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  1. "Banatski Nemci i Jevreji"

    Consists of one article, entitled "Banatski Nemci Jevreji," by Dr. Teodor Kovac. The article, in Serbian, 56 pages, describes Jews and Germans in the Banat during the Holocaust.

  2. "Bearing Witness: The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, April 11-12-13, 1983"

    Consists of one manuscript, 105 pages, entitled "Bearing Witness: The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, April 11-12-13, 1983" by Thomas (Tom) Teicholz. In the manuscript, Mr. Teicholz described the conference in detail, as well as the Holocaust experiences of his parents and those he met at the conference.

  3. "Before the Storm": Alexander Cohen's autobiography

    Consists of one memoir, 40 pages, entitled "Before the Storm," written in 2004 by Alexander Cohen, originally of Budapest, Hungary. In the memoir, Mr. Cohen describes the anti-Jewish measures in Budapest before 1944 and the chaos of life in Budapest in 1944. He describes his experiences in a Hungarian forced labor battalion and the deaths of members of his family and those of his wife, Magda, whom he married after liberation.

  4. "Befriending a Polish Prisoner of the Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany"

    Consists of one written testimony entitled "Befriending a Polish Prisoner of the Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany" by Sgt. George C. English, written in July 2010. In the testimony, Sgt. English describes helping a newly liberated prisoner to get new clothes and food in preparation for his return to Poland.

  5. "Bergemolo: Before and Thereafter; The Way it Was"

    Consists of one memoir, 32 pages, entitled "Bergemolo: Before and Thereafter; The Way it Was" by Ernst Breuer. In the memoir, which begins in 1942, Mr. Breuer describes his work in the French and Italian undergrounds, his experiences in several French internment camps, and hiding with his sister and friends in Italy. He went to the United States as part of a group of refugees who were housed at Fort Ontario, and describes his post-war life.

  6. "Beshert: It was Meant to Be"

    Consists of one memoir, 212 pages, entitled "Beshert: It was Meant to Be", written in 1975 by Roma Talasiewicz-Eibuszyc and translated into English in 2007 by her daughter, Suzanna Eibuszyc. Part one of the memoir is entitled "At the Mercy of Our Luck" and covers April 1917-November 1939, when the family lived in Warsaw, and the second part of the memoir is entitled "The Troubles I've Seen" and covers November 1939-March 1946, when the family was forced to flee to southwestern Russia and Uzbekistan. Ms. Talasiewicz-Eibuszyc and her sister and brother, who were also unmarried, spent the war ...

  7. "Betrachtungen aus einem Konzentratzionslager Sueditaliens-unpolitisch geshen"

    Consists of a copy of a memoir, in German, 13 pages, entitled "Betrachtungen aus einem Konzentratzionslager Sueditaliens-unpolitisch geshen," by Martin Kanter, originally of Breslau, Germany. In the memoir, for which there is also an English language translation, Mr. Kanter describes his fellow inmates and the atmosphere within an unspecified internment camp (most likely Cosenza) in Southern Italy.

  8. "Beyond Never Again: How the Holocaust Speaks to Us Today"

    Consists of one essay entitled "Beyond Never Again--How the Holocaust Speaks to Us Today," written by Edwin Goldstein after he attended a course on Chabad Lubavitch Hassidic Response to the Holocaust, which was taught by Rabbi Yisroel Mangel, whose father is a Holocaust survivor. In the essay, Mr. Goldstein reflects on the role of religious faith during the Holocaust, the Judaic tradition of challenging God, and the lessons learned from the Holocaust about the role of the individual within a community.

  9. "Beyond the River"

    Consists of one memoir, in English, entitled "Beyond the River," by Hanna Meller-Faust. The memoir was published in Hebrew as "Me-'ever la-nahar: pirke zikhronot mi-Transnistriyah" in 1985. Hanna prepared this translation, which describes her experiences during the Holocaust in Transnistria.

  10. "Bible students in the Third Reich"

    S. J. Green essay discussing why and how Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted by members of the Nazi Party; the activities and fates of other Christian sects (i.e. Roman Catholics, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists); and how individual Witnesses were able to survive. The essay also contains a summary of an interview Green had with H. Dickmann, a Witness survivor.

  11. "Birdsong."

    Sheet music and audio tape recording of song with words from an anonymous poem written in Terezin and music by the donor.

  12. "Birkenau: The Camp of Death"

    Consists of one memoir, 111 pages, entitled "Birkenau: The Camp of Death" by Dr. Marco Nahon, originally written in June-July 1945 and translated in 1959. In the memoir, Dr. Nahon describes life in Demotika, Greece, after the German declaration of war in 1941, and his deportation to Auschwitz in May 1943 after a brief stop in Salonika. He gives a detailed description of life in Auschwitz, where, as a physician, he was employed at the hospital in Birkenau. In November 1944, he was taken to Stutthof, then to Echterdingen and to Ohrdruf. He was sent on a death march from Ohrdruf through Buchen...

  13. "Blanka's Story" memoir

    Consists of memoir, 14 pages, entitled "Blanka's Story," describing the Holocaust experiences of Blanka Schuh, born in Dubrinic, Czechoslovakia. She and her family were deported in 1944, first to Uzhgorod and then to Auschwitz, where they were separated. She was sent to Latvia to work for the Wehrmacht, and was then transferred to the Stutthof concentration camp. She was liberated by the Russians and went to a displaced persons camp in Torino, Italy. She remained in Italy for two years, then emigrated to Israel and finally to the United States in 1958. Of her family, four siblings, her pare...

  14. "Blut und Ehre"

    Consists of one small book, 78 pages, entitled "Blut und Ehre: Lieder der Hitler-Jugend," published by the Deutscher Jugendverlag in Berlin and printed by Drud der Spamer A. G. in Leipzig, Germany, in 1935. The book contains lyrics to Hitler Youth songs and also contains a printed "handwritten" message from Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach.

  15. "Boats in the Night"

  16. "Broken Birds"

    Consists of one manuscript, in paper copy and on CD, entitled "Broken Birds," by Jeannette Katzir. In the manuscript, she describes the Holocaust experiences of her parents, Channa Perschowski Poltzer, originally of Baranavichy, Poland, and Nathan Polczer (Poltzer), originally of Uzhgorod, Czechoslovakia. Channa spent the war as a partisan in the Polish forests, while Nathan was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 and transferred to different camps before being liberated in Germany in 1945. They both immigrated to New York, where they met and married in 1950. The majority of the manuscript is ded...

  17. "Buchenwald and beyond" excerpts

    A photocopy of parts of "Buchenwald and Beyond," which concerns the 120th U.S. Evacuation Hospital and its service to survivors and displaced persons at Buchenwald concentration camp and Cham, Germany, after liberation. Entire book is in Library collection as D807.U722 120th B83 1946.

  18. "Buchenwald children" collection

    Consists of one card identifying Josek Szwarcberg as a civilian internee of Buchenwald and two photographs of the Buchenwald children, who were internees in Buchenwald at the time of liberation. The Buchenwald children, including Josek Szwarcberg, were placed in the care of the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE) in Geneva, who placed them in France, England, and Switzerland. One photograph shows the younger children in Hitler Youth uniforms, as the OSE could not find enough civilian clothing.

  19. "Buchenwald, near Weimar"

    Contains a copy of "Buchenwald, near Weimar;" music score by Patricia King and words by Joseph Langland. The song text contains Joseph Langland's reflections on his participation in the liberation of Buchenwald. The cassette recording features the piece performed by John Lemly, bass, and Sheila Jillson, soprano, accompanied by Joseph Rogers on cello and Patricia King on piano.