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  1. William Pollin papers

    Two postcards sent to Cesia Greenberg in Brooklyn, NY from Regina Weinman in Warsaw, Poland, March 31, 1940, October 12, 1941. The first postcard regards obtaining an affidavit of support for Zdzislaw Weinman. The second postcard inquires about not receiving a letter from Cesia in a while, and asks after friends or family members. Both postcards are stamped with Wehrmacht censor stamps, and the postcard written in 1941 also has a Warsaw Judenrat censor stamp.

  2. Ann Hershkowitz papers

    The papers consist of an identification card issued to Hanka Schudmak (later Ann Hershkowitz) and stating that she was a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen, two photographs of Hanka standing near the grave of her younger sister, Itka Schudmak, at the International Cemetery at Bergen-Belsen, and a photograph of the gravestone of Itka Schudmak. Itka Schudmak, Ann Hershkowitz's younger sister, died of typhus on May 27, 1945, after liberation at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

  3. Charles Froelicher papers

    The Charles Froelicher papers consist of photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp and children who were part of the transport Charles Froelicher accompanied from Buchenwald to Switzerland in June 1945; a document issued by the Allied Expeditionary Force Military Government authorizing him to accompany the transport; two German language clippings about the transport; and a blank questionnaire used by the Counter Intelligence Corps for interrogating arrested Nazis. The photographs were taken by Charles Froelicher or other soldiers from the U.S. 6th Armored Division.

  4. Pola Ross photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Pola Ross, her husband, and their daughter who was born in Siberia; her husband's brother Lakivif Gidel Gurman, a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine; and a photograph of a group of men and women working in a field in Siberia.

  5. Rudolf Steinbach papers

    The papers consists of a German passport (Reisepass) issued to Rudolf Steinbach in October 1937 by the police in Breslau, Germany, (now Wrocław, Poland) and a document intended to be kept inside the holder's passport stating the compulsory registration of German citizens in a foreign country.

  6. Barnett Bader photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photographs of corpses and prisoners at Mauthausen concentration camp at the time of liberation in 1945. The verso of the photographs are annotated.

  7. Julian and Frieda Noga photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Frieda Noga (née Greinegger), originally from Michaelnbach, Austria, with her family; holding a bouquet of flowers; and with her husband Julian Noga, originally from Skrzynka, Poland, as a young couple.

  8. Die oberflächengestalt mitteleuropas The overview of central Europe

    Contains a map labeled in the lower right quadrant with graphite line. Handwritten label, in graphite, lower right edge, reads: "Mit Bleistift angezeichnet 'Todesmarsch' in Oberschlesien von Blechhammer nach Jauer (Gross Rosen) 23. Jan.-10 February 1945." Drawn in pencil: "Death March" in Upper Silesia from Blechhammer sub-camp of Auschwitz concentration camp to Jauer ([sub-camp of] Gross-Rosen [concentration camp]) Jan[uary] 23-Feb[ruary] 10, 1945). Handwritten title on reverse of map: "Unterrichtsabteilung Deutschland: physikalisch." German national insignia is stamped in blue ink in uppe...

  9. Sally Suss papers

    The papers consist of five postcards written to Sara Nudelman (later Sally Suss) in Hansdorf (Ławice), Poland, from various friends and family members in Sosnowiec, Poland, and two photographs of a Jewish school class in Sosnowitz in 1939.

  10. Stamer family photograph collection

    The Stamer family photograph collection consists of one photograph, a silverprint, of Frieda Stamer and her family taken in Austria by studio photographer, Josef Kalina, circa 1900-1910. A second photograph shows the same five Stamer girls, taken in Austria, circa 1930s. The photographs were sent to Morris Stamer, Frieda Stamer’s grandson, in the United States. All people depicted in the photographs perished in the Holocaust.

  11. Estelle Bechoefer collection

    The collection consists of an album containing photographs of Nazi Party meetings and training camps which was given as a Christmas present from Heinrich Himmler to Franz Xaver Schwarz in 1935 and a newspaper article from the "Washington Evening Star" of August 30, 1945, titled "D.C. Attorney Gathers Records on Nazi Seizures from Jews." Dedication in photograph album reads: "Reichsschatzmeister, SS Obergruppenführer / Franz X. Schwarz / userem treuesten Freund / von der SS zu Weinachten 1935 / H. Himmler."

  12. Herbert Kaplan papers

    The papers consist of 14 packets of photographs taken of the executions of Hungarian fascist collaborators conducted after the liberation of Hungary. Identifications in Hungarian are written on the bottom of each packet. The film was developed by Filmfabrik Agfa, VEB.

  13. American soldiers and civilians looking at corpses at Buchenwald

    The photograph depicts a pile of emaciated dead bodies piled onto a truck with American soldiers and civilians standing around the truck. The photograph was taken at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. Caption on the verso: "Buchenwald; Jews are in cart / Sent by: Mrs. Leo M. Levens; Given by: Lt.C. Leo M. Levens 0344525 / Please print copies + distribute where it would do the most good. Thank you. Mollie Levens."

  14. James Baker photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Nordhausen concentration camp at liberation in 1945. Handwritten captions in English are on verso.

  15. "The Resistance" pamphlet

    Consist of issue no. 4 of "The Resistance," published in New York City, with an article entitled "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite: Fighting France and the Jewish Problem."

  16. Lynn Hammer photograph collection

    The collection consists of an identification photograph of Gedalia Dawidowicz (Alex David) and three other photographs of Dawidowicz and unidentified family members. Captions in Polish and Hebrew on the verso.

  17. Munn Nigro photograph collection

    The Munn Nigro photograph collection consists of nine photographs of corpses from the massacre at Gardelegen, Germany taken by Munn Nigro, April 1945. Many of the photographs depict German citizens from surrounding villages burying the dead in mass graves supervised by American soldiers. Captions in English stamped on the verso.

  18. Elsie Lydon photograph collection

    The Elsie Lydon photograph collection consists of photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and photographs of captured German airplanes, circa 1945.

  19. Henrietta Kurtzig identification card

    The Kennkarte was issued to Henrietta Sara Kurtzig (b. Henrietta Jetka Englander; donor's grandmother) from the chief of police in Berlin, Germany. A stamped "J" on front cover indicates that the holder was Jewish.

  20. Gijsbertus Nicholaas Van der Bijl papers

    The Gijsbertus Nicholaas Van der Bijl papers consists of a permission card for bathing, 1944; a displaced persons identification card issued by the Allied Expeditionary Force for "Nich. V.D. Byl." [Gijsbertus Nicholaas Van der Bijl], undated; a photograph of Gijsbertus Van der Bijl at age 24, 1938; and two studio portraits of Van der Bijl as a child, August 2, 1926 and 1932.