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  1. Reminiscences of Albert Lapidus, from Baltimore, a former prisoner of the Minsk ghetto

    Consists of a Russian language memoir and an English language summary which describe author's childhood in Belarus, experiences of author and his family in the Minsk ghetto, Aktionen, experiences of children in the ghetto, and resistance activities undertaken by ghetto inhabitants. Memoir includes a list of individuals involved in resistance activities in Minsk.

  2. I remember odyssey of a Jewish teenager in eastern Europe, 1939-1946

    Describes Marcus Lecker's (b. 1923) childhood in Romania; the Soviet occupation of northern Bucovina; the German invasion and occupation of the Soviet Union; Marcus’ attempt to escape and his capture; surviving "Aktionen" undertaken by Germans and their Ukrainian collaborators; his internment in the Borshchuv ghetto; his escape from that ghetto's liquidation and survival by hiding in a forest; Marcus’ bout with typhus; his liberation and reunion with his parents; and joining, experiences in, and demobilization from the Soviet Army. Includes photocopies of photographs of Marcus and his family.

  3. Joseph Kiman a witness to history

    Describes Joseph Kiman’s (b. 1922) childhood in Chmielnik, Poland; the German invasion of Poland; his internment in numerous concentration camps, including Biala Podlaska, Skarzysko, Kielce, Czestochowianka, Buchenwald, and Magdeburg; a death march; the deaths of members of the Kiman’s family; and Joseph's liberation, marriage, and his post-Holocaust experiences.

  4. My years under the Hitler terror

    Describes Peter Ostermann's arrest for expressing anti-Nazi opinions; his internment as a political prisoner in numerous German prisons and concentration camps including Tiefenbach, Bad Kreuznach, Koblenz, Cologne (Koln), Hannover, Berlin, Sachsenhausen, and Dachau; and his release from Nazi custody.

  5. How one day in a Nazi death camp changed my life forever

    Describes author's reactions during her visit to Buchenwald and its memorial on Yom Kippur, 18 Sep 1991. The author was born in Germany to Christian parents.

  6. Simon Klein letters

    Typed, transcribed, and translated letters (dated 23 January 1945 and 12 March 1946) describe: German occupation of Hungary; author's property which was confiscated; author's deportation to and experiences in Auschwitz; the deaths of members of the author's family; author's transport to Gross-Rosen; and his liberation by the Soviet military. The original letters in Hungarian are not included.

  7. The beginning of Sam Stammer's life as written by him in German

    Describes Samuel Stammer’s (Dornfeld, Austria, 05 Jul 1905 - ) childhood in Austria and life in the Free City of Gdansk (Danzig); his experiences as a Polish soldier during the German invasion and as a prisoner-of-war; his transport to and experiences in Nazi concentration camps and ghettos (including: Majdanek, the Lowicz ghetto, the Warsaw ghetto, the Miedzyrzec ghetto; Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Schlier Redl-Zipf, and Ebensee); the death of family members at Treblinka; his work counterfeiting American and British money for the Nazis; his liberation and being a displac...

  8. Memoirs of Liselotte Kahn

    Describes Liselotte Kahn’s childhood in Germany; her marriage to Dr. Ernst Müller and the birth of their sons; Nazi antisemitism; their immigration to Greece; her husband's medical practice in Athens, Greece; the Italian and German invasion of Greece; their escape to Palestine; and their immigration to and experiences in the United States in 1941.

  9. "My experiences in concentration camps"

    Describes Stanley Kania’s (Okocim, Poland, 07 May 1920 - ) arrest for anti-Nazi activities and interrogation by the Gestapo; his transport to and experiences in various Nazi concentration camps including Auschwitz, Gusen, Wiener Neudorf, and Mauthausen; and his liberation.

  10. In the safety of the Third Reich

    Describes Charlotte Kahane and her mother's escape from an "aktion" and their hiding from German athorities; their activities in the ghetto in Lut︠s︡ʹk, Ukraine; their separation; Charlotte's experiences in Dubno, Ukraine; her mother's death; her escape from and recapture by German authorities; being an Ostarbeiter in Germany; and the end of World War II and her immigration to Australia.

  11. Journey through the valley of perdition traveled by Gary A. Keins

    Describes the Gary Keins’ (b. 1909) life in German Silesia; life in Poland after World War I; the German invasion of Poland; his taking on a false identity; conditions in Warsaw, Poland, during the occupation; his experiences in Zamość, Poland, and Lʹviv, Ukraine; the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; his experiences with the Soviet military; the end of World War II; family members' deaths; and the his immigration to the United States.

  12. Freda Karpul memoir

    The collection consists of a four-page memoir of Freda Karpul (née Fridmanaite), originally of Skaudvilė, Lithuania, who was a survivor of the Kovno ghetto (Kaunas) and Batakiai concentration camp. In the memoir, Freda describes her internment in the Kaunas ghetto, deportation to Batakiai, her escape and involvement with partisans, the fate of her family, her liberation by the Soviet Red Army, and later immigration to the United States.

  13. The autobiography of Irene Katz

    Describes the author's experiences in Nazi-occupied Hungary and Vienna, Austria.

  14. Interview with Holocaust survivor Rudy Katz

    Describes the history of Rudy Katz's family in Germany; his experiences after Kristallnacht; his escape to Belgium and immigration to the United States in 1940; and the Holocaust-related fates of members of his family.

  15. "Goodbye for always"

    Describes Cecile Kaufer’s (Paris, France, b. circa 1932) childhood in Paris, France; the German occupation of France and the consequent fates of her family including their stay in the Vélodrome d'hiver in Paris and their hiding in Normandy; the liberation of France and their immigration to and life in the United States.

  16. The history of my persecution during the Holocaust

    Stella Kane (née Szajndla Koniecpolski) describes the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland; fates of family members; deportation to the concentration camps of Majdanek, Hasag-Skarzysko, and Czestochowa; and her liberation and immigration to the United States in 1954.

  17. Children of the Holocaust

    Describes the activities and experiences of children inmates in an unidentified Nazi concentration camp in the Baltics.

  18. Road to Exile, 1932-1953

    Describes incidents relating to Alfred Mayerr's (b. 1915) life in Germany; he and his brother's immigration to the United States in 1935 and subsequent life there; their helping other German Jews, including their parents, immigrate to the United States; the death of the Alfred's wife's parents in Auschwitz; and the end of the war and his feelings during a visit to his former home in Germany. Also included are photocopies of documents relating to the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland and to the Alfred's family's history.

  19. Fate one man's journey through the Holocaust

    Describes Abram Korn's (1923-1972) experiences in Lipno, Poland, during the German invasion of Poland; Korn and his family's internment in the Kutno Ghetto; his deportation to and experiences in various concentration camps, including Gross-Rosen, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hirschberg, Bolkenhain, Ohrdruf, and Buchenwald; Korn's involvement with resistance activities in Auschwitz and that camp's Sonderkommando uprising; a death march; and Korn's liberation and his immigration to the United States in 1949. The memoir's "Introduction" and "Epilogue," written by Joseph Korn, Abram's son, describe both...

  20. Not a moment too soon

    Describes the author's (b. 1926) childhood in Vienna, Austria; the Anschluss; Kristallnacht; author's emigration to Belgium and his subsequent escape to France; author's return to Austria in hopes of getting a transport to Sweden; author's arrest and his experiences in Terezin (a.k.a. Theresienstadt), Auschwitz, Dachau, Erpfting, and Kaufering; his liberation; the death of members of his family; his attempts to rebuild his life in Vienna; and his immigration to and experiences in the United States.