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  1. The Call Print 2 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, including those that had died, being accounted for during roll call at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few 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 ...

  2. Aart and Johanna Vos papers

    Dutch identification cards (2) for Aart Vos and Johanna Kuyper, from Laren, the Netherlands, 1942, with later stamps from 1945 declaring these as no longer valid. Also contains one order of confiscation from the German occupation authorities, documenting the confiscation of an automobile from Vos for use by the Wehrmacht, 1942.

  3. Drudgery Print 4 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 a line of prisoners pushing full wheelbarrows uphill while guards and dogs attach them at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few 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...

  4. Hahn and Laks family collection

    Contains an Arbeitskarte (work ID) issued to Piotr Kaszuba (donor's father; real name Juliusz Hahn) by the employment office in Plauen, Germany on August 31, 1944, stating that the bearer was born on December 29, 1915, is stateless, and is employed as metal worker in the Oskar Otto factory in Elsterberg. Also includes an identity card issued to Ruchla Laks (donor's mother), on July14, 1937; Ruchla Laks, born on October 8, 1916 in Włodzimierz Wołyński, Poland, left Poland on a passport which didn’t belong to her in 1938, escaping imprisonment for belonging to the illegal Communist Party. She...

  5. Salm family papers

    The Salm family papers contain biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration records, and restitution papers documenting the Salm family of Cologne, Germany and their immigration to the United States. The papers primarily consist of biographical materials and emigration and immigration records of Kurt and Meta Salm’s immigration to the United States in 1937, and Kurt’s parents David and Anna Salm’s immigration to the United States in 1940. Biographical materials include birth, marriage and death certificates; identification papers; military papers of David Salm, includi...

  6. Clay crematorium tag stamped 5781

    Clay disc, stamped with the number 5781, of the type that was placed with the body of deceased inmates to be able to identify the ashes after cremation. The numbers on the tags did not correspond to prisoner numbers. Produced in large quantities, not all the tags were used. Little is known about the origins of this clay tag. It was recovered by a retired United States Army colonel, identity unknown, shortly after his division liberated an unknown concentration camp in Germany. Similar discs were used at Dachau, Majdanek, Sachsenhausen, and Theresienstadt concentration camps.

  7. Tamar Enkaova photograph collection

    Contains prewar and postwar photographs of donor and her family, including three wedding photos of sisters and one friend taken in 1941-1944 in Lyon, France.

  8. Literary works Utwory literackie (Sygn. 266)

    Jewish literary works: poems, memoirs, letters, songs, literary and political notes, written in various ghettos, mainly in the Łódź ghetto (Litzmannstadt), as well as in various concentration camps in Poland and Lithuania. Includes also copies of „Getto szriftn“, a clandestine newspaper published in Łódź ghetto, and some personal photographs. This collection consists of both original work (mostly from the Ghetto Litzmannstadt (Łódź)) and their postwar copies.

  9. Teenagers smile for the camera

    Closeups of Ida Van Pesh (a non-Jewish friend), Vera Serlui (Ellis's second cousin, killed at Auschwitz on November 19, 1942), Ellis, and Abraham as they pose for the camera inside their home. The girls pose for a group shot.

  10. Samuel Gotz collection

    Consists of loose photographs, photograph albums, and documents related to pre-war Zionist Congresses and of photographs related to young Zionists in Latvia and Lithuania. The photographs depict groups of men and women in formal and informal settings. Includes a photograph album of the 18th Zionist Congress, held in Prague in 1933, and documents from the 14th Zionist Congress, held in Vienna in 1925. The material was collected by Samuel Gotz.

  11. Andor Gergely and Lajos Kenéz papers

    The Andor Gergely and Lajos Kenéz papers consist of records documenting the lives, medical careers, relatives, and persecution of Andor Gergely and Lajos Kenéz in Oradea as well as wartime and postwar Hungarian printed materials. Andor Gergely and Lajos Kenéz records include biographical materials, student records, correspondence, and legal records documenting Gergely’s and Kenéz’s relatives, educations, medical careers, involvement and prominence in the Jewish community of Oradea, persecution as Jewish doctors under the Hungarian occupation, defense by colleagues who provided testimonials ...

  12. Gladys Martin collection

    One letter, written on personal stationery of Adolf Hitler, from an American soldier ("Johnny") to "Gladys," 20 June 1945. In the letter, he describes how his unit is living in Hitler's former apartment in Munich, his general impressions of Munich, his recent tour of the Dachau concentration camp, and plans to return to the United States.

  13. Regional Hungarian Records

    This collection contains records from various archival repositories including the Hungarian Ministries, Lutheran Church and Jewish community. Records relate to visas and emigration applications; confiscation of Jewish properties; petitions for aid and tax documents. Included is a list of Jews of Sopron and an inventory of Jewish confiscated properties, 1945-1946.

  14. Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna-General files Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien-Generalakten

    Contains miscellaneous documents relating to regulations and administrative and legal matters addressed by the Justice Ministry in Vienna on a variety of issues, such as: punishment of sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews living in the Protectorate; convictions of females by the state court of Vienna for forbidden contact with prisoners of war; treatment of foreign laborers; confiscation of assets ("Vermögensbeschlagnahme"), control of incoming and outgoing assets ("Devisenfahndungsamt") in Nazi Germany and the Ostmark as well as the Nazi occupied territories; secret investigations ("...

  15. Oral history interview with Dieter Protsch

  16. Anti-Semitic flier, "Institut des Questions Juives"

    Anti-Semitic flier related to the "Institut des Questions Juives." One side resembles a ration ticket and the other, printed in red ink, contains further information about the "Institut d'Etudes des Questions juives" and also about an exposition being held at the Palais Berlitz, Paris, called "Le Juif et la France."

  17. Concert program and poster, Westendsynagoge, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1934

    One program from a choral and orchestral performance, as part of the "Weihestunde" series at the Westendsynagoge, Frankfurt am Main, 24 April 1934. Individual soloists (Edith Hernnstadt-Oettingen, Hilde Ruhm, and others) sang with the choir and youth choir of the Westendsynagoge, performing sacred and secular works of Georg Frederic Handel, Salomone di Rossi, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and others. Included is a poster announcing this performance.

  18. József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers

    The József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers consist of biographical materials and correspondence documenting the lives of the Schiff and Faludi families in Hungary, József Schiff’s forced labor service, and Jolán Schiff’s deportation.

  19. Anna Csillag Fränkel postcard collection

    Postcards (9), sent from and sent to a variety of individuals in different concentration camps, internment camps, labor camps, or ghettos. Includes postcards from Izbica, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Ilag VII internment camp in Laufen (Upper Bavaria), Ravensbrück, and the Łódź ghetto. Also includes one postcard sent to a German army officer at the front, with an ink stamp at the bottom reading "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" and a blank postcard of the type used at Auschwitz, with a Polish postage stamp from 1970 commemorating Auschwitz and an ink stamp relating to an exhibition there in that ...

  20. Rose Stern Rauner collection

    Collection of letters from Emanuel and Berta Engel, in Augsburg, Germany, to their children in the United States. Includes a passport, drivers license, a traveler's identification card, and pre-war photographs of immediate Stern family and extended family.