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  1. "The bleeding sky : my mother's journey through the fire"

    Relates to the early life of Mala Goldrat Brandsdorfer (née Liss) in Poland; life for Jews under German occupation; experiences and observations in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, and Auschwitz-Birkenau; evacuation from Auschwitz; incarceration at Neustadt-Glewe; and liberation.

  2. This small piece of history: the escape from Germany and three years later the successful immigration to the United States

    Account of the Lenkway family’s life in Cologne, Germany: persecution under the Nazis, escape from Germany in 1938, their odyssey through several European countries before emigrating to the US in 1941.

  3. Five Cities

    Yiddish titles. English title, "Jewish Life in Vilna" Pan, overview of the city of Vilna, showing broad streets, traffic, large buildings, pedestrians. Shows Vilna's famous landmarks: the Strashun Library, Shnipeshiker Cemetery, and the YIVO Institute. Elderly woman prays. In Jewish quarter, clocks displayed on EXT of buildings, Yiddish signs, narrow streets with shops, people engaged in the rituals and realities of daily existence at work selling wares on the street, resting. Men with horses and buggies wait for passengers at square. CUs, children. Street scenes, pedestrians, shops, signs,...

  4. Jewish Memorial Pageant - "We Shall Never Die"

    Memorial service/pageant/event organized by the "Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless and Palestinian Jews," dedicated to the "two million Jewish dead of Europe." LS of stage with big cast and chorus. MCU of Paul Muni reading (dramatically) about "the problem [belonging to] humanity." VLS participants, rabbis, actors (including Rod Steiger), etc on stage. Reciting Kaddish.

  5. Nazi conquest of Czechoslovakia: fascists

    A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War II. Fascist activities; rally.

  6. John Coulston papers

    Includes materials collected by U.S. Army Capt. John Coulston concerning the liberation of Ohrdruf and the activities of 602nd U.S. Tank Destroyer Battalion members after World War II. Also included are materials relating to reviews of Holocaust literature, survivors from Auschwitz, the life and work of Henri Abraham, and children who were survivors.

  7. Sender Wajsman papers

    Contains a copyprint of a photograph of a wedding gathering in Vilna, Lithuania, in 1936; a brief testimony by Sender Wajsman dated 1991 describing the massacre if Jews in Ponary in September 1941 at the hands of non-Jewish Lithuanians under the direction of the Gestapo; and a photocopy of a photograph depicting the memorial to the dead in Ponary.

  8. Signatures of eyewitnesses to the Gardelegen massacre

    Consists of a certified copy of a list of signatures headed "Gardelegen-April 13, 1945 U.S. Army--102nd Infantry Division in Germany." The document includes two photographs of the barn where the Gardelegen massacre occurred, one of which shows burned bodies. It is signed by a number of U.S. veterans who were eyewitnesses to the aftermath of the atrocity.

  9. Testimonies concerning the liberation of Mauthausen

    Consists of copies of various testimonies by liberators, a Holocaust survivor, and a Holocaust perpetrator concerning the Mauthausen concentration camp. Also included is a copy of the confession of Franz Ziereis, a former commander of Mauthausen, and copies of photographs of various scenes in the camp after liberation.

  10. David Ulyanitsky papers

    Contains photocopies of photographs and a personal memoir by David Ulyanitsky relating to atrocities committed against Jews in Ukraine during the first half of the 20th century.

  11. Isabel a short novel

    Photocopy of "Isabel..." written by Suzanne de Palma (Margot E. Lawson) in 1981. Drawing on the writer's experiences during World War II, the novel describes the protagonist Isabel's involvement in the Dutch resistance to Nazi occupation, her imprisonment, her romance with a man named Alfred who died in Nazi hands, and the liberation of the Netherlands.

  12. List of Roma transported from Auschwitz to Buchenwald

    Includes information on the evacuation and transport of Roma from Auschwitz to Buchenwald in 1944. Of special interest is the inclusion in the list of the name of Karl Stojka, a noted Romani artist.

  13. Organizational and administrative correspondence relating to the Wehrmacht, SS, SD, and SIPO in Ostland

    Contains photocopies of letters, memoranda, orders, directives, and various other documents relating to the organizational and operational structure of the Wehrmacht, SIPO, SS, SD, Einsatzgruppen A and B, Geheime Feldpolizei, Feldgendarmerie, Hilfspolizei, and Ordungspolizei in Latvia and the USSR. Of special interest is a copy of a letter, December 4, 1939, RSHA Amt II, concerning antisemitism and a pogrom.

  14. Isidor Fell letter

    The letter primarily regards Isidor Fell's survival of Theresienstadt, the loss of family members transported to the East, and the state of knowledge of other survivors. The letter was written at Theresienstadt shortly after his liberation on 31 May 1945.

  15. Hertha Mirabeau letter

    The collection consists of a letter written by Hertha Mirabeau (Königsberger) in Krefeld, Germany in April 1942 to her daughter. Hertha was deported to Theresienstadt several months later.

  16. Court of appeals decision in the Paul Touvier case

    Contains information about the persecution, deportation, and killing of Jews in Lyon, France, from 1943 to 1944, and the destruction of Jewish property in Lyon, France, in 1943.

  17. Harry and Clare Lerner papers

    The Harry and Clare Lerner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, printed materials, reports, memoranda, and subject files documenting Harry Lerner’s work as UNRRA director of Displaced Persons centers in Stuttgart, Hof, Rehau, and Vilseck, Clare’s work alongside him, and their marriage. Biographical materials include assignment and travel orders issued to Harry and Clare Lerner and Clare Lerner’s Occupational Force Travel Permit. Correspondence consists primarily of letters written by Harry and Clare Lerner at the Stuttgart and Vilseck DP centers to Harry’s family descri...

  18. Zaro Calabrese testimony of the liberation of Ohrdruf

    Contains information about the liberation experiences of Zaro Calabrese at Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945.

  19. Edward Benedek collection

    Contains articles, photographs, and various other documents relating to the experiences of Edward Benedek and his wife in Hungary during the Holocaust; their experiences in the ghetto in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944; experiences with antisemitism on a postwar visit to Budapest; and concern about a revival of militaristic nationalism in recently unified Germany.

  20. Erwin Markowitz postcard

    According to Erwin Markowitz, his mother, father, and sister wrote the postcard and mailed it from Nagyberezna, Hungary, in April 1944. He received it while he was a prisoner in a compulsory labor camp called Ujverbas in Transylvania. According to a translation from the Hungarian provided by Mr. Markowitz, the card reads (on one side), "Last time do I write to you. We travel we don't know where. God wanted that way. We say goodbye to you, lots of kisses Sister Sadie"; on other side, "Many Kisses Your Mother followed by illegible translated word" and "Same greetings kisses your father."