Archival Descriptions

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  1. Fran Laufer collection

    Consists of post-war candid photographs of Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, and David Ben-Gurion. Also includes a group photograph of German soldiers and two photographs of the execution by hanging of an SS officer.

  2. Charles Byron Smith, Jr. collection

    The collection consists of a banner and a cigarete album relating to the experiences of Charles Byron Smith, Jr. when he served in the United States Army, European Theatrer, during World War II.

  3. Oral history interview with Dora Russek

  4. Max Wachtel and Herbert Wolf family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Max Wachtel and his family and Herbert Wolf and his family in Germany and the United States before and during the Holocaust, as well as items related to Hans Wachtel and his service in the United States Army during World War II.

  5. Violin, bow, and case used by a prisoner while interned in a camp run by Oskar Schindler

    Violin crafted in 1890 by Guadagnini, a master Italian instrument maker in Turin. Henry Rosner bought it in Vienna in 1928. It was his constant companion for 66 years, excepting a brief separation near the end of the war. Rosner played the violin professionally in well-known cafes, hotels and resorts all over Europe until Poland fell to the Nazis in 1939. Three years later, Rosner, his wife Manci -- their young son Alexander, and Rosner's two brothers, were sent to the Płaszów forced labor camp. There, Henry and his brother Poldek, an accordianist, were required to play for the camp's comma...

  6. Debra Hiett collection

    The collection consists of three filmstrips produced by the Reich Propaganda Office of the government of Nazi Germany during World War II.

  7. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of six photographs taken after the liberation of Dachau on 27 April 1945. The photographs, which are identified on the verso, show corpses on a train, an SS officer beaten to death after liberation, and a photograph of an American soldier holding a Nazi flag in Schwabmunchen, Germany.

  8. Oral history interview with Mendel Halberstam

  9. Moritz Deutsch collection

    Consists of a letter written by Moritz Deutsch in Vienna on 7 October 1939, to his brother, William (Wilhelm) Deutsch, in New York City. In the letter, Moritz asks for William's help to procure visas for Moritz and his wife to immigrate to the United States. Also includes a World War I era photograph of Moritz Deutsch as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

  10. Meir Eldar memoirs

    Consists of two memoirs, entitled "KZ Spaichingen and the march to...liberty" and "The Voyage of the Olim of the 'Biria,'" written by Meir Eldar, originally of Biala-Bielsko, Poland. In the "KZ Spaichingen" memoir, Mr. Eldar describes the forced march from the Spaichingen concentration camp to Steingaden, Germany from 17-27 April 1945. He includes articles and correspondence with historians and with other survivors of this march. In the "Voyage of the Olim" memoir, Mr. Eldar includes maps, photographs, and his memories of his illegal immigration to Palestine and the voyages of the ships Bir...

  11. Peter Mittler memoir

    Consists of the first chapter, entitled "Childhood," of the memoir of Peter Mittler, originally of Vienna, Austria. In the memoir, 27 pages, Dr. Mittler describes his memories of the Anschluss. Kristallnacht, antisemitism in Vienna, and his experiences as an eight-year-old on a Kindertransport to England, leaving 11 January 1939. He reunited with his parents in England in the spring of 1939, and describes their efforts to become Anglicized. He also records biographical narratives of his parents, Gustav and Gertrude Mittler, and of other family members, some who passed away before World War ...

  12. Robert Guttman transcript

    Consists of one interview transcript, 97 pages, entitled "Recollections and Reminiscences" with Robert Guttman, originally of Germany. In the transcript (compiled by Lisa Greaves and based on interviews conducted in 2005 by Hannah Neuschwander) Mr. Guttmann, whose parents divorced when he was a child, immigrated with his father and sister to England in 1934. He describes returning to Germany to visit his mother in the 1930s, his father's internment in the Isle of Man, and his family's immigration to the United States in 1940. The transcript also includes information about his schooling, exp...

  13. Peter Albrecht passport

    Consists of an Austrian passport for Peter Albrecht, born August 25, 1921 in Vienna. The passport, issued in 1929 and renewed in 1934, shows photographs of Peter and multiple stamps from 1929-1938 for travel in Austria, Switzerland, Nazi Germany, and France.

  14. Register of Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, funerals in Buenos Aires Crónica Bar/Bat Mitzvá-casamientos-entierros

    This collection documents bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, and funerals at which Rabbi Hanns Harf officiated, providing a comprehensive resource for vital records of the Comunidad NCI (Nueva Comunidad Israelita)-Emanuel.

  15. Frieda Rosenzweig Jankner family collection

    The collection consists of a clothes hanger, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of Frieda Rosenzweig Jankner, who immigrated to the United States in 1911, and her family members who lived in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust.

  16. Compilation for "The Nazi Rise to Power" film

    Research edits for the Permanent Exhibition monitor 4.08 The Nazi Rise to Power. Compilation includes still photographs and step-printed footage.

  17. Soviet partisans; Stalingrad advance

    Titles: "Soviet Newsreel / 83-84 / Moscow / December 1942 / Directed by M. Fidelevoy"/ "Partisan-Glory" Coverage of ceremony extolling support of partisans in the war effort. 02:21:22 Title: "Defenders of the Caucuses" Gun workshop. CUs and MSs of workers putting together rifles and other guns. Tracking shot of cannon factory. Close shots of cannon maintenance. 02:23:10 Title: "Film-reporting from the Frontlines"/ "In the area of Nalchik" Pans across mountains. ELSs of soldiers hiking through. Coverage of fire fight in the mountains. CU badly wounded soldier. MS German soldier taken prisone...

  18. Jewish refugee children in Britain

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 727, Part 2C. Release date, 12/12/1938. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Young Refugees Reach Britain" Harwich, England. 206 German-Jewish youngsters, whose parents fill Nazi concentration camps, arrive on peaceful shores with their meager belongings to start life anew in comfortable quarters and in safe surroundings. Young Jewish refugees arrive in Britain, including Hans Berlinsky [now John Berrys] at 12:10:08. Girls walking down ramp from ship. Coats. Suitcases. Boys and girls walking along street with luggage. CU of smiling, happy boys. ...

  19. Milch testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 41) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 11, 1946. MLSs, witness and prosecutor. Erhard Milch, General Field Marshal and Secretary, Permanent Deputy of the Ministry of the Reich Luftwaffe, is cross-examined by Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson. Milch held positions of Quartermaster General of the Air Force and IG for the same branch, was a member of the Armament Council, and directed air operations against Norway in 1940. Jackson questions the witness in English; Milch answers in German. Jackson attempts to establish that Germany was prepared for war by questions leading...