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  1. Oral history interview with Avedis Melkonian

  2. Simcha Dimant papers

    The Simcha Dimant papers relate to the Holocaust and immediate post-war experiences of Simcha Dimant, a Polish Jew. The papers contain identification documents including a provisional identification card issued by the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Buchenwald concentration camp, April 1945; a Haftlings-Personal-Karte (Prisoners-Personal-Card); a Mandat-Karte (Mandate Card), July 1945; and a fragment of a Military Government Temporary Registration form. The papers also include travel documents relating to Dimant’s work for the Allied Expeditionary Forces. These documents include a D.P. Index...

  3. Julius and Bertha Meyerowitz papers

    The Julius and Bertha Meyerowitz papers consists primarily of identification and immigration documents related to Julius and Bertha Meyerowitz, a Jewish couple that immigrated to the United States in 1942 to escape persecution in Germany. Included in the papers are birth and wedding certificates, documents related to Julius’ education and employment as a pharmacist, and passports. Also included are various documents the Meyerowitz’ family collected during the immigration process, such as boarding passes for their ship from Spain, alien registration cards, and certificates of health. The Jul...

  4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 50 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  5. Star of David badge with Juif printed in the center

    Jews in France were required to wear these on their outer clothing at all times after May 1942; badges were often cut from a pre-printed roll.

  6. Charles Marks photographs

    Consists of three photographs taken by Charles Marks while in the United States Army Air Forces. The photographs depict Red Cross workers uncovering buried bodies in Lyons, France in November 1944.

  7. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  8. Lederer Collection

    The Leder collection consists of two documents regarding the ability to receive packages in Theresienstadt. The first is a document issued to Marie Lederer regarding her ability to receive packages in Theresienstadt from Irma Horner in Prague, July 20, 1944. The second document concerns the ability of Dr. Bernhard Mandl, in Theresienstadt, to receive packages from Rudla Kilian in Prague, September 16, 1944.

  9. Star of David badge with Juif printed in the center

  10. Oval warrant badge for the Staatliche Kriminalpolizei

    Oval identification tag (warrent badge) for the Staatliche Kriminalpolizei, or Kripo, was the criminal police force of the security police in Germany during the Third Reich.

  11. Wehrmacht helmet found by a US soldier during the war

    German Army helmet found by Richard Farley while serving with Patton's Third Army in the European Theater.

  12. Oral history interview with Esther Korman

  13. Shawcross closing statement at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 323) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 27, 1946. MS, brief, Chief British prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross making final plea for conviction (speech only partly recorded). HMS, showing left side of prisoners' dock - Goering, Jodl, and others speaking with their attorneys during recess. HMS, von Papen and Seyss-Inquart during recess. 01:50:15 HS, MLS, MS Shawcross making his final plea for conviction of the defendants. 01:50:49 "12 million men, women, and children have died thus, murdered in cold blood." 01:51:07 "What right has any man to mercy who has played a part, howeve...

  14. Old man in Berestowitz, Poland

    MCU, old man with beard (Jewish?)

  15. Melvin Yonack papers

    This collection consists of postwar correspondence and travel permits pertaining to Melvin Yonack's experience in Austria as a liberator of Mauthausen and as a War Crimes Investigator.

  16. Frame for a painting by a former concentration inmate of a US Army colonel who was part of the liberating force

    Frame for a portrait painting created by Aldo Carpi Di Resmini, a former Italian inmate of Mauthausen concentration camp, in Milan, Italy, for Colonel Frank Weaver, who was with the US Army when it liberated the camp.

  17. Katz Family photographs

    Consists of photographs related to Katz family, including a photograph of Nettie Stub standing in front of a sign "Mein Schuljahr," Hannover, Germany, 1935; a photograph of Herman Stub, inscibed on verso "Andenken von Papa für Netti," Grodno, Poland, 1942; and a photograph of Minna Stub, inscribed on verso "Andenken von Mama für Netti," Grodno, Poland, 1942.

  18. UN Security Council meets

    Delegates arrive at Hunter College, New York for a meeting of the UN Security Council. Shows scenes of the meeting as Sec. Byrnes speaks on international cooperation.

  19. Jack Moses papers

    The Jack Moses papers consist of correspondence, identification papers, and photographs documenting Jack Moses, his family’s immigration to the United States, his military service during and after World War II, and the fate of relatives who remained behind in Europe. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Nazi-era newspapers and booklets. The collection also includes an SS membership booklet and a Nazi Party membership booklet for unrelated men.