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  1. Jan Piwonski - Sobibor

    Jan Piwonski gives a detailed description of the extermination process at Sobibor. He also provides a harrowing account of the brutal treatment the Jews received in the process of building the camp. He could hear the screams of the victims from his home three kilometers from the camp. Lanzmann quizzes him about relations between the Poles and the Jews. Piwonski says that the Poles were surprised by the Jews' lack of resistance. FILM ID 3339 -- Camera Rolls #7-8 -- 01:00:08 to 01:18:05 Lanzmann and Piwonski are seated outside on a bench in front of a small building speaking through translato...

  2. Jan Quackenbush photograph collection

    The collection consists of two photographs of Maximilian Grabner, the director of the Gestapo at Auschwitz concentration camp, in the custody of armed guards.

  3. Jan R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jan R., who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1924. He recalls his family's strong Czech, rather than Jewish, identity; German occupation in 1939; anti-Jewish laws; deportation to Theresienstadt in May 1942; forced labor in the fields, then in a laboratory; surgery; the Jewish leadership's decision to provide more resources for young people; lectures and concerts; sham improvements during a Red Cross visit; an encounter with Rabbi Benjamin Murmelstein; meeting his future wife; deportation to Auschwitz in September 1944 (he never saw his parents and sister again); ...

  4. Jan Rozanski collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Jan Rozanski. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  5. Jan S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jan S., who was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1923, one of two children. He recounts his parents' assimilated lifestyle; his bar mitzvah to please his grandfather; participating with his sister in an anti-fascist youth group; moving with his family to Piešt̕any in 1938; joining the resistance; printing pamphlets and operating an illegal transmitter for the underground; arrest and imprisonment; solitary confinement for one year; transfer to Nováky; assignment to a privileged position as an electrician; joining the underground; obtaining a...

  6. Jan Sisson photograph collection

    Collection of 20 photographic prints documenting an American soldier's journey thorugh Germany, including Karlsfeld and Bad Aibling, and ultimately ending up at the Dachau concentration camp; some photographs have handwritten captions on verso; in English; dated April-May 1945.

  7. Jan Szelubski papers

    The papers consist of pre-war, wartime, and post war photographs, documents, and identity cards illustrating the life of Jan Szelubski before the Holocaust in Lida, Lithuania, (now Belarus). During World War II, Szelubski was a company commander of the Armia Ludowa during the Warsaw uprising and received the "Virtuti Militari" medal for his bravery. After the war, he joined the diplomatic service.

  8. Jan T. Gross collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Jan Gross's family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. Jan V. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jan V., who was born in Rumbeke, Belgium in 1922, the oldest of three children in a religious Catholic family. He recounts living in Louvain from age three; attending Catholic school; participating in Scouting; German invasion in May 1940; traveling with his cousin to Tournai, then Rouen to enlist; being shipped by train to Anduze, France; repatriation about six weeks later; living briefly in Tongeren; priesthood training in monasteries in Bocholt for two years, in Gits for two years, then in Thy-le-Château; arrest in July 1944 with thirteen others from the monastery...

  10. Ján V. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Ján V., who was born in Svätý Beňadik, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1932. He discusses his family's total assimilation; cordial relations with non-Jews; learning he was Jewish from children on the street; fascist takeover resulting in anti-Jewish restrictions, including his expulsion from gymnasium and wearing the star; the mailman warning his father that Hlinka Guard were coming for them; escaping with his parents and older sister to Stará L̕ubovňa; living as non-Jews, using false papers; playing with boys who were in the Hitler Youth; joining a parti...

  11. Jan V. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jan V., a Christian rescuer, who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He recounts attending school with Jews, but noting no differences or prejudice; anti-Jewish laws after German invasion; asking his minister, a liberal protestant, what he could do about Jews being "picked up"; being told to hide Jews in his home (he lived in a boarding house and could not); being approached by a contact of the minister to help find homes in which to hide Jewish children; contacting the liberal ministers in Arnhem for assistance; placing many Jewish children in hiding; additional assi...

  12. Jan Valenta collection

    The Jan Valenta collection contains documents regarding the detention and execution of Jan Valenta, a Colonel in the Czech army and active participant in the Czech resistance organization, Obrana Národa (“Defense of the Nation”). Comprised in this collection are three pieces of correspondence written by Jan during his incarceration. This includes a postcard to his children dispensing parental advice, a postcard to his brother requesting a toothbrush, soap, and toothpaste, and a letter written to his children on the day of his execution, which was reportedly smuggled out of the prison and de...

  13. Jan W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jan W., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1920. He recounts attending school; his parents' divorce; his father's remarriage; moving to Prague with his mother; attending gymnasium; volunteering for the army; German occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions; his grandmother bribing officials so he could join his father in Yugoslavia; futile attempts to obtain emigration visas in Zagreb; his father and stepmother committing suicide in front of him rather than living under German occupation; fleeing to Italian-occupied Ljubljana, then Trieste; assistance from a Slovak baker;...

  14. Jan Willem Slotboom letter

    Contains a photocopy of an eight page 1945 letter written by Jan Willem Slotboom, in which he describes his internment in "Heinkel Werken," a "commando" of the main camp Sachsenhausen where he met Wieb Dop. Slotboom describes camp life and friendship with Wieb, but does not know what happened to him.

  15. Jan Zlotkiewicz photograph collection

    The Jan Zlotkiewicz photograph collection consists of photographs depicting Jan Zlotkiewicz (born Jakub Salomon Zlotkiewicz) during his military service in the Polish Army.

  16. Jan Zwartendijk papers

    Contains information about Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch consul in Kaunas, who worked with Chiune Sugihara to help Jews escape Lithuania.

  17. Jana S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jana S., who was born in Topol̕čany, Czechoslovakia in 1926. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; her father's deportation to Novaky labor camp in 1941; joining him in 1942; forced labor; release during the Slovak uprising in August 1944; traveling to Banská Bystrica; leaving her family to join the partisans; hiding in villages; working in a partisan infirmary; German soldiers capturing her and a friend; one soldier allowing them to escape (the others were shot); hiding in Slovenská l̕upča; obtaining false papers; hiding in Koš and Krušovce; returning to Koš; h...

  18. Jancu Nadler collection

    Consists of papers related to the post-war experiences of Jancu Nadler, originally of Bucarest, Romania. Includes one 1947 French train schedule for the Pullman company; one certification from the Jewish community of Paris that Jancu Nadler was born Jewish, dated 1947; one travel visa, 1947; one card with Nadler's dossier number from the "Comité juif d'action sociale et de reconstruction" (COJASOR); and one letter regarding Jancu Nadler from COJASOR.

  19. Jane Friedberg photograph collection

    The collection consists of two photographs of corpses at Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation in 1945.

  20. Jane Keibel memoir

    Contains a testimony, typescript, four pages, about the experiences of Jane Keibel (born Inge Goldschmidt), originally from Duesseldorf, Germany. Describes the family's journey on the MS. St. Louis, return to Europe, how her family sent her to be sheltered by OSE, and how the family emigrated to U.S. later in 1939.