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  1. Alexander Primavesi papers

    The Alexander Primavesi papers contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi relating to activities of the Gestapo in Dortmund, Germany between 1933 and 1945. The papers include records relating to the development of the Westphalian state police office in Dortmund, Arnsberg, forced labor, persecution of Jews, religious communities and other minorities in the district of Arnsberg. The Alexander Primavesi papers primarily contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi concerning Gestapo activity in Dortmund Germany from 1933-1945. The contents of each report are as follows: Fol...

  2. Benjamin K. Raphael collection

    Contains pages from an unidentified publication of names of German doctor's who are non-Aryan and enemies of the Nazi State.

  3. Memoir relating to experiences in Poland, Germany, and the United States

    Testimony, 9 pages, typescript, by Morris Kirsch, of Kalamazoo, MI, writing about his childhood and experiences in Rachova, Poland, and brief description of Łódź ghetto, Skarzysk labor camp, Buchenwald and Dachau.

  4. Oral history interview with Henry Bermanis and Bella Bermanis

  5. A Memoir relating to experiences in Poland and Germany during the Holocaust

    Testimony, 4 pages, handwritten, relating experiences of donor, originally of Kalisz, Poland, in pre-war times, German occupation, and her own time as forced laborer at Neusalz (sub-camp of Gross Rosen) and Flossenbürg.

  6. Memoir by a survivor who experienced the Łódź Ghetto, Auschwitz and Stutthoff concentration camps

    Contians a memoir of the author's experiences in the Łódź Ghetto and the Auschwitz and Stutthoff concentration camps.

  7. Devora Goldstein family collection

    Correspondence, from various members of family, 1930s-1940s in Yiddish, with typed English translations.

  8. Memoir of the Libau (Latvia) ghetto and escape from a death march from Stutthof.

    Contains memoir relating the history of the Libau (Latvia) ghetto and to the escape during a death march from Stutthof.

  9. Oral history interview with Erricos Levis

  10. Photographs of Mauthausen

    Consists of photographs taken after the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp depicting the reburial of corpses.

  11. Wounded Soviet troops; partisans working; German POWs

    Titles: "Soviet Newsreel / 20 / Moscow / March 9, 1942 / Directed by M. Fidelevoy"/ "To work with strengthened determination" Long pan across factory workers feeding large furnaces. Workers are silhouettes, backlit by furnaces. Pan stops, lingers on one group of workers. Coverage from different angles. Close view of furnace. Cuts between CUs of various workers shoveling and CU of furnace. 01:30:23 LS of airfield, gathering of soldiers and pilots. MS soldiers/officers shaking hands with pilots. LS airplane being started and taking off. Close views of propellers. Title: 01:31:17 "The homeland...

  12. SS Dachau Book

    Booklet produced by the United States 7th Army about Dachau concentration camp in Germany, not long after the Division liberated the camp.

  13. Oral history interview with Esther Fertig

  14. Herbert John Placey family papers

    Materials collected by Hubert Plecinski, corporal, U.S. Army, during his time in Luxembourg and Czechoslovakia at close of WWII. Includes postcards to his wife/girlfriend, mimeographed list of servicemen awarded Bronze Star in July 1945 (including Plecinski), issue of "Yank" magazine from April 1945, brochure advertising book for BDM ("Maedel in aller Welt"), postcards from unknown German soldiers.

  15. Martin H. Stoll photographs

    The collection consists of photographs taken by Martin Stoll in1945 of concentration camp liberations, including some identified as occurring at Buchenwald. Images show partially destroyed and gutted buildings, crematoriums, and Allied troops.

  16. Memories from World War II

    Contains a photocopy of a memoir entitled "Memories of World War II," which relates to Sara Simonson Lampie's Holocaust experiences in the Netherlands, particularly Jews incarcerated in Westerbork, and Jewish deportations. Sara Simonson Lampie specifically discusses her experiences in hiding in houses of the local underground in the Netherlands.

  17. Documents relating to the killing and deportation of the population of Skala

    Photocopies, documents sent to Leon Szwarcbard (Schwarzbard) in 1945 from the Central Jewish Historical Commission in Warsaw. Includes chronology of German occupation of Skala-Podolska in the Tarnopol district, as well as a list of inhabitants killed during that time.

  18. Malka Lovy collection

    Consists of six photographs of Jews from Nowy Sad, Yugoslavia, who were later killed in the Holocaust. Includes photographs of Arpad Kraus, Malvina Weisz, Gyurka Frojnd, Ljubica Frojnd, Ethel and Gyurka Frojnd, and a large group photograph of survivors in 1945.

  19. An article relating to Polish Jewish children and Janusz Korczak

    Essay (photocopy of typescript), about Janusz Korczak, titled "Children--Orphans-Their Guardians--Janusz Korczak." Circa 1980s-1990s, written by S. Robe in Melbourne, Australia in 1994. Consists mostly of quotes, translated from a Polish book title "Dzieci mowia" (Warsaw, 1993).

  20. "Choices in a Choiceless World"

    Testimony, four pages, typescript, titled "Choices in a Choiceless World," by Meier Stellel, of Brooklyn, NY. Description of his experiences in Budapest, return to his hometown in 1944, confinement in ghetto ("Desh"), deportation to Auschwitz, and forced labor in salt mine at Hochendorf.