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  1. Eyewitness reports regarding the November Pogrom

    Readers should use online version via link belowThis is a collection of 356 reports gathered in the weeks and months following the November Pogrom of 1938 by the Jewish Central Information Office (JCIO) in Amsterdam. Each report has a unique number in the sequence from B.1 to B.353 (B. presumably is an abbreviation of Bericht [report]) with five additions (B.62a, B.175a, B.333a, plus B.1001 and B.1002 at the end), and two unused numbers (B.342 and B.343). Most of the dated reports were created in November and December 1938; others were prepared in January and February 1939, and the remainde...

  2. Bernhard Reichenbach: Correspondence and papers

    These papers document the post-war journalistic and broadcasting activities of Bernhard Reichenbach, former actor, political party official, journalist and refugee from Nazi Germany.The papers consist largely of annotated drafts of broadcast transcripts, produced for the German radio station, Süddeutscher Rundfunk. They cover a wide range of subjects providing, for the German audience, an insight into the economic, social and political life of Britain, 1963-1974. Also included are book reviews and correspondence.

  3. Political Warfare Executive: Airborne leafletes, French Allied

    Two copies of the French “Revue de la Presse Libre” No. 45 dropped during in the nights 4./5. April until 15./16. April 1943.French 

  6. Political Warfare Executive: Airborne leaflet Leaflets dropped by Dutch

    Five Copies of Dutch Allied (RAF) dropped airborne leaflets “De Luchtpost” No. 8/1941. Dropped in the night between 17/18 Nov and 18/19 Nov 1941.Dutch 

  7. Antisemitic notices

    Two small paper notices stamped with the Anti-semitic slogan "Kauft nicht bei Juden" 

  8. Alice Stern: Jewish id card

    Jewish Identification Card of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia "Allgemeine Bürgerliche Legitimation" was issued 4 Nov 1940, it has a red "J" stamp in it, the date of the evacuation 31 Oct. 1941 and the marriage notice with Mr. Eckstein, dated 5 May 1942.German and Czech 

  9. Political toilet paper

    Early World War I propaganda toilet paper "Die Lügen-Nachrichten unserer Feinde! Bestes deutsches Abort-Papier" [the lying news of our enemies - best German toilet paper]. Consists of approximately 65 sheets with printed press reports bound in a folder, which is stamped on the back: Friedrich Blos Gr. Hoflieferant Karlsruhe. (New cord, original was black-red-white, see copy Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)German 

  10. Left Book Club: leaflets

    Leaflets, advertising the Left Book Club's membershipEnglish 

  11. Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin: Presentation folder of stamps

    Folder with a collection of stamps depicting the destroyed synagogues in Berlin, issued by the Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin for donations for their repair and upkeep. Printer of the folder: Neisser Druck, Berlin SO36German 

  13. George W. Burger: Collection of political stickers

  14. Musikschule Hollaender, Berlin: leaflet

    Copy leaflet addressed to Jewish parents advertisng musical lessons for childrenGerman 

  15. Forgiving Dr. Mengele

  16. German election material

    The collection consists of election material covering the era of the Weimar Republic, especially the last years. There are many flyers from the NSDAP, but also other parties, like the Zentrum, the SPD and the KPD.

  17. Primo Levi biography: papers

    The majority of the material is secondary. A wide range of publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of his life and work is represented here. In addition, a unique collection of transcript interviews with friends, colleagues and relatives, and Primo Levi, himself, provides a special dimension to the collection.

  18. Jewish Relief Unit: personnel files

    This collection consists of the personnel files of former members of the Jewish Relief Unit. This organization, which was based in Great Britain, provided support and assistance of all kinds to Jewish Displaced Persons in the aftermath of the war in Germany. Of particular interest are reports of conditions at individual camps.

  19. Ruth Balint: family correspondence

    Readers need to book a reading terminal to access a digital version of this archiveCorrespondence from the family of Ruth Balint, dealing in the main with family matters but also organizational arrangements for emigration from Nazi Germany.German During the war years Ruth received the letters in this collection from her parents, who were eventually deported to Warsaw, then Treblinka in 1942 and grandparents to Theresienstadt in the same year. The only indication of concern about their predicament, which Ruth discerned in the letters after a re-reading of them many years later, was the occas...