forest; discovery by two Ukrainian boys; hiding with local acquaintances; discovery; transfer to a concentration camp from which he soon escaped; hiding with his father and wife; being joined by two brothers; liberation by Soviet troops; his brothers'...

  6. Boris Wolosoff collection

    Consists of records relating to the emigration and post-war experiences of Boris Wolosoff, originally from Russia. Mr. Wolosoff emigrated to Germany in the 1923 and to France in 1936. He arrived in the United States in 1941. Also includes a handmade album of photographs and drawings entitled, "Souvenir du Masgellier Vos Petits," dated August 31, 1941, created by chidlren in the Masgelier children's home as a gift to Mr. Wolosoff, who was the director of the OSE home there from 1937-1941.

  7. Boris Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Boris Z., who was born in Kalininskoye, Ukraine in 1935. He recounts his family's return to Sharhorod (his mother's family had a long history there) in 1939; his brother's birth in June 1941; his father's and uncle's military draft (neither survived); German invasion; a German soldier billeted in their house leaving them food and money; German departure; occupation by Hungarian troops, then Romanians; arrival of Jews from Besserarbia; ghettoization; extreme hunger; his mother's non-Jewish colleague bringing them flour; a non-Jewish couple who fed, rescued, and hid the...

  8. Boris Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Boris Z., who was born in Rokiskis, Lithuania in 1926 and raised in Kaunas. He recalls the rich Jewish culture in Kaunas; anti-Semitic incidents; an unsuccessful escape attempt with his family after the German invasion in 1941; ghettoization; slave labor building an airport; a selection on October 26th, followed by mass killings in the Ninth Fort on October 28th; briefly working as a courier; digging trenches in Marijampole?; returning to Kaunas in 1944; volunteering to enter a camp upon the ghetto's liquidation; deportation with his family to Kaufering; and his mothe...

  9. Borisewitz family. Collection

    This collection consists of the following files: KD_00577_0001 : Belgian passport used by Robert Borisewitz for fleeing to Brazil in 1940 KD_00577_0002: documents regarding the military career of pilot Oscar Borisewitz ; correspondence between brothers Oscar and Robert Borisewitz ; documents regarding the death of Oscar Borisewitz in Rabat, Morocco, in July 1942 ; photos of the headstone and aviator monument with Oscar Borisewitz’s name ; documents regarding the repatriation of Oscar’s body to Belgium after the war KD_00577_0003: the charter granting pilot Oscar Borisewitz the title of chev...

  10. Boriso Gurinovičiaus Vilniaus miesto ir apylinkų atvirukų kolekcija

    • Borisas Gurinovičius’s Collection of Postcards of Vilnius and Surrounding Areas

    The personal fonds of the collector Borisas Gurinovičius, who was able to survive the Holocaust in the East of Soviet Union. His sizable collection consists of a large number of old postcards with views of Vilnius of towns in Byelorussia. There are also personal documents of the collector, correspondence, panels from exhibitions, personal photos and portraits, etc.

  11. Born twice

    Testimony, typescript (photocopy), unpaginated (about 30 pages), author describes experiences in suburb of Bratislava, deportation to Auschwitz.

  12. Bornstein family. Collection

    This collection contains six photographs, showing members of the Bornstein family: Franciska Bornstein, Abraham Kampf, Albert (Avraham) Gunzburg, Arthur (Aaron) Kampf, Lora / Sara Bornstein, Rezi Bornstein, Herman Bornstein, Samu Weinstein, Betty / Basha Schachner, Samuel Bornstein, Eta Kampf-Stieglitz, Harry Stieglitz and Avraham Stieglitz.

  13. BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

    Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially received and scanned by Tatiana Jour in the context of her Russian Jewish Archives Project. It was noted at the time of the donation to the Archives that further materials on UNRAA (postwar aid to refugees) and Na'amat could be donated by the Borods at a later date. Added in 2007: Materials in prose, poe...

  14. Borokowsky, Gideon, and Reifenberg families papers

    Contains documents illustrating the experiences of Erich Reifenberg and Martha Borokowsky [donor’s parents] in Germany and their eventual immigration to the United States. Erich traveled from Germany to Holland and immigrated to Baltimore from Rotterdam in 1937, and Martha immigrated to Baltimore in 1938. Also includes documents concerning Bertha [Berti] Gideon, Martha’s cousin, who also immigrated to the United States from Germany to New York in 1939.

