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  1. Sara B. Hull photograph collection

    Collection of fourteen photographs documenting the atrocities found at Gardelegen after liberation.

  2. Brodie pattern MK II green steel helmet worn by a Belgian officer

    British issued Brodie pattern MK II green steel helmet worn by Marcel Frank when he was a Belgian liaison officer with the British Army during the liberation of Bergen Belsen concentration camp in late April 1945. Marcel was stationed at Lueneberg, on the outskirts of Bergen Belsen, and assisted with the repatriation of Belgian survivors in the displaced persons camp. He was present when the British uncovered a mass grave containing the remains of forced laborers in the nearby forest. Local former Nazi officials were forced by the Army to exhume, make coffins, and properly rebury the 243 bo...

  3. Hermann family correspondence

    The Hermann family correspondence consists of letters and postcards written by Sophie, Julius, and Gerda Hermann in Munich and Brussels, Paul and Ruth Bohrmann in New York, and Elise Bickart in Munich and shared with Kurt and Gertrude Hermann in Cuba and Florida. The correspondence relates news about the Hermann, Bickart, and Bohrmann families and their relatives and friends, condolences on Julius’ death, and efforts to bring Hermann and Bickart relatives to America.

  4. Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna-Criminal cases, 1939-1945. Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien-Strafsachen (Signatur: AT-OeStA/AVA Justiz), 1939-1945

    Clemency appeals before the Vienna Court of Appeals, including from former illegal Nazi party members in Austria for crimes committed before Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany.

  5. Walter Brewer Jr. papers

    Contains four photographs, and one one-page typescript document, dated "Ohrdruf, Germany, April 9," which describes how the inhabitants of the town of Ohrdruf were confronted with the concentration camp in their midst after its liberation by Allied soldiers, 1945. Photographs consist of four snapshots of Walter Brewer, Jr., during his military service in World War II.

  6. John J. Kurdzo photograph collection

    Photographic print: image of American soldier standing in front of anti-Nazi posters in German and Polish drawn by freed prisoners hang outside a barrack of the Buchenwald concentration camp; captioned on verso "Concentration Camp"; in English. Photographic print: image of the crematorium ovens at the Buchenwald concentration camp; captioned on verso "ovens Concentration Camp"; in English.

  7. Clarence Alberg collection

    Consists of seven photographs taken at the beginning of May 1945 depicting the aftermath of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Also includes a transcription of a letter originally dated May 8, 1945 written by Clarence Alberg, who worked for "The Stars and Stripes" during the war and arrived at Dachau on May 4, 1945. In the letter, dated May 8, 1945, Clarence described what he witnessed at the camp. Clarence is also depicted in one of the photographs.

  8. Daisy Herrmann Kummer family papers

    The Daisy Herrmann Kummer family papers document the Herrmann family of Vienna, Daisy’s years as a refugee in France, and the family’s immigration to the United States. Documents include birth, marriage, residence, baptism, naturalization, and death certificates; identification and military papers; letters from the American Committee of the OSE and the Baronness Germaine de Rothschilde; and a handwritten scouting manual Daisy kept while a member of the Éclaireuses éclaireurs israélites de France (E.I.F.) prior to leaving France.

  9. George Flaum Banet and Marlene Roberts Banet photograph collection

    Collection of family photographs and a silhouette documenting the experiences of Georges Flaum (donor), his parents Therese (Tauba Hirszberg) and Charles (Chaim) Flaum, and their family primarily in France during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Georges survived the Holocaust in hiding. His parents both perished at Auschwitz.

  10. Introductory text for a portfolio of 15 reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Introductory insert, in French, for a portfolio of secretly created prisoner sketches from Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, which were reproduced, engraved, and published in 1946. The originals were created by Henri Gayot and the introduction was written by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. The sketches depict daily camp life and prisoner abuse, particularly for prisoners like Gayot and LaPorte, who were marked as Nacht und Nebel (NN) [night and fog], and were meant to “vanish” in the camp. LaPorte was arrested by the German S...

