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  1. Popielarz family papers

    Original documents relating to emigration attempts by the Benno Popielarz family, originally of Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Include photostat of a letter of recommendation from the Reichsbund juedischer Frontsoldaten, attesting to the good character of Benno Popielarz (1939); a carbon copy typescript list of the belongings that the Popielarz family had to declare prior to emigration, listing the monetary value of each item (1939); a document authorizing the transfer of 15 shillings to a family member in England, to enable the Popielarz family to obtain a Chinese visa (1939); and a l...

  2. Arthur Grossman papers

    Photocopies of three identification documents for Arthur Grossman, originally of Plock, Poland, who was interned at Buchenwald, and then post-liberation lived at the Landsberg displaced persons camp.

  3. Hersz Hanfling papers

    Genealogy and brief vita, describing Hersz Hanfling's experiences during the occupation of Poland. Also included are copy prints of vintage photos from his hometown of Rozwadow.

  4. Henryk Leman memoir

    Testimony, typescript, four pages. Describes the experiences of two brothers, their life in occupied Warsaw and fighting with Polish underground, capture and imprisonment in Germany, liberation and work with Allies in occupied Germany, immigration to the United States.

  5. A memoir relating to the liberation of Dachau

    Photocopy of letter and map. Letter (less then one page) is from Sherwin Northcutt to Curtis Whiteway, sharing his memories of liberation of Dachau.

  6. Arthur Kleinman and family papers

    Testimony, oral history transcript, 48 pages, typescript, titled "Interview of Blanche Stern, by Carol Oster and Art Kleinman." Describes childhood in Munkacs, Hungary (Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia), deportation to Auschwitz.

  7. Alexander Szczucki letter

    Contains a two-page letter concerning Alexander Szczucki's actions and observations at Buchenwald shortly after liberation.

  8. Arnold Kramish papers

    Photocopied material sent to Arnold Kramish, an American historian of the Cold War and wartime intelligence, from a French colleague in 1984. Correspondence consists of material from and about Paul Rosbaud, an Austrian who worked as a spy for the Allies during WWII, and about Kramish's efforts to have him recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem.

  9. Charity concert program

    Printed concert program, 80 pages, titled "Miriam Magasi: In Aid of the European Emigrants," for a benefit concert held at the Lyceum in Shanghai, 25 November 1941. Many pages contain names of sponsors of the concert, with texts of songs performed, and description of performing artists. Pianist Magasi headlined the concert, along with tenor Ernest Krasso, violinist Ferdinand Adler, and cellist Johann Kraus.

  10. Erich and Rita Mayer collection

    Correspondence with various archives and tracing services (e.g., ITS), regarding the fates of missing members of the Mayer and Flanter families, circa 1980s, and some identification documents for said family members from Germany, 1930s. Includes snapshot photos of liberated concentration camps and Berghof, circa 1945.

  11. "Kilroy Was Here"

    Testimony, typescript, 259 pages plus appendix. Author describes his experiences as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division, detailing his early life, training in the Army, landing in France, and operations in 1944-1945 through France, into Germany (Aachen, Ruhr region) up to Ludwigslust, including liberation of Woebbelin concentration camp.

  12. Zeev Schuss memoir

    Testimony, photocopy of typescript, 10 pages, titled "My Glorious Journey," by Zeev Schuss, describing wartime experiences of his childhood, which led him from his native Krakow, to Lwow, Bukhara, Tehran, and finally Jerusalem. Also contains Hebrew and Polish versions of the memoir.

  13. Dan Orzech and family papers

    Family tree, photocopied news clippings and photographs, and inventory of items relevant to Maurycy Orzech in the Archives of the Bund at the YIVO Archives in New York.

  14. Faina Kozovskaya papers

    Testimony, two documents, one handwritten, 4 pages, one typescript, 21 pages. Former is an account of what happened to the donor's younger sister, Lena Kozovskaia, who was killed at the age of 10 in 1941 in Minsk. The other is a description of the donor's experiences in occupied Minsk.

  15. Anniversary of Lenin's death; Kremlin; Molotov; fighting

    02:33:15 Title: "Soviet Newsreel"/ "6"/ "Moscow"/ "January 1943" / "Directed by M. Fidelevoy"/ "19th Anniversary of Lenin's death" / "Under the banner of Lenin-Stalin we will win" Coverage of Kremlin ceremony commemorating Lenin and exalting Stalin. Molotov and Malenkov. 02:37:10 Title: "Film-reporting from the Frontlines"/ "The blockade of Leningrad is infiltrated"/ "Coverage of the Volkhov front" CU of map. ELS profiles of marching soldiers carrying skies, backlit by sunlight. Panning shot of soldiers huddled in snowy trenches. Title: "At one of the battle sites" ELS cannons firing, inter...

  16. Diamond and Weinrib families papers

    The collection primarily documents the post-war experiences of Karl Diamond, originally of Tarnów, Poland, and his wife Ruth Diamond (née Mam), originally of Białystok, Poland, and her sister Helen Weinrib (née Mam) in the Bamberg displaced persons camp, 1945-1949. Included are marriage certificates, employment papers, identification papers, immigration paperwork and naturalization certificates, restitution documents, inquiries to the Red Cross regarding members of Karl’s family, and personal narratives and speeches of Karl regarding his Holocaust experiences.

  18. Nazi propaganda: home front

    The feature film begins with German families, including young people in HJ and BDM uniforms, running to a bomb shelter during an air raid alarm in Berlin in WWII. They discuss the endeavors of the German youth in the war effort. An older man recounts his own experience as an illusionist Wandervogel [wandering bird] before 1914 as romantic, utopian, and egoistic, whereas the 'hard reality' would now call for a different approach of the youth. Asked about their contribution to the ongoing "Daseinskampf" [struggle for existence] of the German people a uniformed member of the Jungvolk [young pe...

  19. Sybil Milton collection

    The collection consists of photocopies of archival records dealing with the immigration of Jews to the Philippine Islands or with the treatment of those within the Third Reich the Nazis deemed "non-Aryan." Also includes copies of documents pertaining to the mentally infirm and to the Red Army ambulance corps.

  20. George T. Frampton collection

    Photographs (3): Faded images taken at Ohrdruf after liberation, as well as a note from George Frampton explaining the context of these photos.