  15. Borowczyk family photographs

    Consists of a copyprint image of Jozef Borowczyk, who was a Polish prisoner of war who was imprisoned in Germany from 1939 until he was killed at the end of March 1945. Also includes a photograph of Maria Borowczyk, Jozef's wife, who raised their four children. The family finally learned of Jozef's death in July 2010.

  16. Borowski family papers

    The collection includes correspondence, type-written copies, concerning the plight of Szloma Borowski, his wife, Janet and daughter Helen who survived the Holocaust in Poland and Lithuania. Included are letters exchanged between Maurice Borofsky, Senator Leverett Saltonstall, US Polish ambassador Arthur Bliss, and diplomats Edmund Dorsz, Reginal Kazanjian and G. J. Haering. The letters discuss efforts to get the Borowski family out of the displaced persons camp in Walbrzych, Poland and date between 1946 and 1947. Also included is a translation of Janet’s account of fleeing Nazi-occupied Pol...

  17. Borowski-Wajuryk family. Collection

    This collection contains eight photos including a pre-war photo of Zima Herman Borowski with friends Eva Kupferstein and Malvine Reisenfeld, a pre-war photo of Nathalie Borowski's friend Pinkus (Paul) Fremder, a war-time photo of Zima Herman Borowski wearing the yellow Star of David, a photo from Nathalie Borowski's cheder (Hebrew and religious school) in Seraing when celebrating Hanukah in 1941, a wartime photo of Zima Herman Borowski wearing a priest's clothes while in hiding at a Jesuit monastery, and three post-war photos of the leftist Zionist youth movement Dror in Seraing and Liège.

  18. Borries, Achim von

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Lebenslauf: 3.1.1928 geboren in Hamburg 1934-1938 Evangelische Volksschule in Bochum 1938 -1943 Arndt-Gymnasium in Berlin-Dahlem 1943-1944 Goethe-Gymnasium in Göttingen Anfang 1945 Kriegsdienst April-Juli 1945 Amerikanische und britische Kriegsgefangenschaft 1946-1948 Staatliches Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Kassel Juni 1948 Abitur Juli-Aug. 1948 Arbeiter in der Zeche Kaiserstuhl II Dortmund Herbst 1948 Beginn des Studiums der Volkswirtschaft und der Philosophie an der Universität Hamburg Seit 1950 Engagement in der "Notgemeinschaft für den Frieden Europas" gegen ...

  19. Borries, Karl Julius Wilhelm Leo von (General der Infanterie)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Borries, Karl Julius Wilhelm Leo von geb. 26.11.1854 in Bilstein, Kreis Olpe 01.10.1870 Eintritt in die Preußische Armee als Einjährig-Freiwilliger (1.Proviant-Kolonne des XIII. Armee-Korps) 30.06.1871 als Reservist entlassen 29.01.1872 Eintritt als Fahnenjunker in den aktiven Dienst (Füsilier-Regiment "Prinz Heinrich von Preußen" (Brandenburgisches) Nr. 35) 15.08.1872 Ernennung zum Fähnrich 12.04.1873 Beförderung zum Sekondeleutnant 01.10.1876 - 23.07.1879 Kommandierung an die Preußische Kriegsakademie (Rheinisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 8) 22.03.1881 Premierle...

  20. O.62 - Borwicz Collection: Testimonies recorded by the Jewish Historical Commission in Poland

    O.62 - Borwicz Collection: Testimonies recorded by the Jewish Historical Commission in Poland, 1944-1947 Michal Borwicz (Maksymilian Boruchowicz) was born in Krakow in 1911, and died in Paris in 1987. A graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, he was a Jewish Polish author and historian, who studied the history of Polish Jewry during the Holocaust. Borwicz was an inmate in the Janowska camp in Lwow from 1942-1943. He was sentenced to death by hanging, however when the sentence was being carried out, the rope broke. He escaped from the camp and joined the partisans and commanded an...