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  1. Fiedler family collection

    Contains an identification document issued to Oskar Fiedler, a Jewish refugee in Shanghai, China during the war. Also contains a certificate for innoculation and vaccination for Berta Fiedler, in Shanghai, dated 1949.

  2. Letter relating to the Holocaust in Bratslava

    Letter, typescript, addressed to Radu Ioanid of USHMM, from David Wasserman of Yonkers, NY, describing his visit to the museum in August 1993, and his wish to add information about the camp of Bratslav, in Transnistria, and what he witnessed there.

  3. Petain's trial; War Crimes Tribunal charter

    "Welt im Film": The Anglo-American newsreel series screened in occupied Germany, 1945-1950. Henri Petain's trial ends. Courtroom scenes and film of many prominent witnesses. Next scene shows a meeting in London where delegates sign the charter setting up the War Crimes Tribunal.

  5. Oral history interview with Martin Baral

  6. My memoirs

    Testimony. Typescript, about 75 pages, with index and copied documents, titled "My Memoir," by Bertha Frank Zimmer, dated 1985. Recounts her experiences in Cologne, Germany; her engagement to her husband (postponed after he was arrested following Kristallnacht); escape to Holland; internment at Westerbork after German occupation; and deportation to Theresienstadt.

  7. Henriette Parker papers

    Documents, most from the Kingdom of Belgium, one from office of Field Marshal Montgomery, one from Jewish community of Belgium, dated 1945-1946, all honoring Julia Pierre, widow of Leon Nicaise, for her and her late husband's actions during the occupation of Belgium. Also includes a photo of Pierre with inscription of donor on verso, stating that Pierre saved her life, and photo reproduction of identity card issued to the donor's father, 1943.

  8. Meilach Lubocki memoir

    The memoir of Meilach Luboski of Kaunas, Lithuania describes his memory of the German invasion, life in the Kaunas (Kovno) ghetto, and his time in the Stutthof concentration camp. Included in this collection is the original copy of Meilach's memoir, written in Yiddish during the period when Lubocki was living in a displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany (circa 1945). Also included is a translation written by his brother, Charles Lubock, dating from the mid-1990s, and edited by Charles' son Paul Lubock.

  9. Photographs of Mauthausen and Gusen Concentration Camp

    Consists of 26 post-war photographs from the collection of Janet Peters' husband, Mark R. Peters, of the liberation of Mauthausen and Gusen. Mark was a U.S. surgical technician for the 131st Evacuation Hospital during the war.

  10. "Vienna: Revisited"

    Testimony. Photocopy of typescript, 254 pages, titled "Vienna: Revisited," which appears to be a history of the experiences of the author's family (the Ulmans and Werths) in Austria during the occupation and emigration.

  11. Photographs relating to the atrocity scenes at Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Dachau concentration camps

    Photographs (6), post-liberation scenes from camps.

  12. Affidavit of interrogation of Rudolf Hoess

    Affidavit by Rudolf Hoess, the Commandant of Auschwitz from 1940-1943, taken at Nuremberg in April 1946. Includes mimeograph version and photocopies of versions in German and Russian.

  13. Adam Luxemburg collection

    Relates to the pre-war, inter-war, and post-war history of the Jewish community in Deblin (Demblin) - Irena, Poland; information on Shmuel Nachum Luxemburg (father of the donor and Holocaust victim); and deportations and killing of members of the Luxemburg family.

  14. German civilians forced to view atrocities at cinema

    Crowds of German civilians waiting, then entering cinema "Scala Lichtspiel" under compulsion. Some look disturbed as they exit. Pan, crowd of well-dressed people queuing in front of a building. A few British soldiers tend to the crowd, containing them. Another large group of people exit the building, walking past the waiting masses. MCU faces as they walk past the camera. Some smoke pipes, some with hats. Pan, group standing at opposite side of entrance doorway. Large crowd pushing to get in and out of the building. View from inside doorway, sign reading SCALA LICHTSPIELE. View of people en...

  15. Documents relating to persecution of Freemasons during the Holocaust

    Typescript essay (photocopy), 19 pages, titled "The Holocaust and Freemasonry," by Dexter Sammons, identified as Past Master of Texas Lodge of Research and Past Grand Chaplain of Grand Lodge of Texas. Also, newspaper tear sheet from paper in Weatherford, TX (hometown of Sammons) announcing talk that Sammons planned to give on this topic. All items are from 1994.

  16. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier

    1 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp acquired by Rudolph Cohen when he served in the US Army from 1943-1946. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of...

  17. A questionnaire

    Photocopy of questionnaire submitted by Magier for a restitution claim, includes narrative account of his time as a forced laborer in Annaberg and Bedzin.

  18. A memoir relating to experiences in Budapest, Buchenwald, and Altenburg

    Testimony, 4 pages, typewritten, regarding experiences in Satu Mare, Budapest, Buchenwald, and as forced laborer in Altenburg (Thuringia).

  19. Anna Koppich letters

    The Anna Koppich letters are a series of letters totaling 33 pages written by Anna Koppich to her husband, Ferri in the days after her liberation from Auschwitz, between March 6th and March 23rd 1945. The letters describe in detail the events of her life that transpired between when her husband was sent to a labor camp sometime before 1943 until her liberation from Auschwitz in January 1945 and many are written on Auschwitz stationary. In the letters, Anna discusses her son George’s depression after Ferri was sent away, wearing a yellow star, their life in the Kolozsvàr ghetto and the sense...

  20. Oral history interview with Steve Haas