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  1. William Eisen testimony

    The memoir describes the experiences of William Eisen and members of his family during the Holocaust and relates the attempts of surviving family members to rebuild their lives afterwards. The first part of the memoir portrays the persecution and killing of Polish Jews, including members of Eisen's family, and conditions that the author experienced inside the ghetto in Miechów, Poland, and the concentration camps of Julag I and II, Kraków-Płaszów, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Rakow (a.k.a. Rakov), and an unnamed subcamp of Buchenwald. The latter part of the memoir depicts Eisen's life inside the ...

  2. Confessions of Franz Ziereis, last commandant of Mauthausen

    The confessions of Franz Ziereis, the last commandant of Mauthausen consists of an English translation of the confession made by Ziereis after his arrest by American forces in May 1945. In the confession, Ziereis describes the persecution of Jews in Mauthausen, atrocities committed by SS guards, the Nazi practice of euthanasia, the use of human skin to bind books and make satchels, executions, death marches, a camp brothel, and camp inmate markings.

  3. Adolf Eichmann police reports from the Tucumán Police Archives

    The documents contain information that police in Tucumán province, Argentina, collected and maintained on Adolf Eichmann, who lived there under the alias of Ricardo Klement.

  4. Josef Frenkiel letter

    The letter, sent by Josef Frenkiel from Algiers in 1939 via the International Red Cross, inquires as to whether members of his family still live in Warsaw, Poland. The response, on the opposite side of the first letter, also written in 1939, revealed that members of Frenkiel's family were still living in Warsaw, Poland.

  5. Sandra Glassman collection

    Sandra Glassman's poems, "A Memory in History" and "A Somber Experience," describe her feelings while thinking about the Holocaust and the USHMM. Glassman's musical composition, "Dollhouse (Josette)," was influenced by reading Jacqueline Wolf's memoir, "Take Care of Josette," which is based upon Wolf's experiences caring for her four-year-old sister in Nazi occupied France after their parents had been deported.

  6. Gad Goldman papers

    A photocopied Hebrew newspaper article, by an unknown author and dated 07 December 1979, describes Gad Goldman's Holocaust experiences in an unidentified Polish town before the war and in Łódź, Poland. An English-language article by Goldman, "Potatoes for Pesach," which appeared in the Spring 1974 issue of "Adventure in Jewish Life", describes how he and some inmates of Schottenberg concentration camp decided to observe the Jewish holiday of Passover despite the risk of punishment. The photocopy of Goldman's work card from the Litzmannstadt (a.k.a. Łódź) ghetto includes his worker numbe...

  7. Fritz and Katharina Flesch collection

    Fritz Flesch sent the 1939 letter to the L.M. Bickett Company of Elkhhorn, Wisconsin, seeking employment in the United States. It describes his and his family's plight as a Jew in post-Anschluss Vienna. Also includes a letter and curriculum vitae from his wife, Katharina, who was also seeking employment, and who at that time had immigrated to Britain, and was working as a house maid near London. The L.M. Bickett Company response reveals that he was not offered a job by this firm. The Fleschs' fates are unknown.

  8. Postcard and newspaper article relating to Kristallnacht

    The postcard with stamps post marked on 09 November 1938 (the date of Kristallnacht) celebrates the treaty Adolf Hitler signed with Neville Chamberlain at Munich, Germany on 29 September 1938. The postcard, which shows images of Hitler, Mussolini, and Chamberlain, has the legend "Zur historischen Begegnung, 29. Septbr. 1938 in Munchen," and the postmark commemorates the anniversary of the 1923 putsch in Munich, characterizing the city as the "Haupstadt der Bewegung." The photocopied newspaper article from the "El Paso times" (dated exactly 50 years later) describes a television documentary ...

  9. Resolution of the Massachusetts House of Representatives concerning Nazi antisemeitism

    The resolution, which condemns Nazi violence against Jews, was introduced into the General Court of Massachusetts by Hyman Mann (or Manevitch) in 1933, and it was passed by that body the same year.

  10. Letter relating to the fate of Jews from Breslau, Germany

    The letter was written by an unknown Jewish citizen of Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), to the Archbishop of Breslau. It describes how Jews in the vicinity of Breslau, Germany, and in parts of occupied Poland had their property confiscated, were deported, forced into ghettos, and summarily executed. It also describes conditions of deportees and concentration camp inmates.

  11. Documents of recognition for Dr. Jozsef Antall

    The documents relate to the deeds of Dr. Jozsef Antall, a Righteous Among the Nations who rescued Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

  12. Map of massacre sites near Naishtot, Lithuania

    The map of Naishtot, Lithuania (now known as Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania), made by Ralph Goldberg in 1971, lists the names of the Jews of Naishtot who were killed during the Holocaust. This map is a photocopy of the original, and measures 85cm x 91.2 cm.

  13. Chil M. Rajchman testimony

    Contains information about the experiences of Chil Rajchman during the Holocaust including his deportation to Treblinka, his treatment by Ukrainian guards in Treblinka, the prisoners' revolt in the camp, his escape from Treblinka, and his return to Warsaw.

  14. Childhood memoirs of World War II

    The memoirs describe how Eva Edmands emigrated with her parents from Austria to France after the Anschluss and how they lived in hiding until France's liberation.

  15. "The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity"

    The collection includes a copy of a translation of "The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity," translated from Hebrew and Yiddish by Harry Langsam. The book contains information about the town of Strzyżów, Poland including the history of the community from 1898, notable rabbis and other citizens, the celebration of Jewish holidays, prominent families, the years of the Holocaust, remembrances of Strzyżów citizens by surviving family members, and the diaspora of survivors throughout the world.

  16. John Golec letter relating to the liberation of Dachau

    Relates the conditions American soldiers found when they liberated Dachau, including: sanitary conditions inside the camp; starving camp inmates and incidents of cannibalism; sadistic camp guards; medical experiments involving inmates; the effect of the camp on the civilian population living near Dachau; and Golec's ideas to prevent Germany from waging war again.

  17. Memoirs of a Roots Search

    Describes Goldzband's 1990 visit to Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland to learn about his paternal grandfather's family and how he discovered the Holocaust-related fates of some family members.

  18. Morton Dannenbirsch letters

    Morton Dannenbirsch served with the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and the letters describe his impressions of the first Seder conducted in Belgium after the Nazi occupation and how he traced and found some Dutch Holocaust survivors, which his family knew, in a concentration camp near Groningen, the Netherlands.

  19. Nadia Gould collection

    The memoir describes her parents' families; her childhood in the French countryside; the German occupation of France; her and her mother's escape to join her father in unoccupied France; her family's escape from Marseille, France, to Portugal via Spain; her immigration to the United States and reunion with her parents; her assimilation into American culture and her activities while in high school and in college; and some of her experiences afterwards. The collection also includes picture postcards illustrated with Gould's art work depict both geometric and human forms.

  20. Gitya Glikman memoir relating to the Krasnoye and Zhmerinka ghettos

    Contains a photocopy of a one-page memoir by Gitya Glikman (b. Krasnoye, Soviet Union) describing the establishment of a ghetto in Krasne (Krasnoye), Ukraine, and the deportation of the Glikman and her family to the ghetto in Zhmerynka (Zhmerinka), Ukraine. Gitya was liberated in March 1944.