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  1. Escape from Treblinka: The Joseph Polonski Story

    This documentary film details the Holocaust experience of Joseph Polonski, one of two known individuals to escape from the Treblinka death camp. The film profiles Polonski's life before, during, and after the Holocaust. It includes original narration, excerpts from an interview with Joseph Polonski, as well as archival photographs and film. 01:35 Early Life. 02:40 Lukow Ghetto 07:45 Deportation 10:04 Cigarette Ally 12:12 Treblinka 14:31 Escaping Treblinka 15:44 On the Run 18:47 Becoming a Partisan 20:37 Starting Over 26:01 Closing credits

  2. Guthaner family papers

    Consists of prewar photographs of the donor's parents, Regina and Ernst Guthaner, before they immigrated to Australia in 1939. Also includes a manuscript of Ernst's biography and Regina and Ernst's family papers.

  3. George Kolinsky collection

    Consists of the handwritten memoir of George Kolinsky (1892-1974), the donor's maternal grandfather, and its English translation, titled A History of the Recent Past, 1939-1945. It was written originally in Yiddish following his arrival in the United States from Poland in 1951 after serving in the underground there between 1939 and 1945.

  4. Gene Samborik photograph collection

    Consists of nine photographs of various scenes relating to the Holocaust

  5. Rosalie Herman and Max Honigsberg family papers

    The Rosalie Herman and Max Honigsberg family papers include biographical materials and photographs documenting the Honigsberg family’s prewar life in Poland and Germany. The collection also includes a digital copy of Max Honigsberg’s self-published memoir, Maxie: An Autobiography (2013).

  6. Helmut Georg Schreima papers

    Consists of photographs, postcards, and a memoir pertaining to the experiences of Helmut Georg Schreima (1917-1981). Schreima, a Czech-German teenager from Lower Silesia, was arrested as an anti-Nazi teenager on a charge of high treason. Following his release after several years of imprisonment, Schreima later served in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front and in France. While in France, Schreima defected and joined the French Forces Interior. At the end of the war, Schreima worked with OSS behind the lines and then immigrated to the United States where he pursued a legal career, becoming bot...

  7. Katie Altenberg collection

    Consists of prewar, wartime, and post-war photographs from the collection of Katie Altenberg, born Kate Engel, in Vienna, Austria. Includes prewar family photographs in Edmunshof, near Hungary, and post-war photographs of Katie and her parents, Ludwig and Greta, as well as photographs taken after their 1948 immigration to New Berlin, NY. Katie and her family spent most of the war in Budapest, where they were liberated from the ghetto by the Russian Army in January 1945.

  8. Ministerstwo Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego w Warszawie (Sygn. 14)

    Correspondence and subject files on matter relating to religious, educational, and cultural organizations. The Ministerstwo Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego w Warszawie (Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment, MWRiOP) was established in 1918 during the Second Polish Republic. It held authority it matters of education, science, literature, art, archives, libraries, reading rooms, museums, theaters, and the implementation of state tasks in religious matters.

  9. Court of the First Instance in Miechów Sąd Grodzki w Miechowie (Sygn. 1847)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  10. Gotlieb family collection

    The Gotlieb family collection is comprised primarily of documents and photographs the experiences of Szajndla (later Sally) Frydman Gotlieb and her husband, Zacharias (later Sam) Gotlieb [donor's parents] who were both from Radom, Poland, and were both survivors of the Holocaust.The documents include Sally's DP card issued in Germany and paperwork issued by the United States Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany, in April 1946 to serve "in lieu of passports" for both Sally and Sam. There is also a ship ticket for the Marine Flasher from May 1946 and documentation of transportation fee being cover...

  11. County Mediatory Office for the Property Matters of Farmers in Włoszczowa Powiatowy Urząd Rozjemczy do Spraw Majątkowych Posiadaczy Gospodarstw Wiejskich we Włoszczowie (Sygn. 1589)

    Files of cases concerning various disputes in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin.

  12. American National Socialist League postcard

    Consists of a single antisemitic postcard from the American National Socialist League urging gentiles to "fight Jewish Communism"

  13. County Office of Land in Jędrzejów, Sygn. 1673 Powiatowy Urząd Ziemski w Jędrzejowie, Sygn. 1673

    Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews from Jędrzejów County.

  14. Krisnapoller family papers

    Consists of postcards from Stanisławów, Poland (Stanislav, Ukraine) and family correspondence addressed to Nathan Krisnapoller (later Kriss) from Stanisławów and the Warsaw Ghetto, in addition to photocopies of documents.

  15. Craft Chamber in Kielce Izba Rzemieślnicza w Kielcach (Sygn. 415)

    Lists of voters for the Chamber of Crafts and other records of that organization - they contain personal data, profession, address. The personal file of Jewish candidates for an examination in a particular craft - in alphabetical order. Include: photograph of the applicant, examination report, application for admission to the examination, CV, copy of birth certificate, copy of the permanent population register, certificate stating the studies completed, and other correspondence.

  16. Frank and Hilda Sachs collection

    Includes identification documents, such as U.S. naturalization certificates, for Hilda Sachs (b. 1913) and Frank Sachs (b. 1904) in addition to transcripts for oral history interviews conducted with Frank Sachs regarding his experiences in the Czech Republic, including his arrest in March 1939 and how he fled after he was interrogated in January 1940 before meeting his wife in England.

  17. Albert and Alice Genis collection

    Consists of documents and family photographs that capture the pre- and postwar experiences of Albert and Alice Genis (formerly Genichowicz), the donor's parents. Additional documents include certificates indicating their residency of the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1951, papers related to their university studies in Munich, their ketubah, and their 1958 US Naturalization certificates after they immigrated to United States in 1951.

  18. Lepehne family papers

    Includes identification documents such as two Reisepass, or passports, for both Max Georg (Georg Israel) and Caecilie (Fran Georg) Lepehne that names their daughter, Renate Lara Lepehne, before they fled Cologne, Germany in 1939. There are also two Kennkarten, or identification cards, for both Caecilie and Renate. Also included are notarized copies of Max Georg's German Medical degree and certificate of his position as a medical doctor.

  19. Więzienie w Będzinie (Sygn. 1589) Prison in Będzin

    Personal files of prisoners of Jewish origin convicted of various crimes, e.g. theft, fraud. In addition, other materials, e.g. lists of prisoners, statistic data. Personal files contain the prisoner's personal data and characteristics, as well as an accusation and official correspondence.

  20. Ery Magasanik collection

    Consists of US naturalization certificates, identification documents such as Iranian passports and "Shenasnameh," or Iranian identity booklets similar to birth certificates, for the donors' parents, Michael (b. 1900) and Judith Magasanik (nee Bromberg, b. 1908) who left Bucharest in 1940 using the Iranian passports they obtained in the late 1920s as citizens of Iran. They eventually immigrated to the Miami and then settled in New York in 1942.