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  1. Sylvia B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Sylvia B., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland (presently L?viv, Ukraine) in 1925. She recalls moving with her family to Magerov; German occupation for two weeks; Soviet occupation; reporting for compulsory forced labor for the Soviets on June 22, 1941; German bombardment; being driven eastward by Soviet troops (she never saw her parents again), then train transport from Ternopil?; escaping from the train in Kharkiv with two friends; having to retreat with Soviets as the Germans advanced; forced labor; escaping in 1944; walking for hundreds of miles; arriving in Kiev in the...

  2. Records of the Regional Zionist Organization (East Galicia- Malopolska) (Fond 338, Opis 1)

    Contains bylaws, programs, appeals, meeting minutes, documents of Zionist congresses and conferences, informational dispatches of Zionist organizations worldwide, reviews of Zionist newspapers, records of activities of the local branches of this organization in Tarnopol (Ternopil) and Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankivsk), lists of Jews applying for immigration to Palestine, and membership lists of local Zionist and Jewish organizations. The bulk consists of correspondence with Zionist organizations and active Zionists worldwide.

  3. Nazi atrocities; interrogation

    Opening credit: Service Cinema Armee Francaise. Barbed wire at Hadamar. Survivors - Poles and Russians. Lice. Americans tour camps. Piles of victims. Local civilians forced to enter hut with bodies. CUs, captured German. Various shots of corpses, ashes, bone, open graves. 3 men in gas masks lift buried corpses from grave. Americans, doctor in white coat, military start autopsy, examination. Interrogation. Poison bottle. HAS, graves.

  4. Lidia Kleinman Siciarz collection

    The collection consists of a wallet, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lidia Kleinman as a hidden child in Poland during the Holocaust.

  5. Anna (Golden) Gordon family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Anna and Riva Gordon (Golden) and their family in Svencionys and Vilna, Lithuania, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  6. Bertha Lurey Elston collection

    The collection consists of a US military badge for the "Stars and Stripes" and a Nazi armband.

  7. Elie Cohen memoir

    Consists of one memoir by Elie Cohen, originally of Thessaloniki, Greece. In the memoir, Mr. Cohen describes his experiences in the ghetto in Greece and his memories of Birkenau, where he was given the number 114222.

  8. Else Pollak Chandler collection

    Consists of the official response to a Red Cross inquiry into the fate of Jakob, Regine, and Edith Pollak, originally of Vienna, Austria. The inquiry was made by Jakob and Regine's daughter, Else, who was able to emigrate to England before the war. The response states that the remaining members of the family perished in the Holocaust. Also includes correspondence sent and received by Else Chandler after her immigration to England, documents regarding her immigration, and documents regarding her pre-war schooling.

  9. Meyerstein family collection

    Papers document the expereinces of Meyerstein family before and during World Warr II. Included in the papers is a marriage license issued to Hilda Schickler and George Meyerstein Ellen Cohen's parents in Milan, Italy on May 18, 1935; a driver's license issued to George Meyerstein in Gotha Germany; an entry ticket for a bullfight that Hilda and George Meyerstein attended in 1941 while refugees living in Spain; a passanger's list for the Marqus de Comillas that included the Meyerstein family; newspaper clippings and a newspaper that mentions Ellen Meyerstein [Ellen Cohen]; a testimony written...

  10. Janine Sokolov collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Janine Gimpelman Sokolov (born Ursula Klipstein) and her family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Vladimir Brandwajn collection

    The collection consists of infant's clothing and a photograph relating to the experiences of Vladimir Brandwajn and his family in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp where he and his brother were born after the Holocaust.

  12. Harold Pearson liberation photographs

    Consists of 46 photographs, some duplicates, taken by Harold Pearson, a member of the United States Army. The photographs are possibly of the Belsen concentration camp after liberation.

  13. "Ted Arie Doron's Autobiography"

    Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, entitled "Ted Arie Doron's Autobiography, written in 2004 by Ted Arie Doron (born Tibor Weisz), originally of Budapest, Hungary. In the memoir, Mr. Doron describes life in Budapest before 1944, his experiences as a young child in the Budapest ghetto, including the deportation and death of his father in Bergen-Belsen, life in post-war Communist Hungary. He later emigrated, first to Israel, then to Canada, and finally to the United States.

  14. "A Time to Remember"

    Consists of one memoir, 11 pages, entitled "A Time to Remember", by Anja Legerstee, born Chana Deborah Kuperman, originally of Lublin, Poland. She recalls pre-war Jewish life in Lublin, the 1939 German invasion, life in the Lublin ghetto and her deportation to Majdanek. After she managed to escape from Majdanek and go to Warsaw, she posed as a Christian until the end of the war. She is the only survivor from her family.

  15. Selected records of the Anti-Joodse Centrale

    Contains information created or collected by the Anti-Joodse Centrale for the purpose of enabling antisemitic measures in occupied Belgium.

  16. Schildkraut family collection

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

  17. "Report on the Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai"

    Consists of one report, 23 pages, entitled, "Report on the Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai", written by William Schurtman for a Sociology class in 1954. Mr. Schurtman, a refugee who lived in Shanghai from 1938-1947, describes the political, social, and history of the Shanghai Jewish community as well as some of his own experiences.

  18. Barbara Lindenbaum Brotman collection

    Consists of documents and four photographs related to the Lindenbaum family, originally of Siedlec, Poland. Includes photographs of Dora Lindenbaum, who passed away in the Siedlac ghetto, of Genia Lindenbaum, who disappeared with her husband and child from Mezrich, Poland, of Adolf Lindenbaum, who disappeared with his wife from Lublin, Poland, and of Victor Lindenbaum and Hersh Grynberg. Also includes wartime and pre-war correspondence and documents from the family.

  19. Erich Steinheim collection

    Consists of one document, bound in a black album entitled "Theresienstadt." The document, dated June 9, 1945 and issued by the "Mitteilungen der jüdischen Selbstverwaltung Theresienstadt," thanks Mr. Steinheim for his hard work in the Copy and Lithograph department and relays his co-workers' good wishes for the future, especially in light of their terrible experiences.

  20. Perlberger family collection

    Consists of color photocopies related to the Holocaust experiences of Claire Perlberger-Untermans and her sons, Martin, Jacques, and Ralph Perlberger, originally of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Perlbergers were imprisoned in Westerbork and were able to escape being transported east for the majority of the war. On February 1, 1944, the Perlbergers were sent to Bergen-Belsen, and in April 1945, the family was placed on a transport east, now known as "The Lost Transport," which was liberated by the Russian Army on April 23, 1945 near Troebitz.