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  1. Memoir

    Testimony, 2 pages, handwritten, written as a letter to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum asking to be added to the Survivors Registry. Briefly describes experience in Hungary under the Horthy regime, deportation to Auschwitz, time as forced laborer there, in Krakow, and at Bergen Belsen, and post-liberation life in Germany and immigration to U.S

  2. Testimony relating to the persecution of Jews and Jehovah's witnesses in the Netherlands

    Testimony. Typescript, 7 pages, account of Rachel Sacksioni Levee, born Jewish in the Netherlands, and a convert to Jehovah's Witnesses. Describes her experiences as a prisoner in various camps during WWII.

  3. Oral history interview with Alfred Loeser

  4. Sándor Grünfeld postcard

    Photocopies of a postcard from Sándor Grünfeld to Lipót Grünfeld in the Nagyvárad ghetto (now Oradea, Romania). The postcard coincided with the beginning of deportations from the ghetto to Auschwitz. The postcard was returned as undeliverable with a stamp indicating that the Jewish addressee had been relocated and the postcard could not be forwarded.

  5. Oral history interview with Marcel Rowan

  6. Izak Lewkowicz papers

    The papers consist of eight photographs of Izak Lewkowicz and others (some wearing Star of David armbands or badges), two identification cards issued to Izak Lewkowicz in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, and a "D.P. Index Card" issued by the Allied Expeditionary Force to Izak Lewkowicz.

  7. Communist Party of Romania records

    Contains documents regarding war crimes trials in Romania, and extracts from memoirs of Gheorghe Tatarascu, Prime Minister from 1936-1937 and Minister of Foreign Affairs From 1944-1946.

  8. United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al., Nov. 21, 1946 - Aug. 20, 1947

    Contains proceedings, exhibits, and other court documents from the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, United States v. Karl Brandt et al., the "Medical Case" (Case I), November 1946 to August 1947, prosecuting Karl Brandt and others for crimes against humanity during World War II. The proceedings contain information about medical experiments conducted on concentration camp prisoners; euthanasia programs carried out on the mentally ill and others; and killing of camp inmates for the express purpose of collecting skeletons for medical research. A list of defendants' names is provided in NARA pamphle...

  9. Joan Schwab memoir

    Testimony, typescript, 8 pages, titled "Life in England," by Joan Schwab (formerly Ingeborg Nussbaum). Describes life in Germany, desire to leave Germany after Kristallnacht, and experiences she and her brother Hans encountered on Kindertransport that took them to England in 1939, and life in Chichester during war.

  10. Bill Polson collection

    Consists of two letters (one handwritten on the back of a mimeographed letter) written by Sgt. Bill Polson about what he witnessed at Dachau, and six photographs of scenes of atrocities at Dachau taken by Sgt. Polson.

  11. Poem

    Poem, typescript, unpaginated, appears to have been written in 1940s, titled "Behold the Jew," by Ada Jackson, and dedicated to Walter and Anni Landau, and notation that it was the "Greenwood Prize Poem."

  12. Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD im Distrikt Radom, Aussenstelle Kielce records (Sygn.170)

    Contains reports, memoranda, instructions, circular letters, and various other documents relating to the activities of the Kielce branch of the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst in Radom, Poland. Also includes information on sabotage in the Kielce area; acts of arson; German counter espionage activities; activities of resistance fighters ("bandits"); combatting the activities of communists in the area; and several episodes of persons denouncing others as members of the resistance, Also contains detailed information concerning the arrest, trial, and sentencing of Jósef Sitek for his ...

  13. Kulturschande Selberlebnisse aus verschiedenen K.Z. Lagern

    Contains a memoir about Gertrude S. Stanchfield's experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Leitmeritz.

  14. Siegfried Halbreich papers

    The Siegfried Halbreich papers contain primarily the subject files of Siegfried Halbreich, a concentration camp survivor who spent much of his later life lecturing and educating about the Holocaust. Included in his papers are thank you letters, various subject files which include his manuscript memoir, invitations to lectures, and correspondence with various organizations. Also included are several publications and articles regarding the Holocaust. The Siegfried Halbreich papers contain the desk files of Siegfried Halbreich. The “Correspondence related to speaking engagements” series contai...

  15. Josef and Nesia Zalcman family papers

    Testimony (photocopied), of Yiddish text, presumably by Josef Zalcman (Joseph Zaltzman), along with photocopies of family photos and post-war DP identification cards for Josef and Nesia Zalcman. Text has partial translation from volunteer, and appears to deal with Zalcman's experiences in a town in Eastern Poland initially occupied by Soviets from 1939-1941, and then by Germans thereafter.

  16. Home movies of Sigal family in Zborow, Lvov, and Berezhany

    Margaret Siegal Weiss (the donor, age 12) and her father Morris (42) spent six weeks visiting family in Zborow from July to August 1936. 01:25 Arrival in Zborow during the summer of 1936. Margaret (the donor) stands next to her Aunt Minke Pasternak. Mountains (from plane window?). Village, main square and street on market day. MS, yardgoods store belonging to Margaret's grandmother Sara Pasternak Lifschutz. Uncle Jonas Pasternak (28) stands in front of the doorway. Pan, town and shops. 03:58 Polish monument in Lvov. 04:07 Scenes at a picnic at Zborow's town pond. The donor's cousins Eva (22...

  17. Zina Schreibman collection

    Photocopy of typescript text (4 pages), titled "An Episode in my Life That Will Forever Be Etched in My Memory," by Zina Schreibman. Also includes photocopy of 11 pages of Yiddish text.

  18. Albert and Hilde Simon papers

    Mimeographed names list, compiled circa late 1940s, with report by Erich Simon from 1948, writing about Theresienstadt. Addressed to members of "F.W.Ver." Also contains a couple of documents relating to Kurt and Hauptman of Jackson Heights, NY.

  19. Renata Laqueur papers

    The Renata Laqueur collection includes the typed transcript of diaries and relevant background information for Renata Laqueur, a Holocaust survivor. The diaries were written while Renata and her husband were imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen. Also included are the curriculum vitae and dissertation abstract for Renata Laqueur.

  20. A postcard from Dachau 3K

    Postcard (1), written by Matt Dachinger to Anny Dachinger, of Vienna, written from Dachau during Matt's imprisonment there, January 1939.