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  1. Bertha Lurey Elston collection

    Letterhead, identification card, booklet, V-mail, and photographs related to Bertha Lurey, who worked for the US War Department during WWII. Also includes two books: "The Fighting Jew" from the Committee for a Jewish Army of stateless and Palestinian Jews and "The Battle for Jerusalem" by Pierre van Paassen.

  2. The papers of Ernst Kluge

    Consists of identification, immigration, and reparations paperwork belonging to Holocaust survivor Ernst Kluge, originally of Bolkenhain, Germany.

  3. A memoir

    Testimony, 10 pages, handwritten in Yiddish, with English translation/summary. Describes experiences of donor's family in German occupied Poland, deportation to Auschwitz, work as forced laborer in Hindenburg, Germany (Silesia), deportation to Bergen Belsen.

  4. Letter relating to an American GI's experience at Ebensee

    Contains a letter written by Joseph F. Scott about his experiences liberating the Ebensee concentration camp.

  5. Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD Radom, Aussenstelle Petrikau (Sygn.168)

    Contains reports, orders, lists, circular letters, leaflets, and various other documents relating to the activities of the Petrikau (Piotrków Trybunalski) branch of the Sicherheitsdienst in Radom, Poland. The records also contain information about sabotage in the Piotrków area; crimes against Volksdeutsche; combatting partisans ("bandits"); Polish anti-German and communist propaganda; and illegal and underground newspapers in circulation in Poland during the war.

  6. Oral history interview with Robert Tighe

  7. Oral history interview with Alexander Rezmovits

  8. Jane Smith Bernhardt collection

    Contains a typescript letter dated December 14, 1999, with handwritten annotations, as well as a videocasette entitled "Love Elly."

  9. Jeannette Nadle papers

    The Jeannette Nadle papers consists of Jeannette Nadle’s passport, 1947-1948; a testament of Jeannette’s wartime experiences in Belgium, November 30, 1947; and a memoir written by Jeannette Nadle in 1994. The memoir describes Jeannette’s experiences as a hidden child in Belgium and member of the Resistance during World War II.

  10. A memoir relating to experiences in Kosice, Bor, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau, and Muehldorf

    Testimony, on questionnaire form then 4 pages from legal pad as supplemental narrative, describing pre-war life in Uzhgorod, time as forced laborer at Auschwitz and elsewhere, and immediate postwar period as DP in Czechoslovakia.

  11. Arthur Tannenbaum papers

    Photocopies of documents relating to the war crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann.

  12. Memoirs

    Testimony, 3 pages, handwritten, about experiences of Joseph and Dora Pellenberg, both originally of Poland, and what they experienced during war.

  13. Memoir of a hidden child in Belgium

    Testimony, 3 pages, handwritten by Jacques (Izak) Segal, originally of Poland but who immigrated to Belgium with his family as a child, and describes life in hiding during the occupation.

  14. Letters from Mauthausen and Dachau

    One letter, sent from Eugenie Walter (Odern) to Arnold Adolf, in Mauthausen, November 1944. Also two empty envelopes--one presumably for this letter, another sent to Dachau (no letter for that one).

  15. Report from Nuremberg

    "Welt im Film": The Anglo-American newsreel series screened in occupied Germany, 1945-1950. Report from Nuremberg. A chart illustrates the NSDAP organization. Defense lawyers raise questions of translation, etc. A discussion break for the accused and counsel. Robert Jackson's opening prosecution address. Concentration camp orphans fly to England to spend Christmas. They enjoy a welcoming meal at the airport.

  16. Oral history interview with Benek Bolender

  17. Ernest Fisch papers

    The papers consist of four diplomas issued in Hungary and France to Maurus Fisch [donor's brother], Jacobus Fisch [donor's brother], Martin Lebovits [donor's brother-in-law], and Adrian Andre before the Holocaust; one letter written collectively by the family of Jacobus Fisch just before their deportation from Hungary and given to Ernest Fisch while he was in hiding; one letter written by Maurus Fisch while he was serving in the military in World War I on the occasion of Ernest's Bar Mitzvah; and seven photographs of members of the Fisch family.

  18. Nazi prisoner - B 2495

    Testimony, photocopy of typescript, 10 pages, written about Wolf Pakula by unnamed author.

  19. A memoir relating to experiences in the Olgokol ghetto

    Testimony, typescript, 2 pages, written 1994, concerning experiences of author in town near Vinnitsa during German occupation. Written on a form sent to USHMM Survivor's Registry.

  20. A postcard from Berlin to Westerbork

    Postcard (1) sent from family in Berlin to Alfred Casperius at Westerbork camp,