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  1. Oral history interview with Elizabeth Lefkovits

  2. Sommer and Bloch family papers

    The Sommer and Bloch family papers primarily document Ralph Sommer, a Jewish refugee who was imprisoned in the Camp des Milles internment camp and later was a member of the French resistance and the French military. Another major portion of the papers contain correspondence from Fred Hanauer, who was a cousin of Ralph's living in the United States and who coordinated efforts with other family members in assisting relatives imprisoned in concentration camps in Europe. Included in the collection is correspondence, identification papers, military papers, and travel visas. The Sommer and Bloch ...

  3. Morris and Hanna Stark papers

    Contains photocopies of letters, photographs, and documents, related primarily to Morris Stark's post-war experiences in a Displaced Persons camp, and later correspondence regarding restitution process.

  4. Ernest Goldberg collection

    One letter, mimeographed, sent by Ernst Goldberger of Vienna, to Alex Goldberger of New York, August 1938, appealing to latter to assist him and his wife Hertha with emigration from Austria.

  5. Gina Gotfryd collection

    The Gina Gotfryd collection contains photographs and a memoir of Gina Gotfryd, a Jewish child during the time of the Holocaust, who survived the Radom ghetto, labor camps, and Auschwitz. Also included is an identification card of her father. The Gina Gotfryd collection contains a memoir, written by Gina Gotfryd about her experiences surrounding the Holocaust. Also included are photographs of her family prior to the war and some photographs while she was in Stuttgart displaced persons camp. Additionally, there is an identification card given to Gina’s father, Shamai, after his liberation fro...

  6. Eva Shmoys papers

    The papers consist of two postcards sent between Martin Jahoda, a prisoner in Dachau concentration camp, and his wife, Elisabeth (Else) Jahoda in Vienna, Austria, in 1938 and two photographs of Martin and Else Jahoda in 1937.

  7. "Bearing Witness: The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, April 11-12-13, 1983"

    Consists of one manuscript, 105 pages, entitled "Bearing Witness: The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, April 11-12-13, 1983" by Thomas (Tom) Teicholz. In the manuscript, Mr. Teicholz described the conference in detail, as well as the Holocaust experiences of his parents and those he met at the conference.

  8. Michael Honey family trees

    Six family trees created by Michael Honey: 1. Jewish Historical Clock - Branches from the Start of the Horowitz Family in Prague up the the Horowitz Dynasty in Dzikow/Tarnobrzeg Poland Giving Estimates of Birth Years for Each Generation, 1994, 19 1/4 x 13 7/8 2. The Charif-Heizelbeck Genealogy to Find Eitzikel Charif, 1995, 16 ½ x 32 3/4 3. The Levy-Benoliel-Cansino Genealogy from Gibraltar, 1995, 40 1/4 x 41 ½ 4. Jewish Historical Clock - Descendants of R. Yehuda Löw Ben Bezalel The Mahara”l of Prague Giving Estimates of Birth Years For Each Generation, 1995, 41 ⅝ x 41 5. Jewish Historical...

  9. A memoir relating to experiences as a Soviet Prisoner of War at Hammerstein

    Testimony, handwritten, three pages, about life in Minsk region of Belarus, German invasion, service in Red Army, capture as POW in 1944, life in Hammerstein camp and as forced laborer in Ulm, and liberation.

  10. Ilse Schoenholz biographical sketch

    Ilse Schoenholz's seven page narrative describes her childhood in Bochum, Germany, antisemitism in her apartment building and at school, how the police and neighbors refused to help when her family's store was vandalized during Kristallnacht, and the forced liquidation of the store and the confiscation of her mother's jewelry and silver. She recounts her journey to England on a Kindertransport and explains that, through relatives, she was able to keep in touch with her parents until they were deported to the Riga ghetto. She details aspects of her life in England including her concerns abou...

  11. Deutsches Reich Kennkarte for Henry Strauss

    One document, "Kennkarte" for Heinrich Sigmund Strauss, 1939.

  12. John Nadeau family papers

    Photographs (including images of corpses in a liberated camp); a New Years card; and news clippings, related to military service of John Nadeau in U.S. Army during World War II.

  13. Rudolf Abraham papers

    The Rudolf Abraham papers contain correspondence and other items related to Rudolf Abraham. A Jewish man from Germany, he was arrested and taken to Sachsenhausen before being freed and fleeing to Shanghai, where he eventually procured a visa to travel to the United States. Included in the collection are primarily correspondence from family and friends, as well as identification papers including a passport, identity cards, and citizenship certificate. The Rudolph Abraham papers contain primarily correspondence from family and friends to Rudolph Abraham and his wife, Maeta. The letters from f...

  14. Oral history interview with Gilbert Hirsch

  15. A memoir

    Testimony, typescript (photocopy), 28 pages. Author discusses origins in Greiz (Thuringia), escape in 1940 for Yugoslavia but ends up in Italy instead, until arrested, sent to Fossoli, and then Auschwitz.

  16. A memoir relating to experiences in the Bialystok, Majdanek, Auschwitz, and Kratzau ghettos

    Testimony, typescript, 6 pages, describing childhood in Bialystok, Soviet and then German occupation, deportation to Treblinka and Auschwitz, forced labor.

  17. Henry L. Cohen collection relating to Nuremberg Case No. 11, the Ministries Case

    Contains transcripts of interrogations of defendants and witnesses in the "Ministries Case" (Nuremberg Case No. 11); general administrative records from the case concerning the interrogations of defendants and witnesses; translations of pre-World War II and World War II-period German documents collected as background information and as evidence in the Ministries case. The bulk of the materials in the collection relate to the participation of Richard Walter Darré in crimes against humanity while serving as Reichsbauernführer and Reichsernärungsminister from June 1933 to May 1942.

  18. Roman Ziegler and family papers

    Copy of letter to Roman Ziegler, 1981, from Council of Jewish Communities in CSSR, concerning Ziegler's search for the grave of his sister, Bala. Also, copy of article from Czech newspaper (undated) describing Ziegler's search for information about his sisters' fate, as well as a translation of the same, along with a photo of the gravesite.

  19. Holocaust commemorative ribbon worn by a Latvian Jewish survivor

    Holocaust commemorative plastic ribbon worn by Esther Lurie issued in 1963 by the Ghetto House Fighter's Museum to be worn at Kibbutz Lohame ha-Getaot. Esther, a professionally trained artist, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunus), Lithuania, in summer 1941 when it was occupied by Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create artwork for the Germans. She also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to recording the daily life of the residents. In July 1944, the ghetto was liquidated. Esther w...

  20. Third U.S. Armored Division and Dora-Mittelbau records collection of photographs and maps

    Contains photographs of various scenes of wartime destruction in Germany and U.S. forces, including two images of Dora-Mittelbau. Also contains a map showing the progress of 3rd Armored Division across Europe from D-Day to V-E Day.