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  1. Norbert and Gloria Lachman collection

    Documents relate to the tenuous situation for Norbert Lachman and his family as Jews in Danzig the late 1930s; his subsequent experiences as a student at an ORT school in Berlin; his return to Danzig in 1939 and his memories of the situation for Jews at that time; and immigration with his family to New York by way of Berlin, Ostend, and London.

  2. Tin can used as a cup

    Given to Annya and Israel Sheynman by Italian troops. Saved throughout war by Annya and Israel Sheynman.

  3. Yefim Shvartsman memoir

    Testimony, typescript, 1 page. Yefim Shvartsman, describes experiences of he and his mother in Djurin ghetto, Vinnitsa district, Ukraine, 1941-1944.

  4. Photocopies of Auschwitz documents

    Photocopied documents, from State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, dated 1989, detailing fates of various members of Reich family at that camp.

  5. Alfred "Alf" Landon radio transcript

    On November 14, 1938, Alf Landon made radio remarks concerning the treatment of Jewish people under the Nazi regime in Germany. From the radio station WIBW symposium under the auspices of Council of Churches, Landon spoke out against the cruelty and intolerance that was being displayed toward Jews in Europe, and how Americans should protest this treatment, stating that it went against the principles of freedom and tolerance.

  6. Eve Rider collection

    Testimony: 4 pages, typescript, dated 1994, plus correspondence with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum staff.

  7. Poetry and prose relating to Holocaust experiences written by Julius Bamberger

    Testimony, typescript, 23 pages, written in verse in German (with accompanying English translation).

  8. Jewish life in prewar Kovno, Riga, and Lvov

    Prewar footage (home movies) of the Katz family in 1929. Kovno street scenes. VAR CUs of Katz family strolling along Laisves al., showing Dita's mother Liola, grandfather, brother, uncle, and grandmother. 01:00:34 MS EXT of the grandfather's wholesale trade store - C. KACAS - on Presidento gatve. Here, the family sold typewriters, sewing machines, and bicycles. VAR shots of store and family at door of store. Dita's cousin Raya (Honon's sister) in a baby carriage. CUs, Dita's grandmother Basia Katz; cameraman Honon Katz and his friend; Dita's aunt Rachel Katz and Dita's mother Liola Katz. Pe...

  9. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate

    gray dress and ID tag with her prisoner number 1195 worn by Frieda Koschmieder while interned in Amberg prison in Germany for being a Jehovah's Witness. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God. The missionary and outreach work practiced by members was viewed as subversive activity against the Nazi regime, leading to many arrests, as well as executions.

  10. Holocaust in the Ukraine

    Typescript of text, approximately 200 pages, by A.I. Kruglov, titled "Kholokaust na Ukraine, 1941-1944," completed by Kruglov in 1993. This text was submitted by Steffan Sella in 1994 who included a handwritten explanation in English about Kruglov's work.

  11. "Hoelle, Tod und Teufel"

    Testimony, photocopied typescript, 122 pages, titled "Hoelle, Tod und Teufel," by Felix Bing, and written while he was at UNRRA camp in Philippeville, Algeria, 1945. Discusses German occupation of Netherlands, internment at Westerbork, and other issues.

  12. Abram Kapica collection

    Testimony, 8 pages, photocopy of typescript titled "Young Boy Speaks with Death: The Story of Abraham Kapitza…" Describes German invasion of his unnamed hometown in Poland.

  13. Nurse's apron worn in Theresienstadt

  14. Genya Gimelshteyn collection

    Testimony, 1 page, typewritten (on USHMM testimony form), circa 1995. Describes experience as in Bershad, Ukraine.

  15. Mordecai E. Schwartz papers

    Contains, but is not limited to, reports, vocational courses programs, correspondence, and other documents relating to the service of Mordecai E. Schwartz in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the Preparatory Commission of the International Refugee Organization (PCIRO) and the handling of displaced persons in the United States Zone from 1946 to 1950. Also contains materials relating to the Jüdisches Komitee in Hasenhecke-Kassel and Mönchberg-Kassel, Germany.

  16. Charles Ernest collection

    Illustrations, 10 woodcuts from series titled "Folterqualen am K.Z.," depicting different types of torture inflicted on camp prisoners. Illustrations by Albert Kayser.

  17. A memoir relating to experiences in the Olgopol ghetto

    Testimony, handwritten (3 pages) and typed (2 pages), describing life in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, and then German occupation.

  18. Memoir relating to family's experiences during the Holocaust

    Testimony, 4 page, handwritten. Brief description of family history, childhood in Breslau, attempts to emigrate, eventually did so to China.

  19. Abwehra Lublin records (Sygn.182)

    This collection contains counter-intelligence investigation protocols of arrests, agents' reports, correspondence, instructions for agents issued to units with the code names "Einheit Lichtenstein" and "Meldekopf Spesser," and agents' notes. Subjects include Polish underground movements, the attitudes of the Ukrainian population, the Red Army on the Eastern Front, arrests and investigations of members of partisan groups and parachute groups in the Lublin area, Soviet espionage in the Lublin area, and arrests and investigations of Soviet agents.

  20. Lili Abraham collection

    Consists of one letter written by Lili Kovacs Abraham to the Claims Conference in February 1993. In the letter, Mrs. Abraham describes the invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia and her deportation from Remetske Hamre, Czechoslovakia, to the Uzhorod ghetto in 1944. She was deported to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944 and describes life in the camp until she was sent for forced labor in Altenburg, Germany. She was liberated by the American military while on a death march near Waltenburg, Germany, in April 1945.