  11. Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna, Dept. 6, 1939-1945 ; Miscellaneous Matters of Penal Institutions Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien, Abt. 6, 1939-1945; Diverse Angelegenheiten der Vollzugsanstalten-Sammelakten

    Contains reports and communication documents from various prisons, penal institutions and detention facilities in the Ostmark (Austria), Bohemia and Moravia, and the General Gouvernment including Stein an der Donau, Hirtenberg, Krems, Kaiser-Ebersdorf, Znaim (Znojmo), Oppeln (Opava), Posen (Poznań), Vienna, and others; personnel matters of various courts and prosecutor's offices, including Vienna; lists of employees of the penal system; petitions received from inmates, including Jews; reports about incidences and infractions in the various penal institutions, including escaped inmates; repo...

  12. Night and Fog Print 1 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting prisoners during a roll call between 3 am and 4 am at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. Many of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both men were marked “Nacht and Nebel”, individuals presenting a threat to German security that had b...

  13. Richard Markiewicz collection

    Contains one copyprint of a photograph, dating circa World War I (1914-1918), of a couple sitting in a field, surrounding by uniformed soldiers. Also includes two documents issued by the American Joint Distribution Committee, certifying that Paja Kaplans (adult) and Mosze Kaplan (child) have passed a health examination, dated 1948.

  14. Neufeld and Milgrom family papers

    Documents and photographs relating to Selig Neufeld and Mania Milgrom Neufeld (donor's parents) who were in the Buczacz ghetto and later hid in Buczacz but were discovered. Both Selig and Mania were imprisoned in concentration camps, and after liberation they went to Italy, where their son Leon was born in 1946 and their daughter Henia Helene was born in 1949. Mr. and Mrs. Neufeld immigrated to Baltimore, MD in 1950.

  15. Toddler at play before the war

    Hester (Hesje) Jas, the daughter of close family friends, plays inside and then outside on the sidewalk in various outfits. Her father Benjamin, a member of the Jewish Council in Scheveningen, is visible. Hester (b. February 15, 1938) was later killed with her mother Elisabeth Querido Jas at Sobibor on June 11, 1943. Benjamin was also killed at Sobibor on July 16, 1943, with his son Eddie Jas (b. July 1, 1925).

  16. Felix Librach papers

    The Felix Librach papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries and notes, emigration and immigration records, and kibbutz records documenting Felix, Martin, and Sophie Librach's emigration from Germany and Poland to Palestine in the 1930s, their lives in Palestine and Israel, their parents' experiences in Łódź, and Felix’s involvement with the kibbutz in Hulata. Biographical materials include identification papers for Felix Librach and obituaries for Martin Librach. Correspondence files primarily consist of letters and postcards from Martin Librach in Germany, Poland, P...

  17. Ilse Auerbach collection

    Contains correspondence, immigration documents, news clippings, certificates, and naturalization papers related to the life and immigration of Ilse Auerbach and her mother, Anna, originally of Berlin, to the United States in 1941. They arrived in new York on June 21, 1941, aboard the ship Villa de Madrid.

  18. Letter to Max Wolff, from the Reichsmusikkammer, March 1937

    One letter, addressed to the German Jewish composer Max Wolff, sent from Peter Raabe, president of the Reichsmusikkammer, effectively banning Wolff from exercising his profession in Germany, March 31, 1937.

  19. David "Chim" Seymour photograph collection

    Contains 18 photographs taken by photographer David Seymour for the Magnum Press Agency, in the mid to late 1940s, in Poland and Israel. Photographs depict children in schools and orphanages in post-war Poland, as well as newly-arrived immigrants in Israel after 1948.

  20. Kaufman family collection

    Contains photographs, four notebooks (in Yiddish), identification documents, certificates, and correspondence, related to the wartime experiences in France of Kopel Kaufman, originally of Busko, Poland, and Wulf Finkielsztejn, originally of Wilno (Vilnius). Documents attest to the experiences of both men in resistance activities during the occupation of France, their imprisonment by the Germans, and Finkielsztejn's deportation from Pithiviers and his presumed death. The notebooks contain a memoir written by Kopel Charles Kaufman in 1945-1946 describing in detail his experiences in Auschwitz...